Protection Challenges in Tomorrow’s Grid

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, power grids have been evolving at a fast pace due to various drivers. Among others, decarbonization efforts push for the integration of renewable energy resources. Numerical technologies become more and more present, and they transform traditional networks into smart grids. Microgrids are also becoming more frequent in order to assure continued energy supply in the case of major blackouts. As the power grids are changing, protection strategies and applications have to be adapted, and new protection principles and technical solutions may be proposed to meet the challenges of guaranteeing electricity to end users.

This Special Issue will cover theoretical and practical developments related to power system protection, ranging from the development of application solutions based on the adaptation of existing technologies to the proposal of new protection principles. The integration of new numerical technologies enabling new approaches like centralized protection systems or cloud-based applications are also of interest.

Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:

• New protection principles;
• Adapted protection solutions in networks with high penetration of renewable inverter-based resources;
• Micro-grid protection;
• Protection of DC systems (e.g., battery-based grid energy storage);
• Centralized protection systems;
• Cloud-based protection applications;
• New protection approaches for distribution networks with a significant amount of DG;
• Electromagnetic transients;
• Voltage stability;
• Impact studies in power systems having a high penetration of inverter-connected generation or renewable resources;
• Power system simulations, analysis, and control.

Prof. Dr. Stephan Brettschneider
Prof. Dr. Issouf Fofana
Guest Editors

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• power system analysis, control and protection
• renewable inverter-based resources
• microgrids
• smart grids
• electromagnetic transients

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