Net-Zero Energy Microgrids
A Special Issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073) belonging to the section "A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 April 2027 | Viewed by 29
Editor
Interests: integrated system for managing energy use and carbon emissions; intelligent virtual power plant; carbon-neutral technologies; net-zero energy microgrids; microalgae–microgrid systems; microalgae artificial tree; wave energy; net-zero technologies
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Special Issue entitled “Net-Zero Energy Microgrids” seeks to underscore recent developments, innovative methodologies, and practical implementations in the design, operation, optimization, and deployment of net-zero energy microgrids. Amidst the rapid expansion of renewable energy sources, distributed energy resources, energy storage systems, electric vehicles, demand-side management, and digital energy management technologies, microgrids are transitioning from traditional localized energy systems to integrated platforms that facilitate both energy resilience and carbon neutrality. Consequently, net-zero energy microgrids are increasingly pivotal in enhancing the utilization of renewable energy, mitigating carbon emissions, improving operational flexibility, and advancing sustainable energy transitions.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Intelligent control and optimization for net-zero energy microgrids;
- Renewable energy forecasting for solar, wind, and hybrid systems;
- Integration of renewable energy and energy storage;
- AI- and machine learning-based energy management;
- Battery, hydrogen, and hybrid energy storage systems;
- Demand response and electric vehicle integration;
- Real-time energy management and predictive control;
- Optimal scheduling, dispatch, and power flow management;
- Carbon emission assessment and net-zero performance evaluation;
- Life-cycle carbon assessment and carbon-neutral operation;
- Digital twins, IoT, and cyber-physical energy systems;
- Reliability, resilience, fault-tolerant operation, and LVRT;
- Grid-connected and islanded microgrid operation;
- Peer-to-peer energy trading and transactive energy;
- Virtual power plant integration;
- Applications in smart campuses, industrial parks, buildings, communities, and remote energy systems;
- Techno-economic, environmental, and policy assessment.
We especially welcome interdisciplinary submissions that integrate academic research with industrial applications and present solutions that are scalable, reproducible, and practical. This Special Issue seeks to offer a thorough synthesis of recent developments, emerging challenges, and prospective pathways in the field of net-zero energy microgrids, thereby facilitating the advancement toward intelligent, resilient, low-carbon, and sustainable energy infrastructures.
Dr. Ting-Chia Ou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- net-zero energy microgrid
- renewable energy
- energy management system
- energy storage system
- artificial intelligence
- distributed energy resources
- carbon neutrality
- microgrid optimization
- energy resilience
- virtual power plant
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