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

A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Processes".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 1567

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Interests: renewable energy technologies; energy conversion; power electronics; power converters; MATLAB simulation; power generation; distributed generation; electrical power engineering; power systems analysis; power systems simulation
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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
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Keywords

  • power electronics
  • energy transition
  • power converters
  • power systems
  • renewable energy technologies
  • energy conversion

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Virtual Inertia Parameter Design for Low-Voltage Distribution System Based on Feasible Region
by Guangzeng You, Shuming Zhou, Qiang Yu and Xueshen Zhao
Processes 2025, 13(1), 179; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr13010179 - 10 Jan 2025
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The low-voltage distribution system (LVDS) is confronted with high-frequency oscillation instability issues due to the negative impedance of constant power loads. To address this, a virtual inertia equivalent modeling method is proposed in this paper, and a reduced-order model along with its transfer [...] Read more.
The low-voltage distribution system (LVDS) is confronted with high-frequency oscillation instability issues due to the negative impedance of constant power loads. To address this, a virtual inertia equivalent modeling method is proposed in this paper, and a reduced-order model along with its transfer function for the LVDS is established. On this basis, a method for solving the feasible region of virtual inertia parameters is proposed. Through this feasible region, reasonable droop coefficients and corner frequencies can be designed from the perspective of small-signal stability. Finally, the switching model of LVDS and its equivalent model are built using the RT-box HITL platform. Multiple sets of experimental results have verified the effectiveness of this feasible region. Full article
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