PUBLICATIONS

TECHNICAL REPORTS/BOOK CHAPTERS/MAGAZINES

  1. IIT Bombay and MSLDC , “Optimising Power Despatch (An initiative towards SCED implementation in Maharashtra)”, Nov. 2024, PDF
  2. IIT Bombay and CEA , “Executive Summary : Implementation of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) in India”, Dec. 2023, PDF
  3. IIT Bombay and CEA , “Fundamentals of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X): Technology, Enablers and Challenges”, Dec. 2023, PDF
  4. IIT Bombay and CEA , “Techno-economic analysis and recommendations for V2X implementation in India”, Dec. 2023, PDF
  5. T. Jiang, Z. H. Rather, et al., “ Guest Editorial: Special issue on flexible and resilient urban energy systems , International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems , vol. 154, p. 109439, 2023, DOI
  6. Doolla, S., Rather, Z.H., Ramadesigan, V., “ Advances in Clean Energy and Sustainability: Proceedings of ICAER 2022 ”, 2023; Springer, DOI
  7. Doolla, S., Rather, Z.H., Ramadesigan, V., “ Advances in Renewable Energy and Its Grid Integration: Proceedings of ICAER 2022 ”, 2023; Springer, DOI
  8. Z. Rather, A. Nath, R. Banerjee, “Recommendations for Seamless Adoption of EV Charging Infrastructure in India,” in Energy Smart Appliances: Applications, Methodologies, and Challenges , IEEE, 2023, pp.263-300, PDF
  9. Z. Rather, A. Nath, R. Banerjee, “ Recommendations for Seamless Adoption of EV Charging Infrastructure in India”, NITI Aayog, 2023, PDF
  10. A. Nath and Z. H. Rather, “Accommodating Charging Load Due to High Electric Vehicle Adoption and Tackling Grid Impacts: Grid Reinforcement vs Smart Charging,” IEEE Smart Grid Bulletin, June, 2023
  11. Z. H. Rather, A. Nath, D. Lekshmi, R. Banerjee, “ Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and its Grid Integration in India, Status Quo, Critical Analysis and Way Forward”, NITI Aayog, 2022, PDF
  12. S. Paul, R. Andrabi, Z. H. Rather, “Layout Optimization Planning of Hybrid Offshore Wind- Solar PV Power Plants,  Planning of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, Electric Vehicle, and Microgrid: Modelling, control, and Optimization”,ISBN: 9811909784, July 2022, Springer, DOI
  13. S. Bej  , T. Zhimomi, C. Hochfeld, E.B. Richle,  Z. H. Rather, M.R. Bradiya, S. Maity  “International Review on Recycling Ecosystem of Electric Vehicle Batteries”, Charging Transport, May 2022, PDF
  14. IIT Bombay  and POSOCO , “Assessment of Inertia in Indian Power System”, Jan. 2022, PDF
  15. Z. H. Rather, P. Dahiwale, D. Lekshmi,  A. Hartung, “A Critical Review: Smart Charging Strategies and Technologies for Electric Vehicles”, Charging Transport, 2021, PDF
  16. Z. H. Rather, A. Nath, R. Banerjee, C. Juta, “ International review of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and its Grid Integration”, NITI Aayog, 2021, PDF
  17. Z. H. Rather, R. Banerjee, A. Nath, P. Dahiwale, “ Fundamentals of Electric Vehicle Charging Technology and its Grid Integration”, NITI Aayog, 2021, PDF
  18. D. Flynn, Z. H. Rather, et al., Technical Impacts of High Penetration Levels of Wind Power on Power System Stability” ,  Advances in Energy Systems: The Large-scale Renewable Energy Integration Challenge ISBN: 978-1-119-50828-1  568 Pages, Wiley,  DOI
  19.  H. G.  Ignacio, R. C.  Pablo,  S.  Alessandra,  N. Wouter,  Q.  Sylvain;, Z. Andreas,  T.  Christian, Z. H.  Rather, et al,  Addressing Flexibility in Energy System Models,  JRC, European Commission Science and Policy Report, April, 2015,  DOI
  20. J. Dillon, D. Flynn, P. Deane, B.   Gallach ir, E. Lannoye, M. O. Malley, Z. H. Rather,  Flexibility in Energy Systems,  IET/JRC Workshop on Addressing Flexibility in Energy System Models, Petten, The Netherlands, December 2014

