Power Electronic Applications in Power and Energy Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Today’s environmental policies and carbon emission reduction targets, stimulus funding for economy recovery and end-use energy efficiency, as well as objectives for higher reliability, and service quality in energy systems are a few of the reasons driving the integration of advanced control and communication technologies. Power electronics (PE) systems, with their control systems and communication capabilities, are expected to be the key elements in future power and energy systems, which will provide suitable interfaces and the bundling of different distributed energy resources (DERs) and loads into so-called active energy networks. As the coupling technology for DERs, the major advantages of PE will be the potential for improving efficiency and the introduction of new control possibilities for providing ancillary services to different energy systems. However, the interconnection of large amounts of unconventional and renewable energy-based sources may cause PE-based power and energy systems to operate in an undesirable and unpredictable fashion. Thus, there is a need for advanced PE techniques in order to ensure systems’ integrity and accelerate their deployment in future power and energy systems applications.

The main aim of this Special Issue is to seek high-quality submissions that address recent breakthroughs and highlight emerging applications of power electronics in power and energy systems.

Dr. Amjad Anvari-Moghaddam
Dr. Pooya Davari
Prof. Dr. Omar Hegazy
Guest Editors

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