Energies 2023, 16(1), 560; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16010560 - 3 Jan 2023
Best Paper Award
Energies Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose 13 articles of exceptional quality that were published in the journal the year before the previous year and announce them online by the end of June of the following year.
The Prizes:
– 4 reviews and 9 research articles will be selected;
– The first prize (1 review and 1 research article): CHF 1000;
– The second prize (1 review and 2 research articles): CHF 600;
– The third prize (2 reviews and 6 research articles): CHF 400;
– Each winner will also receive an electronic certificate and a free voucher for article processing fees valid for one year.
Energies Best Paper Award
Winner announcement: 30 June 2026
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Energies will be eligible (both regular and Special Issue submissions).
Selection Criteria
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Assessing Fossil Fuels and Renewables’ Impact on Energy Poverty Conditions in Europe
The Impact of the 2020–2022 Crises on EU Countries’ Independence from Energy Imports, Particularly from Russia
Energies 2023, 16(18), 6629; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16186629 - 15 Sep 2023
Energy Behaviors of Prosumers in Example of Polish Households
Energies 2023, 16(7), 3186; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16073186 - 31 Mar 2023
Predicting Energy Consumption in Residential Buildings Using Advanced Machine Learning Algorithms
Energies 2023, 16(9), 3748; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16093748 - 27 Apr 2023
Energy Consumption of Electric Vehicles: Analysis of Selected Parameters Based on Created Database
Energies 2023, 16(3), 1437; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16031437 - 1 Feb 2023
Evolution of CCUS Technologies Using LDA Topic Model and Derwent Patent Data
Energies 2023, 16(6), 2556; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16062556 - 8 Mar 2023
Forecasting Energy Consumption of a Public Building Using Transformer and Support Vector Regression
Energies 2023, 16(2), 966; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16020966 - 15 Jan 2023
Review and Comparison of Genetic Algorithm and Particle Swarm Optimization in the Optimal Power Flow Problem
Energies 2023, 16(3), 1152; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16031152 - 20 Jan 2023
A Review of Hydroponics and Conventional Agriculture Based on Energy and Water Consumption, Environmental Impact, and Land Use
Energies 2023, 16(4), 1690; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16041690 - 8 Feb 2023
A Global Review of the Hydrogen Energy Eco-System
Energies 2023, 16(3), 1484; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16031484 - 2 Feb 2023
Electric Vehicle User Behavior: An Analysis of Charging Station Utilization in Canada
Energies 2023, 16(4), 1592; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16041592 - 5 Feb 2023
Winner
A Review of the Latest Trends in the Use of Green Ammonia as an Energy Carrier in Maritime Industry
Energies 2022, 15(4), 1453; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15041453 - 16 Feb 2022
Electric Vehicles: V2G for Rapid, Safe, and Green EV Penetration
Energies 2022, 15(3), 803; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15030803 - 22 Jan 2022
Use of Sustainable Fuels in Aviation—A Review
Energies 2022, 15(7), 2440; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15072440 - 26 Mar 2022
The Role of Crypto Trading in the Economy, Renewable Energy Consumption and Ecological Degradation
Energies 2022, 15(10), 3805; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15103805 - 22 May 2022
Forecasting of Electric Load Using a Hybrid LSTM-Neural Prophet Model
Energies 2022, 15(6), 2158; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15062158 - 16 Mar 2022
Agriculture 5.0: A New Strategic Management Mode for a Cut Cost and an Energy Efficient Agriculture Sector
Energies 2022, 15(9), 3113; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15093113 - 24 Apr 2022
Deployment of Fuel Cell Vehicles and Hydrogen Refueling Station Infrastructure: A Global Overview and Perspectives
Energies 2022, 15(14), 4975; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15144975 - 7 Jul 2022
The Impact of Agricultural Production Efficiency on Agricultural Carbon Emissions in China
Energies 2022, 15(12), 4464; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15124464 - 19 Jun 2022
Geopolitical Risk as a Determinant of Renewable Energy Investments
Energies 2022, 15(4), 1498; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15041498 - 17 Feb 2022
Clean and Affordable Energy within Sustainable Development Goals: The Role of Governance Digitalization
