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  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,684 Views
16 Pages

19 February 2022

Low voltage devices connected to public electricity supply networks can be subjected to a wide range of voltage quality, including sustained overvoltage. Assessing the impact of sustained overvoltage on devices connected to the distribution network i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Power Conditioning and Power Protection for Electronic Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
878 Views
25 Pages

8 May 2026

Distributed photovoltaic (PV) systems play an important role in supporting low-carbon and sustainable distribution network development; however, their high-penetration integration can cause nodal overvoltage, as midday PV generation often exceeds loc...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,369 Views
28 Pages

Towards More Sustainable Photovoltaic Systems: Enhanced Open-Circuit Voltage Prediction with a New Extreme Meteorological Year Model

  • Carlos Sanchís-Gómez,
  • Jorge Aleix-Moreno,
  • Carlos Vargas-Salgado and
  • David Alfonso-Solar

21 August 2025

Accurate prediction of maximum voltage is essential for the safe, efficient, and sustainable design of photovoltaic systems, as it defines the maximum allowable number of modules in series. This study examines how the choice of meteorological year af...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Renewable Energy Conversion and Sustainable Power Systems Engineering)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,733 Views
16 Pages

20 May 2023

Photovoltaic power plants are gaining in popularity and availability every year, resulting in a massive increase in their number and size. However, each such investment involves allocating large land areas, the cost of which may be high. For this rea...

(This article belongs to the Section A2: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
617 Views
26 Pages

8 April 2026

This work uses battery-coupled power electronic converter systems and distributed backstepping controllers to improve the reliability of electrical distribution networks. The motivation is to prevent blackouts such as the 28 April 2025 outage in Spai...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Reliability of Power Electronics Devices and Converter Systems: 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
919 Views
13 Pages

Study on Transient Overvoltage and Surge Arrester Electrical Stresses in Offshore Wind Farms Under Multiple Lightning Strokes

  • Jie Zhang,
  • Yong Wang,
  • Jun Xiong,
  • Junxiang Liu,
  • Lu Zhu,
  • Chao Huang,
  • Jianfeng Shi and
  • Yongxia Han

4 December 2025

Lightning strikes are a major cause of wind turbine (WT) damage, with approximately 80% of cloud-to-ground lightning strikes exhibiting a multi-stroke characteristic. Therefore, studying the transient overvoltages induced by multiple lightning stroke...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,049 Views
21 Pages

23 October 2025

Lithium-ion batteries are extensively used for energy storage in renewable, electronic, and automotive applications. However, once their electrical capacity is exhausted, they become hazardous waste that requires energy-intensive recycling processes....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Optimization and Waste Heat Recovery in Sustainable Industrial Process)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,090 Views
17 Pages

19 April 2025

The charging station (CS) is generally directly off-grid under a grid fault, which has become a key technical bottleneck that restricts the sustainable development of new energy transportation systems. During a grid fault, the CS under the vehicle-to...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Electric Vehicle Technology, 2nd Volume)
  • Article
  • Open Access
326 Views
31 Pages

The growing share of photovoltaic generation in power grids intensifies the need for converter architectures capable of combining efficient energy conversion, DC-bus stability, and ancillary service provision at the grid coupling point. This paper pr...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,449 Views
18 Pages

18 September 2025

The integration of photovoltaic (PV) systems into power grids has surged due to the global shift towards renewable energy, but this rapid adoption presents challenges like voltage regulation and inverter degradation. High PV penetration can lead to o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Systems: Integration Challenges, Forecasting, and Grid Optimization for Sustainable Energy Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
990 Views
19 Pages

11 November 2025

The integration of electric railways with renewable energy sources is crucial for advancing sustainable transportation and building clean, low-carbon, and efficient energy systems in alignment with global sustainable development goals. However, the a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
457 Views
24 Pages

30 May 2026

Modern electrical grids face growing stability risks from customer-owned generators, especially at points of common couplings (PCCs). Disruptive behavior from power-electronic sources can cause protective relays to isolate problematic generators, mak...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,168 Views
33 Pages

Seamless Transition of Advanced Microgrids—Toward the UPS Limits of VSC Interfaces

  • Samuel Kamajaya,
  • Raphael Caire,
  • Jerome Buire,
  • Jean Wild and
  • Seddik Bacha

26 February 2026

As the global energy landscape shifts toward sustainability, microgrids incorporating Photovoltaic (PV) generation and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are becoming essential in commercial and industrial facilities. This research tackles the cha...

