Renewable Energy Integration in Utility Grids: Advances in Power Quality, Protection, Stability, and Flexibility - Softcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Dr. Om Prakash Mahela received the PhD degree from Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, India. He brings 19 years of experience in Electrical Engineering. He has written numerous papers and edited four research books. His research interest includes power quality, power system planning, grid integration of renewable energy sources, FACTS devices, transmission line protection, electric vehicles, and condition monitoring. He received a university rank certificate in 2002, Gold Medal in 2013, Best Research Paper Award in 2018, and C. V. Raman Gold Medal in 2019. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE.

Dr. Baseem Khan received the B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Technological University, Bhopal, India, in 2008, and M.Tech. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, in 2010 and 2014, respectively. He is currently a Faculty Member at Hawassa University, Ethiopia, and Senior Member of the IEEE. He has published more than 125 research articles in indexed journals, and has authored and edited several books with international publishers. Dr. Khan’s research interests include power system restructuring, power system planning, smart grid technologies, meta-heuristic optimization techniques, reliability analysis of renewable energy systems, power quality analysis, and renewable energy integration.

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Renewable Energy Integration in Utility Grids: Advances in Power Quality, Protection, Stability, and Flexibility reviews current challenges and technologically driven solutions to mitigate the significant issues associated with increasing renewable resource penetration in utility grid networks. It provides a detailed framework to address significant challenges for high renewable energy integration into the utility grid networks, using intelligent techniques and advanced power electronics technology. Chapters address current advances in the grid integration of wind technology, solar PV systems, solar thermal plants, reactive power management, grid stability, variability, power quality, power system protection, generation-side flexibility, demand-side flexibility, smart monitoring and communication, and regulatory frameworks.

Key Features

• Provides a detailed overview of the core challenges faced by utility grids with high renewable energy penetration, together with potential solutions
• Amalgamates highly interdisciplinary technical guidance for optimized design, flexible operation, control, and maintenance in renewable-dominated grids
• Draws from the contributions of highly-respected global researchers and practitioners, featuring carefully selected case studies reflecting global practice and perspectives
• Provides deep insights on many critical issues pertaining to grid-integrated renewable energy, including flexibility, quality, stability, and protection

About the Editors
Om Prakash Mahela is an Executive Engineer in the Power System Planning Division, at Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd., India. His research interests include power quality, power system planning, grid integration of renewable energy sources, FACTS devices, transmission line protection, electric vehicles, and condition monitoring. Dr. Mahela was listed among the world’s top 2% of scientists by Stanford University, USA, in 2021, 2022, and 2023

Baseem Khan is an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, at the Hawassa University Institute of Technology, Ethiopia. His research interests include power system restructuring, power system planning, smart grid technologies, metaheuristic optimization techniques, renewable energy system reliability analysis, power quality analysis, and renewable energy integration.

Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban is a Full Professor in Electrical Power Engineering at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, and Cybernetics of the University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway. Prof. Padmanaban received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who―USA 2017 for contributing to power electronics and renewable energy research and was listed among the world’s top 2% of scientists by Stanford University, USA, in 2019.