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Isolated AC–DC Converters for High-Density USB-PD Adapters: A Comparative Review of Topologies and Future Trends

  • Noel Rodriguez,
  • Diego P. Morales,
  • Jorge Pérez-Martinez,
  • Cristina Martos-Contreras,
  • Victor Toral,
  • Francisco J. Romero and
  • Alfredo Medina-Garcia
Energies2026, 19(18), 4461;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184461 
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20 September 2026

The transition of the USB Power Delivery (USB-PD) standard from fixed 5–20 V profiles to the dynamic extended power range (EPR) of up to 48 V and 240 W has redefined the constraints of isolated AC–DC conversion for high-density adapters a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Power Converters and Inverters)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4460;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184460 
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20 September 2026

With the increasing penetration of renewable energy and the growing use of power electronic interfaces, the operating characteristics of modern power systems are changing significantly [...]

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancements in Power Electronics for Power System Applications)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4459;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184459 
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20 September 2026

Recovering the low-temperature heat released during compressed air energy storage (CAES) charging for industrial steam generation requires a heat pump that can provide both the required steam temperature and sufficient heating capacity. This study ap...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue High-Performance Turbomachinery for Energy Systems: Simulation and Applications)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4458;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184458 
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20 September 2026

This study investigates proppant flowback using field data, numerical simulations, and machine learning for deep coalbed methane (CBM) wells in the Linxing–Shenfu Block, Ordos Basin. Field data show that most proppant production occurs during t...

(This article belongs to the Section H1: Petroleum Engineering)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4457;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184457 
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20 September 2026

Economical operation of cascade pumping stations requires temporal feedback and spatial coordination, whereas a single day-ahead schedule cannot correct deviations arising during execution. This study develops a distributed multi-time-scale superviso...

(This article belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
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Hydrogen–Natural-Gas Blends in a Continuous Annealing Line Under a Process-Equivalent Strip-Temperature Criterion

  • Róbert Dzurňák,
  • Gabriela Baranová,
  • Mária Hagarová,
  • Peter Demeter and
  • Katarína Pauerová
Energies2026, 19(18), 4456;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184456 
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20 September 2026

Hydrogen-enriched natural gas can reduce direct carbon emissions from industrial heat-treatment furnaces, but its effect should be evaluated at the required process temperature rather than only at constant burner input. This study investigates 0&ndas...

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Influence of Harmonic and DC-Bias Coupling on Transformer Energization Inrush Current in Complex Power Grids

  • Junchi He,
  • Chenlei Li,
  • Shaofan Gu,
  • Shoujiang He,
  • Shouhua Pan,
  • Wenjing Xu,
  • Fei Ren,
  • Fan Xu,
  • Jintao Yu and
  • Xiaozhen Zhao
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4455;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184455 
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20 September 2026

The methodological innovation of this study is a phase-domain separation-and-recombination framework that maps harmonic voltage to prospective flux, maps controlled quasi-DC winding current to magnetic operating-point displacement, and then resolves...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Diagnostic Analysis, Strategic Management, and Proactive Maintenance of Electrical Equipment—2nd Edition)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4454;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184454 
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20 September 2026

To improve the low-temperature heating performance of electric-vehicle CO2 heat pumps, their system configurations and control strategies have become increasingly complex. This has made coordinated regulation among multiple components more difficult...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Thermal Management in Electric Vehicles)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4453;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184453 
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20 September 2026

Earth-to-air heat exchangers (EAHEs) use ground thermal inertia to precondition ventilation air, but their representation in whole-building simulation is limited by the simplified geometry and internally defined heat-transfer formulation of the nativ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Green Buildings and Community Energy Management)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4452;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184452 
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20 September 2026

To address the energy supply–demand imbalance caused by the limited operating modes of stand-alone combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) microgrids, this study investigates a geographically integrated energy framework of two interconnecte...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design, Modeling, and Testing of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and Building Energy Systems for Energy Efficiency)
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Development of a Portable Relay Protection Verification Device Based on LoRa Communication

  • Jun Kong,
  • Zhenzhe Zhang,
  • Kaixin Gu,
  • Baitao Zhang,
  • Weiwei Wang,
  • Luyao Wang,
  • Longjiang Dou and
  • Donghui Yang
Energies2026, 19(18), 4451;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184451 
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20 September 2026

To address the severe physical wear of actual circuit breakers, limited logic verification under complex operating conditions, and maintenance scheduling conflicts during operational testing in power systems, this paper presents a portable auxiliary...

