Planning, Operation and Control of Power Grids with Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources

Dear Colleagues,

The power system transformation to sustainable energy is required in order to mitigate their negative impact on the natural environment and human health. However, the transformation itself is a challenging task and requires overcoming multiple obstacles. The complexity of the process is increasing due to the highly variable and weather-driven nature of renewable energy sources. Such high stochasticity on both the supply and demand sides drastically changes the operating rules and conditions under which the power system is managed, controlled, and developed.

This Special Issue seeks papers in the areas of distribution system optimization, planning operation and control, with an emphasis on solving real-time or near-real-time research problems. This also includes the power system operation and control and modelling, and numerical techniques for power flow and optimal power flow studies. Example applications include, but are not limited to, power grids, smart grids, transmission and distribution systems, Virtual Power Plants (VPPs), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and forecasting techniques for distribution system operation, planning and control. Topics of interest for publication include, but are not restricted to, the following:

• Distribution system and smart grids optimization, planning and control;
• Active management of distribution systems and smart grids;
• Operation and management of smart grids/microgrids;
• The role of Transmission System Operator (TSO)/ Distribution System Operator (DSO) interactions in both permanent and dynamic power system regimes;
• Applications of Big data Analytics techniques in power system and smart grid operation, planning and control;
• Applications of Internet of Things (IoT) in power system and smart grid operation and planning;
• Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in power system and smart grid planning, operation and control.

Dr. Geev Mokryani
Prof. Yim-Fun Hu
Prof. Raed A. Abd-Alhameed
Guest Editors

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