Global Trends and Advances Towards a Smarter Grid and Smart Cities

Dear Colleagues,

This issue is dedicated to the 3rd International Conference on Smart Grid and Smart Cities (ICSGSC 2019), devoted to topics related to recent trends and progress made in the field of smarter grid, green energy and smart cities. ICSGSC 2019 will take place at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, 25–28 June 2019. However, the issue will not be limited to papers presented at the conference. Original and innovative contributions that include enhanced reliability and resilience, higher intelligence and optimized control, decentralized operation, higher operational efficiency, efficient demand management and better power quality are also invited.

For the past few years, research and development at the academic, industry, business and government levels has been devoted to make the power grid smarter as envisaged, to be the next generation electric grid for smart cities. It will enable the smart integration of conventional power generation, renewable generation, distributed generation, energy storage, transmission, distribution and demand management. However, all these prospective transformations also bring with them numerous challenges and opportunities. This is an open call for contributions to both ICSGSC 2019 and this issue.

Prof. Dr. Om P. Malik
Guest Editor

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