(This article belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4450;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184450 
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20 September 2026

Extreme events threaten distribution network security. When remote-controlled switches (RCSs) lose remote operability during extreme events while remaining manually operable, faulted areas may no longer be isolated through remote switching alone. Thi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Control, Operation and Energy Management of Distribution Networks and Smart Grids—3rd Edition)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4449;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184449 
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20 September 2026

In cold-region industrial parks, prolonged heating seasons and intensive hot water demands trigger severe temporal mismatches between stochastic renewable generation and rigid thermal requirements. To address this, a multidimensional synergistic opti...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4448;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184448 
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20 September 2026

Accurate solar irradiance forecasting is a key prerequisite for reliable solar photovoltaic (PV) operation, effective energy management, and system optimization. Conventional forecasting methods, such as historical averaging, persistence models, and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Artificial Intelligence for Photovoltaic Energy Systems)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4447;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184447 
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20 September 2026

Unlike single-converter grid-connected systems and multi-converter grid-forming (GFM) systems operating in islanded mode, grid-connected multi-converter systems comprising parallel grid-following (GFL) and GFM converters exhibit more complex internal...

(This article belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4445;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184445 
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19 September 2026

Optimising grid-connected photovoltaic (PV)-battery renewable energy systems involves balancing economic performance, renewable energy use, and grid reliance. While HOMER Grid offers dependable optimisation, running multiple simulations for benchmark...

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Energies2026, 19(18), 4446;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184446 
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19 September 2026

The increasing replacement of synchronous generators (SGs) by grid-following (GFL) and grid-forming (GFM) inverters is reshaping the dynamic bus characteristics of modern power systems. This transition makes a fixed ideal-voltage-source representatio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Simulation, Stability, and Control in Inverter-Dominated Power Grids)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4444;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184444 
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19 September 2026

Power mini-grids are being transformed from locally automated electrical systems into cyber-physical ecosystems in which heterogeneous distributed energy resources, storage, converters, flexible demand and uncertain external conditions must be coordi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced AI Techniques for High-Renewable Integration in Hybrid AC/DC Smart Grids)
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AI–Lagrangian MPPT: A New Paradigm for Explainable and High-Performance Photovoltaic Optimization

  • Maha Saleh Al Munidi,
  • Layan Fahad Al Tmimi,
  • Hawra Ibrahim Al Saihati and
  • Abdelkrim Zitouni
Energies2026, 19(18), 4443;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184443 
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19 September 2026

The major challenge in photovoltaic (PV) maximum power point tracking (MPPT) systems is finding a balance between the high performance of artificial intelligence techniques and the interpretability and reliability of physics-based approaches. This pa...

(This article belongs to the Section A2: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems)
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Fixed-Responsibility Partitioning for Day-Ahead Bidding and Real-Time Delivery of Virtual Power Plants in Energy and Reserve Markets

  • Zhongjian Liu,
  • Ruixin Qian,
  • Xianing Jin,
  • Bingliang Shan,
  • Qingxi Li,
  • Yapeng Dai and
  • Xin Zou
Energies2026, 19(18), 4442;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184442 
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19 September 2026

When a virtual power plant (VPP) participates in energy and reserve markets, day-ahead bids, reserve commitments, and real-time delivery share the same internal resource constraints, while aggregate models cannot readily trace internal responsibility...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimization Methods for Electricity Market and Smart Grid)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4441;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184441 
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19 September 2026

Accurate detection of early minor faults in electric vehicle traction batteries is important for preventing thermal runaway under complex operating conditions. Aging-related capacity degradation and measurement noise can mask the weak voltage distort...

