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AI-Enhanced Operation and Management of Renewable Energy-Integrated Power Systems

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F2: Distributed Energy System".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2025 | Viewed by 317

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College of Electrical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Interests: power system; renwable energy integration; AI; cyber-physical security; climate resilience; risk management
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College of Electrical Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110870, China
Interests: power flow control; integrated energy system; stability analysis and control
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, China
Interests: electricity market; power system resilience; power system operation and control

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Dear Colleagues,

In the face of the accelerating integration of large-scale renewable energy sources, the operation of modern power systems must adapt to maintain stability, reliability, and economic viability. As more wind, solar, and other renewables join the grid, operators confront fluctuating power generation and limited traditional dispatchable resources. Real-time monitoring, forecasting, and advanced control have become essential for handling intermittency and ensuring power quality. Although the modernization of grid infrastructure enables flexible load management and encourages new regulatory and market frameworks, digitization introduces potential vulnerabilities, underscoring the importance of basic cyber–physical security measures.

This Special Issue addresses these evolving challenges by showcasing state-of-the-art research in AI-enhanced power system operation and management with renewable energy integration technology. Through this collection of cutting-edge studies, the Special Issue aims to foster a deeper understanding of advanced operational and managerial methodologies, thereby accelerating the global transition toward a cleaner, more efficient, and resilient energy future.

Dr. Jiaqi Ruan
Dr. Yujia Huang
Dr. Chao Yang
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Keywords

  • advanced AI applications
  • AI-enhanced operation and management methods
  • large-scale renewable energy integration
  • multi-energy coupling and coordination
  • demand-side management and demand response
  • real-time monitoring and analytics
  • cyber–physical security and resilience
  • risk assessment and management
  • distributed generation and microgrid operation

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Dynamic Reconfiguration Method of Active Distribution Networks Based on Graph Attention Network Reinforcement Learning
by Chen Guo, Changxu Jiang and Chenxi Liu
Energies 2025, 18(8), 2080; https://doi.org/10.3390/en18082080 - 17 Apr 2025
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The quantity of wind and photovoltaic power-based distributed generators (DGs) is continually rising within the distribution network, presenting obstacles to its safe, steady, and cost-effective functioning. Active distribution network dynamic reconfiguration (ADNDR) improves the consumption rate of renewable energy, reduces line losses, and [...] Read more.
The quantity of wind and photovoltaic power-based distributed generators (DGs) is continually rising within the distribution network, presenting obstacles to its safe, steady, and cost-effective functioning. Active distribution network dynamic reconfiguration (ADNDR) improves the consumption rate of renewable energy, reduces line losses, and optimizes voltage quality by optimizing the distribution network structure. Despite being formulated as a highly dimensional and combinatorial nonconvex stochastic programming task, conventional model-based solvers often suffer from computational inefficiency and approximation errors, whereas population-based search methods frequently exhibit premature convergence to suboptimal solutions. Moreover, when dealing with high-dimensional ADNDR problems, these algorithms often face modeling difficulties due to their large scale. Deep reinforcement learning algorithms can effectively solve the problems above. Therefore, by combining the graph attention network (GAT) with the deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG) algorithm, a method based on the graph attention network deep deterministic policy gradient (GATDDPG) algorithm is proposed to online solve the ADNDR problem with the uncertain outputs of DGs and loads. Firstly, considering the uncertainty in distributed power generation outputs and loads, a nonlinear stochastic optimization mathematical model for ADNDR is constructed. Secondly, to mitigate the dimensionality of the decision space in ADNDR, a cyclic topology encoding mechanism is implemented, which leverages graph-theoretic principles to reformulate the grid infrastructure as an adaptive structural mapping characterized by time-varying node–edge interactions Furthermore, the GATDDPG method proposed in this paper is used to solve the ADNDR problem. The GAT is employed to extract characteristics pertaining to the distribution network state, while the DDPG serves the purpose of enhancing the process of reconfiguration decision-making. This collaboration aims to ensure the safe, stable, and cost-effective operation of the distribution network. Finally, we verified the effectiveness of our method using an enhanced IEEE 33-bus power system model. The outcomes of the simulations demonstrate its capacity to significantly enhance the economic performance and stability of the distribution network, thereby affirming the proposed method’s effectiveness in this study. Full article
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