Managing Sustainable Energy Systems: Challenges, Models and Opportunities for the Long-Term Energy Transition

Dear Colleagues,

The global energy transition requires a radical shift in how energy systems are thought about, designed, planned, and managed. The increasing penetration of renewable energy sources, the electrification of end-uses, digitalization, and smart grid systems are reshaping the structure of modern energy systems. These trends demand innovative paradigms, methods, strategies, and tools to ensure the sustainability, resilience, and efficiency of energy production, conversion, storage, and distribution systems.

This Special Issue aims to gather state-of-the-art research, methodologies, decision–support tools, and case studies that address the challenges and opportunities related to the long-term energy transition. We particularly encourage contributions that combine innovative approaches and strategies with a systemic view of sustainability, taking into account the interrelations among technoeconomic, environmental, and social factors. Potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Energy system modeling and scenario analysis;
• Long-term and short-term energy planning;
• Power systems’ optimization under uncertainty;
• Integrated planning of multienergy systems;
• Renewable energy integration and grid stability;
• Distributed generation and energy communities;
• Sector coupling and energy flexibility strategies;
• Smart grids and demand-side management;
• Lifecycle assessment and sustainability metrics for energy systems;
• Planning under environmental and policy constraints;
• Data-driven and AI-based approaches for energy modeling;
• Energy system resilience and reliability;
• Industrial decarbonization and energy efficiency.

Dr. Francesco Gabriele Galizia
Dr. Marco Bortolini
Prof. Mauro Gamberi
Guest Editors

Dr. Cristian Cafarella
Guest Editor Assistant

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