(This article belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,470 Views
21 Pages

Installation, Commissioning and Tests of Four Fast Switching Units of up to 20 kA for the JT-60SA Nuclear Fusion Experiment

  • Alessandro Lampasi,
  • Filippo Burini,
  • Giuseppe Taddia,
  • Sandro Tenconi,
  • Makoto Matsukawa,
  • Katsuhiro Shimada,
  • Luca Novello,
  • Antti Jokinen and
  • Pietro Zito

20 April 2018

The nuclear fusion project JT-60SA is presently under construction in Naka (Japan) as a joint collaboration between Europe and Japan, within the framework of the Broader Approach Agreement. According to such agreement, the various JT-60SA systems are...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 17TH International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,952 Views
17 Pages

26 September 2023

Plasma generation by means of electrical discharge requires specialized power supply systems. The applicability of plasma for various plasma processes depends on its parameters, and these, in turn, depend on the parameters of power supply systems. Ar...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Engineering and Medical Technologies in Energy Exploitation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,814 Views
12 Pages

Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Reaction using Electrodeposited Co3Se4 Catalyst

  • Yelyn Sim,
  • Jude John,
  • Subramani Surendran,
  • Byeolee Moon and
  • Uk Sim

21 December 2018

Photoelectrochemical water splitting is a promising field for sustainable energy production using hydrogen. Development of efficient catalysts is essential for resourceful hydrogen production. The most efficient catalysts reported to date have been e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nanomaterials for Solar Water Splitting)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,879 Views
17 Pages

The Advancement and Utilization of Marx Electric Field Generator for Protein Extraction and Inducing Structural Alterations

  • Voitech Stankevič,
  • Kamilė Jonynaitė,
  • Ahmed Taha,
  • Skirmantas Keršulis,
  • Aldas Dervinis,
  • Sebastjanas Kurčevskis,
  • Sonata Tolvaišienė,
  • Arūnas Stirkė and
  • Nerija Žurauskienė

1 May 2024

This study introduces an innovative two-range, 12-stage Marx pulse generator employing thyristor switches designed specifically for the electroporation of biological cells. The generator consists of two module capacitors of different capacitances (1...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
903 Views
20 Pages

Establishment Mechanism of Power-Frequency Follow-Current Arc on Medium-Voltage Insulated Conductors Under Lightning Overvoltage

  • Xin Ning,
  • Rui Yu,
  • Longchen Liu,
  • Jiayi Wang,
  • Jingxin Zou,
  • Hao Wang,
  • Tian Tan,
  • Huajian Peng and
  • Xin Yang

Lightning-induced breaking accidents of medium-voltage insulated conductors pose a serious threat to the safety of distribution networks, and the key cause lies in the establishment and sustained combustion of the power-frequency follow-current arc a...

(This article belongs to the Section Inventions and Innovation in Electrical Engineering/Energy/Communications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,098 Views
19 Pages

25 October 2025

With the large-scale integration of single-phase distributed photovoltaic systems into distribution grids, issues such as mismatched generation and load, overvoltage, and three-phase imbalance may arise in the distribution network. A multi-objective...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advances in Planning, Operation, Control/Protection, and Market of New Power Energy System)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,596 Views
24 Pages

Strategies to Mitigate Reverse Power Flow in Distribution Networks with High Penetration of Solar Photovoltaic Generation

  • Ivan Santos Pereira,
  • Gustavo da Costa Vergara,
  • Jesús M. López-Lezama,
  • Nicolás Muñoz-Galenao and
  • Lina Paola Garcés Negrete

19 February 2026

The power industry has undergone significant recent changes due to the growing demand for a cleaner and more sustainable energy mix. In this context, the Brazilian government began encouraging distributed generation (DG), making photovoltaic generati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,471 Views
23 Pages

Optimisation of Aggregate Demand Flexibility in Smart Grids and Wholesale Electricity Markets: A Bi-Level Aggregator Model Approach

  • Marco Toledo Orozco,
  • Diego Morales,
  • Yvon Bessanger,
  • Carlos Álvarez Bel,
  • Freddy H. Chuqui and
  • Javier B. Cabrera

27 December 2025

The transition toward intelligent and sustainable power systems requires practical schemes to integrate industrial demand flexibility into short-term operation, particularly in emerging electricity markets. This paper proposes an integrated framework...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Electric Power Systems, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,551 Views
20 Pages

9 January 2025

The development of a single-phase grounding fault arc is influenced by various environmental factors, which can result in the rapid extinction and reignition of the arc. This phenomenon can lead to accidents, such as resonant overvoltage. Current gro...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
876 Views
22 Pages

Fuzzy Logic-Based LVRT Enhancement in Grid-Connected PV System for Sustainable Smart Grid Operation: A Unified Approach for DC-Link Voltage and Reactive Power Control

  • Mokabbera Billah,
  • Shameem Ahmad,
  • Chowdhury Akram Hossain,
  • Md. Rifat Hazari,
  • Minh Quan Duong,
  • Gabriela Nicoleta Sava and
  • Emanuele Ogliari

3 March 2026

Low-voltage ride-through (LVRT) capability is essential for grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems, especially as rising renewable integration challenges grid stability during voltage disturbances. Existing LVRT methods often target isolated contro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Energy in Building and Built Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
125 Views
25 Pages

16 September 2026

The offshore wind power transmission system based on a diode rectifier unit (DRU) high-voltage direct current (HVDC) faces DRU blocking under sending-end AC faults and DC overvoltage under receiving-end AC faults. To address these two types of AC fau...