Microgrid Energy Management

• Other Authors: Varilone, Pietro (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Technology: general issues; DC microgrid; electric vehicles; resilient microgrid; solar PV; wind turbine; charging station; control; hierarchical control; robust control; predictive control; microgrid; uncertainty; prediction interval; energy management system; hybrid diesel/battery ships; energy management; emission management; home energy management scheme (HEMS); smart grid; renewable energy sources (RESs); power sharing algorithm (PSA); residence energy management (REM); inverter; supervisory control; adaptive control; photovoltaic; ultra-capacitor; battery; wavelets; economic analysis; energy storage systems; resilience
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In IEEE Standards, a Microgrid is defined as a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources with clearly defined electrical boundaries, which acts as a single controllable entity with respect to the grid and can connect and disconnect from the grid to enable it to operate in both grid-connected or island modes. This Special Issue focuses on innovative strategies for the management of the Microgrids and, in response to the call for papers, six high-quality papers were accepted for publication. Consistent with the instructions in the call for papers and with the feedback received from the reviewers, four papers dealt with different types of supervisory energy management systems of Microgrids (i.e., adaptive neuro-fuzzy wavelet-based controls, cost-efficient power-sharing techniques, and two-level hierarchical energy management systems); the proposed energy management systems are of quite general purpose and aim to reduce energy usages and monetary costs. In the last two papers, the authors concentrate their research efforts on the management of specific cases, i.e., Microgrids with electric vehicle charging stations and for all-electric ships.