This book collects original, peer-reviewed research papers from the 2025 Engineering Technology Forum of CAE & the 10th Purole Mountain Forum on Smart Grid Protection and Control (PMF2025), held in Nanjing, China, on August 15-17, 2025. The accepted papers cover the following topics: 

1. Advanced power transmission technology
2. AC/DC hybrid power grid technology
3. Power Internet of Things Technology and Application
4. Operation, control and protection of smart grid
5. Active distribution network technology
6. Power electronic technology and application
7. New technology of substation automation
8. Energy storage technology and application
9. Application of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and big data
10. Application of Information and Communication Technology
11. Low-carbon energy planning and security
12. Low-carbon operation of the power system
13. Low-carbon energy comprehensive utilization technology
14. Carbon trading and power market
15. Carbon emission stream and carbon capture technology
16. Energy saving and smart energy technology
17. Analysis and evaluation of low-carbon efficiency of power system
18. Carbon flow modelling in power system operation

The papers included in this proceeding share the latest research results and practical application examples on the methodologies and algorithms in these areas, which makes the book a valuable reference for researchers, engineers, and university students.

Yusheng XUE received the MSc degree in Electrical Engineering from EPRI, China in 1981 and the PhD degree from the University of Liege, Belgium in 1987. He has been an elected academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering since 1995. He is now the Honorary President of State Grid Electric Power Research Institute (SGEPRI or NARI), China, Adjunct Professor in dozens of universities in China and a conjoint professor of the University of Newcastle in Australia. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Automation of Electric Power System and of Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, as well as Chairman of the Technical Committee of Chinese National Committee of CIGRE since 2005. 

Yuping Zheng received a B.S. degree from Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China in 1983, an M.S. degree from the Nanjing Electric Power Automation Research Institute, Nanjing, China in 1986, and a Ph.D. degree from Wuhan University, Wuhan, China in 2004. He is currently with the NARI Group Corporation (State Grid Electric Power Research Institute) and is an adjunct professor at Hohai University. His research interests include power system protection and control.

Antonio Gomez-Exposito obtained his PhD from the University of Seville in 1985. He is the Endesa Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Seville and served as the Department Dean for 12 years. Additionally, Professor Gomez-Exposito is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and the recipient of the IEEE/PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award in 2019. With over 40 years of research in the field of power systems, his primary research areas include power system operation control, state estimation, digital signal processing, and the control of Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) devices. To date, he has published more than 350 research papers, with 140 of them in high-impact journals. He has been ranked among the top 2% of scientists globally by Stanford University and has held approximately 130 seminars or short courses in 19 countries.