Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy

Smart grids are recognized as a key building block for future sustainable energy systems with fewer emissions and better quality of service. It is becoming obvious that smart energy systems are not just an issue of technology development but must also consider the operation and impact of networks in which these technologies are embedded. Furthermore, underlying the physical network is a network of stakeholders, including multiple consumers, producers and grid operators, with vested and often competing interests. Regulation plays an important role as it shapes the relations between the stakeholders above. Successful smart grid applications will adapt to the local grid and its characteristics, e.g., population density and consumption. Still, they will also adapt to and influence operation, policy and regulation decisions.

This journal aims to identify challenges and solutions for smart sustainable energy systems. The journal welcomes contributions on renewable energy systems; energy storage; modeling and control of smart sustainable energy systems; risk management, resilience, and reliability of smart sustainable energy systems; power electronics for smart sustainable energy systems; electricity markets & power systems analytics. The major coverage includes but is not limited to the following:

• Smart Grids, Microgrids, Nanogrids and Automation in Smart Sustainable Energy Systems
• Sustainable Energy Technology
• Sustainable Energy Management
• Transport Electrification
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• Active Distribution Networks
• Demand-Side Management
• Energy Storage Systems
• Analytic Methods and Advanced Control Techniques
• Smart Transmission Systems
• Smart Grid Devices
• Socio-Economic aspects

Review papers and state-of-the-art papers are also of interest.