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  1. P. K. Dhara, Z. H. Rather and C. Phurailatpam, “Estimation of Minimum Inertia and Fast Frequency Support for Renewable Energy Dominated Power Systems” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 74, pp. 1-14, 2025,DOI
  2. P. P. Patankar, Z. H. Rather, A. Nath, A. Liebman and S. Doolla, “Vehicle-to-Home and Vehicle-to-Building: A Techno-Economic Analysis Under Varying Charging Methods and Tariff” IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2024,DOI
  3. S. Maity, Z. H. Rather, and S. Doolla, “A comprehensive review of grid support services from solar photovoltaic power plants, ” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, , Volume 210, 115133, ISSN 1364-0321, 2025, DOI
  4. P. K. Dhara and Z. H. Rather, “A Novel Approach to Determine and Maintain Area-wise Minimum Inertia in Renewable Energy Dominated Power Systems” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2024,DOI
  5. P. V. Dahiwale, Z. H. Rather and I. Mitra, “A Distance Metric Based Approach for Analyzing, Assessing, and Strengthening EV Policy” IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation, 2024,DOI
  6. A. Panwar, Z. H. Rather, A. Liebman, R. Dargaville and S. Doolla, “An Online Approach for Dimensioning Fast Frequency Response Reserve in a Low Inertia Power System” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2024,DOI
  7. D. Chhetija, D. Khadka, Y. Gupta, Z. H. Rather, and S. Doolla, “Fault detection and classification scheme for power islands with inverter interfaced distributed generators” Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 233, p. 110438, Aug. 2024,DOI
  8. P. V. Dahiwale, Z. H. Rather and I. Mitra, “A Comprehensive Review of Smart Charging Strategies for Electric Vehicles and Way Forward,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 2024, DOI
  9. D. Chhetija, Z. H. Rather and S. Doolla, “A Communication-Free Fault Detection and Classification Scheme for Power Islands” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 2024, DOI
  10. S. M. Dubey, A. S. Vijay, Z. H. Rather, and S. Doolla, “Non-linear virtual impedance shaping strategy for predominantly resistive islanded power networks,” Electric Power Syst. Res. , vol. 225, no. 109849, 2023, DOI
  11. M. Prasad, Z. H. Rather, R. Razzaghi, and S. Doolla, “Real-Time Reduced Model of Active Distribution Networks for Grid Support Applications” IEEE Transaction on Power Delivery vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 3531-3540, Oct. 2023, DOI
  12. D. Lekshmi J, Z. H. Rather, and B. C. Pal, “Online Estimation of Disturbance Size and Frequency Nadir Prediction in Renewable Energy Integrated Power Systems” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, pp. 1–11, 2023,DOI
  13. P. K. Dhara and Z. H. Rather, “Non-synchronous Inertia Estimation in a Renewable Energy Integrated Power System With Reduced Number of Monitoring Nodes,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 864–875, Apr. 2023, DOI
  14. A. Nath, Z. Rather, I. Mitra, and S. L., “Multi-criteria Approach for Identification and Ranking of Key Interventions for Seamless Adoption of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, pp. 1–12, 2023, DOI
  15. M. M. Kabsha and Z. H. Rather, “Adaptive Control Strategy for Frequency Support From MTDC Connected Offshore Wind Power Plants,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 3981–3991, Mar. 2023, DOI
