Advanced Power Generation and Conversion Systems, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue follows the publication of the first volume focusing on “Advanced Power Generation and Conversion Systems”.

Over the last few years, power generation has changed due the to national and international climate and sustainability targets, economical constraints, and the diffusion of distributed renewable energy sources.

In the present context, it is mandatory not only to identify available resources in the short term, but also to implement adequate planning, management, and control actions in order to satisfy energy needs in both the medium  and long term.

Techniques which are able to improve power generators’ performances while also guaranteeing grid stability, reliability, and resilience could constitute key solutions to current and future service continuity and emission reduction.

Furthermore, the adoption of advanced materials, conversion technologies, and devices could permit the decrease of losses in AC, DC, and hybrid AC/DC power system improvements.

The main aim of this Special Issue is to obtain a complete overview of advanced materials, devices, technologies, and control logics in terms of power generation and conversion systems.

Submissions of technical works are welcome, and particular attention is dedicated to experimentally validated case studies and developed prototypes and demonstrators. The purpose of this Issue consists of providing relevant information, facilitating sharing among academic and industrial stakeholders, and not neglecting social impacts and roles.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• H2-based generation;
• On-shore and off-shore wind generation;
• Hydropower;
• Multi-vector generation;
• Cogeneration;
• Tri-generation;
• Biomass;
• V2G;
• Storage (Li-ion, SuperCap, Flow batteries, hybrid);
• Nuclear generation;
• Advanced materials for power generation;
• HVDC systems;
• Statcom systems;
• Solid state transformers;
• Grid-forming inverters;
• Conversion interface;
• Advances materials and solution for power converters;
• Planning, management methodology;
• Control logics；
• Load and generation forecasting;
• Power systems cybersecurity;
• Virtual inertia provision.

Dr. Giovanna Adinolfi
Dr. Maria Valenti
Prof. Dr. Giorgio Graditi
Guest Editors

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