Publications

A collection of my research work.

Day-Ahead Coordinated Scheduling of Distribution Networks and Microgrid-VPPs: A Risk-Aware and Carbon-Traceable Approach

Jinjie Liu, Behzad Kazemtabrizi, others

Applied Energy 2026

First-author work under review at Applied Energy: risk-aware, carbon-traceable day-ahead coordination of distribution networks and microgrid-based virtual power plants in integrated electricity and carbon markets.

Artificial-Intelligence-Driven Virtual Power Plants for Power System Resilience and Decarbonisation: A Review

P. Harsh, M. A. Santana, A. G. Rameshrao, Jinjie Liu, others

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2026

Review of AI-driven virtual power plant techniques for resilience and decarbonisation, developed within the EPSRC VPP-WARD project.

Bi-Level Low-Carbon Scheduling of Active Distribution Networks with Multiple Technical Virtual Power Plants in the Integrated Electricity and Carbon Markets

Jinjie Liu, Jiaqi Ruan, Huijun Tang, Behzad Kazemtabrizi, Hailiang Du, Peter C. Matthews, Hongjian Sun

Proc. IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT Europe) 2025

Bi-level low-carbon scheduling of active distribution networks with multiple technical VPPs in integrated electricity and carbon markets, developed within EPSRC VPP-WARD.

Dynamic Control of Microgrids with Battery Energy Storage Systems: Grid-Forming and Grid-Following Modes with Adaptive Disconnection Criteria

Xinzhuo Zhang, Jinjie Liu, Hongjian Sun

Proc. 9th Int. Conf. on Green Energy and Applications (ICGEA) 2025

Adaptive disconnection criteria for BESS-supported microgrids switching between grid-forming and grid-following control.

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DRL-based Carbon Emission Optimization Method for the Vehicular Reverse Offloading System

Huijun Tang, Chenguang Liu, Jinjie Liu, Hongjian Sun, Pengfei Jiao, Huaming Wu

2025 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC) 2025

Deep reinforcement learning for carbon emission optimisation in vehicular reverse offloading systems.

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Real-time industrial carbon emission estimation with deep learning-based device recognition and incomplete smart meter data

Jinjie Liu, Guolong Liu, Huan Zhao, Junhua Zhao, Jing Qiu, Zhao Yang Dong

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 2024

Deep-learning device recognition that keeps real-time industrial carbon emission estimation accurate even when smart-meter data are incomplete (JCR Q1).

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An Integrated Stacked Sparse Autoencoder and CNN-BLSTM Model for Ultra-Short-Term Wind Power Forecasting with Advanced Feature Learning

Jinjie Liu, Behzad Kazemtabrizi, Hailiang Du, Peter C. Matthews, Hongjian Sun

IECON 2024 -- 50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society 2024

Stacked sparse autoencoder with CNN-BLSTM for ultra-short-term wind power forecasting with advanced feature learning.

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AutoPCF: A Novel Automatic Product Carbon Footprint Estimation Framework Based on Large Language Models

Biao Luo, Jinjie Liu, Zhu Deng, Can Yuan, Qingrun Yang, Lei Xiao, Yucong Xie, Fanke Zhou, Wenwen Zhou, Zhu Liu

Proceedings of the AAAI Symposium Series 2024

Co-first-author AAAI Symposium paper on an automatic product carbon footprint estimation framework driven by large language models.

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A real-time carbon emission estimation framework for industrial parks with non-intrusive load monitoring

Jinjie Liu, Guolong Liu, Huan Zhao, Junhua Zhao, Jing Qiu, Zhao Yang Dong

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 2023

Non-intrusive load monitoring framework for real-time carbon emission estimation of industrial parks (JCR Q1).

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Real-time emission and cost estimation based on unit-level dynamic carbon emission factor

Jinjie Liu, Huan Zhao, Shuyi Wang, Guolong Liu, Junhua Zhao, Zhao Yang Dong

Energy Conversion and Economics 2023

Piecewise unit-level dynamic emission factor model for real-time emission and cost estimation; recognised as a 2024 Energy Conversion and Economics Highly Cited Article.

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EWELD: A Large-Scale Industrial and Commercial Load Dataset in Extreme Weather Events

Guolong Liu, Jinjie Liu, Yan Bai, Chengwei Wang, Haosheng Wang, Huan Zhao, Gaoqi Liang, Junhua Zhao, Jing Qiu

Scientific Data 2023

Co-first-author Scientific Data paper releasing EWELD, a six-year 15-minute-resolution load dataset of 386 industrial and commercial users under extreme weather events (JCR Q1).

