Smart Grids: Operation, Planning, and Management
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 3388
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Interests: power system operation and planning; smart grids; power market; renewable energy systems; electric vehicles
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Special Issue Information
Electrical grids worldwide are undergoing a major transition towards smart grids to increase their efficiency, reliability, sustainability and security. Distributed energy resources including energy storage systems, electric vehicles (EVs) with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities, and renewable energy generation have had significant penetration over recent years. In addition, advancements in communication technologies and smart metering devices along with increasing applications of data analysis and artificial intelligence (AI) methods in energy systems have facilitated the transition.
While much effort is devoted to smart grid studies, there is a pressing need to develop and innovate frameworks for optimal operation, planning and management of smart grids. Such frameworks recognize the synergies among the smart grid technologies and optimize their interactions to benefit the smart grid and its energy entities.
This Special Issue invites researchers from academia and industry to bring together innovative developments, challenges and solutions in the field of smart grids’ operation, planning and management. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Novel optimization algorithms for operating and planning smart electric grids;
- Micro-grids and state-of-the-art methods for their optimization and control; Innovative energy management strategies and practices for efficient use of distributed energy sources in smart grids;
- Smart grids: Technologies, management, big data analytics, communications, security and privacy;
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning;
- Reliability analysis of smart grids;
- Economics of smart energy systems and technologies;
- EVs and transportation electrification.
Dr. Mahmoud Ghofrani
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Novel optimization algorithms for operating and planning smart electric grids;
- Micro-grids and state-of-the-art methods for their optimization and control;
- Innovative energy management strategies and practices for efficient use of distributed energy sources in smart grids;
- Smart grids: Technologies, management, big data analytics, communications, security and privacy;
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning;
- Reliability analysis of smart grids;
- Economics of smart energy systems and technologies;
- EVs and transportation electrification.
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