Optimization and Control of Smart Energy Systems
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F5: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 May 2026
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleague,
The accelerating digitalisation and decarbonisation of the global energy sector are reshaping traditional energy networks into highly interconnected smart energy systems that integrate electricity, heating, cooling, transport, and hydrogen infrastructures. Managing these multi-vector systems efficiently requires advanced optimisation and control strategies that address increasing complexity, uncertainty, and the intermittent nature of renewable energy resources.
This Special Issue aims to gather original research and comprehensive reviews focusing on innovative optimisation algorithms, real-time control frameworks, and decision-support models that enhance the flexibility, reliability, and sustainability of smart energy systems. The issue seeks contributions that advance both theoretical and applied aspects of system operation, emphasising interdisciplinary approaches that combine control theory, data science, and energy system modelling.
This Special Issue welcomes submissions covering a broad range of topics related to the modelling, optimisation, and control of smart and integrated energy systems, including but not limited to:
- Advanced optimisation techniques for multi-vector energy systems;
- Optimal power flow and energy management strategies;
- Model predictive control and distributed control approaches;
- Data-driven and AI-based control for smart grids and microgrids;
- Integration of renewable generation, energy storage, and hydrogen systems;
- Game-theoretic and cooperative control for multi-agent energy systems;
- Demand response and flexibility optimisation;
- Virtual power plants and decentralised energy coordination;
- Robust and stochastic optimisation under uncertainty;
- Decision-support systems for decarbonization and energy resilience.
This Special Issue aims to connect researchers, industry experts, and policymakers to share methods, applications, and case studies that support the development of intelligent, sustainable, and resilient energy infrastructures.
Dr. Adib Allahham
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- smart energy systems
- multi-vector energy systems
- optimisation and control
- renewable integration
- microgrids and virtual power plants
- demand-side management
- energy storage optimisation
- AI and data-driven control
- game theory and coordination mechanisms
- decarbonisation and energy resilience
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