Advances in Optimal Operation of Modern Power Systems for Flexibility Enhancement
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 79
Special Issue Editors
Interests: flexibility enhancement; energy storage system; electricity–hydrogen–ammonia coupled system; modeling, planning, and regulation of modern power system
Interests: microgrid transient-steady state coordinated control; control–protection integration analysis; power-to-hydrogen coupling system optimal control
Interests: renewable energy-integrated distribution system optimal operation and control; modern distribution system digital simulation; distributed energy trading; application of big data and artificial intelligence in smart grid
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The increasing penetration of intermittent renewable energy sources and uncertainties in multiple loads have intensified flexibility requirements in the modern power system, characterized by integrated electricity, gas, heating, cooling, and hydrogen networks. Flexibility, defined as the system’s capability to maintain a supply–demand equilibrium and adapt to variabilities across multiple energy carriers and temporal scales, is essential for accommodating renewable intermittency and ensuring operational reliability. A wide array of flexibility resources is currently available, including multi-energy storage systems, demand response, and energy conversion technologies. However, developing refined modeling approaches for these flexible resources and effective collaborative scheduling and control strategies still poses challenges. Consequently, fully exploiting multi-energy flexibility to optimize both system operational efficiency and reliability remains a key research focus that demands global attention.
This Special Issue aims to cover innovative operation strategies in flexibility enhancement through advanced scheduling and adaptive control of multi-energy infrastructures. Suitable topics for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Multi-scale forecasting model of renewable energy and multi-energy load.
- Modeling method of flexible resources in the modern power system.
- Flexibility quantification and assessment methodology.
- Data-driven scheduling strategy for flexibility enhancement.
- Intelligent control method of distributed flexible resources.
- Market mechanism for flexible service.
Dr. Wennan Zhuang
Dr. Xia Shen
Dr. Jiayong Li
Dr. Guangsheng Pan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- modern power system
- flexibility enhancement
- renewable energy integration
- multi-energy coupling
- data-driven optimization
- distributed control
- energy storage system
- flexibility market
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