New Trends in Power System Operation, Control, and Trading Considering Flexible Resources

Dear Colleagues,

The large-scale integration of flexible resources, such as high-penetration renewables, advanced storage technologies, and demand-side flexibility, is rapidly reshaping the architecture and operation of traditional power grids. This transformation brings not only technical and economic opportunities but also urgent challenges in system coordination, uncertainty management, and market design. In particular, breakthroughs in AI-driven trading mechanisms, real-time flexibility coordination, and sector-coupled synergies (e.g., hydrogen–storage integration) are emerging as crucial pathways toward resilient, efficient, and sustainable energy systems.

This Special Issue (SI), “New Trends in Power System Operation, Control, and Trading Considering Flexible Resources”, distinguishes itself by emphasizing novel approaches and transformative solutions that extend beyond incremental improvements. We aim to showcase innovative methods, analytical frameworks, experimental validations, and case studies that redefine how flexible resources are integrated into system operation, control, and trading at scale.

Topics for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:

• Energy storage and hydrogen technology
• Power systems and integrated energy
• Virtual power plant and demand flexibility
• Applications of artificial intelligence in smart grids
• Renewable energy-based power system dispatch
• Low carbon power system operation
• Electricity market design and flexibility
• Evaluation and analysis of operational flexibility of power systems
• Cyber security of flexible resources and smart grids
• Coordinated bidding and offering of flexible resources
• Power system flexibility and resilience
• Local energy and flexibility market
• Applications of artificial intelligence in flexible resources

Dr. Ying Wang
Dr. Shuai Fan
Dr. Tao Wu
Dr. Xuemei Dai
Dr. Chunyu Chen
Guest Editors

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