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A Hardware Input-Capture-Based Carrier Synchronization Method for Cascaded H-Bridge CPS-SPWM via Single-Fiber Multiplexing

  • Weibo Li,
  • Jiatao Tao,
  • Zixin He,
  • Cenhai Wang,
  • Chengying Yang,
  • Chiyu Peng and
  • Tike Wu
Energies2026, 19(18), 4440;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184440 
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19 September 2026

In cascaded H-bridge (CHB) high-voltage drives using unipolar frequency-doubling carrier phase-shifted sinusoidal pulse width modulation (CPS-SPWM), unequal carrier phase offsets weaken switching-harmonic cancelation. This paper proposes a carrier-sy...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Future Intelligent Power Grids: Sustainability, Resilience, and AI Innovations)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4439;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184439 
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19 September 2026

To improve post-fault service restoration and network reconfiguration in distribution networks with distributed generation, this paper proposes a fault recovery and reconfiguration method based on a membrane computing multi-objective optimization alg...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Operation Optimization and Security Analysis of Energy Cyber Physical Systems—2nd Edition)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4438;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184438 
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19 September 2026

This paper develops distributed Backstepping Integral Terminal Sliding Mode (BITSM) control for consensus speed tracking of networked Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) drives under bounded matched uncertainty. A leader–follower speed lo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Control and Optimization Techniques for PMSM Drives)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4437;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184437 
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19 September 2026

Underground hydrogen storage (UHS) is poised to emerge as a pivotal technology for large-scale and seasonal energy storage in future low-carbon energy systems. Nevertheless, ensuring its safe deployment necessitates implementation of monitoring strat...

(This article belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4436;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184436 
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19 September 2026

Cellular substrates placed beneath the piezoceramic are increasingly used to raise the output of vibration energy harvesters, yet the enhancement is commonly attributed to auxeticity, and the durability penalty of perforation is seldom quantified. Th...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Energy Harvesting Technology, 2nd Edition)
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Combustion Characteristics of Oil-Impregnated Sorbent Under Different Heating Conditions

  • Andrey Zhuikov,
  • Tatyana Pyanykh,
  • Egor Hramtsov,
  • Galina Grishina,
  • Yana Zhuikova,
  • Dmitrii Glushkov,
  • Andrey Pleshko,
  • Kirill Gulkin and
  • Petr Kuznetsov
Energies2026, 19(18), 4435;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184435 
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19 September 2026

In the present study, using advanced methodologies together with analytical and experimental equipment, the ignition and combustion characteristics were determined for coal-based fuels, sorbent derived from this coal, and oil-impregnated sorbent (33....

(This article belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4428;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184428 
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18 September 2026

This study examines whether a structure-preserving representation of the joint Open-High-Low-Close (OHLC) vector provides coherent forecasts for China’s INE crude-oil futures and how seven benchmark models compare within that representation. Th...

(This article belongs to the Topic AI and Computational Methods for Modelling, Simulations and Optimizing of Advanced Systems: Innovations in Complexity, 2nd Edition)
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A Low-Switching-Frequency Harmonic-Optimized Control Strategy for Modular Multilevel Converters Based on Online SHEPWM Switching-Time Correction

  • Tingyan Lyu,
  • Bojin Tang,
  • Youhan Deng,
  • Xiaojun Hua,
  • Rong Kang,
  • Weiwei Yao,
  • Yaru Hao,
  • Chunyang Li and
  • Huilin Yuan
Energies2026, 19(18), 4434;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184434 
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19 September 2026

Low-switching-frequency operation is essential for high-power modular multilevel converters (MMCs), but it makes the simultaneous achievement of low harmonics, fast transient response, and reliable internal control more difficult. Conventional lookup...

(This article belongs to the Topic Power Electronics Converters, 2nd Edition)
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Power Oscillation Damping Controller Powered by Data-Assisted Dominant Modal Decomposition

  • Mario R. Arrieta Paternina,
  • Gilberto Lopez Rios,
  • Pablo Moreno Villalobos,
  • Alejandro Zamora-Mendez,
  • Amrit Parajuli,
  • Camila Castrillón-Franco,
  • Gabriel E. Mejia-Ruiz,
  • Alfredo Velazquez-Ibañez,
  • Felix Rafael Segundo Sevilla and
  • Petr Korba
Energies2026, 19(18), 4433;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184433 
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19 September 2026

This paper focuses on deriving power-system linear models directly from collected PMU data with the aim of feeding a wide-area damping controller (WADC) architecture. To this end, a data-assisted dominant modal realization in state space is derived f...

