Dear Colleagues,

This is a call for papers for the Topic “Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Technologies”. With the increase of the global population and the rapid development of industry, the energy demand is increasing very rapidly. Over the past few centuries, this demand has mainly been met by fossil fuels. Looking into the future, however, fossil fuel resources are limited and their consumption causes serious environmental problems. Hence, governments and companies are increasingly seeking to reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. This makes it essential to develop sustainable energy solutions for energy production, such as photovoltaics, wind turbines, hydropower, hydrogen, etc. At the same time, energy saving through the use of new technologies is also critical. Power electronics technology, which utilizes power semiconductor devices to convert and control electrical energy, plays a key role in both situations discussed above. For instance, power electronics are used to interface renewable sources to maximize the energy yield from photovoltaics and wind turbines, and to smoothly integrate it into the grid. Meanwhile, power electronics can ensure a large amount of energy saving, as in LED drivers, pumps and compressors. This topic provides a global platform to present the latest research papers related to power electronics and renewable energy technologies. Relevant themes include but are not limited to the following:

• Power electronic converters and control systems.
• Renewable energy technologies (e.g., photovoltaics, wind turbines and fuel cells).
• Distributed generation and grid interconnection.
• Electric vehicles and intelligent transportation.
• Energy storage, battery charging and management te
• Microgrid and smart grid.
• Lighting technologies.
• Electric machines and drives.
• Power quality issues.
• Wide-bandgap devices.

Prof. Dr. Yuanmao Ye
Dr. Zhixing He
Dr. Lingling Cao
Dr. Zhanghai Shi
Dr. Jinhong Sun
Guest Editors

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• power electronic converters
• photovoltaics
• wind turbines
• fuel cells
• multilevel inverters
• electric vehicles
• distributed generation
• microgrid
• LED drivers
• energy storage