Modern Smart Grid Technologies for Power Grids and Electric Energy Power Networks
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editors
Interests: smart grid; power system analysis; grid integration; energy management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Innovative grid technology and associated complex digitized systems are a relatively new concept aimed at increasing the efficiency, reliability, and security of power systems. The vision of the smart grid involves integrating communication, control, protection, and sensing technologies to monitor and automate the flow of energy from generating sources to electricity demand. Electrical power systems are currently undergoing rapid and transformative changes. Further, distributed generation and microgrids with and without storage are now emerging as standard features of today's complex power systems. Therefore, the advancement of next-generation connectivity must support the modernization of digital grids, technology, and integration development. Recent technological advancements in electric vehicles (EVs), demand-side management, energy storage systems, and distributed energy resource methods have expanded the scope of automating and digitizing the grid, giving it flexibility and reliability while allowing it to handle future changes efficiently.
This Special Issue is devoted to publishing new papers exploring innovative applications and advancements in smart grid technologies specifically tailored to modern smart grid technologies for electric energy power networks. It encompasses a diverse range of topics, including the following:
- Resilient smart grid architectures with flexible energy resources;
- Flexibility forecasting in future smart grids;
- Applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in smart grids;
- Optimized operation of smart energy systems;
- Load forecasting and scheduling smart energy management systems for the grid;
- Power systems’ reliability and stability;
- Demand response and flexible loads with grid integration;
- Smart grid design focusing on resilience and disruptive events;
- Improved reliability and resilience;
- Application of the smart grid concept to distribution or transmission systems.
Dr. Muhammad Majid Hussain
Dr. Abdul Razaq
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart grid technologies
- electric power transmission and distribution
- modernization of digital grids
- energy management
- distributed generation
- power management
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