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Advancements in the Integration of Renewable Energy and Energy Storage Technologies into Smart Grid

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A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Power Electronics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 6374

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Dr. Ramon Zamora

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Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Interests: power system modelling, simulation and control; energy management and controls; power electronic applications for power systems; grid integration of renewable energy and energy storage; microgrid and smart grid; and power system applications of renewable energy
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Dr. Jian Shi

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Department of Engineering Technology, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, USA
Interests: power and energy systems; transportation electrification; deep decarbonization; equity in energy transition; cyber-security of the power grid
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Dr. Eng. Muhammad Abdillah

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Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitas Pertamina, Jakarta 12220, Indonesia
Interests: power system operation and control; power system optimization; robust power system; security; power system stability; artificial intelligence (optimization; machine learning; and deep learning); intelligent control and system

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Due to its environmental friendliness and abundant availability, renewable energy is considered as a trend for power generation. Many countries have put in place targets for the percentage of renewable energy in their electricity generations or in their energy mix in general. However, the characteristics of renewable energy sources (RES) are different from those of conventional synchronous-based generations; the characteristics of one type of RES are even different from another type of RES. Furthermore, several types of RES, such as wind and solar, have characteristics that highly depend on weather conditions; they are naturally variable and intermittent. A promising solution to the variability and intermittency is energy storage systems. The development of energy storage technologies encourages more significant integration of energy storage systems (ESS) in power systems; energy storage devices for various sizes and energy or power densities can be found with considerably affordable prices. Similar to RES, ESS may consist of various energy storage devices with different characteristics, which are challenging to be integrated smoothly into power systems.

The current and future trends in power systems with the concept of smart grid should be able to answer the challenges of RES and ESS seamless and optimal integration in power systems. The aspects that need to be addressed for seamless and optimal integration include, among others, energy forecasting, power system planning and operation, energy management and control, and power system protection.

This Special Issue invites contributions on relevant research in the area of RES and ESS integration into Smart Grid. Both types of papers, original research and reviews, are welcome. This Special Issue provides a top-quality peer-reviewed diffusion platform for scientists and engineers in academia, research institutions, government agencies, and industry.

Topics of interest of this Special Issue include but are not limited to:

Energy forecasting for power systems with high penetration of RES;
Electricity market for power systems with high penetration of RES;
Optimization of power systems with significant RES and ESS;
Optimal planning, operation, and control of low inertia power systems;
Protection of power systems with significant RES and ESS;
Applications of grid-scale ESS;
Reliability and resiliency analysis of power systems with significant RES and ESS;
Grid code and regulation compliance for power systems with significant RES and ESS;
Relevant projects and experiences in RES and ESS integration.

Dr. Ramon Zamora
Dr. Jian Shi
Dr. Eng. Muhammad Abdillah
Guest Editors

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Keywords

Renewable energy system integration
Energy storage system integration
Energy forecasting for high penetration of RES
Energy market for high penetration of RES
Optimization considering RES and ESS
Planning, operation, and control considering RES and ESS
Power system protection considering RES and ESS
Reliability and resiliency of power systems considering RES and ESS

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Neutral Point Clamped Transformer-Less Multilevel Converter for Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System

by P. Madasamy, Rajesh Verma, A. Rameshbabu, A. Murugesan, R. Umamageswari, Josiah Lange Munda, C. Bharatiraja and Lucian Mihet-Popa

Electronics 2021, 10(8), 977; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10080977 - 19 Apr 2021

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Transformer-less (TL) inverter topologies have elicited further special treatment in photo-voltaic (PV) power system as they provide high efficiency and low cost. Neutral point clamped (NPC) multilevel-inverter (MLI) topologies-based transformer-less are being immensely used in grid-connected medium-voltage high-power claims. Unfortunately, these topologies such as NPC-MLI, full-bridge inverter with DC bypass (FB-DCBP) suffer from the shoot-through problem on the bridge legs, which affect the reliability of the implementation. Based on the previous above credits, a T type neutral point clamped (TNP)—MLI (TNP-MLI) with transformer-less topology called TL-TNP-MLI is presented to be an alternate which can be suitable in the grid-connected PV power generation systems. The suggested TL-TNP-MLI topologies free from inverter bridge legs shoot-through burden, switching frequency common-mode current (CMC), and leakage current. The control system of the grid interface with hysteresis current control (HCC) strategy is proposed. The effectiveness of the proposed PV connected transformer-less TNP-MLI topology with different grid and PV scenario has been verified through the MATLAB/Simulink simulation model and field-programmable gate area (FPGA)-based experimental results for a 1.5 kW system. Full article

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Security Impacts Assessment of Active Distribution Network on the Modern Grid Operation—A Review

by Ifedayo Oladeji, Peter Makolo, Muhammad Abdillah, Jian Shi and Ramon Zamora

Electronics 2021, 10(16), 2040; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10162040 - 23 Aug 2021

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The future grid will include a high penetration of distributed generation, which will have an impact on its security. This paper discusses the latest trends, components, tools, and frameworks aimed at 100% renewable energy generation for the emerging grid. The technical and economic impacts of renewable energy sources (RES)-based distributed generation (DG) on the emerging grid security are also discussed. Moreover, the latest approaches and techniques for allocating RES-DG into the distribution networks using specific performance indices based on recent literature were reviewed. Most of the methods in recent literature are based on metaheuristic optimization algorithms that can optimally allocate the RES-DGs based on the identified network variables. However, there is a need to extend these methods in terms of parameters considered, objectives, and possible ancillary support to the upstream network. The limitations of existing methods in recent literature aimed at ensuring the security of the integrated transmission-active distribution network under high RES-DG penetration were identified. Lastly, the existing coordination methods for voltage and frequency control at the transmission and active distribution system interface were also investigated. Relevant future research areas with a focus on ensuring the security of the emerging grid with high RES-DG penetration into the distribution networks are also recommended. Full article

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