Guest Editorial Editorial Special Issue on Power Electronics for Microgrids—Part I

The 25 papers in this first part of the special section on power electronics for microgrids are organized according to the following six topics: novel technologies for microgrids; operation and protection of microgrids and distributed generation units; control of parallel-connected inverters; energy storage systems for microgrids; low voltage direct current microgrids and high voltage direct current systems; and grid interactive applications.