(This article belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4431;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184431 
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18 September 2026

Import-dependent megacities must decarbonize while accommodating distributed photovoltaics (PV) under constrained local-generation and interchange boundaries. This study develops a full-year, hourly, 48 h rolling mixed-integer linear programming mode...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Toward a Low-Carbon Future: Green Growth, New Energy Solutions, and Sustainable Development)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4432;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184432 
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18 September 2026

Due to varying development histories of reservoirs with different physical properties in Block X, Huabei Oilfield, the remaining oil distribution and microscopic mobilization limits after waterflooding remain unclear, and the subsequent CO2 transitio...

(This article belongs to the Topic Carbon Capture, Storage and Utilisation Technologies (CCS/CCU)—3rd Edition)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4430;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184430 
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18 September 2026

Residential load profiling can support the design of differentiated demand-side management, but clustering methods are sensitive to representation quality and initialization. We developed a profiling workflow that combines a convolutional attention v...

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Energies2026, 19(18), 4425;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184425 
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18 September 2026

The ±500 kV valve halls of wind farm offshore platforms are integrated through a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system and constructed in deep-sea conditions, making the design of net air clearance distances particularly criti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Research in High-Voltage and Insulation Technologies)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4429;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184429 
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18 September 2026

The current study combines solar photovoltaic (PV) power, energy storage batteries and wind power to propose a novel and effective method for energy management and optimisation of hybrid renewable energy systems. Optimising the management and coordin...

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Statistical Cost Anomaly Screening and Explanation for Preliminary Design Estimates of Power Grid Substation Projects

  • Tianqiong Chen,
  • Huijuan Huo,
  • Xiaofang Zhao,
  • Cheng Xin,
  • Ruochen Zhang,
  • Ye Ke,
  • Shuo Wang and
  • Weiwei Li
Energies2026, 19(18), 4427;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184427 
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18 September 2026

Reliable review of preliminary design estimates is important for cost control in power grid substation projects, yet fixed thresholds have limited ability to reflect project-specific engineering conditions. This study develops a multidimensional cost...

(This article belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4426;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184426 
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18 September 2026

This study assessed how the selected seasonal test period, training-window strategy, and hyperparameter selection were associated with differences in XGBoost day-ahead forecast accuracy and interpretation for approximately 300 G11-tariff househo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Forecasting Electricity Demand Using AI and Machine Learning)
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Probabilistic Power Forecasting for Photovoltaic Plant Clusters Using VMD-GCN-Informer

  • Yunzhao Wu,
  • Guanglin Sha,
  • Tao Zhou,
  • Haijun Yu,
  • Jianfang Chen,
  • Yuanchao Li,
  • Jinjin Ding,
  • Guansen Wang and
  • Jianing Wang
Energies2026, 19(18), 4423;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184423 
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18 September 2026

Existing photovoltaic (PV) power forecasting methods face challenges in simultaneously capturing multi-scale temporal characteristics, spatial dependencies among PV plants, long-term temporal correlations, and output uncertainty. To address these iss...

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Energies2026, 19(18), 4424;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184424 
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18 September 2026

Energy-efficiency labeling may yield lower savings than engineering estimates suggest because market uptake is constrained by consumers and enterprises. This study aims to quantify this gap for dishwasher energy-efficiency labeling in China, identify...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Social Dimensions of Sustainable Household Energy Consumption)
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A Reproducible Benchmarking Framework for Differential Evolution Variants in Wind Turbine Controller Tuning

  • Adrián Geovanny Urgilés Rojas,
  • Nicolás Dueñas Vargas and
  • Julio César Zambrano Abad
Energies2026, 19(18), 4420;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184420 
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18 September 2026

Modern wind turbines require effective control strategies to maximize energy capture under partial-load conditions while maintaining generator-speed and power regulation above the rated wind speed. This study proposes and applies a controlled and rep...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Wind Turbine Optimization and Control)
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A Unified Reduced-Order Framework for Adaptive Reservoir Management in Hard-to-Recover Fields

