Advancing Sustainability in Energy Communities: Grid Integration of Photovoltaic Systems
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2027 | Viewed by 379
Editors
Interests: photovoltaic systems; performance analysis; energy communities; grid integration of photovoltaic systems; power system transient stability
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Interests: photovoltaic systems integrated in buildings; power system transient stability; energy communities; grid integration of photovoltaic systems
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Interests: photovoltaic systems integrated in buildings, agriculture and water; power system transient stability
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Interests: photovoltaic self-consumption systems; photovoltaic systems monitoring; performance analysis of photovoltaic systems from monitored data; microgrids
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue addresses the reliable and sustainable integration of photovoltaic (PV) systems within energy communities, collective prosumers, and microgrids. As the rapid expansion of renewable energy drives an unprecedented increase in distributed PV capacity, power grids increasingly face the challenges of overgeneration and energy curtailment. Mitigating these issues is critical to ensuring both the optimal performance of generation assets and the stability of the distribution network. Consequently, the technical scope encompasses grid support functions via advanced inverters, optimal coordination of PV storage–demand response, generation forecasting, energy management, interoperability, protection schemes, and data quality in monitoring practices.
Beyond technical integration, this Special Issue contributes to holistic sustainability by defining and quantifying harmonized indicators. These parameters evaluate environmental impacts, techno-economic performance, community value creation, and the regulatory frameworks (tariffs, incentives, and governance) required to enable equitable participation. By bridging these multidisciplinary lines, this Special Issue promotes replicable methodologies, comparable metrics, and multi-region evidence to accelerate the local energy transition.
Dr. Gabino Jiménez Castillo
Dr. Cristina Ventura
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Marco Tina
Prof. Dr. Francisco José Muñoz-Rodríguez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- energy communities
- photovoltaic grid integration
- smart inverters
- sustainability assessment
- PV performance monitoring
- distributed energy management
- overgeneration management
- PV curtailment
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