  16. S. Paul and Z. H. Rather, “A novel approach for optimal cabling and determination of suitable topology of MTDC connected offshore wind farm cluster,” Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 208, p. 107877, Jul. 2022, DOI
  17. D. Lekshmi J, Z. H. Rather, and B. C. Pal, “A New Tool to Assess Maximum Permissible Solar PV Penetration in a Power System,” Energies, vol. 14, no. 24, p. 8529, Dec. 2021, DOI
  18. S. R. Ara, S. Paul, and Z. H. Rather, “Two-level planning approach to analyze techno-economic feasibility of hybrid offshore wind-solar pv power plants,” Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, vol. 47, p. 101509, Oct. 2021, DOI
  19. C. Phurailatpam, Z. H. Rather, B. Bahrani, and S. Doolla, “Estimation of Non-Synchronous Inertia in AC Microgrids,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 1903–1914, Oct. 2021, DOI
  20. M. M. Kabsha and Z. H. Rather, “Advanced LVRT Control Scheme for Offshore Wind Power Plant,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 3893–3902, Dec. 2021, DOI
  21. S. Maity, S. Paul, H. Karbouj, and Z. H. Rather, “Optimal Sizing and Placement of Wind Farm in a Radial Distribution Network Considering Reliability, Operational, Economic and Environmental Factors,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 3043–3054, Oct. 2021, DOI
  22. H. Karbouj, Z. H. Rather, and B. C. Pal, “Adaptive Voltage Control for Large Scale Solar PV Power Plant Considering Real Life Factors,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 990–998, Apr. 2021, DOI
  23. H. Karbouj and Z. Hussain Rather, “Enhanced wind turbine generator fault ride‐through capability by using hybrid on‐load tap changer,” IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, vol. 14, no. 20, pp. 4468–4474, Sep. 2020, DOI
  24. S. Paul, A. P. Nath, and Z. H. Rather, “A Multi-Objective Planning Framework for Coordinated Generation From Offshore Wind Farm and Battery Energy Storage System,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 2087–2097, Oct. 2020, DOI
  25. C. Phurailatpam, Z. H. Rather, B. Bahrani, and S. Doolla, “Measurement-Based Estimation of Inertia in AC Microgrids,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 1975–1984, Jul. 2020, DOI
  26. M. M. Kabsha and Z. H. Rather, “A New Control Scheme for Fast Frequency Support From HVDC Connected Offshore Wind Farm in Low-Inertia System,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 1829–1837, Jul. 2020, DOI
  27. S. Paul and Z. H. Rather, “A New Bi-Level Planning Approach to Find Economic and Reliable Layout for Large-Scale Wind Farm,” IEEE Systems Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 3080–3090, Sep. 2019, DOI
  28. H. Karbouj and Z. H. Rather, “A Novel Wind Farm Control Strategy to Mitigate Voltage Dip Induced Frequency Excursion,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 637–645, Apr. 2019, DOI
  29. H. Karbouj and Z. H. Rather, “Voltage Control Ancillary Service From Wind Power Plant,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 759–767, Apr. 2019, DOI
  30. H. Karbouj, Z. H. Rather, D. Flynn, and H. W. Qazi, “Non-synchronous fast frequency reserves in renewable energy integrated power systems: A critical review,” International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol. 106, pp. 488–501, Mar. 2019, DOI
  31. S. Paul and Z. H. Rather, “A Pragmatic Approach for Selecting a Suitable Wind Turbine for a Wind Farm Considering Different Metrics,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 1648–1658, Oct. 2018,  DOI