Energies 2022, 15(24), 9571; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15249571 - 16 Dec 2022
Challenges and Mitigation Measures in Power Systems with High Share of Renewables—The Australian Experience
Energies 2022, 15(2), 429; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15020429 - 7 Jan 2022
A Convolutional Neural Network Approach for Estimation of Li-Ion Battery State of Health from Charge Profiles
Energies 2022, 15(3), 1185; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15031185 - 6 Feb 2022
Battery-Supercapacitor Energy Storage Systems for Electrical Vehicles: A Review
Energies 2022, 15(15), 5683; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15155683 - 5 Aug 2022
Chemical Looping Combustion: A Brief Overview
Energies 2022, 15(4), 1563; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15041563 - 20 Feb 2022
Virtual Collection for Distributed Photovoltaic Data: Challenges, Methodologies, and Applications
Energies 2022, 15(23), 8783; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15238783 - 22 Nov 2022
A Review of Thermochemical Conversion of Waste Biomass to Biofuels
Energies 2022, 15(17), 6352; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15176352 - 31 Aug 2022
A Photovoltaic Technology Review: History, Fundamentals and Applications
Energies 2022, 15(5), 1823; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15051823 - 1 Mar 2022
Hydrogen Storage in Geological Formations—The Potential of Salt Caverns
Energies 2022, 15(14), 5038; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15145038 - 10 Jul 2022
Overview of Demand-Response Services: A Review
Energies 2022, 15(5), 1659; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15051659 - 23 Feb 2022
Winner
Deep-Learning Forecasting Method for Electric Power Load via Attention-Based Encoder-Decoder with Bayesian Optimization
Energies 2021, 14(6), 1596; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14061596 - 13 Mar 2021
Confronting Energy Poverty in Europe: A Research and Policy Agenda
Energies 2021, 14(4), 858; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14040858 - 7 Feb 2021
Nexus between Financial Development, Renewable Energy Consumption, Technological Innovations and CO2 Emissions: The Case of India
Energies 2021, 14(15), 4505; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14154505 - 26 Jul 2021
A Scalable Real-Time Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring System for the Estimation of Household Appliance Power Consumption
Energies 2021, 14(3), 767; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14030767 - 1 Feb 2021
Economic Considerations on Nutrient Utilization in Wastewater Management
Energies 2021, 14(12), 3468; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14123468 - 11 Jun 2021
Impact of the Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electricity Use by Residential Users
Energies 2021, 14(4), 980; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14040980 - 12 Feb 2021
Recent Progress of Organic Photovoltaics with Efficiency over 17%
Energies 2021, 14(14), 4200; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14144200 - 12 Jul 2021
Critical Review of Flywheel Energy Storage System
Energies 2021, 14(8), 2159; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082159 - 13 Apr 2021
Review of Multilevel Inverters for PV Energy System Applications
Energies 2021, 14(6), 1585; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14061585 - 12 Mar 2021
Methane Cracking for Hydrogen Production: A Review of Catalytic and Molten Media Pyrolysis
Energies 2021, 14(11), 3107; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14113107 - 26 May 2021
A Review of DC Microgrid Energy Management Systems Dedicated to Residential Applications
Energies 2021, 14(14), 4308; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14144308 - 17 Jul 2021
Review on Deep Neural Networks Applied to Low-Frequency NILM
Energies 2021, 14(9), 2390; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14092390 - 23 Apr 2021
CdTe-Based Thin Film Solar Cells: Past, Present and Future
Energies 2021, 14(6), 1684; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14061684 - 18 Mar 2021
Bifacial Photovoltaics 2021: Status, Opportunities and Challenges
Energies 2021, 14(8), 2076; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082076 - 8 Apr 2021
Comprehensive Review on Fuel Cell Technology for Stationary Applications as Sustainable and Efficient Poly-Generation Energy Systems
Energies 2021, 14(16), 4963; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14164963 - 13 Aug 2021
Integrated Approach for Wastewater Treatment and Biofuel Production in Microalgae Biorefineries
Energies 2021, 14(8), 2282; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082282 - 19 Apr 2021
