Name
Roozbeh Kabiri
Job title
Regional Grid Excellence Lead
Organisation
Vestas
Speaker biography
Roozbeh Kabiri is the Regional Grid Excellence Lead at Vestas, responsible for driving technical excellence, process improvement, and regulatory coordination across the APAC Grid organisation. He leads the regional Grid Excellence roadmap, aligns initiatives with global standards, and engages with regulators and industry bodies on grid-related matters.
Roozbeh holds a PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from RMIT University and previously worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at RMIT and Monash. Before joining Vestas, he was a Grid Connection Engineer at GE Renewable Energy. His expertise includes renewable grid integration, power electronics control, and system modelling. He is an active IEEE contributor and recipient of the Myron Zucker and IAS PhD Thesis awards.
Roozbeh holds a PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from RMIT University and previously worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at RMIT and Monash. Before joining Vestas, he was a Grid Connection Engineer at GE Renewable Energy. His expertise includes renewable grid integration, power electronics control, and system modelling. He is an active IEEE contributor and recipient of the Myron Zucker and IAS PhD Thesis awards.
Speaking At
AWIF Presentation title
Techno‑Commercial Solutions for Grid Integration Challenges in Modern Wind Farms: Current Practice and Future Pathways
AWIF Presentation summary
As wind farms scale to gigawatt-sized projects, grid integration challenges intensify. Beyond traditional issues—fault level management, minimum Short Circuit Ratio (SCR) compliance, reactive power planning with fixed and switched capacitor banks, Electrical Balance of Plant (EBoP) complications, and selecting between synchronous condensers (SynCons) and STATCOMs—large projects introduce new complexities: multi-terminal grid connections, Power Plant Controller (PPC) coordination and redundancy across multiple substations, and risk aggregation in EPC and O&M contracts. These factors significantly influence technical design, compliance, and commercial viability. Addressing these challenges requires future-ready strategies that combine technical robustness with economic feasibility. Emerging solutions include grid-forming inverter technology for system strength and inertia, hybrid wind-plus-storage configurations to improve SCR and dynamic stability, and modular SynCon–STATCOM packages for flexible reactive power support. Advanced modeling approaches such as EMT-first validation and digital twins are becoming essential for accurate performance prediction and risk mitigation. Furthermore cyber-secure PPC architectures aligned with evolving standards are shaping the next generation of project delivery frameworks. These innovations aim to ensure giga-scale wind projects remain competitive, grid-friendly, and commercially bankable in an evolving energy landscape. The presentation will provide insights into how developers and utilities can adopt these strategies to meet stringent grid codes while optimizing cost and reliability.
