Advanced Power Electronics for Renewable Integration

Dear Colleagues,

The global transition toward sustainable energy systems has significantly accelerated the integration of renewable energy sources (RESs) such as solar, wind, and hydro into modern power grids and, while this shift offers substantial opportunities, it also introduces considerable challenges. Chief among these is the inherent variability and intermittency of RESs, which—when interfaced with the grid through power electronic converters—can compromise the stability and reliability of conventional power systems. Advanced power electronics are therefore essential as they enable flexible, efficient, and intelligent control of generation, storage, and consumption.

In this context, the power engineering community is undergoing a profound transformation in network design and operational practices, and researchers and practitioners around the world are actively developing novel system architectures, control strategies, and protection schemes to facilitate the seamless and efficient integration of renewables. These efforts span a wide range of disciplines, including advanced converter design, wide-bandgap semiconductor technologies, grid-forming control, and hybrid AC/DC systems.

This Special Issue presents a curated selection of cutting-edge research that reflects the latest academic and technological progress in this rapidly evolving field. The contributions encompass theoretical modeling, experimental validation, and system-level innovation, offering valuable insights into how power electronics can enhance the flexibility, resilience, and efficiency of future energy systems.

This Special Issue on “Advanced Power Electronics for Renewable Integration” invites you to submit papers on, but not limited to, the following topics of interest:

• Power electronics for solar, wind, and hydropower systems;
• Control of converters interfacing with battery storage, supercapacitors, fuel cells, and flywheels;
• Intelligent energy management for V1G, V2G, and V2H applications;
• Grid-forming and grid-following converter control;
• Advanced control strategies for power quality enhancement and harmonic mitigation;
• Power electronics for transmission, distribution, and hybrid AC/DC systems;
• Advanced DC/AC and DC/DC converter designs for renewable integration;
• Modulation strategies for high-efficiency and low-distortion operation;
• Power factor correction and switching power supply innovations;
• Reliability and thermal management of wide-bandgap semiconductors;
• Power electronics for electric vehicles, railways, marine, and aerospace systems;
• Wireless power transfer technologies and control;
• Control of AC, DC, and hybrid microgrids;
• Multi-level and multi-stack converter control for distributed generation;
• Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) testing of control systems and real-time simulation platforms for validating renewable integration strategies.

Dr. Matteo Saviozzi
Dr. Francesco Conte
Dr. Samuele Grillo
Prof. Stefano Massucco
Guest Editors

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.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• artificial Intelligence (AI) applications
• battery energy storage technologies
• control systems
• converters (AC/DC, DC/DC)
• electrified transportation
• grid-following
• grid-forming
• microgrids
• modeling and stability of power systems
• multilevel power electronic converters
• optimization
• power electronics
• power electronics control
• power quality
• power systems
• renewable energy sources (RES)
• RES integration