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The deployment of distributed renewable energy resources (DRERs) has accelerated globally due to environmental concerns and an increasing demand for electricity. DRERs are considered to be solutions to some of the current challenges related to power grids, such as reliability, resilience, efficiency, and flexibility. However, there are still several technical and non-technical challenges regarding the deployment of distributed renewable energy resources. Technical concerns associated with the integration and control of DRERs include, but are not limited, to optimal sizing and placement, optimal operation in grid-connected and islanded modes, as well as the impact of these resources on power quality, power system security, stability, and protection systems. On the other hand, non-technical challenges can be classified into three categories—regulatory issues, social issues, and economic issues. This Special Issue will address all aspects related to the integration and control of distributed renewable energy resources. It aims to understand the existing challenges and explore new solutions and practices for use in overcoming technical challenges.

distribution system --- microgrids --- power quality --- power system management --- power system reliability --- smart grids --- distribution networks --- Monte Carlo simulations --- PV hosting capacity --- photovoltaics --- green communities --- energy independence --- HOMER --- wind turbines --- power losses --- power system optimization --- PV curves --- DG --- TSA/SCA --- solar-powered electric vehicle parking lots --- different PV technologies --- PLO’s profit --- uncertainties --- smart grid paradigm --- distributed generation --- model-based predictive control --- robustness --- worst-case scenario --- min–max optimisation --- intraday forecasting --- Gaussian process regression --- machine learning --- off-grid system --- composite control strategy --- solar photovoltaic panel --- wind turbine --- diesel generator --- energy storage system (ESS) --- synchronous machine (SM) --- permanent magnet brushless DC machine (PMBLDCM) --- power quality improvement --- n/a --- PLO's profit --- min-max optimisation

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The deployment of distributed renewable energy resources (DRERs) has accelerated globally due to environmental concerns and an increasing demand for electricity. DRERs are considered to be solutions to some of the current challenges related to power grids, such as reliability, resilience, efficiency, and flexibility. However, there are still several technical and non-technical challenges regarding the deployment of distributed renewable energy resources. Technical concerns associated with the integration and control of DRERs include, but are not limited, to optimal sizing and placement, optimal operation in grid-connected and islanded modes, as well as the impact of these resources on power quality, power system security, stability, and protection systems. On the other hand, non-technical challenges can be classified into three categories—regulatory issues, social issues, and economic issues. This Special Issue will address all aspects related to the integration and control of distributed renewable energy resources. It aims to understand the existing challenges and explore new solutions and practices for use in overcoming technical challenges.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- distribution system --- microgrids --- power quality --- power system management --- power system reliability --- smart grids --- distribution networks --- Monte Carlo simulations --- PV hosting capacity --- photovoltaics --- green communities --- energy independence --- HOMER --- wind turbines --- power losses --- power system optimization --- PV curves --- DG --- TSA/SCA --- solar-powered electric vehicle parking lots --- different PV technologies --- PLO’s profit --- uncertainties --- smart grid paradigm --- distributed generation --- model-based predictive control --- robustness --- worst-case scenario --- min–max optimisation --- intraday forecasting --- Gaussian process regression --- machine learning --- off-grid system --- composite control strategy --- solar photovoltaic panel --- wind turbine --- diesel generator --- energy storage system (ESS) --- synchronous machine (SM) --- permanent magnet brushless DC machine (PMBLDCM) --- power quality improvement --- n/a --- PLO's profit --- min-max optimisation

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In recent years, the global climate has become variable due to intensification of the greenhouse effect, and natural disasters are frequently occurring, which poses challenges to the situation awareness of intelligent distribution networks. Aside from the continuous grid connection of distributed generation, energy storage and new energy generation not only reduces the power supply pressure of distribution network to a certain extent but also brings new consumption pressure and load impact. Situation awareness is a technology based on the overall dynamic insight of environment and covering perception, understanding, and prediction. Such means have been widely used in security, intelligence, justice, intelligent transportation, and other fields and gradually become the research direction of digitization and informatization in the future. We hope this Special Issue represents a useful contribution. We present 10 interesting papers that cover a wide range of topics all focused on problems and solutions related to situation awareness for smart distribution systems. We sincerely hope the papers included in this Special Issue will inspire more researchers to further develop situation awareness for smart distribution systems. We strongly believe that there is a need for more work to be carried out, and we hope this issue provides a useful open-access platform for the dissemination of new ideas.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- community integrated energy system --- energy management --- user dominated demand side response --- conditional value-at-risk --- electric heating --- load forecasting --- thermal comfort --- attention mechanism --- LSTM neural network --- smart distribution network --- situation awareness --- high-quality operation and maintenance --- critical technology --- comprehensive framework --- distributionally robust optimization (DRO) --- integrated energy system (IES) --- joint chance constraints --- linear decision rules (LDRs) --- Wasserstein distance --- load disaggregation --- denoising auto-encoder --- REDD dataset --- TraceBase dataset --- machine learning --- secondary equipment --- CNN --- short text classification --- electric vehicle --- short-term load forecasting --- convolutional neural network --- temporal convolutional network --- climate factors --- correlation analysis --- sustainable wind-PV-hydrogen-storage microgrid --- power-to-hydrogen --- receding horizon optimization --- storage --- photovoltaic (PV) system --- DC series arc fault --- power spectrum estimation --- attentional mechanism --- lightweight convolutional neural network --- capacity configuration --- wind-photovoltaic-thermal power system --- carbon emission --- multi-objective optimization --- inertia security region --- n/a

