Advanced Techniques for the Modeling and Simulation of Energy Networks.

Topics of interest for publication included, but were not limited to, advanced simulation and modeling methods for complex energy problems, soft computing and artificial intelligence in energy systems, machine learning, multi-energy systems, co-simulation, distributed energy resources, and energy demand prediction. The second paper, "A statistical assessment of blending hydrogen into gas networks" [[6]], provides a tool for the statistical assessment of deploying hydrogen in existing gas networks. The need for a "smarter" energy grid infrastructure, with the large-scale integration of renewables and a better demand-response mechanism, is leading to an ever-increasing complexity of next-generation energy networks [[1]]. [Extracted from the article]