Nanogrid Integration in Smart Distribution Networks
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2020) | Viewed by 421
Special Issue Editors
Interests: distribution networks analysis and modelling; smart grids; distributed generation; NILM; EV penetration in distribution networks
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Interests: smart grids; RES penetration in distribution networks; load and RES production forecasting; DSM and DR; energy policy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The transition of passive distribution networks (DNs) to active ones is already a reality. Both the structure and infrastructure of DNs undergo significant alterations and this trend is expected to continue. The integration of renewable energy sources (RESs), installation of storage systems (SSs), load and production flexibility, demand-side management, and demand response schemes along with IT technologies and smart metering are expected to offer grid operators and aggregators different capabilities and introduce new roles for all involved entities. Within this context, the formation of small-scale, energy-efficient, installations with high rates of self-consumption due to RES and SS installation along with load control schemes establish the concept of nanogrids. The development and control of nanogrids in DNs are still being researched and their impact on operational issues of DNs should be further analyzed and highlighted. This Special Issue will provide an overview of the possible roles of nanogrids within smart distribution networks and reveal their key-role in modern-day power systems and energy markets.
Topics of interest for this Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:
- Development of DC nanogrids
- Storage control schemes in nanogrids
- DSM and DR schemes in nanogrids
- Nano-grid control with V2H and charging strategies
- Impact of nanogrids on operational issues of distribution networks
- NILM and nanogrids
- Blockchain application among nanogrids, a new era in energy transactions
- Smart metering coupled with nanogrid implementation
- Optimal RES and storage sizing in nanogrid applications maximizing energy efficiency
- Multiagent application in nanogrid control and coordination
- Nanogrids and energy communities
- Nanogrid energy management
- Net/nearly zero energy buildings (NZEB) development within the context of the nanogrid concept
Dr. Aggelos S. Bouhouras
Prof. Dr. Georgios Christoforidis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Storage
- Energy efficiency
- Electric vehicles
- Renewable energy sources
- Smart home
- Demand-side management
- Demand response
- Smart meters
- Multiagent systems
- NZEB
