Integration of Distributed Energy Resources in Smart Grids

Dear Colleagues,

Increased urban electric loads driven by the electrification of the transport sector, cooling/heating technologies, various forms of distributed energy storage, advancements in distributed generations, demand side responses, etc., will fundamentally transform the operational paradigm of future urban energy infrastructure. In particular, in the future, flexibility and resilience will not necessarily be delivered through asset redundancy at the national level, but through the smart control of multi-energy systems at the local district level, by making use of local backup generation, energy storage, demand side response technologies, and the control of local urban energy infrastructure. Distributed energy resources (DERs) will constitute the cornerstone of the future inner-city smart grids, in which the security of supply will be delivered by local resources at the district level. To support such a paradigm shift, the large-scale integration of DERs through intelligent and sophisticated coordinative  actions are required. In this context, it is important to fully understand the interactions between different DERs, find out how to intensify the synergies across different energy vectors, enable them to support one another, and investigate the mechanism based on how different energy vectors can co-support the operation of smart grids. Additionally, since smart control is the core used to arouse the synergies between various DERs, it is significant to explore effective control strategies to realize the optimal dispatch of DERs aimed at enhancing the efficiency of urban energy systems.

Dr. Zihang Dong
Prof. Dr. Yujian Ye
Guest Editors

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