PSGAI 2026 · BEIJING

Special Session · 5

Grid-Forming Control Technology for Energy Storage Converters

📅 18–20 December 2026

Session Organizer Chair

Xiangyang Xing Chair

Shandong University Professor, PhD Supervisor, National Excellent Young Scientist

80+ SCI papers (IEEE TPE, TIE, TII) · 67 Chinese patents, 2 US patents · Awards: National Science and Technology Progress Award (2023, 2020), CAA Science and Technology Progress Award, Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, Shandong Technological Invention Award, China Outstanding Patent Awards, IFIA Invention Award.

Brief Introduction · Xiangyang Xing is a Professor and PhD Supervisor at the School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University. He has been awarded funding from the National Excellent Young Scientists Fund. He primarily focuses on research in new energy system control technology and application technology. He has published over 80 papers in internationally renowned SCI journals such as IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (TPE), IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (TIE), and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII). His awards include the National Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) in 2023 (4th contributor), 2020 (4th contributor), the Science and Technology Progress Award of the Chinese Association of Automation, the Science and Technology Progress Award of Shandong Province, the Technological Invention Award of Shandong Province, two China Outstanding Patent Awards, and the IFIA Invention Award.

Scope & Topics CFP

Building a new power system dominated by renewable energy constitutes a critical pathway for China to achieve the "Dual Carbon" strategic goals. As the installed capacity share of intermittent renewable energy such as wind power and photovoltaic power continues to rise, the operating hours of conventional thermal power units are persistently compressed. Power systems are increasingly featured with the "dual-high" characteristics, accompanied by continuous degradation of system inertia as well as frequency and voltage regulation capabilities, which poses severe challenges to secure and stable operation. Benefiting from millisecond-level power response and four-quadrant regulation capability, energy storage systems have become pivotal support for mitigating renewable energy fluctuations and improving renewable energy accommodation.

As the core interface between energy storage and the power grid, the power conversion system (PCS) for energy storage determines the effectiveness of grid support directly. Conventional grid-following (GFL) converters rely on phase-locked loop (PLL) synchronization, which are prone to PLL loss-of-lock and grid disconnection under weak grid conditions, islanding operation and severe disturbances. By contrast, grid-forming (GFM) control eliminates absolute dependence on PLLs. It emulates the external characteristics of synchronous machines and actively establishes voltage and frequency via power synchronization, realizing the paradigm shift from "passive grid following" to "active grid support". This significantly enhances stable operation and grid support capability under weak grid and fault conditions. The development of GFM control technology serves as a key solution to address the problems of insufficient system inertia and stability degradation under high renewable penetration, and also satisfies the urgent demand for equipment control technologies in new power systems.

Therefore, this special session focuses on GFM control technologies for PCS. It aims to deeply explore solutions based on GFM energy-storage converter to tackle challenges regarding inertia support and voltage/frequency regulation in power systems with high shares of renewable energy.

📌 Topics include:

(1) Multi-timescale dynamic coupling mechanism and accurate modeling method of PCS.
(2) Cooperative operation and energy management of GFM converter clusters.
(3) Robust control of PCS under complex operating conditions.
(4) Fault ride-through strategies for PCS.
(5) Smooth switching and hybrid operation technology between GFM and GFL modes.

🎤 Invited Speakers

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