Challenge and Research Trends of Smart Power Grid

Dear Colleagues,

The smart power grid is the future electric power system that supports bi-directional energy and information flow between consumer and service provider. The smart power grid aims to modernize the current electric power system with a new set of technologies and services such as distributed energy generation (wind and solar energy), advanced meter infrastructures, electric vehicles, and home/building energy management systems. Artificial intelligence, Blockchain technology, and the underlying communication infrastructures will play an important role in supporting the grid integration of different smart grid applications with the aim to improve power quality, reliability, efficiency, and security.

This Special Issue focuses on the role of information and communication technologies, artificial intelligence, Blockchain technology, and their applications in the development of the future smart power grid including energy forecasting, energy trading, the integration of wind energy, solar energy, electric vehicles, smart meters, smart homes/building, etc.

Prof. Dr. Young-Chon Kim
Guest Editor

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