Sérgio Granville, Dsc

Technical Director

At PSR since 2000, he has been a technical director, working in research and development of advanced analytical tools based on non-linear and stochastic optimization, game theory/economic equilibrium, and data analytics applied to the simulation of electricity markets, planning the expansion of transmission systems, and integrated economic-energy models.

Academic Background

  • DSc in Operations Research – Stanford University

  • MSc in Applied Mathematics – PUC-Rio

  • BSc in Applied Mathematics – PUC-Rio

Professional Experience

  • Managed the development of several PSR analytical tools:

    • OptFolio: risk-adjusted optimization of physical and financial asset portfolios.

    • OptValue: financial evaluation of generation projects.

    • OptFlow: optimal AC power flow.

    • Additional modules for strategic bidding for energy auctions, stochastic evaluation of financial instruments (futures and options), among others.

  • Participated in economic and financial evaluation studies of generation/transmission projects and contracting strategies in Brazil and abroad.

  • Author or co-author of 50 technical articles in international journals and conferences, including pioneering internationally recognized methodologies, such as:

    • Application of nonlinear interior point methods for optimal power flow (OPF).

    • Benders decomposition for OPF with security constraints and post-contingency redispatch.

  • Coordinated research and development of optimization tools in the areas of optimal power flow and reactive compensation planning at CEPEL.