New Technologies for Smart Distribution Grid

Dear Colleagues,

Electrical networks have undergone a great transformation during the last decade due to the technological advances in all fields of knowledge related to the generation, transport and distribution of electrical energy.

As electricity is becoming the key player in a low carbon economy, researchers are devoting more effort towards improving control and measurement systems.

At the same time, distribution networks incorporate new usage paradigms, such as electric vehicles and distributed generation systems based on renewable energies.

In this new scenario, power quality and the resilience of electrical networks to overcome fault conditions are critical issues.

The main aim of this Special Issue is to seek top-quality contributions that underline emerging applications and address recent breakthroughs in all aspects of “New Technologies for Smart Grids”. Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• EV charging technologies.
• Distributed generation.
• Protection and fault detection.
• Power quality issues.
• Metering.
• Blockchain.
• Cyber security.
• Maintenance.
• New IT and communications technologies in smart grids.
• AI techniques applied to distribution networks.
• Smart appliances and electronic power conditioning devices.
• Technology for self-healing and resilience networks.
• Pilots, POC and demonstrations of applications of digital processing and communications to distribution networks.

Dr. Mario Mañana
Dr. Alfredo Vaccaro
Dr. Ahmed F. Zobaa
Guest Editors

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