Renewable Energy Development in Distribution Networks: Optimization, Assessment and Design of Renewable Plants

Dear Colleagues,

The Guest Editor is inviting submissions to a Special Issue of Energies, titled “Renewable Energy Development in Distribution Networks: Optimization, Assessment and Design of Renewable Plants”.

Electrical distribution networks have been rapidly transformed by the significant  integration of renewable energy sources, energy storage systems, and active power consumers. These changes require new methodologies to optimize, assess, and design these grids and renewable plants. Power electronics has emerged as a key technology in the conversion and control of electrical power in multiple renewable applications.

The main aim of this Special Issue is to seek high-quality contributions that address current issues related to more sustainable, safer, and more resilient distribution networks. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

• Solar, wind, and emerging generation technologies;
• Control method of power electronic converters;
• Optimization of operation of power systems;
• Energy storage technologies;
• Multi-phase distribution networks;
• Direct current distribution networks;
• Electric distributed systems;
• Voltage stability and optimal line flow analysis;
• Application of the IoT and/or AI for distribution networks.

Dr. Jesus C. Hernandez
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Energies is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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