Special Issues

Emerging Technologies for Future Smart Grids

Submission Deadline: 01 May 2025 View: 584 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editors

Name: Nicu BIZON
Affiliation: The National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania
E-mail: nicubizon@yahoo.com
Research Interests: power electronics; renewable energy; fuel cell; hybrid power systems; control; optimization

Name: Bhargav Appasani
Affiliation: School of Electronics Engineering, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, India
E-mail:  bhargav.appasanifet@kiit.ac.in
Research Interests:  smart grid communication networks, ocean wave energy control, second generation current conveyors, terahertz metamaterial absorbers, optimization techniques, artificial intelligence

Summary

This is a special issue based on the 16th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on Electronics, Computers and Artificial Intelligence (https://ecai.ro/). Prof. Nicu is the conference chair and the selected outstanding papers will be recommended to this special issue.

 

This Special Issue addresses the state-of-the-art research related to emerging technologies in the smart grid. With the increased proliferation of renewable energy resources, and the devices in grid becoming capable to exchanging both power and data, the complexity of the grid has increased enormously. The smart grid is itself an evolved version of the power grid, with enhanced monitoring and control capabilities to meet the complex data and energy requirements of various devices. Emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Edge Computing, Quantum computing, Digital twins, Blockchain, Bigdata, etc., are poised to further revolutionize smart grids, unlocking unprecedented capabilities and efficiencies.

 

These technologies are still in nascent stages and thus, this special issue aims to highlight these emerging technologies, with original research and review papers on the following topics related to emerging technologies in smarts grids.

  

Topics of interest of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:

Artificial Intelligence for smart grid applications

Machine learning and deep learning for smart grids

AI for energy management in smart grid

AI for electric vehicles charging behaviour prediction

Predictive maintenance using AI

Blockchain for decentralised applications in smart grid

Blockchain for energy management in smart grid

Edge computing for smart grid

Bigdata analytics for smart grid

Quantum computing for smart grid optimization

Quantum encryption for enhaced cybersecurity in smart grids.

Quantum machine learning for smart grid

Quantum computing for efficient energy management

Real-time digital twins for effective situational awareness in smart grids

Digital twins for optimal grid planning.

Digital twins for real-time energy management.

Digital twins for fault diagnosis.

Generative AI for large synthetic data creation

Generative AI for enhanced cybersecurity in smart grids.

Generative AI for anomaly detection in smart grid.

Digital twins for smart grid equipment: metering infrastructure, and phasor measurement units.

Improved smart grid control.


Keywords

Artificial intelligence for smart grids
Blockchain for smart grids
Edge computing for smart grids
Quantum computing for smart grid
Quantum machine learning for smart grid
Quantum encryption algorithms for smart grid
Digital twins for smart grid networks
Digital twins for micro grids
Advanced metering infrastructure
Phasor measurement units
Generative AIin smart grid
Energy management
Optimal power flow
Load frequency control
Synthesizing data for low frequency events

Published Papers


  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Centralized-Distributed Scheduling Strategy of Distribution Network Based on Multi-Temporal Hierarchical Cooperative Game

    Guoqing Li, Jianing Li, Kefei Yan, Jing Bian
    Energy Engineering, Vol.122, No.3, pp. 1113-1136, 2025, DOI:10.32604/ee.2025.059558
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Emerging Technologies for Future Smart Grids)
    Abstract A centralized-distributed scheduling strategy for distribution networks based on multi-temporal and hierarchical cooperative game is proposed to address the issues of difficult operation control and energy optimization interaction in distribution network transformer areas, as well as the problem of significant photovoltaic curtailment due to the inability to consume photovoltaic power locally. A scheduling architecture combining multi-temporal scales with a three-level decision-making hierarchy is established: the overall approach adopts a centralized-distributed method, analyzing the operational characteristics and interaction relationships of the distribution network center layer, cluster layer, and transformer area layer, providing a “spatial foundation” for… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    CCHP-Type Micro-Grid Scheduling Optimization Based on Improved Multi-Objective Grey Wolf Optimizer

