Guest Editorial: Special Section on Dynamic Performance and Flexibility Enhancement of RES-dominated Power Systems with Grid-forming Converters

Abstract

Inverter-based distributed generation (DG) and renewable energy sources (RESs) are recognized as key elements to address the challenge of economically harvesting energy while, at the same time, achieving net-zero targets. However, inverter-based generation decreases the physical inertia available in the system and increases uncertainty. Moreover, recent studies have highlighted that relatively high integration of DGs/RESs can negatively impact on power grid dynamics, power quality, frequency control, voltage regulation, as well as other control and operational issues. All these issues significantly limit the penetration of DG and RESs.