This book presents selected papers from the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Power and Energy Research (ICSPER 2025). It highlights recent advances and emerging trends in sustainable power and energy systems, with a focus on innovative technologies, efficient system design, reliability, and intelligent energy management. The major topics covered include power system stability, operation, control, and protection; power electronics and drives; electric and hybrid vehicles; renewable energy resources and energy storage systems; artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) applications in power engineering, control, and automation; and smart grids and microgrids. The book further explores photovoltaic system optimization through smart reconfiguration, hybrid PV-thermal technologies, and advanced power electronic interfaces. The book serves as a valuable reference for academicians, researchers, engineers, and industry professionals working in these areas.

Farhad Ilahi Bakhsh received his B.Tech. and M.Tech. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Power Systems & Drives, respectively, from Aligarh Muslim University, India, in 2010 and 2012, and his Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee, India, in 2017. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India, and serves as Founder and Counselor of the IEEE Student Branch at NIT Srinagar. He has published more than 100 research articles in reputed journals and conference proceedings and has contributed over 20 book chapters. He has edited and authored books with leading publishers, including Springer, Wiley, and Scrivener. He also holds granted patents in India, Australia, and South Africa. His research interests include renewable energy systems, power electronics, multilevel converters, electric vehicles, and multiphase drives.

Sanjaya Kumar Panda is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Warangal, India. He previously served at IIITDM Kurnool and Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Odisha. He earned his Ph.D. from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, M.Tech. from NIT Rourkela, and B.Tech. from VSSUT, all in Computer Science and Engineering. With over nine years of teaching and research experience, he has published more than 120 research papers in reputed journals and conferences. He has received several awards and recognitions from professional bodies, including IEEE, IE(I), ISTE, and CSI. His research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things.

Mohamed Bendaoud received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco, in 2012 and 2019, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor at the National School of Applied Sciences (ENSA), Khouribga, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Morocco. He has authored and coauthored numerous scholarly publications, including journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters, and has edited three books. He is the Founder and General Chair of the International Conference on Electrical Systems and Automation and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Electrical Systems and Automation (JESA). His research focuses on renewable energy systems, grid integration of photovoltaic and wind power, power converter control, and multidisciplinary system modeling and simulation, particularly using bond graph methodologies.