Flexibility, Stability and Resilience Enhancement from Green-Hydrogen-Dominated Microgrids for Energy Systems Under Climate Change

Weather-dependent renewable energy sources such as solar and wind are inherently intermittent due to fluctuating conditions like cloud cover, wind variability, and extreme weather, posing significant challenges to the economic, stable, and secure operation of energy systems. Green-hydrogen microgrids can enhance flexibility of energy systems by mitigating weather-induced RES variability and balancing power supply-demand. It also can enhance energy systems’ stability by regulating voltage/frequency via reactive power control and grid-forming control, particularly under volatile weather conditions. Furthermore, it can boost resilience via long-duration backup for critical loads under extreme weather. However, the control, operation and management of green-hydrogen microgrid are hindered by operational uncertainties arising from variable weather conditions in the hydrogen production, transmission and consumption, including slow dynamic response, non-continuous operation, economic and security concerns. Given the above significant challenges, this special issue focuses on the flexibility, stability and resilience enhancement from green-hydrogen-dominated microgrids for energy systems under climate change. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following aspects:

1. Multi-Energy Optimization for Electricity, Hydrogen, and Ammonia in Variable Weather Conditions

2. Distributed and Nonlinear Controls for Green-Hydrogen Microgrid

3. Resilience-Oriented Microgrid Planning with Hydrogen Backup Against Weather-Induced Disruptions

4. Economic Operation and Energy Management for Green-Hydrogen Microgrids

5. Weather-Informed Metrics and Assessment Frameworks for Green-Hydrogen Microgrids’ Resilience and Flexibility

6. Machine Learning for Weather-Aware Predictive Operation of Green-Hydrogen Microgrids

7. Real-Time Fault Diagnosis and Safety Monitoring of Hydrogen Logistics in Green-Hydrogen Microgrids

8. Hydrogen-Based Microgrids for Remote and Off-Grid Communities

9. Policy and Market Mechanism Design for Green-Hydrogen Microgrids

10. Grid-Forming Control Strategies for Green-Hydrogen Hybrid Energy Storage System

Chair:  

Kuan Zhang, North China Electric Power University, China

Kuan Zhang was born in Shandong, China, in 1994. He obtained a Ph.D. degree from Hunan University in 2022. His research interests include optimal operation of electricity-hydrogen integrated energy system, energy management of virtual power plant.

Co-chairs：

Yingping Cao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

Yingping Cao was born in Hunan Province, China. He received the Ph.D. degree from Hunan University, Changsha, China, in 2023. His major research interests include multi-energy system, power system resilience, and distribution system planning.

Ziqiang Wang,The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

Ziqiang Wang received the M.S. and Ph.D. degree from the School of Electrical Information and Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 2020 and 2024, respectively. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, China. His research interests include power system nonlinear control, grid-forming control, microgrid control, and hydrogen-based energy system control.

Long Jin, China Electric Power Research Institute, China

Long Jin was born in Shangyi County, Hebei Province in 1992. He obtained his doctoral degree from Hefei University of Technology in 2024. His main research interests include power system dynamic simulation technology and relay protection technology. Currently, he serves as the Standing Director of the Fault Analysis and Dynamic Simulation Testing Subcommittee, which is affiliated to the China Satellite Committee of IEEE PES Power System Relay Protection and Control.