PGES is dedicated to promoting the systematic integration and innovative application of multidisciplinary theories in power grid scenarios. The journal aims to address complex challenges in engineering science and technology, construct a comprehensive knowledge system spanning engineering science–engineering technology–engineering practice, and create a premier academic exchange platform that bridges fundamental science with engineering practice.

Scope: PGES focuses on publishing interdisciplinary research outcomes that tackle fundamental scientific issues and complex engineering challenges in power systems. The journal features original research articles with clear potential for practical application, comprehensive review papers, and insightful perspectives.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Ultra-High Voltage (UHV) and Flexible DC Transmission

Promoting theoretical innovation in the coordinated operation of UHV and AC/DC systems; focusing on technical breakthroughs in UHV and AC/DC hybrid transmission systems; and being dedicated to enhancing resource optimization capabilities of large power grids, the efficiency of AC/DC coordinated operation, and the reliability of power distribution systems.

• UHV transmission

• Flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS)

• DC system architecture and control

• HVDC power conversion

• High voltage and insulation technology

Power-Electronics-Dominated Power Systems (PEDPS)

Addressing the evolution of system structures and stability mechanisms caused by the high penetration of power electronic devices, and exploring theories, technologies, and methods for proactive support in the transition toward highly PEDPS.

• Reliability, planning, and design of modern power systems

• Static and dynamic stability analysis and simulation

• Operation and maintenance of PEDPS

• Security, protection, and control of PEDPS

• Resilience analysis and enhancement of PEDPS

• Power electronic devices, packaging, and system integration

• Grid-following and grid-forming technologies and equipment

• Renewable Energy and Advanced Energy Storage

Focusing on fundamental theories of efficient renewable energy conversion and multi-energy integration; investigating the scientific mechanisms and optimization methods for coordinated source–load–storage interactions; and exploring theories and methods for ensuring the security, stability, reliability, flexibility, and large-scale integration of renewable energy into power systems.

• Planning and operation of renewable energy and energy storage systems (ESS)

• Analysis and control of renewable energy and ESS

• Grid integration testing of renewable energy and ESS

• Renewable energy and ESS equipment

• Renewable energy and ESS technologies

• Safety and application of ESS

• Holistic Grid Digitalization and Intelligence

Dedicated to deeply integrating advanced digital and intelligent technologies across all aspects of power systems, promoting digital transformation, and enhancing intelligent decision-making and operation of future power systems.

• Advanced artificial intelligence (AI)

• Power-computing co-design and co-optimization

• Energy internet of things and digital twins

• Power big data and intelligent scientific computing

• Intelligent operation and maintenance of power equipment

• Intelligent dispatch

• Intelligent sensing and measurement

• Power industrial control software & dedicated chips

• Cybersecurity and blockchain

Electricity Markets and Electricity–Carbon Coupling

Focusing on fundamental theories regarding the deep decarbonization of power systems, analyzing life-cycle carbon reduction pathways and mechanisms, and exploring theoretical frontiers in low-carbon electricity economics, market design, policy optimization, and system transition.

Low-carbon energy and electricity policies

Carbon assessment of power systems

Coordinated planning and operation of electricity–carbon systems

Synergy and optimization of carbon neutrality pathways

Electricity–carbon economics and markets