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3 April 2025

Due to the volatility and uncertainty of wind power generation, energy storage can help mitigate the fluctuations in wind power grid integration. During its use, the health of the energy storage system, defined as the ratio of the current available c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,043 Views
23 Pages

Design and Control Strategy of an Integrated Floating Photovoltaic Energy Storage System

  • Bowen Zhou,
  • Diliyaer Hudabaierdi,
  • Jian Qiao,
  • Guangdi Li and
  • Zhaoxia Xiao

Floating photovoltaic (FPV) power generation technology has gained widespread attention due to its advantages, which include the lack of the need to occupy land resources, low risk of power limitations, high power generation efficiency, reduced water...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,183 Views
19 Pages

12 April 2024

The mutual optimization of a multi-microgrid integrated energy system (MMIES) can effectively improve the overall economic and environmental benefits, contributing to sustainability. Targeting a scenario in which an MMIES is connected to the same nod...

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  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,514 Views
25 Pages

18 March 2021

Unlike the plug-in charging system, which has safety concerns such as electric sparks, wireless power transfer (WPT) is less-time consuming, is environmentally friendly and can be used in a wet environment. The inclusion of hybrid energy storage syst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,489 Views
18 Pages

Application of Modern Non-Linear Control Techniques for the Integration of Compressed Air Energy Storage with Medium and Low Voltage Grid

  • Sanjib Kumar Mitra,
  • Srinivas Bhaskar Karanki,
  • Marcus King,
  • Decai Li,
  • Mark Dooner,
  • Oleh Kiselychnyk and
  • Jihong Wang

7 July 2021

Compressed air energy storage is a well-used technology for application in high voltage power systems, but researchers are also investing efforts to minimize the cost of this technology in medium and low voltage power systems. Integration of this ene...

  • Article
  • Open Access
350 Views
29 Pages

Integrated Control of Hybrid Thermochemical–PCM Storage for Renewable Heating and Cooling Systems in a Smart House

  • Georgios Martinopoulos,
  • Paschalis A. Gkaidatzis,
  • Luis Jimeno,
  • Alberto Belda González,
  • Panteleimon Bakalis,
  • George Meramveliotakis,
  • Apostolos Gkountas,
  • Nikolaos Tarsounas,
  • Dimosthenis Ioannidis and
  • Nikolaos Nikolopoulos
  • + 1 author

The development of integrated renewable energy and high-density thermal energy storage systems has been fueled by the need for environmentally friendly heating and cooling in buildings. In this paper, MiniStor, a hybrid thermochemical and phase-chang...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,437 Views
21 Pages

18 August 2024

The increasing use of renewable energy sources introduces significant fluctuations in power generation, demanding enhanced regulatory capabilities to maintain the balance between power supply and demand. To promote multi-energy coupling and the local...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,540 Views
32 Pages

7 March 2025

The increasing penetration of photovoltaic (PV) systems and the need for reliable backup power solutions have led to the development of hybrid uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. These systems integrate PV energy storage with battery backup a...

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  • Open Access
1,278 Views
31 Pages

5 September 2025

Energy policies and economies of scale have promoted the expansion of renewable energy sources, leading to the displacement of conventional generation units and a consequent reduction in system inertia. Low inertia amplifies frequency deviations in r...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,100 Views
17 Pages

18 December 2024

To address the issues of diverse energy supply demands and power fluctuations in integrated energy systems (IESs), this study takes an IES composed of power-generation units, such as wind and photovoltaic units, along with various energy-storage syst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,081 Views
24 Pages

26 September 2024

Integration of heat pumps combined with thermal energy storage provides a key pathway to decarbonizing the energy supply in the industry when the processes are not operated continuously. Yet, this integration of such novel systems introduces control...

