Coordinating Multi-Inverter Microgrids: Synchronization, FRT, and Control Hierarchies
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Power Electronics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 141
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on advancing the coordination, stability, and resilience of multi-inverter microgrids as they become a central pillar of modern distributed energy systems. With the growing penetration of renewable energy sources, microgrids now rely heavily on networks of parallel inverters that must operate synchronously, robustly, and hierarchically. Ensuring seamless synchronisation among distributed inverters, securing reliable fault ride-through (FRT) capability, and developing effective multi-layer control structures have, therefore, become essential for maintaining power quality, operational safety, and dynamic stability.
This Special Issue welcomes contributions that address fundamental challenges and propose innovative solutions in areas such as distributed and hierarchical control strategies, grid-forming and grid-following inverter behaviour, advanced synchronisation techniques, coordinated protection schemes, resilience enhancement, and real-time optimisation. Studies exploring the interaction between inverter-dominated microgrids and wider power networks, as well as experimental validations, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and high-fidelity simulations, are highly encouraged.
By gathering research from across power electronics, control engineering, and smart-grid technologies, this Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of emerging methods that support secure and flexible multi-inverter microgrid operation. The overarching goal is to promote solutions that enable stable integration of diverse distributed energy resources and strengthen the reliability of future low-carbon energy systems.
Dr. Muhammed Cavus
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- multi-inverter microgrids
- synchronisation control
- hierarchical control structures
- distributed control
- protection and resilience
- renewable energy integration
- distributed energy resources (DERs)
- real-time optimisation
- power quality enhancement
- microgrid reliability and resilience
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