DC microgrids

The electric grid is on the threshold of a paradigm shift.

In the past few years, the picture of the grid has changed dramatically due to the introduction of renewable energy sources, advancements in power electronics, digitalization, and other factors.

All these megatrends are pointing toward a new electrical system based on Direct Current (DC).

DC power systems have inherent advantages of no harmonics, no reactive power, high efficiency, over the conventional AC power systems.

This volume presents these topics and trends of DC microgrids, bridging the research gap on DC microgrid architectures, control and protection challenges to enable wide-scale implementation of energy-efficient DC microgrids.