Energies 2020 Best Paper Awards—Winners Announced

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Energies 2020 Best Paper Awards, sponsored by MDPI and Energies (ISSN: 1996-1073). Following a review process by the Evaluation Committee, fifteen papers were selected. The recipients are as follows:

Articles:

1^st place award: (CHF 1000 + one free publication + a certificate)

• “Analyzing Similarities between the European Union Countries in Terms of the Structure and Volume of Energy Production from Renewable Energy Sources”
  by Jarosław Brodny et al.

2^nd place awards: (CHF 600 + one free publication + a certificate)

• “High Reynold’s Number Turbulent Model for Micro-Channel Cold Plate Using Reverse Engineering Approach for Water-Cooled Battery in Electric Vehicles”
  by Satyam Panchal et al.
• “Investigation of Inorganic Phase Change Material for a Semi-Transparent Photovoltaic (STPV) Module”
  by Alagar Karthick et al.
• “Considerations on Potentials, Greenhouse Gas, and Energy Performance of Biofuels Based on Forest Residues for Heavy-Duty Road Transport in Sweden”
  by Shveta Soam et al.

3^rd place awards: (CHF 400 + one free publication + a certificate)

• “Characterization of Hybrid-nano/Paraffin Organic Phase Change Material for Thermal Energy Storage Applications in Solar Thermal Systems”
  by Manoj Kumar Pasupathi et al.
• “Snapshot of Photovoltaics—February 2020”
  by Arnulf Jäger-Waldau
• “The Importance of Renewable Energy Sources in Poland’s Energy Mix”
  by Renata Marks-Bielska et al.
• “Infectious Diseases, Market Uncertainty and Oil Market Volatility”
  by Elie Bouri et al.
• “Cost of Equity of Coal-Fired Power Generation Projects in Poland: Its Importance for the Management of Decision-Making Process”
  by Piotr W. Saługa et al.

Reviews:

1^st place award: (CHF 1000 + one free publication + a certificate)

• “Internet of Things (IoT) and the Energy Sector”
  by Naser Hossein Motlagh et al.

2^nd place awards: (CHF 600 + one free publication + a certificate)

• “A Review on Thermoelectric Generators: Progress and Applications”
  by Mohamed Amine Zoui et al.
• “Contributions and Risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Building Smarter Cities: Insights from a Systematic Review of the Literature”
  by Tan Yigitcanlar et al.

3^rd place awards: (CHF 400 + one free publication + a certificate)

• “Possibilities and Challenges for the Inclusion of the Electric Vehicle (EV) to Reduce the Carbon Footprint in the Transport Sector: A Review”
  by Aritra Ghosh
• “Energy and Climate Policy—An Evaluation of Global Climate Change Expenditure 2011–2018”
  by Coilín ÓhAiseadha et al.
• “A Review of The Methanol Economy: The Fuel Cell Route”
  by Samuel Simon Araya et al.

Please join us in congratulating the winners of Energies. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our authors for their continued support of Energies.

For more information about the Energies awards, please see the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/awards.