Dear Colleagues,

With the advent and the expansion of smart grid new functionalities in recent years, the design and development of the management of energy generation/consumption in modern distribution grids have gained the attention of many electric power utilities. In a smart grid environment, Energy Management System (EMS) plays a substantial role in “smartening up” the grid.

Given the fact that different types of microgrids need to operate in different operating conditions as well as in different modes of operations, it is essential to find advanced optimal solutions for the energy management of such microgrids by utilizing smart microgrid features, functionalities and/or components such as Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Distributed Energy Resources (DER), Electric Vehicle (EV) infrastructure, and Demand Response (DR).

In addition, numerous remote communities around the globe are still electrified by diesel generators due to inaccessible/winter roads. Diesel cost volatility, rising in the electricity demand, and the environmental issues using diesel, e.g. increasing greenhouse gas emissions, could negatively impact the quality of life of these communities. Many efforts have been recently made to employ alternative energy solutions for such distant communities. One potential solution that many researchers have been proposed is to use off-grid microgrids. Providing such communities with a reliable cost-effective energy management solution designed specifically for the scale of microgrids they use is one of the important topics for research and development.

This Special Issue invites novel high-quality research papers covering a wide range of topics related to the smart microgrid energy management solutions such as advanced energy management system modeling, design, implementation, cost-benefit analysis, optimal operation, troubleshooting, real-time solutions, advanced EMS solutions for hybrid AC/DC microgrids, innovative EMS design for remote microgrids, EMS integration with DMS, and other supervisory control and data acquisition systems, reliability assessment solutions, advanced EMS test procedures, and microgrid EMS cybersecurity.

Dr. Moein Manbachi
Guest Editor

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• Smart Grids
• Microgrids
• Energy Management System
• Energy Optimization
• Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
• Advanced Metering Infrastructure
• Remote Microgrids
• Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids
• Renewable Resources
• Distributed Energy Resources