Editorial: Introduction to the Special Section on Dynamic Modeling, System Identification, Analysis, and Control of Renewable Distributed Energy Resources for Grid Integration

The papers in this special section examine dynamic modeling, system identification, analysis, and control of renewable distributed energy resources. The past two decades have witnessed the resurgence of the relatively old concepts of localized distributed renewable generation and, more broadly, distributed energy resources, in the wake of concerns over the sustainability of the legacy electric power system. As the technical issues associated with smalland medium-scale distributed and renewable electric power generation have largely been addressed and solutions have become available commercially, large-scale renewable energy systems are expected to claim an ever-increasing share of the generation-consumption portfolio of the electric power system of future. Due to their different characteristics and dependence on climate and geography, renewable energy systems will be scattered throughout the host power systems. Moreover, a majority of them will be interfaced with the host grids via electronic power converters. Furthermore, for superior energy yield, power quality, reliability, stability and safety, they must be regulated, or coordinated with the power system and/or the other distributed energy systems, via high-performance control schemes.