Transmission and Distribution Challenges in Modern Electric Power Systems
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 26 May 2025 | Viewed by 82
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Interests: large-scale electrochemical storage; energy and power intensive; ancillary services; power lines modelling
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, electricity has emerged as the leading energy vector for most human technologies. This phenomenon has led to an increasing demand for electrical energy, pushing the strengthening of the transmission and distribution systems as never before in recent history.
This kind of “energy supply transition” cannot be performed without making transmission and distribution systems increasingly safe and resilient.
For this reason, it is necessary to develop innovative solutions to guarantee a constant electricity supply in every operating condition and also in the presence of adverse weather conditions.
The development of these infrastructures is also crucial for the energy transition from fossil energy sources to renewable energy ones, with the aim of mitigating carbon dioxide emissions to, in turn, attempt to mitigate environmental changes and their impacts.
The availability of wind and solar sources is, by nature, localized and intermittent, forcing the installation of generating plants in specific areas of the planet, often different from the location of traditional power plants.
The transmission system must adapt its structure to this new allocation of generation sources.
Hence, this Special Issue offers an important opportunity to publish advances and state-of-the-art research in the field of transmission and distribution systems, including modelling, operation, and management, together with research trends for future developments.
More specifically, topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Innovations in transmission and distribution apparatus, including novel concepts, designs, and testing methods;
- Advances in transmission technologies like HVAC overhead lines, insulated cables, gas-insulated lines;
- Advances in power conversion systems to develop more efficient HVDC connections;
- Advances in superconductive technologies;
- Innovative strategies to manage power systems, such as to support the frequency and voltage regulation of transmission networks and new approaches to avoid transmission line congestions including battery energy storage systems;
- Innovative solutions to online fault location in transmission and distribution lines;
- Innovative solutions and monitoring systems to prevent faults in high-voltage and medium-voltage underground insulated cables;
- Modelling, advances and applications in flexible technologies, such as FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission System), DLR/RTTR (Dynamic-Line Rating/Real-Time Thermal Rating);
- New overhead line conductors, e.g., advances in high-temperature, low-sag conductors;
- Modelling and loadability analyses of submarine three-core armoured cables for off-shore wind farm connections;
- Modelling of innovative transmission technologies towards regional, continental and trans-continental applications;
- Transmission evolution and transition for RES integration and exploitation for decarbonisation.
Prof. Dr. Roberto Benato
Dr. Francesco Sanniti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- power delivery
- overhead lines
- insulated cables
- gas-insulated lines
- power transmission systems
- power distribution systems
- fault location
- HVDC modelling
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