Smart Grid and Energy Storage: Enabling Sustainable Electric Systems

Dear Colleagues,

The decrease in fossil fuel stocks, the growing energy demand across the world and climate change create global energy challenges, thus necessitating the development of cleaner energy production and management to ensure a drastic reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases. The transition towards sustainable energy systems is a critical step in addressing global energy challenges and mitigating environmental impacts, promoting the emergence and rapid development of alternative energy sources. Electric power systems have adopted renewable source-based power production systems to obtain green and clean energy. Smart grids require the ability to learn how to better understand and anticipate energy needs and to provide the most relevant answers due to a better thought-out and organized grid with optimized management. Introducing renewable power sources increases the degree of uncertainty in the production, control, and operation of power systems due to the erratic nature of the environment, inducing intermittencies and instability in the production of energy sources. To overcome these issues, energy storage devices need to be integrated with renewable energy sources. A number of storage devices can be used to obtain hybrid energy storage systems, thus providing a potential solution for these smart grid problems. Furthermore, whether to meet sustainability requirements or to ensure adequate supply and demand in terms of energy, a change is essential in this area.

This Special Issue, "Smart Grids and Energy Storage: Enabling Sustainable Electric Systems", focuses on the integration of smart grid technologies and energy storage solutions as pivotal components in the modernization of electric power systems. The collection of articles within this issue present cutting-edge research, innovative case studies, and comprehensive reviews that explore the advancements and applications of smart grid management and energy storage technologies.

The manuscripts encompass a range of topics, including, but not limited to, the optimization of energy distribution, the role of energy storage in stabilizing renewable energy sources, the implementation of demand response programs, and the development of smart grid infrastructures that enhance grid reliability and efficiency. This issue also delves into the economic, environmental, and social implications of these technologies, emphasizing the need for sustainable and scalable solutions.

The goal of this Special Issue is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the current state of the art and future prospects of smart grids and energy storage systems. It aims to serve as a platform for researchers, engineers, policymakers, and industry professionals to share knowledge, discuss challenges, and identify opportunities for collaborative efforts in the pursuit of sustainable electric systems.

We would like to invite you to submit your contributions to this Special Issue. Areas of interest include (but are not limited to) the following topics:

• Clean energy source technologies;
• The management of pumping energy transfer station storage solutions;
• Novel energy storage technologies;
• Distributed storage systems;
• The fault detection and diagnosis of energy systems;
• AI in new trends of energy control and management;
• IoE (Internet of Everything) in new smart grid applications;
• Renewable energy integration;
• Energy management systems.

Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Simeu
Guest Editor

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• smart grids
• energy storage
• sustainable energy systems
• electric power systems
• energy efficiency
• demand response
• grid modernization
• environmental impact assessment