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.

[1]  S. Suryanarayanan,et al.  A review of the application of analytic hierarchy process to the planning and operation of electric power microgrids , 2008, 2008 40th North American Power Symposium.

[2]  F. Blaabjerg,et al.  Distributed Generation: Toward a New Energy Paradigm , 2010, IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine.

[3]  Juan C. Vasquez,et al.  Hierarchical Control of Droop-Controlled AC and DC Microgrids—A General Approach Toward Standardization , 2009, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

[4]  J. Uceda,et al.  Uninterruptible power supply systems provide protection , 2007, IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine.

[5]  C. Marinescu,et al.  A look at the role and main topologies of battery energy storage systems for integration in autonomous microgrids , 2010, 2010 12th International Conference on Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipment.

[6]  Goran Strbac,et al.  Policymaking for microgrids , 2008, IEEE Power and Energy Magazine.

[7]  R. Iravani,et al.  DC power systems: Challenges and opportunities , 2010, IEEE PES General Meeting.