Intelligent Decentralized Energy Management in Microgrids

Dear colleagues,

Future energy microgrids will be characterized by an increasing decentralization of generation and storage. Energy management is an essential factor in the operation of a decentralized energy system. An Energy Management System (EMS) is responsible for optimizing the balance of supply and demand in the microgrid. Recent advances in Computational Intelligent (CI) techniques have become the center of attention in the research topic of Distributed Energy Management (DEM). EMSs have been developed based on CI to ensure that the energy generation patterns of distributed renewable resources match the energy consumption patterns. The main advantages of a DEM approach are the increased reliability of the microgrid, modularity, and scalability. There has been significant research progress in CI-DEM software/hardware techniques.

This Special Issue (SI) focuses on the emerging synergy between CI and DEM in microgrids. The SI seeks to contribute to intelligent DEM to improve the energy efficiency of microgrids in order to satisfy technical, socio-economic, and environmental goals. We invite papers on innovative technical developments, reviews, case studies, and papers from different scientific disciplines relevant to intelligent DEM in microgrids.

Prof. Dr. Anastasios Dounis
Guest Editor

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