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  • Open Access
1,723 Views
14 Pages

2 March 2025

The transition to sustainable energy systems necessitates innovative solutions to address the variability and intermittency of renewable energy sources, particularly solar power. This study explores the integration of programmable charge controller w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,851 Views
27 Pages

11 March 2024

Renewable energy sources play a great role in the sustainability of natural resources and a healthy environment. Among these, solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are becoming more economically viable. However, as the utility of solar energy conversion sy...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,130 Views
38 Pages

17 January 2025

This paper addresses the challenge of decarbonizing residential energy consumption by developing an advanced energy management system (EMS) optimized for cost reduction and energy efficiency. By leveraging the thermal inertia of building envelopes as...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,743 Views
23 Pages

27 February 2025

In recent years, with the continuous growth of energy demand and the large-scale deployment of renewable energy sources, the power system’s need for high-capacity power transmission and energy storage systems has increased significantly. In thi...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,734 Views
15 Pages

Analysis and Description of Key Technologies of Intelligent Energy System Integrated with Source-Grid-Load-Storage in the Oil Field

  • Huawen Shu,
  • Chengbo Ni,
  • Lina Wang,
  • Chuan Yan,
  • Dong Sun,
  • Wei Li,
  • Fugang Wang,
  • Hongguang Xu and
  • Qingbo Sheng

20 July 2023

Integration of source, grid, load, and storage is an important measure for energy transformation. However, at present, the oilfield industry lacks mature models and related technologies. Therefore, an oilfield intelligent energy system integrating so...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,459 Views
26 Pages

17 November 2024

This work presents an islanded microgrid energy system that uses backstepping control applied to neutral point clamped (NPC) multilevel converters coupled with batteries to behave as virtual generators, able to absorb surplus renewable energy, theref...

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  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,044 Views
21 Pages

8 February 2025

An integrated micro- and nano-grid with net-zero renewable energy is a sophisticated energy system framework aimed at attaining optimal efficiency and sustainability. This survey paper examines several contemporary research works in this domain. This...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,408 Views
25 Pages

5 November 2021

The penetration of solar energy in the modern power system is still increasing with a fast growth rate after long development due to reduced environmental impact and ever-decreasing photovoltaic panel cost. Meanwhile, distribution networks have to de...

  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
10,061 Views
22 Pages

1 November 2024

Integrating renewable energy sources into power systems is crucial for achieving global decarbonization goals, with wind energy experiencing the most growth due to technological advances and cost reductions. However, large-scale wind farm integration...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,187 Views
17 Pages

16 January 2025

In the context of the integration of hybrid energy storage systems (HESSs) and electric vehicles (EVs), this paper investigates the load frequency control (LFC) issue of the power system. Weighting coefficients are set for the generators, HESSs and E...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,757 Views
18 Pages

31 January 2023

A novel control strategy to manage the integration of a wind turbine (WT) and an energy storage unit to an existing stand-alone microgrid servicing an oil and gas (O&G) rig is the topic of this paper. The control strategy includes a primary and a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,789 Views
44 Pages

Performance Ratio and Econometrics of a Community Waste Power Plant (Biogas) System

  • Oluwaseun Olanrewaju Akinte,
  • Ritthichai Ratchapan,
  • Sarun Nakthanom,
  • Krisada Prompinit and
  • Boonyang Plangklang

4 June 2025

This study examined a proposed system integrating waste power plants, a utility grid, and battery technologies to optimize energy operations for the On-nut community in Bangkok. The system was modeled through experimental, mathematical, and schematic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
3,897 Views
21 Pages

7 July 2021

A paradigm shift in power engineering transforms conventional fossil fuel-based power systems gradually into more sustainable and environmentally friendly systems due to more renewable energy source (RES) integration. However, the control structure o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,152 Views
25 Pages

Improving the Efficiency of Electric Vehicles: Advancements in Hybrid Energy Storage Systems

