Dear Colleagues,

The modern electric power system urgently needs to be transformed into a clean energy system with high efficiency and low carbon emissions. The implementation of renewable energy and smart grids is considered important. Among the renewable energy sources, solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, geothermal energy, and biomass are the main sources of energy generation. Renewable energy sources have many benefits such as reducing greenhouse gases, reducing pollution, and mitigating climate change. Therefore, the integration of renewable energy with smart grids can be highly advantageous. Energy storage technology is a technology that chemically or physically stores electrical energy and converts it into electrical energy when needed. Energy storage plays a key role in smart grids. It can be used to adjust and balance the power flow between power sources and loads, and thus effectively increase power stability and reliability. Renewable energy, smart grids, and energy storage need development and the application of new technologies, operating models, control methods, prediction/estimation algorithms, and optimization theories. In addition, there are many implementation and technical challenges in integrating renewable energy and energy storage with the smart grid environment. This Special Issue provides a platform for academics and researchers to contribute their research results on relevant innovations, theories, and practices in renewable energy, energy storage, and smart grids.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Solar energy
• Wind energy
• Biomass energy
• Hydroelectric power
• Geothermal energy
• Ocean energy
• Smart grids
• Battery storage systems
• Battey SoC, SoH, and thermal estimations
• Battery charging, balancing, and management technologies
• Information, communication, machine learning, IoT, and big data for renewable energy, storage systems, and smart grids
• Threats, challenges, and opportunities associated with integrating renewable energy, storage systems, and smart grids
• Case studies on recent advances in renewable energy, storage systems, and smart grids
• Environmental, economic, policy, or social impacts of renewable energy, energy storage systems, and smart grids

Prof. Dr. Liang-Rui Chen
Dr. Ching-Ming Lai
Prof. Dr. Tomokazu Mishima
Prof. Dr. Jiashen Teh
Guest Editors

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• renewable energy
• energy storage
• battery
• smart grid