Advances in Electric Power Systems and Renewable-Energy-Integrated Grids
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F1: Electrical Power System".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 14 August 2026 | Viewed by 1049
Special Issue Editors
Interests: power systems; renewable energy integration; AI; cyber–physical security; climate resilience; risk management
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Interests: smart distribution and utilization of electric power; flexibility resource scheduling; management and control of distributed generation
Interests: planning and operational optimization of power systems; low-carbon-oriented integrated planning of generation, network, load, and storage
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is difficult to envision the future development of electric power systems without the thorough integration of renewable energy resources. Driven by global decarbonization goals and rapid technological progress, power grids are evolving from traditional centralized structures toward highly distributed, power-electronics-dominated, and data-driven systems. Large-scale integration of wind and solar generation, together with emerging flexible resources such as energy storage systems, electric vehicles, and demand-side response, has significantly enhanced the sustainability of power systems. At the same time, it has brought unprecedented challenges related to uncertainty, variability, reduced system inertia, and increasingly complex interactions across generation, network, and demand layers. These challenges have stimulated intensive research on advanced modeling, operation, control, and planning methods to ensure the secure, efficient, and resilient operation of renewable-energy-integrated grids.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate recent advances related to the theory, modeling, operation, control, and planning of electric power systems with high penetration of renewable energy.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Advanced modeling and analysis of electric power systems with high renewable energy penetration;
- Renewable energy integration technologies and grid-forming/grid-following control strategies;
- Flexibility modeling, aggregation, and utilization of energy storage systems, electric vehicles, and demand response;
- Uncertainty-aware operation and planning methods for renewable energy integrated grids;
- Stability, security, and resilience of power systems under high renewable penetration;
- Power-electronics-dominated power systems and advanced converter control;
- Coordinated operation of transmission and distribution systems;
- Integrated planning of generation, transmission, and distribution networks;
- Data-driven and machine learning-based methods for power system analysis and operation;
- Market mechanisms and pricing strategies supporting renewable energy integration;
- Integrated energy systems and sector coupling with renewable-dominated power grids.
Dr. Jiaqi Ruan
Prof. Dr. Jian Zhao
Dr. Chenjia Gu
Dr. Chenxi Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- renewable-energy-integrated power systems
- smart grids
- power system planning and operation
- flexible resource scheduling
- distributed generation
- demand-side energy management
- source–grid–load–storage coordination
- low-carbon energy transition
- electricity market mechanisms
- intelligent distribution networks
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