There is an increasing interest and research effort focused on the analysis, design and
implementation of distributed control systems for AC, DC and hybrid AC/DC microgrids. It is …

With large-scale integration of renewable generation and distributed energy resources,
modern power systems are confronted with new operational challenges, such as growing …

The increasing uptake of distributed energy resources in distribution systems and the rapid
advance of technology have established new scenarios in the operation of low-voltage …

Communication infrastructure (CI) in microgrids (MGs) allows for the application of different
control architectures for the secondary control (SC) layer. The use of new SC architectures …

In this paper, we review the emerging challenges and research opportunities for voltage
control in smart grids. For transmission grids, the voltage control for accommodating wind …

During recent decades with the power system restructuring process, centralized energy
sources are being replaced with decentralized ones. This phenomenon has resulted in a …

Recent developments in the electricity sector encourage a high penetration of Renewable
Energy Sources (RES). In addition, European policies are pushing for mass deployment of …

The high penetration of intermittent renewable energy resources in active distribution
networks (ADN) results in a great challenge for the conventional Volt-Var control (VVC). This …

The complexity of modern power grids keeps increasing due to the expansion of renewable
energy resources and the requirement of fast demand responses, which results in a great …

This paper reviews approaches for facilitating the integration of small-scale distributed
energy resources (DER) into low-and medium-voltage networks, in the context of the …