  32. Z. H. Rather and D. Flynn, “Impact of voltage dip induced delayed active power recovery on wind integrated power systems,” Control Engineering Practice, vol. 61, pp. 124–133, Apr. 2017, DOI

  33. J. N. Sakamuri, Z. H. Rather, J. Rimez, M. Altin, Ö. Göksu and N. A. Cutululis, “Coordinated Voltage Control in Offshore HVDC Connected Cluster of Wind Power Plants,” in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 1592-1601, Oct. 2016, DOI

  34. D. Flynn,  Z. H. Rather, et al., “Technical impacts of high penetration levels of wind power on power system stability,” Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment , vol.6, no.2,pp. 1-19, June, 2016, DOI

  35. Z. H. Rather, Z. Chen, P. Thøgersen and P. Lund, “Dynamic Reactive Power Compensation of Large-Scale Wind Integrated Power System,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 2516-2526, Sept. 2015, DOI

  36. Z. H. Rather, Z. Chen, P. Thøgersen, P. Lund and B. Kirby, “Realistic Approach for Phasor Measurement Unit Placement: Consideration of Practical Hidden Costs,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 3-15, Feb. 2015,  DOI
  37. Z. H. Rather, Z. Chen, P. Thøgersen and P. Lund, “Pragmatic Approach for Multistage Phasor Measurement Unit Placement: A Case Study of Danish Power System and Inputs from Practical Experience,” European Transactions on Electrical Power (Int. trans. Energy Systems), vol. 26, no.12, pp. 2532-2551, Dec.2016, DOI
  38. C. Liu, K. Sun, Z. H. Rather, et al.  “A Systematic Approach for Dynamic Security Assessment and the Corresponding Preventive Control Scheme Based on Decision Trees,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 717-730, March 2014, DOI
  39. L.  Chengxi, Z. H. Rather, C. Zhe,  C. L. Bak, “Multi Agent System Based Adaptive Protection for Dispersed Generation Integrated Distribution Systems,”International Journal of Smart Grid and Clean Energy , Vol. 2, No. 3, 2013, p. 406-412, DOI

  40. L.  Chengxi, Z. H. Rather, C. Zhe,  C. L. Bak, “An overview of decision tree applied to power systems,“International Journal of Smart Grid and Clean Energy ,vol. 2, no. 32013, p. 413-419, DOI

