Advancements for Large Scale Adoption of Smart-Inverters

The difficulty in maintaining dynamic power balance and the increased investment and operational costs to improve power quality and reliability are the main bottlenecks to achieving high penetration of renewable energy sources. Smart inverters are envisioned as the enabling technology for the reliable, sustainable, and cost-effective integration of renewable energy sources and energy storage into power systems. Smart inverters can provide support to maintain power quality and stability of the electric grid under a high penetration level of renewable energy. However, technological and economic roadblocks still slow down adoption of advanced control features in smart inverters. There are cybersecurty concerns related to remote control and communication of smart inverters. In addition, participation of smart inverters in inertia markets is still in its early developmental stages. Stacking revenue streams is also being considered to recover the high cost of smart-inverter-interfaced energy storage systems and to address economical barriers. This Special Issue aims to discuss the main advancements of smart inverter design, control, and operation. In addition, this Special Issue addresses the cybersecurity aspects of such systems as well as technoeconomic analysis of power systems with high penetration of smart inverters. 

The guest editorial team solicits original research papers that target at, but are not restricted to: 

Advanced control architectures using smart inverters

Advanced smart inverter grid support functions

Modeling of smart inverters for power system dynamic studies

Design and operation of smart inverters

Smart inverter functions and features for power system state estimation

Novel smart inverter topologies to new market mechanisms to leverage smart inverter functions

Feasibility and impact assesment of smart inverter integration in power systems

Case studies and technoeconomic analysis of power systems with smart inverters

Smart inverter controls and optimization for revenue stream stacking of renewable generation and energy storage systems

Cybersecurity of Internet-of-Things-based smart inverters 

Prof. Reinaldo Tonkoski
Dr. Rodrigo D. Trevizan
Guest Editors

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