To achieve the goal of carbon neutrality and resolve the issue of global energy crisis, large numbers of intermittent renewable energy resources, such as wind turbines and photovoltaic generators, have been extensively installed in the modern power grid. The stochastic renewable energy productions brought significant reliability concerns and financial risks to various decision makers, and the power electronic devices used for renewable energy integration also pose great challenges to power system control and operation. To mitigate the uncertainties caused by intermittent renewable energy, it is necessary to utilize flexible resources, such as battery storage and price-responsive demands, explore novel market mechanisms in both wholesale and retail levels, and investigate advanced modeling and optimization techniques.
The major challenges in the control, operation and trading of intermittent renewable energy in smart grids are the uncertainties and complexities in the power transmission, distribution and consumption processes. Moreover, given the background of power industry deregulation worldwide, the decision makers with intermittent renewables also need to consider volatile electricity prices in retail and wholesale electricity markets, as well as random behaviors of other strategic participants. In these circumstances, advanced control, operation and trading strategies for intermittent renewable energy resources are required to be developed based on the state-of-the-art smart grid technologies. The aim of this Research Topic is to report the latest advancements in the area of control, operation and trading of intermittent renewable energy in smart grid to solve potential difficulties and challenges.
Authors are encouraged to submit their original research and review articles in theoretical, methodological, or practical focuses, such as the simulation methodologies, models, policies, algorithms, and applications. Research areas may include but are not limited to the following:
• Control, operation and trading of renewable energy resources
• Power system optimization with renewable energy
• Renewable energy trading in wholesale or retail electricity markets
• Control of power converters in renewable energy systems
• Virtual power plants or microgrids with renewable energy
• Demand response to facilitate renewable energy integration
• Energy storages to facilitate renewable energy integration
• Multi-carrier energy system with renewables
• Practical or theoretical issues in renewable energy system
To achieve the goal of carbon neutrality and resolve the issue of global energy crisis, large numbers of intermittent renewable energy resources, such as wind turbines and photovoltaic generators, have been extensively installed in the modern power grid. The stochastic renewable energy productions brought significant reliability concerns and financial risks to various decision makers, and the power electronic devices used for renewable energy integration also pose great challenges to power system control and operation. To mitigate the uncertainties caused by intermittent renewable energy, it is necessary to utilize flexible resources, such as battery storage and price-responsive demands, explore novel market mechanisms in both wholesale and retail levels, and investigate advanced modeling and optimization techniques.
The major challenges in the control, operation and trading of intermittent renewable energy in smart grids are the uncertainties and complexities in the power transmission, distribution and consumption processes. Moreover, given the background of power industry deregulation worldwide, the decision makers with intermittent renewables also need to consider volatile electricity prices in retail and wholesale electricity markets, as well as random behaviors of other strategic participants. In these circumstances, advanced control, operation and trading strategies for intermittent renewable energy resources are required to be developed based on the state-of-the-art smart grid technologies. The aim of this Research Topic is to report the latest advancements in the area of control, operation and trading of intermittent renewable energy in smart grid to solve potential difficulties and challenges.
Authors are encouraged to submit their original research and review articles in theoretical, methodological, or practical focuses, such as the simulation methodologies, models, policies, algorithms, and applications. Research areas may include but are not limited to the following:
• Control, operation and trading of renewable energy resources
• Power system optimization with renewable energy
• Renewable energy trading in wholesale or retail electricity markets
• Control of power converters in renewable energy systems
• Virtual power plants or microgrids with renewable energy
• Demand response to facilitate renewable energy integration
• Energy storages to facilitate renewable energy integration
• Multi-carrier energy system with renewables
• Practical or theoretical issues in renewable energy system
