Optimization of Renewable Energy Systems in Competitive Electricity Markets
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A: Sustainable Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2026 | Viewed by 63
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Interests: energy policy; electricity markets; power systems
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Interests: renewable energy sources; energy policy; energy systems; numerical analysis; computational energy economics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The accelerated integration of variable renewable energy sources is increasingly challenging competitive electricity markets. Meeting this challenge requires optimisation methods that integrate operational uncertainty, settlement timing, and flexibility valuation into market-participation models. This Special Issue seeks concise, high-quality contributions on optimisation methods that enable reliable, efficient renewable participation across short-term electricity market segments—day-ahead markets (DAMs), intraday adjustments, and real-time balancing markets (RTBM). We welcome theoretical advances, computational methods, and empirical studies that explicitly address market-clearing rules, multi-settlement interactions, and the valuation of flexibility.
The topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, market-aware unit commitment strategies, co-optimization of energy/reserves/flexibility, stochastic and robust formulations for DAM–RTBM decision making, bilevel/equilibrium models of strategic bidding, and distributed or privacy-preserving algorithms for aggregators, VPPs, and energy communities. Papers evaluating the optimal sizing and scheduling of flexibility technologies (battery storage, demand response, V2G, power-to-X/hydrogen) are especially encouraged, as are studies on network-constrained market clearing and local flexibility markets.
We invite original research articles, methodological notes with theoretical guarantees, reproducible case studies, and comprehensive review articles synthesising optimisation approaches for market integration of renewables. Submissions should state market assumptions, computational tractability, and practical implications for stakeholders.
Through this Special Issue, we aim to foster the exchange of leading ideas and rigorous, practice-oriented findings that target at increasing renewable energy integration within competitive electricity market frameworks towards accelerating energy transition. We welcome submissions that advance theory, demonstrate real-world applicability across electricity market segments, and provide actionable insights for researchers, market participants, and policymakers.
Dr. Venizelos Venizelou
Prof. Dr. Andreas Poullikkas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- competitive electricity market
- flexibility
- optimization
- policy and regulation
- renewable energy systems
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