Integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs): 2nd Edition
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F2: Distributed Energy System".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 May 2025) | Viewed by 2314
Special Issue Editors
Interests: measurements of physical quantities; phase angle measurements; WIM systems and measurement of road traffic parameters; modeling and simulations of measurement systems; signal processing and data fusion in measurement systems; energy harvesting systems
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Interests: power quality; smart grids; distributed energy resources; energy control systems
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Dear Colleagues,
Increasingly, the DSO will aggregate, apart from individual consumers and energy sources, as well as energy clusters (ECs) and other forms of energy communities (local balancing areas). The aim of an EC is to increase the level of local consumption, increase the share of RESs, facilitate balancing and maximize the economic benefits of the cluster members while maintaining certain standards of power quality. Most often, this comes down to achieving the highest possible level of self-sufficiency of a power supply from local sources. With the increase in the number of such ECs, it may turn out that a much greater benefit can be obtained by shaping the energy consumption/generation profile in these areas in accordance with a reference pattern. This will be a form of flexibility service that can be provided on commercial terms. Full energy self-sufficiency will be the exception. In order to implement such a scenario, it is necessary to obtain an appropriate level of observability (monitoring) and controllability (on the demand and supply side) within the highlighted ECs and their aggregation in order to shape the given total load profile. The latter will require effective communication between LBAs within the DT, monitoring their load profiles and using the possibility of changing them. The above considerations result in the so-called “digital twin” functionalities proposed by some ECs and DNOs in certain countries. These are mainly aimed at supporting the technical and economic activity of ECs and make the integration of different distributed energy resources (DERs) easier and more profitable.
The purpose of the proposed Special Issue is to present various contemporary DER technologies and their mutual integration and cooperation with public distribution networks. The Guest Editors are particularly interested in the following:
- Presentations, to the greatest possible extent, of the practical effects of already functioning solutions.
- Presentations of the widest possible set of energy sources and storage techniques, from traditional, solar, hydro, wind, geothermal and hydrogen energy, as well as waste heat utilization and energy harvesting, to efficient energy use and building automation. It is important to integrate several parallel operating sources and to control energy flows in order to achieve the assumed goals of energy communities.
- Presentations of the widest possible range of energy problems that must be solved by energy communities, i.e., technical, organizational, business, social, economic problems, etc. We want to identify barriers to DER development and ways to overcome them.
Prof. Dr. Ryszard Sroka
Prof. Dr. Zbigniew Hanzelka
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- distributed energy resources (DERs)
- renewable/citizen energy communities
- power quality
- DER integration
- energy harvesting systems
- powering of autonomous IoT nodes
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