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

  1. M. R. Bradiya and Z. Hussain Rather, “Stress Impacts on Turbo-generator Shaft in Inverter- Dominated Power System,”, 2024 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia), Bengaluru, India, 2024 DOI
  2. R. Kushwaha, Z. H. Rather and S. Doolla, “Plugging into Profit: An Economic Analysis of Electric Vehicle Participation in Frequency Regulation in India,”, 2024 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia), Bengaluru, India, 2024 DOI
  3. M. Prasad, Z. H. Rather, R. Razzaghi and S. Doolla, “Network-Agnostic Voltage-to-Power Sensitivities of a Real-Time Reduced Active Distribution Network,”, 2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia), Auckland, New Zealand, 2023 DOI
  4. P. P. Patankar, Z. H. Rather, A. Liebman, and S. Doolla, “GRU based EV Charging Algorithm for Vehicle-to-Home Applications,,”, 2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia), Auckland, New Zealand, 2023 DOI
  5. A. Kumari, Z. H. Rather and P. V. Dahiwale, “Optimal Design of Charging Infrastructure and Battery Sizing for Electric Bus based Public Transportation System”, 2023 IEEE 20th India Council International Conference (INDICON), Hyderabad, India, 2023
  6. P. V. Dahiwale, Z. H. Rather, and I. Mitra,, “Congestion Management in High Solar PV Penetrated Distribution System using Smart Charging of Electric Vehicles”, International Solar Energy Society (ISES) Solar World Congress 2023, New Delhi, India, 2023
  7. P. V. Dahiwale, Z. H. Rather and A. Kumari, “Smart Opportunity Charging Strategy for Electric Buses ”,IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Europe 2023, Grenoble, France, 2023 DOI
  8. S. Maity, Z. H. Rather and S. Doolla, “Maximum Available Power Estimation in Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants Using Reference Inverters: A Critical Assessment”,IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Europe 2023, Grenoble, France, 2023 DOI
  9. A. Nath and Z. H. Rather, “Design of Adaptive Control Scheme for Provision of Frequency Regulation Service from Electric Vehicle Fleet”, IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Europe 2023, Grenoble, France, 2023 DOI
  10. A. Nath and Z. H. Rather, “Application of Electric Vehicle Charging Station for Power Factor Correction of Industrial Load”, 7th E-Mobility Power System Integration Symposium & Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EMOB 2023) Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023
  11. D. Chhetija, I. Khan, Z. H. Rather and S. Doolla, “On the Fault Behavior of Inverter Controllers: Impact on Protective Relaying”, 2023 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS), Nashville, TN, USA, 2023. DOI
  12. S. M.Dubey, Z. H. Rather and S. Doolla, “Variable Structure Control of a Virtual Synchronous Generator for LVRT in presence of Local Load”, 2023 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering & Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC/I&CPS/Europe) Madrid, Spain, 2023  DOI
  13. D. Chhetija, I. Khan, Z. H. Rather and S. Doolla, “Negative sequence power based fault detection scheme for power islands during unbalanced faults” 2023 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering & Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC/I&CPS/Europe) Madrid, Spain, 2023 DOI
  14. P. V. Dahiwale and Z. H. Rather, “Centralized Multi-objective Framework for Smart EV Charging in Distribution System”, in 2023 IEEE PES Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies – Middle East (ISGT Middle East), 2023, pp. 1–5,  DOI
  15. D. Chhetija, Z. H. Rather and S. Doolla, “A Communication-free Fault Detection and Classification Scheme for Industrial Microgrids,” 2022 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS), Detroit, MI, USA, 2022, pp. 1-6, DOI
  16. J. Dhanuja Lekshmi, Z. H. Rather, and B. C. Pal, “Frequency Response Improvement in RE Integrated Low Inertia Power Systems using Synchronous Condensers”, in 2022 22nd National Power Systems Conference (NPSC), 2022, pp. 602–607, DOI
  17. S. Maity, Z. H. Rather, and S. Doolla, “Estimation of Maximum Available Power in Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants Under Normal Operation and Cloud Shading”, in 2022 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies – Asia (ISGT Asia), 2022, pp. 165–169, DOI