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AutoPCF: Efficient product carbon footprint accounting with large language models

Zhu Deng, Jinjie Liu, Biao Luo, Can Yuan, Qingrun Yang, Lei Xiao, Wenwen Zhou, Zhu Liu

arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.04241 2023

Co-first-author preprint on automating product carbon footprint accounting with large language models.

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A non-intrusive carbon emission accounting method for industrial corporations from the perspective of modern power systems

Chao Yang, Gaoqi Liang, Jinjie Liu, Guolong Liu, Hongming Yang, Junhua Zhao, Zhaoyang Dong

Applied Energy 2023

Non-intrusive carbon accounting for industrial corporations from a modern power system perspective (JCR Q1).

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Real-Time Corporate Carbon Footprint Estimation Methodology Based on Appliance Identification

Guolong Liu, Jinjie Liu, Junhua Zhao, Jing Qiu, Yiru Mao, Zhanxin Wu, Fushuan Wen

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 2023

Appliance-identification-based methodology for real-time corporate carbon footprint estimation (JCR Q1).

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An improved carbon emission flow method for the power grid with prosumers

Chao Yang, Jinjie Liu, Huanxin Liao, Gaoqi Liang, Junhua Zhao

Energy Reports 2023

Improved carbon emission flow method accounting for prosumers in the power grid.

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MDRAE: An Attention Mechanism-Based Autoencoder for Missing Data Recovery in Smart Grids

Guolong Liu, Yan Bai, Jinjie Liu, Huan Zhao, Gaoqi Liang, Junhua Zhao

2023 IEEE 7th Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration (EI2) 2023

Attention-based autoencoder for missing data recovery in smart grids.

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Near-real-time daily estimates of fossil fuel CO2 emissions from major high-emission cities in China

Da Huo, Kai Liu, Jianwu Liu, Yingjian Huang, Taochun Sun, Yun Sun, Caomingzhe Si, Jinjie Liu, Xiaoting Huang, Jian Qiu, Haijin Wang, Duo Cui, Biqing Zhu, Piyu Ke, Yuli Shan, Olivier Boucher, Gr'egoire Dannet, Gaoqi Liang, Junhua Zhao, Lei Chen, Qian Zhang, Philippe Ciais, Wenwen Zhou, Zhu Liu

Scientific Data 2022

Carbon Monitor Cities-China: near-real-time daily CO2 emission estimates for 48 major high-emission Chinese cities (JCR Q1).

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Super-resolution perception for wind power forecasting by enhancing historical data

Guolong Liu, Shuwen Zhang, Huan Zhao, Jinjie Liu, Gaoqi Liang, Junhua Zhao, Guangzhong Sun

Frontiers in Energy Research 2022

Super-resolution data enhancement of historical meteorological and wind power data for more accurate wind power forecasting.

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Short-Term Load Forecasting with Frequency Enhanced Decomposed Transformer

Jinjie Liu, Guolong Liu, Jiaqi Ruan, Keen Wen, Chao Yang, Junhua Zhao

2022 IEEE 6th Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration (EI2) 2022

Frequency-enhanced decomposed Transformer for short-term load forecasting.

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Bidding Behavior Analysis in Joint Electricity and Carbon Market by Hybrid Experimental Learning

Jianmin Ye, Yarong Hu, Jinjie Liu, Wenxuan Liu, Gaoqi Liang

2022 IEEE 5th International Electrical and Energy Conference (CIEEC) 2022

Hybrid experimental learning analysis of bidding behaviour in joint electricity and carbon markets; CIEEC 2022 Best Paper Award.

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IEEE P2781 Load Modelling and Simulation Working Group

Jinjie Liu, others

2022

Participant in drafting the IEEE P2781 standard for load modelling and simulation, characterising load behaviour under various system conditions.

Method, device and computer-readable storage medium for assessing the risk of electricity trading service fee violations

Jinjie Liu, others

2021

Patent on assessing compliance risks in electricity trading agreements, supporting fairness and transparency in power market operations.

A Real-Time Estimation Framework of Carbon Emissions in Steel Plants Based on Load Identification

Guolong Liu, Jinjie Liu, Junhua Zhao, Fushuan Wen, Yusheng Xue

2020 International Conference on Smart Grids and Energy Systems (SGES) 2020

Load-identification-based framework for real-time carbon emission estimation in steel plants.

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Hierarchical Optimal Planning of Battery Energy Storage Systems in Radial Distribution Networks

Xiao Qian, Shujun Zhang, Jinjie Liu, Yu Zheng, Wenxuan Liu

2019 IEEE 3rd Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration (EI2) 2019

Hierarchical optimal planning of battery energy storage systems in radial distribution networks (corresponding author).

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