This document announces a special session at the 41th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society being held in Yokohama, Japan from November 9-12, 2015. The special session focuses on nonlinear control techniques applied to power systems and renewable energy applications. Topics of interest include nonlinear control for renewable energy and power systems, robust control of flexible AC transmission systems, real-time implementation of nonlinear controllers in power systems, and the use of intelligent and optimization techniques in nonlinear control applications. The deadline for paper submissions is April 15, 2015 and instructions can be found on the conference website.