Challenges and Opportunities of Microgrids
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 1154
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Interests: solar photovoltaic systems; electric vehicles; hybrid renewable energy systems; sustainable energy transition; natural-based solutions modelling
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Interests: energy engineering; energy generation; renewable energy; photovoltaic systems; wind systems; SMR; energy efficiency
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Interests: power system operation with large amounts of variable generation; design and modelling; maintenance of renewable energy power installations; microgrids
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Interests: modeling and simulation of power systems with high penetration of renewables; grid code compliance; ancillary services; repowering and lifetime extension of renewable power plants
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The European Union has targeted a 55% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 towards the 2050 climate neutrality goal, and so there is an urgent need to adopt specific measures in order to pursue this objective. In this context, the inclusion of renewable energy sources plays a key role, especially the combination of them in microgrids. Microgrids enable the development of energy prosumers through hybrid renewable power generation systems, including off-grid and on-grid scenarios. Hence, the aim of this Special Issue is to cover promising, recent, and novel research trends concerning the challenges and opportunities of including renewable microgrids from the electrical point of view. Areas to be covered in this Special Topic may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Hybrid renewable energy systems design.
- Energy prosumers.
- Microgrids design and modelling.
- Demand response in microgrids.
- Microgrids for electric vehicles recharge.
- Microgrids for islands electricity supply.
- Microgrids for developing countries.
- Economic analysis of microgrids.
- Energy communities.
- Storage systems in microgrids.
- Renewable energy sources inclusion in microgrids.
Dr. Paula Bastida-Molina
Dr. César Berna-Escriche
Dr. Emilio Gomez-Lazaro
Dr. Raquel Villena-Ruiz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hybrid renewable energy systems design
- energy prosumers
- microgrids design and modelling
- demand response in microgrids
- microgrids for electric vehicles recharge
- microgrids for islands electricity supply
- microgrids for developing countries
- economic analysis of microgrids
- energy communities
- storage systems in microgrids
- renewable energy sources inclusion in microgrids
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