Staff Profile

Dr Natalia Zografou Barredo, PhD is a researcher in the School of Engineering at Newcastle University, and sits in the Electrical Power Research Group. She passionately investigates resilience assessment of energy networks through a range of projects.

Current research focus:

• Quantification of resilience of offshore energy systems
• Climate resilience of electricity networks
• Climate resilience in energy regulations

Reach out if you are interested in collaborating!

Profiles

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Education

• PhD degree - School of Engineering, Newcastle University UK
• Diploma degree - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Patras, Greece

PhD was part of the National Centre for Energy Systems Integration (CESI) research project, and was funded by the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) and Newcastle University. Investigated modelling methods to optimally schedule energy resources connected to radial electricity distribution networks (which may form an active distribution network or a microgrid), aiming at delivering improvements in operational cost, security of supply and environmental sustainability.

Achievements

• 2026 | Selected finalist in the Engineering category for STEM for Britain 2026 competition. Presented at the UK Houses of Parliament poster on 'A formal guide to quantify climate resilience in energy regulation: The Climate Resilience Metrics and Indicators Framework'
• 2019-2023 | Co-founded the Optimisation Group Webinars within the Power Systems and Energy Storage group of Newcastle University. Optimisation Group Webinars were regular webinar presentations on energy systems optimisation with invited guest speakers from both UK and international institutions. Webinar information can be found on the website Optimisation Group Webinars | Centre for Energy | Newcastle University, and recorded talks on the YouTube channel, Optimisation Group Webinars - YouTube
• 2019 | 3rd Place, Three-minute Thesis Competition by the Durham Energy Institute, at the 10th Anniversary Research Symposium
• 2016 | Awarded the 2016 IEEE Greece Power and Energy Society POWERED Award (16th Workshop on Power Engineering Dissertations)

Research Areas of Ongoing/Past Projects:

• Energy systems resilience - onshore and offshore energy systems
• Climate resilience in energy regulations
• Whole energy systems - including hydrogen
• Mathematical optimisation methods for power systems (microgrids and electricity distribution networks)

Ongoing projects

• 2025-27 | Researcher Co-Lead, ResTOrES - Resilience Toolkit for Offshore Energy Systems | Partners: Newcastle University, University of Birmingham
• 2023-28 | Researcher, EPSRC Supergen Energy Networks - Phase 2 | Energy networks community - Supergen | Partners: University of Bath, University of Bristol, University of Birmingham, Cardiff University, University of Leeds, The University of Manchester, Newcastle University, Energy Systems Catapult

Past projects as Principal Investigator (Lead):

• 2025, 3-months | Climate Resilience Secondee at Ofgem [Ofgem (Office of Gas and Electricity Markets), is the energy regulator for Great Britain] | Key output: Led the development of a formal framework to quantify climate resilience of electricity distribution network companies in energy regulations, published by Ofgem at: ED3 Sector Specific Methodology Consultation – Climate Resilience Metrics and Indicators (CRMI) Annex
• 2021-23 | EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship

Past projects at Researcher capacity:

• 2023-24,~6-months | HyCoRe Alpha - Hydrogen Cost Reduction / Consultancy | REF:10079341 | ENA Innovation Portal (energynetworks.org); Lead Funding Licensee: Northern Gas Networks; Project Partners: Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, Kinewell Energy, Arup, Newcastle University, Unasys, National Gas Transmission
• 2023-24, ~6-months | D-Suite Alpha / Research (TRL 4-5) | 10060423-A (1) | ENA Innovation Portal (energynetworks.org); Lead Funding Licensee: SP Energy Networks (SPEN - SP Manweb Plc)
• 2017-22 | EPSRC National Centre for Energy Systems Integration (CESI) | National Centre for Energy Systems Integration | Newcastle University

Memberships and Formal Roles

• Technical Committee Member, IEEE Renewable Energies and Smart Technologies Conference 2026 | Technical Committee - IC-REST
• Early Career Researcher Committee Member, EPSRC Supergen Energy Networks Hub research project | Early Career Research - Supergen
• Member, Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE-TCG) | Technical Chamber of Greece | TEE

• Articles

  • Zografou-Barredo N-M, Walker SL, Withers J. Resilience Assessment of Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Systems. Engineering Proceedings 2024, 71(1), 6.
  • Alahyari A, Patsios C, Zografou-Barredo N-M, Saifutdinov T, Sarantakos I. A stochastic multi-range robust approach for low carbon technology participation in electricity markets. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems 2024, 157, 109825.
  • Sarantakos I, Peker M, Zografou-Barredo N, Deakin M, Patsios C, Sayfutdinov T, Taylor P, Greenwood D. A Robust Mixed-Integer Convex Model for Optimal Scheduling of Integrated Energy Storage – Soft Open Point Devices. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 2022, 13(5), 4072-4087.
  • Nikkhah S, Sarantakos I, Zografou-Barredo N, Rabiee A, Allahham A, Giaouris D. A Joint Risk and Security Constrained Control Framework for Real-Time Energy Scheduling of Islanded Microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 2022, 13(5), 3354 - 3368.
  • Zografou-Barredo NM, Patsios C, Sarantakos I, Davison P, Walker SL, Taylor PC. MicroGrid Resilience-Oriented Scheduling: A Robust MISOCP Model. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 2021, 12(3), 1867-1879.
  • Sarantakos I, Zografou-Barredo NM, Huo D, Greenwood DM. A Reliability-Based Method to Quantify the Capacity Value of Soft Open Points in Distribution Networks. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 2021, 36(6), 5032-5043.
  • Sarantakos I, Greenwood DM, Zografou-Barredo NM, Vahidinasab V, Taylor PC. A probabilistic method to quantify the capacity value of load transfer. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems 2020, 123, 106238.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Zografou-Barredo NM, Peker M, Greenwood DM. The Shuffled Conic Power Flow Equations: An Improved Angle-Inclusive Conic Model. In: IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2023). 2023, Orlando, FL, USA: IEEE.
  • Zografou-Barredo N-M, Patsios C, Walker SL, Davison P. Multi-energy microgrid scheduling: A multivector demonstrator case study. In: 25th International Conference on Electricity Distribution (CIRED). 2019, Madrid, Spain.