This book provides a comprehensive, research‑driven overview of hybrid power systems that integrate renewable energy sources (RESs), energy storage systems (ESSs), and electric vehicles (EVs) into modern smart grids. It brings together cutting‑edge advancements in energy technology, intelligent control, electric transportation, and grid modernization to address the operational, economic, and sustainability challenges facing today’s power sector. As nations accelerate decarbonization efforts, the book highlights practical strategies and emerging frameworks needed to support large‑scale deployment of renewable energy and EV infrastructure.

The book examines how high‑penetration wind and solar systems interact with ESSs and EVs in both centralized and decentralized grid architectures. It explains the critical role of advanced power electronics, grid‑interactive converters, and multilevel topologies in ensuring strong grid support, improved efficiency, and seamless integration. Readers gain insights into smart charging, vehicle‑to‑grid (V2G) technologies, battery life‑cycle management, optimal siting of EV charging stations, and the use of stochastic and optimization methods to manage intermittency and load uncertainty.

In addition, the book presents modern control, protection, and operational strategies for hybrid systems, covering energy management systems (EMS), distributed generation planning, voltage regulation, demand response, and grid stability under rapidly changing conditions. It emphasizes the transformative role of artificial intelligence, machine learning, Blockchain, big data analytics, and the Internet of Things (IoT) in advancing predictive maintenance, cyber‑secure grid operation, autonomous decision‑making, and future electric mobility markets.

Surender Reddy Salkuti has been working with Woosong University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, as an Associate Professor in the Department of Global Railroad since April 2014. He received a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), New Delhi, India, in 2013. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Howard University, Washington, DC, USA, from 2013 to 2014. His research interests include power system restructuring issues, smart grid development with the integration of wind and solar photovoltaic energy sources, battery storage, electric vehicles, demand response, power system analysis and optimization, the application of artificial intelligence and soft computing techniques in power systems, and renewable energy. He has published four edited volumes with Springer (LNEE and GREEN) and over 350 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals and conference proceedings. He has served as a Guest Editor for various international journals. He is also an editorial board member for many journals. He received the 2016 Distinguished Researcher Award from Woosong University Educational Foundation, Republic of Korea, and the POSOCO Power System Award (PPSA) 2013, India. He is listed in the top 2% of scientists published in a study conducted by researchers of ICSR Lab, Elsevier BV & Stanford University, USA, consecutively from 2022 to 2025. He has Google Scholar citations of 9491 with an h-index of 48 and an i10-index of 193. He is a Member of IEEE and the IEEE Power and Energy Society.