Power Systems and Renewable Energy
Power Systems and Renewable Energy is a research topic within Energy Engineering and Power Technology. Science Explorer counts 40k research works in it since 1950. 5.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the application of energy storage technologies, such as battery systems and pumped-storage power stations, in integrating renewable energy sources like photovoltaic and wind power into power grids. It also addresses the challenges and benefits of energy storage, including frequency regulation, grid stability, and environmental impact.
- Energy Storage
- Power Systems
- Renewable Energy
- Grid Integration
- Photovoltaic Generation
- Frequency Regulation
- Wind Power
- Smart Grid
- Battery Technology
- Environmental Impact
- Research works
- 40k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 5.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -23% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Power Systems and Renewable Energy research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (6.3k and 714 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 6.3k works
- 2 India 714 works
- 3 United States 353 works
- 4 ?? 244 works
- 5 Japan 113 works
- 6 United Kingdom 93 works
- 7 Indonesia 84 works
- 8 South Korea 84 works
- 9 Iran 79 works
- 10 Algeria 78 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Power Systems and Renewable Energy research?
By volume in 2022–2025, North China Electric Power University publishes the most Power Systems and Renewable Energy research, followed by State Grid Corporation of China (China) and Shanghai Electric (China).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 393 works
- 2 State Grid Corporation of China (China)China 372 works
- 3 Shanghai Electric (China)China 302 works
- 4 China Southern Power Grid (China)China 284 works
- 5 China Electric Power Research Institute?? 124 works
- 6 Tsinghua UniversityChina 122 works
- 7 Shandong UniversityChina 119 works
- 8 Zhejiang UniversityChina 112 works
- 9 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 101 works
- 10 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 88 works
Who are the leading researchers in Power Systems and Renewable Energy?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Power Systems and Renewable Energy include Frede Blaabjerg, Josep M. Guerrero and Marco Liserre.
- 1 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 12k citations
- 2 Josep M. Guerrero Denmark 5.6k citations
- 3 Marco Liserre Germany 4.6k citations
- 4 Qiang Zhang China 4.5k citations
- 5 Remus Teodorescu Denmark 4.2k citations
- 6 Mohammad Shahidehpour United States 3.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Power Systems and Renewable Energy research done?
The largest centres of Power Systems and Renewable Energy research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Baishan, Yangpu and Beijing.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BaishanCN · 40.3 works123×
- YangpuCN · 68.4 works40×
- Beijing144.7 works38×
- Jilin CityCN · 72.0 works24×
- Palo AltoUS · 63.2 works21×
- HohhotCN · 134.4 works18×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Power Systems and Renewable Energy than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Power Systems and Renewable Energy?
Among universities, judged by research, Aalborg University, North China Electric Power University and Delhi Technological University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aalborg UniversityDenmark | 71.9 | 23.7% | 6.8× | 32 | +180.4% |
| 2 | North China Electric Power UniversityChina | 53.3 | 6.0% | 64.7× | 393 | -64.4% |
| 3 | Delhi Technological UniversityIndia | 50.1 | 17.2% | 7.0× | 18 | +70.8% |
| 4 | Northeast Electric Power UniversityChina | 48.2 | 8.5% | 55.2× | 67 | -76.5% |
| 5 | Shandong UniversityChina | 45.3 | 3.0% | 11.0× | 119 | -32.7% |
| 6 | Hunan UniversityChina | 45.0 | 7.9% | 9.2× | 58 | -77.0% |
| 7 | Inner Mongolia University of TechnologyChina | 44.9 | 8.6% | 34.6× | 41 | -82.2% |
| 8 | Tsinghua Sichuan Energy Internet Research InstituteChina | 44.7 | 6.4% | 134.6× | 18 | — |
| 9 | Hefei University of TechnologyChina | 44.3 | 6.4% | 11.1× | 56 | -56.5% |
| 10 | Indian Institute of Technology DelhiIndia | 44.3 | 1.8% | 7.4× | 34 | +732.1% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Power Systems and Renewable Energy research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 23% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.