In most of the countries around the world, solar photovoltaic power plants have a cost-competitive structure for providing energy access and for increasing electricity production. However, solar photovoltaic power integration ...

The hierarchical and the centrally-controlled grid topology of existing electrical power systems has remained unchanged over the 20th century. On the other hand, there is a rapid increase in the cost of fossil fuels coupled ...

Wind and solar power plant installations have been recently increased rapidly with respect to the depletion of fossil-based fuels all over the world. Due to stochastic nature of meteorological conditions, wind and solar ...

The attention on the smart grids and smart grid technologies has grown significantly over the last few years. The analysis made in this study is grounded on the smart grid projects database of the Joint Research Centre ...

Solar radiation data is an indispensable input for photovoltaic and solar-thermal systems. In this regard, the consistent solar radiation forecasting is a primary task in solar energy applications. In this paper, grey wolf ...

The controllers improved for commutating multilevel inverters (MLIs) are based on fundamental modulators fed by required parameters obtained from feedback or feedforward devices. This chapter presents a general introduction ...

The static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) is a power electronic converter designed to be shunt-connected with the grid to compensate for reactive power. Although they were originally proposed to increase the stability ...

This study is intended to present the implementation of a hybrid renewable energy plant where solar and wind energy conversion systems are installed together. The hybrid plant consists of a wind turbine with permanent ...

The energy policies and environmental issues require novel solutions to generate electricity in a challenging and efficient way. The sustainable and reliable grid operations are related to demand management as well as ...

For high-voltage (HV) applications, the designers mostly prefer the classical DC–DC boost converter. However, it lacks due to the limitation of the output voltage by the gain transfer ratio, decreased efficiency and its ...