This comprehensive review paper examines the technological advancements towards smart
energy management in smart cities. It provides an overview of the concept of smart energy …

Recent advances in renewable energy technologies and changes in the electric utility
infrastructures have increased the interest of the power utilities in utilisation of distributed …

A considerable amount of non-dispatchable photovoltaic and wind power have always been
planned in smart cities, however, the problem of massive energy storage has not yet been …

A smart city is a sustainable and efficient urban centre that provides a high quality of life to its
inhabitants through optimal management of its resources. Energy management is one of the …

The recently released report of the International Energy Outlook (IEO2009) projects an
increase of 44% in the world energy demand from 2006 to 2030, and 77% rise in the net …

Nowadays, due to the utilization of an abundant amount of fossil fuels environmental
pollution increases rapidly. In order to rectify such a major problem, the power sector …

New concepts of local electricity markets (LEMs) have led increased focus on the
decentralization of energy systems and a raise in local energy communities (LECs). Under …

The use of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) has been proposed as one of the possible
solutions to today's energy and environmental challenges. The optimal integration of DER in …

This paper addresses the multistage expansion planning problem of a distribution system
where investments in the distribution network and in distributed generation are jointly …

Electrical power systems have been traditionally designed taking energy from high-voltage
levels, and distributing it to lower voltage level networks. There are large generation units …