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Integration of photovoltaics and electrification in agriculture. Works on the integration of photovoltaics in agriculture, as well as electrification and microgrids in agriculture. In addition, some works on sustainability in agriculture are added.

transpiration --- PV heat conversion --- plant heat stress --- agrivoltaic system --- sustainable integration --- thermal analysis --- sustainable agriculture --- nexus approach --- rural development --- solar micro-grid --- techno-economic impact --- agrivoltaics --- solar energy --- agriculture --- energy innovation --- technology adoption --- photovoltaics --- extraterrestrial solar irradiation --- global, beam and diffuse solar components --- ground-reflected solar radiation --- horizontal, tilted and oriented solar irradiation --- solar photovoltaics --- agricultural robots --- Agri 4.0 --- battery-based farm machinery --- mobile irrigation system --- smart water sprinklers --- smart pesticide sprayers --- multi-purpose farming robots --- agrophotovoltaic --- agrivoltaic --- dual-land use --- solar sharing --- solar photovoltaic energy --- water–food–energy nexus --- fuses coordination --- protection device --- distributed generation --- distribution network --- photovoltaic --- DIgSILENT --- Agri-PV --- shading --- crop performance --- yields --- product quality --- organic agriculture --- biodynamic agriculture --- land productivity --- localization --- link budget --- spreading factor --- range --- LoRa --- node sensitivity --- SNR --- sustainable greenhouse --- semi-transparent photovoltaic panels --- amorphous silicon --- building-integrated photovoltaics --- microgrid --- organic photovoltaics --- greenhouses --- tomato --- arid region --- food-energy nexus --- solar-powered irrigation --- benefit-cost ratio --- land equivalent ratio --- n/a --- water-food-energy nexus

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Reprints of Polymers Special Issue entitled "Polymer films for photovoltaic applications", which covers all fields related to polymer films for photovoltaic applications, but special attention will be given to the following aspects:- The synthesis and suitable modification of polymer structure, to obtain polymer thin films for PV devices;- The influence of film deposition (thermal vacuum evaporation (TVE), chemical vapor deposition (CVD), spin coating, spray, etc.) on the properties of polymer films;- The thermo-optical properties of polymer thin films and blends of polymer films, as potential parts of PV systems;- The influence of doping or protonation of polymer thin films and blend polymer films on their properties;- Polymer thin films as active layers in PV solar cells—correlation of chemical structure and PV properties;- BHJ solar cells with polymer blends films—the choice of blend film composition to obtain the best PV parameters.

Research & information: general --- Chemistry --- Organic chemistry --- azomethines --- supramolecular organization --- organic thin films --- polymer:fullerene blends --- organic photovoltaics --- memory device --- organic semiconductors --- poly-N-epoxy-propylcarbazole --- tera-cyanoquino-dimethane --- CsPbBr3 perovskite QDs --- amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) --- light amplification --- surface passivation --- photostability --- 3D helicoidal architecture --- fiber-based polymer composite --- impact resistance --- lightweight photovoltaics (PV) --- integrated PV rooftop --- luminescent solar concentrator --- polymer matrix --- organic fluorophore --- intramolecular charge transfer --- light harvesting --- dye --- organic solar cells --- ellipsometry --- ternary organic films --- morphology examination --- micro --- perovskite --- solar cell --- 3D printing --- fused deposition modeling --- artificially light-harvesting --- luminescent solar concentrators --- molecular alignability prediction --- redirecting diffuse light --- polymer:fullerene blend films --- iodine doping --- annealing effect --- absorption edge parameters --- exciton bandwidth --- structural changes --- BHJ solar cells --- polymer --- bulk heterojunction --- PEDOT:PSS --- PTB7:PC70BM --- PFN-Br --- SCAPS 1D --- encapsulants for PV modules --- lamination process --- EVA --- POE --- power conversion efficiency --- hybrid perovskite --- tandem structure --- photovoltaics --- commercialization --- molecular modeling --- stretching process --- polymers --- mechanical deformation --- density functional theory --- crosslinking kinetics --- dynamic mechanical analysis --- activation energy --- indoloquinoxaline --- low-cost polymer donor --- wide-bandgap polymer --- polymer solar cells --- dye-sensitized solar cells --- redox mediator --- solid polymer electrolytes --- succinonitrile --- electrical conductivity --- bulk-heterojunction solar cells --- perovskite solar cells --- thin layers