Research Output per Year
Research Output per Year
Overview
Personal Profile
Thushara De Silva is a researcher, primarily working with production cost modeling and power system operation planning models to understand the power grid operation with increasing contributions from renewable energy. Some of her research focus is also on hydropower operation in high-renewable power grids since water resources planning is associated with several nonpower constraints.
Research Interests
High renewable power grid operation analysis
Hydropower scheduling and optimization
Interactions between hydropower, the power grid, and the environment
Load forecasting
Professional Experience
Research Assistant, Vanderbilt University (2015–2019)
Electrical Engineer, Ceylon Electricity Board (2004–2015)
Education/Academic Qualification
Master, Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa
Bachelor, Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa
PhD, Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics where Thushara De Silva M is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
- 1 Similar Profiles
Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
-
An Overview of Renewable Energy Desk Activities for Power Grid Operations and Planning
De Silva, T., Choi, S. & Nagarajan, A., 2024, 4 p. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).Research output: NREL › Fact Sheet
-
Fish Friendly Water Rules' Impact On the Power Grid with High VRE Levels
De Silva, T., Swirsky, M., Joshi, S., Graves, D. & Teixeira, A., 2024, 19 p.Research output: NREL › Presentation
-
How Fisheries Biologists Can Facilitate the Clean Energy Transition
Pracheil, B., Chalishazar, V., Jager, H., De Silva, T., McDavitt, W., McCoskey, D., Jackson, K. & Bockenhauer, S., 2024, In: Fisheries. 49, 11, p. 524-535 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
Hydropower Flexibility and Environmental Tradeoffs Analysis
De Silva, T., 2024, 20 p.Research output: NREL › Presentation
-
Impact of Glen Canyon Generation Loss
De Silva, T., Ploussard, Q., Veselka, T., Jorgenson, J., Wilhite, J., Williams, N., Pavicevic, M., Johnson, R. & Simon, C., 2024, 25 p.Research output: NREL › Presentation
Activities
-
American Geophysical Union (External organization)
Sanyal, J. (Member), Klein, R. (Member), Cohen, S. (Member), Ravi, V. (Member), De Silva M, T. (Member), Burns, J. (Member) & Kar, B. (Member)
0001Activity: Membership › Membership of network
-
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (External organization)
Bernstein, A. (Member), Zhang, J. (Member), Comden, J. (Member), Mueller, J. (Member), Cohen, S. (Member) & De Silva M, T. (Member)
0001Activity: Membership › Membership of network
-
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (External organization)
Ginley, D. (Member), Nagarajan, A. (Member), Markel, A. (Member), Bernstein, A. (Member), Solanki, B. (Member), Hodge, B.-M. (Member), Uriarte, C. (Member), Barrows, C. (Member), Perkins, C. (Member), Palmintier, B. (Member), Thomas, D.-M. (Member), Saleem, D. (Member), DeVoto, D. (Member), Khan, F. (Member), Seo, G.-S. (Member), Moreno, G. (Member), Johnson, G. (Member), Cavraro, G. (Member), Dunham, H. (Member), Jorgenson, J. (Member), Zhang, J. (Member), Sanyal, J. (Member), Kisacikoglu, J. (Member), Rivera, J. (Member), Duwadi, K. (Member), Doubleday, K. (Member), Panda, K. (Member), Sedzro, K. S. (Member), Panossian, N. (Member), Guba, N. (Member), Martin, M. (Member), Guerra Fernandez, O. J. (Member), Baggu, M. (Member), Emami, P. (Member), Paret, P. (Member), Koralewicz, P. (Member), Awara, S. (Member), McFly, S. (Member), Dhulipala, S. C. (Member), Ovaitt, S. (Member), Paul, S. (Member), Abraham, S. A. (Member), De Silva M, T. (Member), Singh, V. K. (Member), Zhang, X. (Member), Zhou, X. (Member), Agalgaonkar, Y. (Member), Wright, J. (Member), Pao, L. (Member), Kekelia, B. (Member), Chang, C.-Y. (Member), Kiboma, L. (Member), Ramirez Arbelaez, L. (Member), Chaudhary, R. (Member), Wijekoon, R. (Member), Ahrenkiel, R. (Fellow), Kurtz, S. (Member), Truong, T. (Member), Poudyal, A. (Member) & Sekulic, W. (Member)
0001Activity: Membership › Membership of network