Advanced Control, Operation and Energy Management of Distribution Networks and Smart Grids: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 24 October 2025 | Viewed by 1221
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to share the success of our Special Issue "Advanced Control, Operation and Energy Management of Distribution Networks and Smart Grids" https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/special_issues/Q2RQJH3B9V.
We are now preparing to launch the second volume of this Special Issue and are pleased to invite you to submit papers to Energies for a Special Issue devoted to “Advanced Control, Operation and Energy Management of Distribution Networks and Smart Grids: 2nd Edition”.
Today, networks play a crucial role in energy planning. Distribution networks, in particular, comprise the core of these energy systems. Modern distribution networks and related technology must be advanced towards a new model. This schema should not only ensure the supply of reliable and high-quality electricity but must also be fine-tuned to meet new challenges, offer smart options for more economical and efficient use and/or the production of electrical energy, and ensure the simultaneously greater and more effective control of the systems through automation and the use of new technologies.
Progress in these areas will lead us to cleaner energy and sustainable growth. This is why next-generation networks, known as smart grids, are today at the heart of planning strategies of all forward-looking electrical energy distribution companies.
As Guest Editors, my co-editors and I invite submissions to a Special Issue of Energies on “Advanced Control, Operation and Energy Management of Distribution Networks and Smart Grids”. This Issue aims to examine, present, and disseminate this subject's latest developments and research efforts. All research approaches are equally acceptable: experimental, theoretical, simulation, optimization, and mixtures.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:
- Integration of renewable energy sources;
- Energy storage systems for grids;
- Energy management strategies;
- Energy supply reliability;
- Load forecasting and scheduling;
- Island microgrids;
- Smart grids and microgrids;
- Optimization techniques for energy storage systems in distribution grids;
- Anti-island control strategies for distribution grids;
- Cascading failure of components in smart grids;
- Fault location in distribution networks;
- Fault management in grids;
- Innovative fault management and location techniques for smart grids;
- Power system planning and energy management;
- Novel optimization techniques for power system operations;
- Application of cutting-edge artificial intelligence techniques;
- Planning and development of the energy transition;
- Smart energy production and distribution;
- Fault monitoring technologies;
- Reliability of power distribution networks.
Dr. Jacob G. Fantidis
Dr. Antonis Tsikalakis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart grid
- microgrid
- distribution system
- energy supply
- energy management
- fault location
- reliability
- integration of RES
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