  • Mostafa Farrag,
  • Chun Sing Lai,
  • Mohamed Darwish and
  • Gareth Taylor

28 June 2024

Electric vehicles (EVs) encounter substantial obstacles in effectively managing energy, particularly when faced with varied driving circumstances and surrounding factors. This study aims to evaluate the performance of three different control systems...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,086 Views
21 Pages

High-Level Renewable Energy Integrated System Frequency Control with SMES-Based Optimized Fractional Order Controller

  • Md. Shafiul Alam,
  • Majed A. Alotaibi,
  • Md Ahsanul Alam,
  • Md. Alamgir Hossain,
  • Md Shafiullah,
  • Fahad Saleh Al-Ismail,
  • Md. Mamun Ur Rashid and
  • Mohammad A. Abido

22 February 2021

The high-level penetration of renewable energy sources (RESs) is the main reason for shifting the conventional centralized power system control paradigm into distributed power system control. This massive integration of RESs faces two main problems:...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,564 Views
14 Pages

1 December 2019

The integration of wind energy into the power grid is challenging because of its variability, which causes high ramp events that may threaten the reliability and efficiency of power systems. In this paper, we propose a novel distributionally robust s...

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  • Open Access
21 Citations
57,402 Views
17 Pages

10 December 2020

Direct current (dc) microgrids have gained significant interest in research due to dc generation/storage technologies—such as photovoltaics (PV) and batteries—increasing performance and reducing in cost. However, proper protection and con...

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  • Open Access
255 Views
32 Pages

Adaptive Iterative Algorithm for Optimizing the Load Profile of Charging Stations with Restrictions on the State of Charge of the Battery of Mining Dump Trucks

  • Nikita V. Martyushev,
  • Boris V. Malozyomov,
  • Vitaliy A. Gladkikh,
  • Anton Y. Demin,
  • Alexander V. Pogrebnoy,
  • Elizaveta E. Kuleshova and
  • Yulia I. Karlina

12 December 2025

The development of electric quarry transport puts a significant strain on local power grids, leading to sharp peaks in consumption and degradation of power quality. Existing methods of peak smoothing, such as generation control, virtual power plants,...

  • Review
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10 Citations
3,563 Views
25 Pages

11 August 2023

In order to lessen reliance on fossil fuels, a rise in interest in the utilization of fluctuating and intermittent heat sources derived from renewable energy (such as solar thermal, ocean thermal, and geothermal) and waste heat has been observed. The...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,099 Views
41 Pages

6 May 2025

Air pollution imposes a substantial economic burden globally, with estimated annual losses exceeding $8.1 trillion due to healthcare costs, lost productivity, infrastructure degradation, and agricultural damage. This review assesses the economic effe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,634 Views
25 Pages

18 June 2019

This paper presents a mixed receding horizon control (RHC) strategy for the optimal scheduling of a battery energy storage system (BESS) in a hybrid PV and wind power plant while satisfying multiple operational constraints. The overall optimisation p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,926 Views
33 Pages

23 June 2022

Cogeneration is preferred mostly in process industries where both thermal and electrical energies are required. Cogeneration plants are more efficient than utilizing the thermal and electrical energies independently. Present government policies in In...

  • Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
5,751 Views
31 Pages

Fractional-Order Control Techniques for Renewable Energy and Energy-Storage-Integrated Power Systems: A Review

  • Masoud Alilou,
  • Hatef Azami,
  • Arman Oshnoei,
  • Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo and
  • Remus Teodorescu

The worldwide energy revolution has accelerated the utilization of demand-side manageable energy systems such as wind turbines, photovoltaic panels, electric vehicles, and energy storage systems in order to deal with the growing energy crisis and gre...

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  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,018 Views
16 Pages

18 January 2019

The Energy Internet is an inevitable trend of the development of electric power system in the future. With the development of microgrids and distributed generation (DG), the structure and operation mode of power systems are gradually changing. Energy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,954 Views
19 Pages

18 May 2021

This paper presents the energy management and control system design of an integrated flywheel energy storage system (FESS) for residential users. The proposed FESS is able to draw/deliver 8 kWh at 8 kW, and relies on a large-airgap surface-mounted pe...