    Yu Zhang, Sheng Wang, Fanming Zeng, Yijie Lin
    Energy Engineering, Vol.122, No.3, pp. 1137-1151, 2025, DOI:10.32604/ee.2025.060945
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Emerging Technologies for Future Smart Grids)
    Abstract With the development of renewable energy technologies such as photovoltaics and wind power, it has become a research hotspot to improve the consumption rate of new energy and reduce energy costs through algorithm improvement. To reduce the operational costs of micro-grid systems and the energy abandonment rate of renewable energy, while simultaneously enhancing user satisfaction on the demand side, this paper introduces an improved multi-objective Grey Wolf Optimizer based on Cauchy variation. The proposed approach incorporates a Cauchy variation strategy during the optimizer’s search phase to expand its exploration range and minimize the likelihood of… More >

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    CCHP-Type Micro-Grid Scheduling Optimization Based on Improved Multi-Objective Grey Wolf Optimizer

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Synchronization Characterization of DC Microgrid Converter Output Voltage and Improved Adaptive Synchronization Control Methods

    Wei Chen, Xin Gao, Zhanhong Wei, Xusheng Yang, Zhao Li
    Energy Engineering, Vol.122, No.2, pp. 805-821, 2025, DOI:10.32604/ee.2025.059779
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Emerging Technologies for Future Smart Grids)
    Abstract This paper deeply introduces a brand-new research method for the synchronous characteristics of DC microgrid bus voltage and an improved synchronous control strategy. This method mainly targets the problem of bus voltage oscillation caused by the bifurcation behavior of DC microgrid converters. Firstly, the article elaborately establishes a mathematical model of a single distributed power source with hierarchical control. On this basis, a small-world network model that can better adapt to the topology structure of DC microgrids is further constructed. Then, a voltage synchronization analysis method based on the main stability function is proposed, and… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Multi-Stage Voltage Control Optimization Strategy for Distribution Networks Considering Active-Reactive Co-Regulation of Electric Vehicles

    Shukang Lyu, Fei Zeng, Huachun Han, Huiyu Miao, Yi Pan, Xiaodong Yuan
    Energy Engineering, Vol.122, No.1, pp. 221-242, 2025, DOI:10.32604/ee.2024.056380
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Emerging Technologies for Future Smart Grids)
    Abstract The high proportion of uncertain distributed power sources and the access to large-scale random electric vehicle (EV) charging resources further aggravate the voltage fluctuation of the distribution network, and the existing research has not deeply explored the EV active-reactive synergistic regulating characteristics, and failed to realize the multi-timescale synergistic control with other regulating means, For this reason, this paper proposes a multilevel linkage coordinated optimization strategy to reduce the voltage deviation of the distribution network. Firstly, a capacitor bank reactive power compensation voltage control model and a distributed photovoltaic (PV) active-reactive power regulation model are… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Improved Strategy of Grid-Forming Virtual Synchronous Generator Based on Transient Damping

    Lei Zhang, Rongliang Shi, Junhui Li, Yannan Yu, Yu Zhang
    Energy Engineering, Vol.121, No.11, pp. 3181-3197, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ee.2024.054485
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Emerging Technologies for Future Smart Grids)
    Abstract The grid-forming virtual synchronous generator (GFVSG) not only employs a first-order low-pass filter for virtual inertia control but also introduces grid-connected active power (GCAP) dynamic oscillation issues, akin to those observed in traditional synchronous generators. In response to this, an improved strategy for lead-lag filter based GFVSG (LLF-GFVSG) is presented in this article. Firstly, the grid-connected circuit structure and control principle of typical GFVSG are described, and a closed-loop small-signal model for GCAP in GFVSG is established. The causes of GCAP dynamic oscillation of GFVSG under the disturbances of active power command as well as More >

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