  18. A. Panwar, Z. H. Rather, S. Doolla, A. Liebman, and R. Dargaville, “A Machine Learning Based Approach for Frequency Response Prediction in Low Inertia Power System”, in 2022 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies – Asia (ISGT Asia), 2022, pp. 175–179, DOI
  19. P. K. Dhara and Z. Hussain Rather, “A New Generator Clustering Approach for Power System Inertia Estimation With Reduced Number of Frequency Monitoring Nodes,” 2021 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2021, pp. 1-6,
  20. S. Paul, A. K. Ahirwar, and Z. H. Rather, “Optimal and Economic Cable Connection for 1 GW Offshore Wind Farm Project Near the Gujarat Coast in India”, in 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2020, pp. 1–5, DOI
  21. P. Kanti Dhara and Z. Hussain Rather, “Power System Inertia Estimation Under Limited Frequency Monitoring Nodes”, in 2020 IEEE 17th India Council International Conference (INDICON), 2020, pp. 1–6, DOI
  22. D. Lekshmi J., Z. H. Rather, and B. C. Pal, “Voltage-dip Induced Frequency Excursions in Solar PV Power Integrated Power System”, in 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Systems Technology (POWERCON), 2020, pp. 1–6, DOI
  23. M. M. Kabsha and Z. Rather, “Evaluation of LVRT Control Strategies for Offshore Wind Farms”, in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research, 2021, pp. 1319–1330, DOI
  24. M. M. Kabsha and Z. Rather, “LVRT Induced Frequency Stability in Offshore Wind Power System “, 2nd International Conference on Large-Scale Grid Integration of Renewable Energy in India, September 4-6, 2019 New Delhi, India
  25. S. Maity, Z. H. Rather, “Optimal PMU Placement for Performance Monitoring of Renewable Power Plants,“2nd International Conference on Large-Scale Grid Integration of Renewable Energy in India, September 4-6, 2019 New Delhi, India 
  26. Nath, Angshu; Rather, Zakir , “Impact of Randomness of Wind Direction and Turbine Failure on Reliability Performance of Offshore Wind Farm,“2nd International Conference on Large-Scale Grid Integration of Renewable Energy in India, September 4-6, 2019 New Delhi, India
  27. H. Karbouj and Z. H. Rather, “A Comparative Study on the Impact of Grid Code Regulations on Stability of Wind Integrated Power Systems”, in 2019 1st Global Power, Energy and Communication Conference (GPECOM), 2019, pp. 342–347, DOI
  28. A. P. Nath, S. Paul, Z. H. Rather, and S. Mahapatra, “Estimation of Offshore Wind Farm Reliability Considering Wake Effect and Wind Turbine Failure”, in 2019 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies – Asia (ISGT Asia), 2019, pp. 3866–3871, DOI
  29. R. R. Vattigunta, Z. H. Rather, and R. Gokaraju, “Fast frequency support from hybrid solar PV and wind power plant”, in 2018 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2018, pp. 1–6, DOI
  30. S. Paul, H. Karbouj, and Z. H. Rather, “Optimal Placement of Wind Power Plant in a Radial Distribution Network Considering Plant Reliability”, in 2018 International Conference on Power System Technology (POWERCON), 2018, pp. 2021–2026, DOI
  31. S. Paul and Z. H. Rather, “Quantification of Wind Farm Operational and Infrastructure Resilience”, in 2018 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe), 2018, pp. 1–5, DOI
  32. Karbouj, Hazem; Rather, Zakir , “Dynamic Reactive Power From Wind Power Plant: Voltage Control Ancillary Service Support,“1st International Conference on Large-Scale Grid Integration of Renewable Energy in India, September 6-8, 2017 New Delhi, India 
  33. Jotwani, Ankit; Rather, Zakir, “An Advanced Investigation on LVRT Requirement in Wind Integrated Power Systems,“1st International Conference on Large-Scale Grid Integration of Renewable Energy in India, September 6-8, 2017 New Delhi, India
  34. Agarwal, Harshank; Rather, Zakir, “Fast Frequency Support from Wind Power Plant,“1st International Conference on Large-Scale Grid Integration of Renewable Energy in India, September 6-8, 2017 New Delhi, India
  35. Rather, Zakir; Rannestad, Bjorn; Abrahamsen, Flemming; Nielse, Kristoffer; Balle, Rene, “Grid Stability Enhancement by LVRT Retrofitting of Existing Wind and Solar Power Plants“, Intl. conf. WindEnergy India-2017, April, 2017 New Delhi, India (Best paper award)
  36. S. Paul and Z. H. Rather, “Fuzzy logic based inertia! dispatch strategy from wind power plant”, in 2017 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2017 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), 2017, pp. 1–6, DOI