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  • Open Access
39 Citations
7,074 Views
34 Pages

Integrated Optimal Design and Control of Fourth Generation District Heating Networks with Thermal Energy Storage

  • Bram van der Heijde,
  • Annelies Vandermeulen,
  • Robbe Salenbien and
  • Lieve Helsen

18 July 2019

In the quest to increase the share of renewable and residual energy sources in our energy system, and to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, district heating networks and seasonal thermal energy storage have the potential to play a key role. Differe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,548 Views
27 Pages

12 March 2021

The intermittent nature of wind power is a major challenge for wind as an energy source. Wind power generation is therefore difficult to plan, manage, sustain, and track during the year due to different weather conditions. The uncertainty of energy l...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,651 Views
28 Pages

26 October 2025

The integration of ultracapacitors into the propulsion systems and implicitly into the hybrid energy storage systems (HESSs) of electric vehicles offers significant prospects for increasing performance, improving efficiency and extending the lifetime...

  • Feature Paper
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648 Views
36 Pages

16 October 2025

The integration of renewable energy systems and electrified transportation requires advanced energy storage solutions capable of providing both high energy density and fast dynamic response. Hybrid energy storage systems offer a promising approach by...

  • Article
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23 Citations
4,848 Views
20 Pages

28 December 2018

Modular multilevel converter with integrated battery energy storage system (MMC-BESS) has been proposed for energy storage requirements in high-voltage applications. The state-of-charge (SOC) equilibrium of batteries is essential for BESS to guarante...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,402 Views
19 Pages

19 May 2025

This paper proposes a hybrid synchronization control modular multilevel converter-based hybrid energy storage system (HSC-MMC-HESS) that innovatively integrates battery units within MMC submodules (SMs) while connecting a supercapacitor (SC) to the D...

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Energies2026, 19(3), 634;https://doi.org/10.3390/en19030634 
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26 January 2026

The fastest growth in electricity demand in the industrialized world will likely come from the broad adoption of artificial intelligence (AI)—accelerated by the rise of generative AI models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The global “data...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,246 Views
22 Pages

15 March 2019

This paper proposes a probabilistic method to obtain optimized parameter values for different power-system controllers, such as power-system stabilizers (PSSs) and battery energy-storage systems (BESSs) to improve probabilistic small-signal stability...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,245 Views
27 Pages

19 December 2020

This paper refers to the issue that mainly appears in distribution grids, where renewable energy sources (RES) are widely installed. In such grids, one of the main problems is the coordination of energy production time with demand time, especially if...

  • Review
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28 Citations
7,183 Views
28 Pages

Electric vehicles (EVs) play a major role in the energy system because they are clean and environmentally friendly and can use excess electricity from renewable sources. In order to meet the growing charging demand for EVs and overcome its negative i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,859 Views
21 Pages

5 June 2019

A modular multilevel converter with an integrated battery energy storage system (MMC-BESS) has been proposed for high-voltage applications for large-scale renewable energy resources. As capacitor voltage balance is key to the normal operation of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,891 Views
28 Pages

Due to the generation uncertainty of photovoltaic (PV) power generation, it has been posing great challenges and difficulties in maintaining the stability, security, and reliability of PV-storage systems (one kind of microgrid). To overcome these cha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,791 Views
19 Pages

23 April 2022

This paper proposes adding a controller to the energy storage system (ESS) to enhance their contribution for damping low-frequency oscillation (LFO) in power systems integrated with high penetration of different types of renewable energy sources (RES...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
8,388 Views
17 Pages

10 March 2016

This paper proposes a half-bridge voltage balancer with a new controller for bipolar DC distribution systems. The proposed control scheme consists of two cascaded Proportional Integral (PI) controls rather than one PI control for balancing the pole v...

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