【IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica Call for Papers】 Special Issue on Control and Optimization in Renewable Energy Systems

Scopes: The operation of power systems has never faced challenges of current proportions. The challenges are primarily driven by the need to substitute centralized fossil based generations by sustainable but intermittent renewable sources such as wind and solar. Such intermittency of the renewable generation sources challenges control and optimization problems of power systems. A large number of researchers have investigated control and optimization problems of renewable energy, and some successful engineering applications have recently been reported.

The goal of this special issue is to invite original contributions reporting the latest advances in control and optimization problems in renewable energy systems. It aims to gather the latest research on state-of-the-art renewable energy system modeling and analysis methods, and recent new findings obtained by using novel control and optimization methodologies. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Dynamic modeling techniques and their applications for renewable energy systems
      • Fundamental issues about renewable sources (e.g., wind power technology and systems, photovoltaics, solar thermal power generation, geothermal energy, fuel cells, wave power, biomass conversion, etc.)
      •  Renewable energy power system planning, operation and protection
      •  Service optimization for renewable energy supply
      • Smart grid technologies, clean energy integration, and microgrid and distributed generation
      • Load coordination and control in renewable energy power systems
      • Distributed control and optimization in renewable generation sources

Guest Editors:
      Dianwei Qian            North China Electric Power University, China, dianwei.qian@ncepu.edu.cn
      Chengdong Li           Shandong Jianzhu University, China, lichengdong@sdjzu.edu.cn
      Qinmin Yang             Zhejiang University, China, qmyang@zju.edu.cn
      Xiangyang Zhao         Beihang University, China, zhaoxiangyang@buaa.edu.cn
      Yaobin Chen             Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, USA, ychen@iupui.edu
      Haibo He                   University of Rhode IIsland, USA, he@ele.uri.edu

Important Dates:
      30 Oct 2015 – Deadline for manuscript submission
      31 Dec 2015 – Notification of authors
      31 Jan 2016 – Deadline for submission of revised manuscripts
      31 Mar 2016 – Final decision of acceptance
      10 July 2016- tentative publication date