Control, Optimization, and Security Defense for Energy Interconnection Systems Under the New Power System
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F1: Electrical Power System".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 83
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals represent a crucial strategic initiative for energy transition in countries such as China, with the construction of new power systems dominated by new-type energy serving as a key pillar. The high penetration of new power units, such as wind and photovoltaic power, and flexible load units, including electric vehicles and energy storage stations, is driving the power system to shift from the traditional “source-follows-load” paradigm to one of “source–grid–load–storage” collaborative interaction. This transition has led to system characteristics featuring multi-timescale dynamics, strong interactive coupling behavior, and long-term evolutionary features, rendering traditional control methods inadequate for achieving globally optimal operation.
Moreover, new power systems, through the deep integration of energy flows, information flows, and data flows, have given rise to a highly complex energy internet architecture. However, their increasing digitalization and intelligence also introduce new security risks: power monitoring systems face threats from cyberattacks, vulnerabilities exist in the integration of emerging technologies such as electric vehicles and the internet, and external disturbances such as extreme weather further exacerbate system fragility.
In light of this, this Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances in optimization and control technologies based on mechanism-driven models and data-driven approaches to address the operational characteristics of multi-energy interconnected units in new power systems, achieving dynamic responses and optimized operations at cross-domain timescales ranging from seconds to hours under normal conditions. Additionally, this Special Issue will focus on research on fault propagation and defense mechanisms across information–physical systems within multi-energy interconnected networks, enabling situational awareness, proactive defense, and rapid recovery under abnormal conditions.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Cross-domain collaborative control strategies for power systems with high penetration of wind power, photovoltaic, and hydrogen energy;
- Early warning and intelligent diagnosis of power system operation anomalies based on massive operational data;
- Active perception and defense technologies in the energy internet based on fusion of information flows and physical flows;
- Intelligent control algorithm for demand-side optimization of electric vehicles and energy storage stations;
- Global intelligent optimization for multi-energy interconnected systems;
- Vulnerability awareness and active protection technologies for power systems under cyber attacks;
- Source–grid–load–storage collaborative control technologies based on data and model joint driving;
- Power system security and stability analysis technologies under multi-market participation;
- Security situation awareness and rapid self-healing technologies for vehicle-to-grid systems.
Dr. Jianliang Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- control
- optimization
- power system
- V2G
- renewable energy
- security defense
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