Advances in Hybrid Solar PV and Battery Power Systems: Technology Review and Sustainable Future

Dear Colleagues,

The advancement of PV technology and its declining costs have been spurring the dispersion of solar generations in the grid. Recent years have also witnessed the increasing deployment of energy storage systems (ESS) with PV systems in both newly constructed systems and retrofits of existing PV systems. The hybrid operation of PV and ESS brings various merits to both stakeholders and the utilities by coordinating PV and ESS power. In addition, solar has become an important component of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) which enhance the application of microgrids.

As renewable innovation keeps moving forward, emerging technologies, e.g., AI algorithms, IoT, and new battery materials,  have also driven innovations in PV and ESS hybrid systems. This Special Issue on “Advances in Hybrid Solar PV and Battery Power Systems: Technology Review and Sustainable Future” seeks high-quality works focusing on the latest novel advances in such technologies. Topics include, but are not limited to:

1. AI-driven EMS methods for PV and ESS systems.
2. New power electronics topologies for hybrid PV and ESS systems.
3. Novel control methods for hybrid PV and ESS systems amid utility challenges.
4. New battery technologies for PV systems.
5. PV DER and microgrid integration and applications.
6. Multiple DER optimizations including PV, ESS and EV.
7. New protection and fault-detection methods in PV systems.

The scope extends to all residential, C&I, and utility-scale systems.

Dr. Linfeng Zheng
Dr. Zhehan Yi
Dr. Xun Long
Guest Editors

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