  • Nikolay Markov,
  • Evgeny Yudin,
  • Svetlana Kraeva,
  • Nikita Trubnikov,
  • Sofia Permyakova and
  • Roman Bondorov
Energies2026, 19(18), 4422;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184422 
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18 September 2026

Operational management of hard-to-recover (HTR) reservoirs requires modelling tools that can be repeatedly updated and recalculated as new field data become available. This study presents a reduced-order framework that combines a source-based boundar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Techniques in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and Smart Reservoir Management)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4421;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184421 
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18 September 2026

Large-scale underground hydrogen storage (UHS) in saline aquifers requires preliminary screening methods that consider both subsurface suitability and the spatial context of the energy system. This study develops an integrated geographic information...

(This article belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)
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Grid-Forming Battery Energy Storage Operation in Photovoltaic-Rich Radial Distribution Networks

  • Daniel Sanin-Villa,
  • Vanessa Botero-Gómez and
  • Adrián Felipe Martínez Pérez
Energies2026, 19(18), 4418;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184418 
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18 September 2026

This paper evaluates the operation of battery energy storage systems under grid-following and grid-forming representations in a photovoltaic-rich 33-bus radial distribution network. The study combines a 24-h scheduling model, an AC radial power flow,...

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Collaborative Scheduling Optimization of Logistics–Multi-Energy Coupled Port Shore-to-Ship Power System Under Demand Response Incentives

  • Yuncai Tan,
  • Leping Sun,
  • Xianlin Chen,
  • Xiaogui Chen,
  • Tingzhe Pan,
  • Yulin Gong and
  • Zhongwei Sun
Energies2026, 19(18), 4419;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184419 
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18 September 2026

Traditional ports adopt separate scheduling modes for logistics and multi-energy subsystems without deep bidirectional coupling, which leads to low demand response (DR) participation, severe mismatch between the logistics power demand and multi-energ...

(This article belongs to the Topic Toward Smart and Sustainable Energy Systems Enabled by Artificial Intelligence, Optimization, and Resilience)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4417;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184417 
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18 September 2026

Renewable energy transition management increasingly depends on the integration of digital technologies, organizational capabilities, and innovative forms of value creation. This study examines how digital transformation, organizational learning, and...

(This article belongs to the Section B1: Energy and Climate Change)
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Digital Engineering for Future Smart Cities

  • Michael Short and
  • Sean Williams
Energies2026, 19(18), 4416;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184416 
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18 September 2026

Cities worldwide are confronting major challenges associated with rapid urbanization, climate change, resource constraints, aging infrastructure, and the transition toward decarbonized, sustainable economies [...]

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Engineering for Future Smart Cities)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4415;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184415 
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18 September 2026

Ammonia is a promising carbon-free energy carrier for decarbonizing existing fossil fuel power plants. However, its economic viability and life-cycle environmental performance remain uncertain across different power generation technologies. This stud...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Integrated Techno‑Economic and Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Carriers and Systems)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4413;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184413 
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18 September 2026

Grid-impact studies treat battery electric vehicles as loads, and ask when network capacity will be exhausted. This paper reverses the question: how much of the fleet must operate bidirectionally, and with what probability will an achievable particip...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Synergistic Energy Management for Renewable Energy, Electric Vehicles and Smart Buildings)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4414;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184414 
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18 September 2026

Accurate forecasting of energy consumption, renewable power output and utility expenditure is essential for sustainable planning of residential buildings and improving smart grid integration. This study presents several techniques such as random fore...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue AI-Driven Sustainable Power Grids: Enhancing Cybersecurity, Operation, and Control of Conventional, Modern, and Renewable-Based Energy Systems—2nd Edition)
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Energies2026, 19(18), 4406;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19184406 
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17 September 2026

Spacer wires are widely employed in lead-cooled fast reactor fuel assemblies to maintain rod positioning. The helical spacer structure induces rotational flow and enhances transverse mixing between subchannels, thereby significantly influencing therm...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancements in Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis for Nuclear Reactors and Complex Flow)
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