New Trends in Smart Grid and Sustainable Energy Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Advancing the Smart Grid and Sustainable Energy Systems (SES) agenda is not only imperative but quite necessary with the renewable-based distributed generation advancing at a rapid pace each year that goes by, in light of the fact that the electric power systems industry seeks more reliable, resilient, decentralized and flexible/nimble electricity supply, right along with the increasingly omnipresent decarbonization agenda. However, along with the Smart Grid and SES agenda arise service quality issues as a consequence of small- and medium-size means of distributed generation connecting to the grid as permitted by the law. Hence, in addition to leveraging rapidly configurable, scalable and deployable distributed energy resources (DER) such as the microgrid, employing renewables, flexible loads, AI, IOT and smart energy management systems for electric distribution companies, there is also the issue of how do we into with and resolve this swiftly escalating problem that DG system integration into electric power distribution networks represents. Thus, this Special Issue is dedicated to this pressing issue and addressing the possible regulatory and engineering solutions to the negative impact on the grid's service quality standards as a result of this increasing trend, especially in developing countries. This Special Issue is therefore dedicated to this important area of research not only for its direct link to the Smart Grid and Sustainable Energy System agenda, but also because of its economic and regulatory ramifications, which undoubtedly affect a vast and crucially determinant sector of countries’ economies, namely the energy and electric power distribution sector.

Dr. Fernando Yanine
Prof. Dr. Sarat Kumar Sahoo
Guest Editors

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• smart grid
• microgrid on-grid
• small means of distributed generation (PMGD)
• electrical energy distribution
• distributed energy resources (DER)
• service quality standards
• energy homeostasis
• sustainable energy systems (SES)