Toward a Resilient and Sustainable Urban Power Grid: Challenges and AI-Driven Solutions
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2027 | Viewed by 665
Editors
Interests: resilience assessment and enhancement of smart grids; power system security and stability
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Interests: deep reinforcement learning; multi-agent systems; human-in-the-loop machine learning
Interests: machine learning for energy systems; flexibility service provision; community energy system optimization; peer-to-peer energy trading; energy system resilience
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Interests: demand response; load control; electricity markets
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The global shift towards decarbonized energy systems is deepening the integration of distributed renewables and electrification within cities, fundamentally transforming urban power grids. Concurrently, the increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events such as hurricanes, floods, and heatwaves poses severe threats to grid reliability. This convergence creates a critical imperative: urban grids must achieve sustainability while radically enhancing their resilience to withstand and rapidly recover from major disruptions. Traditional planning and operational methods often lack the adaptability and predictive capabilities required for these complex, high-stakes scenarios.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a pivotal enabler in this context. By leveraging machine learning, data analytics, and other AI technologies, it becomes possible to analyze vast datasets for predictive damage assessment, optimize real-time grid response and restoration, and automate critical decision-support processes. This Special Issue seeks original research addressing the integrated challenges of urban grid resilience against extreme weather in the energy transition era. We particularly welcome contributions that develop, evaluate, and showcase novel AI-driven methodologies, frameworks, and solutions designed to make urban electricity infrastructures more robust, adaptive, and sustainable.
We invite submissions on a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Methods for forecasting extreme weather events;
- Modeling and simulation of extreme weather disaster impacts via the integration of models and data;
- Situational awareness and risk assessments of urban power grids;
- Resilience-oriented investment in infrastructure upgrades and resources planning;
- Real-time AI for the adaptive operation of power grids during and immediately after extreme events;
- AI-driven restoration and recovery of power grids.
Dr. Chao Qin
Dr. Bei Peng
Dr. Chao Long
Dr. Xiaolong Jin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- resilience
- urban power grids
- AI
- preparation
- restoration
- situational awareness
- extreme events
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