Innovative Energy Management Strategies for Utility-Scale Hybrid Renewable Power Plants

Dear Colleagues,

The rapid global transition toward low-carbon energy systems requires the large-scale integration of renewable energy resources. Since major renewable sources such as wind and solar are inherently intermittent and highly dependent on weather conditions, energy storage has become essential for ensuring a reliable and stable power supply. In this context, hybrid power plants that combine wind, solar, and energy storage systems have emerged as a key solution for delivering dispatchable renewable electricity, enhancing grid stability, maximizing infrastructure utilization, reducing carbon emissions, and providing essential ancillary services. These systems are increasingly expected to gradually replace conventional power plants in modern power systems. However, despite their significant technical potential, large-scale deployment of hybrid power plants still faces major challenges, including operational complexity, inadequate system sizing, and financial viability.

This Special Issue aims to disseminate cutting-edge research on intelligent control, optimization, and operational frameworks that directly address these barriers.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Advanced forecasting methodologies for renewable generation, load demand, market prices, and grid service needs using artificial intelligence and data-driven approaches;
• Hybrid forecasting–optimization frameworks for improving system reliability and economic performance under uncertainty;
• Integrated techno-economic–environmental–social–governance (TEESG) assessment of hybrid renewable power plant;
• Life-cycle environmental impact analysis, carbon accounting, and sustainability evaluation of hybrid power plants;
• Control and Dispatch of Grid-Forming Hybrid Power Plants with Energy Storage;
• Real-time coordination, stability enhancement, and frequency–voltage control;
• Strategies to enhance financial viability and innovative investment models;
• Grid-interactive and islanded operation strategies;
• Control framework for black start capability and system restoration of hybrid power plant.

Dr. Shree Om Bade
Prof. Dr. Richard Allen Schultz
Prof. Dr. Hossein Salehfar
Dr. William Ampomah
Prof. Dr. Michael Mann
Guest Editors

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