Power Development and Power Generation

Dear Colleagues,

We are inviting submissions to an Electronics Special Issue titled “Power Development and Power Generation”.

Renewable electricity has been expensive compared to conventional electricity, making it dependent on incentives and subsidies. Following technological advances, wind, wave and solar PV etc. are becoming economically competitive.

The rising share of renewable energy sources has necessitated the need for adoption of battery energy storage system (BESS) technology. Intermittent renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power with significant peaks and troughs require energy storage in order to provide smooth output and reduce ramp rates for medium and large power plants. Due to the nonlinear dynamics and uncertainties usually present in integrated wind, PV and ocean wave power systems, the efficiency of these systems can be increased by adopting advanced control strategies.

A number of solar PV applications are now coming into play, such as solar roadways, space-based solar power and hybrid power plants. In hybrid power plants, solar PV is effectively combined with other technology to gain cost-effectiveness and higher power generation. Moreover, hydrogen serves as one of the leading alternatives for energy storage from renewables and seems to be favored as a lowest-cost alternative for storing huge quantities of electricity over days, weeks and months.

This Special Issue of Electronics aims to address the challenges in the control design and implementation of renewable energy systems used to convert renewable energy in electrical power. For this Special Issue, we welcome original submissions focusing on new control techniques and the practical implementation of these new control schemes, which are useful for improving our knowledge of renewable energy systems, on the basis of one or more of the following topics.

The Issue will include, but is not limited to, the following topics:

• Solar photovoltaics (PV);
• Distributed energy storage systems (DESSs);
• Wind energy;
• Hydro power;
• Bioenergy;
• Green hydrogen;
• Fuel cell;
• Ocean wave energy;
• Thermoelectric.

Prof. Dr. Chiung-Hsing Chen
Dr. Chih-Ming Hong
Guest Editors

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• intelligent control schemes
• wind power
• ocean wave power
• solar PV power
• PV power prediction
• wind power prediction
• fuel cells
• marine and ocean energy
• battery storage