The book contains select proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Grid Energy Systems and Control (SGESC 2021). The proceedings is divided into 03 volumes, and this volume focuses on renewable energy towards the smart grid. It includes papers related to smart grid, renewable energy, its integration, and DERs in the network for better energy management and ancillary services. The book presents cutting-edge research in the emerging fields of micro, nano, and smart devices and systems from experts. Most of the contributors have built devices or systems or developed processes or algorithms in these areas. This book is a unique collection of chapters from different areas with a common theme and will be immensely useful to academic researchers and practitioners in the industry.

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Dr. Ashwani Kumar is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra, India. He received his B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering from Pant Nagar University in 1988 and Masters' degree in Power Systems from Panjab University, in 1994. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, India. He did Post-Doctoral from Tennessee Technological University, USA. His research areas are power system restructuring, distributed generation, integration of renewable energy systems into the deregulated power system, energy management, demand-side management, ancillary services, micro-grid, and smart grid. He has over 29 years of teaching and research experience, published 160 papers in various prestigious journals, conferences. He has executed two research projects sponsored by different funding agencies including DST and TTU. He has also carried out few consultancies assignments for power companies. Many of his research students have been awarded the prestigious POSOCO Power System Award (PPSA) for best thesis on all Indian levels.

Prof. S.C. Srivastava is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India. He completed his Ph.D. from IIT Delhi, India. His research areas are power system dynamics and stability studies, optimal power dispatch, security analysis and control, wide-area monitoring and control of power systems, power system restructuring and issues in the electricity market, renewable integration, DC and AC microgrid. He has published over 100 papers in several journals.

Prof. S.N. Singh obtained his M. Tech. and Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1989 and 1995. Presently, he is Vice-Chancellor of the Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology Gorakhpur, and on leave from the position of Professor (HAG), Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. His research interests include power system restructuring, FACTS, power system optimization and control, security analysis, and wind power. He has published over 440 papers in international and national journals and conferences. He has also written two books on Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, and Basic Electrical Engineering, published by PHI, India. Prof Singh has completed over 20projects in India and abroad.

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Impact of OLTC on Nodal Pricing of Distribution System and Comparison with DSTATCOM.- Allocation of Wind Based Distributed Generation using Bacterial Foraging Optimization Algorithm in Electrical Distribution System.- Reactive Power Requirement for Operating Wind Driven Micro Grid in Presence of Several Proportions and Class of Static Load.- Renewable Energy Resource Availability and Supply Guide in India.- Cloud Computing Data Security Techniques A Survey.- Review on Power Restoration Techniques for Smart Power Distribution systems.- Feasibility Analysis of Standalone Hybrid Renewable Energy System for Kiltan Island in India.- Impact of Wind Power Participation on Congestion Management Considering Seasonal Load in Pool Electricity Market while Ensuring Loadability Limit.- Research and Analysis of Efficiency of Power Consumption at Tunneling Sections.- Techniques Employed in Renewable Energy Sources Fed Smart Grid - A Comparative Study.