Cost-Effective and Intelligent Controller Based Design for Wind and Photovoltaic Power Generation Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Wind and solar photovoltaic (PV), as the two most vital renewable energy sources, have been gaining wider popularity and acceptance all over the world. It is expected that, in the coming days, most of the energy demand of consumers will be fulfilled by these two important power sources. However, in order to realize their wider adoption and successful integration into the grids, cost-effective design and intelligent controller-based methods for these two power generation systems are essential. This Special Issue will publish research work ranging from simulations to hardware prototypes related to cost-effective and intelligent controller based solar and wind power generation systems. The specific research keywords for the Special Issue include, but not limited to the following:

1. Cost-Effective smart PV inverter design.
2. Intelligent controller development for smart PV inverter.
3. New DC-DC boost converter and control design for solar PV systems.
4. Cost-effective solar PV plus energy storage systems.
5. New maximum power point tracking (MPPT) system for PV systems.
6. New and cost-effective wind turbine technologies.
7. New control methods and approaches for both doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) and permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) based wind generator systems.
8. Advanced pitch control systems for wind generators.
9. Intelligent controller-based grid side converter (GSC) and rotor side converter (RSC) for DFIG based wind generators.
10. New MPPT system for wind generator systems.

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Dr. Mohd. Hasan Ali 
Guest Editor

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