  37. S. Paul and Z. H. Rather, “A new approach for selection of a suitable wind turbine for a wind farm”, in 2016 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2016, pp. 1–6, DOI
  38. J. N. Sakamuri, M. Altin, A. D. Hansen, N. A. Cutululis and Z. H. Rather, “Coordinated control scheme for ancillary services from offshore wind power plants to AC and DC grids,” 2016 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Boston, MA, USA,  pp. 1-5, 2016, DOI
  39. N. Qin, H. Abildgaard, D. Flynn, Z. H. Rather, C. L. Bak and Z. Chen, “Automatic voltage control (AVC) system under uncertainty from wind power,” 2016 Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC), Genoa, Italy, 2016, pp. 1-8, DOI
  40.  Z. H. Rather and D. Flynn, “Voltage Dip Induced Frequency Events in Wind Integrated Power Systems,” ” 9th Control of Power and Energy Systems Symposium, IFAC, IIT Delhi, India, December, 2015. (declared as one of the best paper of the conference)
  41.  S. Jayachandra,  Z. H. Rather, N. Cutululis,  H.  Anca, P. Sorensen, J. Rimes, “A New Coordinated Voltage Control Scheme for Offshore Grid of HVDC Connected Offshore Wind Farm,” CIGRE Canada, Sept. 2015, Winnipeg, Canada, DOI
  42.  W. Q. Hassan,   Z. H. Rather,  D.  Flynn, “Impact of Large Scale Demand Side Management on Power System,” In IEEE PowerTech 2015 June, Eindhoven
  43.  S. Jayachandra, Z. Rather, N. Cutululis, H. Anca,  P. Sorensen,  J. Rimes,, “Dynamic Reactive Power Control in Offshore HVDC Connected Wind Power Plants,” 14th Wind Integration Workshop, Brussels, Belgium, 2015,
  44. M. F. Astaneh, Z. H. Rather, W. Hu and Z. Chen, “Economic valuation of reserves on cross border interconnections; A Danish case study,” 2014 IEEE PES General Meeting/Conference & Exposition, National Harbor, MD, USA, 2014, pp. 1-5, DOI
  45.  C. Liu,  Sun K. Sun; Rather, Z. H. Rather,  Z. Chen,  L. C. Bak,   P. Thogersen,  P. Lund,, “A Systematic Approach for Dynamic Security Assessment and the Corresponding Preventive Control Scheme Based on Decision Trees ,” Proc. IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, July, 2014, Washington, USA
  46.  Z. H. Rather, Z. Chen and P. Thøgersen, “Impact of wind energy integration on reactive power reserve and its smart solution: A Danish Power System case study,” 2012 IEEE International Conference on Power System Technology (POWERCON), Auckland, New Zealand, 2012, pp. 1-6, DOI
  47.  Z. H. Rather, Z. Chen and P. Thøgersen, “Challenges of Danish power system and their possible solutions,” 2012 IEEE International Conference on Power System Technology (POWERCON), Auckland, New Zealand, 2012, pp. 1-6, DOI
  48. Z. Hussain, Z. Chen and P. Thøgersen, “Fast and precise method of contingency ranking in modern power system,” 2011 IEEE Jordan Conference on Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing Technologies (AEECT), Amman, Jordan, 2011, pp. 1-7, DOI
  49. Z. H. Rather, C. Liu, Z. Chen, C. L. Bak and P. Thøgersen, “Dynamic security assessment of Danish power system based on decision trees: Today and tomorrow,” 2013 IEEE Grenoble Conference, Grenoble, France, 2013, pp. 1-6, DOI
  50.  Z. H. Rather, Z. Chen and P. Thøgersen, “Wide area measurement based security assessment & monitoring of modern power system: A danish power system case study,” 2013 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies-Asia (ISGT Asia), Bangalore, India, 2013, pp. 1-6, DOI
  51. Z. H. Rather, C. Liu, Z. Chen and P. Thøgersen, “Optimal PMU Placement by improved particle swarm optimization,” 2013 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies-Asia (ISGT Asia), Bangalore, India, 2013, pp. 1-6, DOI
  52. Z. H. Rather, Z. Chen and P. Thøgersen, “Challenge of primary voltage control in large scale wind integrated Power System: A Danish power system case study,” IEEE PES ISGT Europe 2013, Lyngby, Denmark, 2013, pp. 1-5, DOI

  53. C. Liu, Zakir Hussain Rather, N. Stearn, Z. Chen, C. L. Bak and P. Thøgersen, “Practical testing and performance analysis of Phasor Measurement Unit using real time digital simulator (RTDS),” 2012 IEEE International Energy Conference and Exhibition (ENERGYCON), Florence, Italy, 2012, pp. 408-414, DOI

  54. C. Liu, Z. H. Rather, Z. Chen, C. L. Bak and P. Thøgersen, “Importance sampling based decision trees for security assessment and the corresponding preventive control schemes: The Danish case study,” 2013 IEEE Grenoble Conference, Grenoble, France, 2013, pp. 1-6, DOI