During the last century, climate change has caused an increase of extreme weather event occurrences: the frequency and severity of power outages caused by extreme weather events have increased, leading to enormous damages to people and economy. The risk of extreme impacts on power systems is likely to increase in the coming years. Although the study of grid resilience has recently gained popularity, it is still not well established; in addition, due to its multi-disciplinarity (covering power system operation, civil and structural engineering, geography, computer science, probability, meteorology and climatology, etc.), research and development in this area is still being carried out by many institutions (e.g., utility companies, disaster management agencies, national weather services, etc.). The motivation for this Special Issue lies in the need to collect the most recent and advanced studies of grid resilience, focusing on technical matters from the perspective of power system engineering with respect to extreme weather events. We invite all interested colleagues to contribute their state-of-the-art review papers or latest studies related to advanced solutions to improve the resilience of medium-voltage distribution networks.
Keywords: MV distribution networks; extreme weather; critical infrastructures; reliability; grid resilience; grid resilience enhancement.