Energy System Restructuring and Deregulation in a Smart City Environment
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 271
Special Issue Editors
Interests: smart grid; smart city; big data analytics; cyberphysical security; optimization
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Interests: optimal operation of power systems; power markets; renewable energy; flexible distribution networks; electric vehicles
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Interests: smart grid; smart city; distributed power generation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is devoted to energy system restructuring and deregulation in a smart city environment.
The concept of a smart city has already spurred increasing interest from citizens, public authorities, and technology vendors. As a critical element to the city functionality, the operation and management of energy systems (e.g., electricity, natural gas, heat, water) should evolve toward the smart city goal by meeting various economic, technical, and environmental requirements. In that regard, energy systems should be restructured and deregulated by taking full advantage of innovative technological and societal solutions, including advanced sensors and meters, sophisticated optimization and control paradigms, as well as structural and political reforms, to holistically optimize the entire process of energy generation, distribution, consumption, and storage. The recent advancement of information technology and operational technology should especially be seamlessly converged for achieving a higher degree of operational excellence of energy systems.
In this Special Issue, we invite submissions exploring cutting-edge research and development of energy system solutions toward a smart city. Both theoretical and experimental studies are welcome, as well as review papers and application reports.
Dr. Zhiyi Li
Dr. Xu Wang
Dr. Yi Zhao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- renewables integration
- energy market
- internet of energy
- cyber-physical-societal system
- planning and digitalization
- optimization and control
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