Renewable Energy Development in Distribution Networks: Optimization, Assessment and Design of Renewable Plants
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A: Sustainable Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2025 | Viewed by 21
Special Issue Editor
Interests: power electronics; renewable systems; microgrids; electric vehicles; power quality; power systems simulation; metaheuristic optimization
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Special Issue Information
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
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Keywords
- distribution system modelling
- optimization algorithms
- renewable energies
- distributed generation
- systems and control for power electronic converters
- hybrid AC/DC systems
- distribution system planning and operation
- IoT
- AI
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