This book highlights recent research advancements in the area of microgrids and virtual power plants. Microgrids and virtual power plants are the future of power generation and delivery systems, and there has been significant research interest in this area over the past decade. The key emphasis of this book is on the various modelling, analysis, and management aspects of microgrids and virtual power networks. Interesting topics such as their planning, operation, and technology accommodation are presented in detail. The chapters in the book discuss existing and new modelling approaches, control and management methods, as well as their structures, planning, monitoring, protection, and coordination. This book introduces and covers these topics in a comprehensive and coherent way for professionals and researchers.

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Farhad Shahnia received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Queensland University of Technology (Australia). Since 2019, he has been an A/Professor at the School of Engineering and Energy, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. Prior to that, he was a lecturer at Curtin University (Australia, 2012-2015), and a senior lecturer at Murdoch University (Australia, 2015-2019). He has published 7 books, 15 book chapters, and 150+ scholarly journal and conference articles in the areas of microgrids and integration of renewable energy systems to microgrids and electrical distribution networks.

Josep M. Guerrero received the B.S. degree in telecommunications engineering, the M.S. degree in electronics engineering, and the Ph.D. degree in power electronics from the Technical University of Catalonia (Spain) in 1997, 2000, and 2003. Since 2011, he has been a full professor in the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University (Denmark). In 2015, he was elevated as an IEEE fellow for his contributions to distributed power systems and microgrids, and in 2019, he became a Villum investigator by the Villum Fonden, which supports the Center for Research on Microgrids at Aalborg University, where he is the centre founder and the director. He has authored 500+ journal articles about microgrids and renewable energy systems.