Power Electronics, Control, and Energy Systems for the Energy Transition and Renewable Energy Conversion Processes

Dear Colleagues,

The global energy transition is advancing rapidly, driven by the urgency to decarbonize and modernize power systems. Renewable technologies—solar, wind, marine, and bioenergy—will supply more than half of the world’s total energy demand by 2040. This scenario requires joint work between power electronics, control, and energy systems.

Power electronics are central to this transformation. They enable renewable energy conversion, integration with electric grids, storage systems, and electromobility. Their large-scale deployment demands new control strategies, robust system coordination, and innovative solutions that ensure efficiency, stability, and interoperability.

This Special Issue invites original research and review papers that contribute to the theoretical and practical development of these technologies. The scope includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Renewable energy systems: Architectures, algorithms, and applications for solar, wind, marine, and hybrid systems.
• Power conversion and control: New converter topologies, modulation techniques, and control strategies (linear, nonlinear, predictive, adaptive, or AI-based).
• Integration technologies: Grid and off-grid systems, microgrids, storage integration, and power quality improvement.
• Power and energy systems: Modeling, stability, and optimization of grids with high renewable penetration.
• Smart and sustainable applications: Electromobility, hydrogen, vehicle-to-grid (V2G/V2X), smart grids, and digital twins.
• System-level management: Energy management, demand response, and coordinated operation of distributed resources.

We encourage multidisciplinary contributions that connect power electronics, control theory, and power systems to strengthen the foundations of a sustainable and efficient energy future. 

Dr. Matías Díaz
Prof. Dr. Jose Rodriguez
Guest Editors

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