Energy Transition: Decentralization, Electric Vehicles, and Local Energy Markets
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "E: Electric Vehicles".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 October 2023) | Viewed by 29109
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy resource management; energy systems simulation; electric vehicles; metaheuristic optimization; smart grid; swarm intelligence
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Interests: computational intelligence; energy resource management; energy systems simulation; evolutionary computation; local energy markets; multi-agent systems; smart grids
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Interests: artificial intelligence; demand response; electric vehicles; electricity markets; power and energy systems; renewable and sustainable energy; smart grids
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The power industry is on the move for a significant transformation motivated by the clean energy and zero carbon emissions acts. Moreover, the world will likely face a faster energy transition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The proliferation of distributed energy resources (DERs) in distribution networks, namely PV panels and electric vehicles, is transforming conventional centralized management into a decentralized, bottom-up, localized control model. Local markets are emerging as a promising solution to address the problem of large amounts of energy resources at this level. Trading of energy and flexibility for local agents can be achieved with adequate coordination at the distribution grid; however, this transition is not possible without solving new technical and economic challenges. The new paradigm is calling for innovative ideas and solutions with a highly interdisciplinary research scope.
This Special Issue invites original research papers for publication focusing on topics of interest including but limited to the following:
- Pricing, market clearing, and validation methods in local electricity markets;
- Local market architecture, business models, cost–benefit analysis, and energy policies for the adoption of DER;
- Coordination and interactions between markets at different levels, e.g., local, distribution, and wholesale markets;
- Modelling and coordination of different actors interacting at the different levels of the energy chain, e.g., local, distribution, and transmission levels;
- Flexibility services for DSO, TSO, and balancing responsible parties (i.e., grid service trading);
- Distributed ledger technology (including blockchain) for peer-to-peer energy markets and transactive energy;
- Classical and modern optimization methods for scalable management and control of large-scale DER;
- Modern ICT to implement decentralized energy systems in the smart grid paradigm;
- Decentralized electric vehicle management and scheduling models;
- Local electricity market models for electric vehicles;
- Smart contracts for electric vehicles.
Dr. João Soares
Dr. Fernando Lezama
Prof. Dr. Zita Vale
Dr. John Fredy Franco
Guest Editors
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