Main Research Directions

Power system planning, energy and power system planning, new-type power systems, electricity-carbon coupling, low-carbon transition evolution pathways, energy economics, multi-agent decision-making, game theory, low-carbon energy policies

Yujuan Fang, Ph.D., is an Assistant Researcher at the Low-Carbon Energy Laboratory of Tsinghua University and Deputy Director of the Urban and Regional Low-Carbon Transition Research Institute of Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute. She was selected into the 2021 "Postdoctoral Innovation Talent Support Program" (only 5 people in the national electrical engineering discipline), "Think Tank Youth", and Tsinghua University "Shuimu Scholar" talent program. She has published 18 SCI/EI papers in authoritative energy and electrical journals such as Energy, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Control Theory and Applications, and Power System Technology, including 11 as the first author. Her research achievements are included in the monograph Engineering Game Theory and Its Applications in Energy and Power Systems, which is used as a textbook for the graduate course "Engineering Game Theory" in the Department of Electrical Engineering. She has presided over the National Natural Science Foundation for Young Scientists, the Open Research Project of the Key Laboratory of Smart Operation of New Energy Power Systems of the Ministry of Education, the National High-End Think Tank Project of Tsinghua University, the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation General Project, the China Association for Science and Technology High-End Scientific and Technological Innovation Think Tank Youth Project, and the National Postdoctoral Innovation Talent Support Program Project. As a technical backbone, she has participated in the National Key Research and Development Program, the Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation, and multiple enterprise and institutional scientific and technological projects. The applicant has participated in research projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Energy Administration, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for many times, supporting the strategic decision-making of relevant departments, and has received thank-you letters from the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Energy Administration, the Climate Strategy Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the Think Tank Center of Tsinghua University.

Education Background

·2016.08–2021.06: Tsinghua University, Power System, Doctoral Degree
Supervisor: Shengwei Mei

·2019.10–2020.03: University of Groningen, Electrical Engineering, Visiting Scholar

·2012.08–2016.07: Xi’an Jiaotong University, Electrical Engineering and Automation, Bachelor’s Degree

Research and Academic Work Experience

·2023.07–Present: Assistant Researcher, Low-Carbon Energy Laboratory, Tsinghua University

·2021.07–2023.06: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Co-Supervisor: Chongqing KangRepresentative Research Achievements and Academic Awards

 Representative Publications

·Shengwei Mei, Wei Wei, Feng Liu, Yue Chen, Yujuan Fang. Engineering Game Theory and Its Applications in Energy and Power Systems [M]. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2022. (Yujuan Fang is responsible for Chapters 7 and 17: Evolutionary Game Theory and Its Applications in Integrated Energy Systems)

·Yinbiao Shu, Chongqing Kang. Introduction to New Power Systems [M]. Beijing: China Science and Technology Press, 2022. (Yujuan Fang is responsible for Chapter 5: Energy Efficient Utilization Technology for Building New Power Systems, Chapter 6: Energy Efficient Storage Technology for Building New Power Systems)

·Zheng Li, Xiu Yang, Ershun Du, et al. Exploring Carbon Neutrality: China’s Long-Term Transformation Strategy and Pathway towards 2035 and Beyond [M]. Tsinghua University Press, 2025. (Yujuan Fang participated in Chapter 7: Power Sector Transformation)

·Yujuan Fang, Wei Wei, Shengwei Mei. How dynamic renewable portfolio standards impact the diffusion of renewable energy in China? A networked evolutionary game analysis [J]. Renewable Energy, 2022, 193: 778–788.

·Yujuan Fang, Wei Wei, Shengwei Mei, Laijun Chen, Xuemin Zhang, Shaowei Huang. Promoting electric vehicle charging infrastructure considering policy incentives and user preferences: An evolutionary game model in a small-world network [J]. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 258: 120753.

·Yujuan Fang, Laijun Chen, Shengwei Mei, Wei Wei, Shaowei Huang, Feng Liu. Coal or electricity? An evolutionary game approach to investigate fuel choices of urban heat supply systems [J]. Energy, 2019, 181: 107–122.

·Yujuan Fang, Wei Wei, Feng Liu, Shengwei Mei, Laijun Chen, Junjun Li. Improving solar power usage with electric vehicles: Analyzing a public-private partnership cooperation scheme based on evolutionary game theory [J]. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019, 233: 1284–1297.

·Yuchen Fang, Jianpei Han, Ershun Du, Haiyang Jiang, Yujuan Fang, Ning Zhang, Chongqing Kang. Electric energy system planning considering chronological renewable generation variability and uncertainty [J]. Applied Energy, 2024, 373: 123961.

·Chongyu Zhang, Xi Lu, Shi Chen, Mai Shi, Yisheng Sun, Shuxiao Wang, Shaojun Zhang, Yujuan Fang, Ning Zhang, Aoife M. Foley, Kebin He. Synergies of variable renewable energy and electric vehicle battery swapping stations: Case study for Beijing [J]. eTransportation, 2024, 22: 100363.

·Yaowang Li, Yuliang Liu, Xiaobin Yang, Wei He, Yujuan Fang, Ershun Du, Ning Zhang, Jia Li. Electricity and Carbon Metering Method Considering Electricity Trading Information [J]. Proceedings of the CSEE, 2024(02): 439–451.

·Yujuan Fang, Wei Wei, Shengwei Mei, Feng Liu. Master-Slave Game Bidding Strategy for CHP Units Considering Node Marginal Prices [J]. Control Theory and Applications, 2018, 35(5): 682–687.

·Yujuan Fang, Xiuli Wang, Jing Shi, Xiong Wu, Huan Yan. Efficiency and Benefit Evaluation of Provincial Power Grids with New Energy Access [J]. Power System Technology, 2017, 41(7): 2138–2145.