The primary research activities of the Department are carried out in the following areas:
- Power system security and safety
- Power system stability and control
- Comprehensive modeling of power systems, including detailed modeling of individual elements
- FACTS devices and HVDC systems operation in power systems
- Renewable sources of energy in power systems
- Electrical installations and devices
- Optimization of the structure and parameters of the power system supplying power to large agglomerations to meet the requirements of the electricity market
- Methods and models for integrated simulation-and-optimization based E3 (energy, economy, environment) analyses using ETSAP MARKAL (MARKet ALlocation) model for long-term energy system planning on national and local scale
- Nuclear reactors for cogeneration of electricity and heat
