Optimal Planning, Integration and Control of Smart Microgrid Systems with Renewable Energy

Dear Colleagues,

The increasing penetration of distributed energy resources, such as solar photovoltaic generation and energy storage systems, as well as the integration of electric vehicles, has led to growing interest in the development of electric microgrids. Electric microgrids can work independently from the main utility grid and can be used to promote the installation of distributed energy generation, reduce energy costs, improve local power quality, increase the matching between local renewable generation and demand, and provide auxiliary services to the main grid. The use of electric microgrids is not only important to ensure the effective integration of distributed energy resources in buildings and urban communities, but is also becoming fundamental in order to provide solutions to applications where highly reliable energy supply service is required, supply areas isolated during catastrophic events, or provide energy supply in remote locations isolated from the grid.

In such a context, the design, integration, and control of microgrids need to be properly planned and optimized in order to ensure technical and economic benefits for a large variety of stakeholders. This Special Issue aims to publish high-quality research and review papers related to the optimal planning, integration, and control of smart microgrid systems with renewable energy. Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Microgrids for large buildings;
• Microgrid for urban communities;
• Microgrids for energy access in rural areas;
• Optimal integration of renewable energy resources in microgrids;
• Transactive energy systems at the microgrid level;
• Machine learning for the prediction of distributed energy resources;
• Technical and economic optimization microgrids;
• Integration of electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and demand response in microgrids.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Energies.

Dr. Pedro S. Moura
Dr. Ana Soares
Guest Editors

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• microgrids
• renewable energy resources
• prediction and optimization of microgrids
• control and implementation of microgrids
• transactive energy systems
• electric vehicles
• energy storage
• demand response