I: Energy Economics and Policy
A section of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Section Information
Energy policy is the manner in which a given entity (governments, industry groups, businesses) address issues of energy development, production, distribution, and consumption. This Section also provides a forum for communicating recent advances in energy policy, economics and innovation aspects of economics and policy of energy supply, trading, delivery and consumption, combining expertise in innovation theory, energy system organisations and institutions, and the wider policy and regulatory context of energy. Topics of interest comprise, but are not limited to, the following: Download Section Flyer
- Energy finance and energy markets
- Economic models
- Costs and pricing of renewable resources (oil, natural gas, etc.)
- Power transmission
- Business models
- Carbon/electricity markets
- Energy demand and supply
- Energy demand management
- Energy supply chain management
- Energy supply security and reliability
- Analysis and forecasting of electric power/natural gas/coal/fuels/petroleum products
- Sustainable energy transition
- Decarbonization
- Innovation challenges in the energy sector and its industries
- Transition in energy systems, electricity, and energy infrastructure
- Renewable energy sources
- Energy justice and wellbeing
- Energy and environmental economics/policy
- Emissions trading (SO2, CO2)
- Carbon sequestration and storage
- Lifecycle carbon assessment
- Renewable resource assessment
- Climate change mitigation and adaptation
- Regulatory changes and innovations
- Energy policy
- Energy policy-making (bioenergy, climate, etc.)
- Emerging policy issues
- Energy law and regulation
- Energy generation, storage, distribution and use
- Energy cost and affordability
- Energy efficiency
- Energy use in critical industries
- New and emerging technologies influencing energy production or consumption
- Relationships between energy and economic development
- Energy and national development
- Energy and urban development
- Economic growth and sustainable energy production (electricity/coal/household, etc.)
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Sustainable Development, Energy Economics and Economic Analysis (Deadline: 6 July 2022)
- Energy Economic Development in Europe (Deadline: 10 July 2022)
- Accelerating Renewable Energy Transitions: The Enabling Role of Data-Driven Technologies in Environmental Innovations and Policy and Governance Processes (Deadline: 10 July 2022)
- Studies on Transport Phenomena in Energy Systems (Deadline: 15 July 2022)
- Public Policies and Development of Renewable Energy (Deadline: 20 July 2022)
- New Insights into Energy Economics (Deadline: 22 July 2022)
- Financial Energy in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (Deadline: 28 July 2022)
- Policy and Economic Analysis of Sustainable Energy Transition and Mobility (Deadline: 29 July 2022)
- The Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Energy Economics and Markets in Central and Eastern Europe (Deadline: 29 July 2022)
- Industry 4.0 and Social and Economic Development in the Aspect of Sustainable Development: Relations in EC Countries (Deadline: 29 July 2022)
- New Challenges in Energy and Environmental Economics (Deadline: 29 July 2022)
- Economic and Social Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Energy Sector (Deadline: 30 July 2022)
- Financial Development and Energy Consumption Nexus (Deadline: 30 July 2022)
- Carbon Neutrality in BRICS Economies (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Sustainability Promotion of the Energy Sector (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Energy Management: Economic, Social, and Ecological Aspects (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Advances in Management of Energy Sector Enterprises: Directions, Challenges, Opportunities, Threats and Pitfalls (Deadline: 1 August 2022)
- Technical, Economic and Managerial Aspects of the Energy Transition (Deadline: 2 August 2022)
- Fire Behavior of Composite Materials for Aeronautical Applications: From Science to Policy (Deadline: 10 August 2022)
- Technical and Economic Analysis of Electricity Markets (Deadline: 10 August 2022)
- Economic Analysis and Policies for the Environment, Natural Resources and Energy (Deadline: 15 August 2022)
- Sustainable Energy Policy and Regulation: Latest Advances and Prospects (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Energy Policy, Regulation and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 30 August 2022)
- International Energy Trade and the Global Economic System (Deadline: 30 August 2022)
- Energy and Economic Systems: National Accounting Perspectives (Deadline: 30 August 2022)
- Economics and Finance of Energy and Climate Change (Deadline: 30 August 2022)
- Social Perceptions and Acceptance as Challenge for the Development of Fuels in a Carbon Circular Economy (Deadline: 30 August 2022)
- COVID-19-Pandemic, Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss - System Crisis Events and Their Impact on Energy Economics and Policy in Central Europe (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Financing Renewable Energy in the Energy Market (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Challenges and Research Trends on the Contemporary Consumer Market of Energy and Other Products (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Challenges in Renewable Energy Systems and Electricity Generation: Market, Economics, and Technology (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- The Use of the Internet of Things, Big Data, Smart Solutions for Household Energy Management (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Petroleum Economics and Policy (Deadline: 10 September 2022)
- Renewable Energy Systems for Energy Communities (Deadline: 15 September 2022)
- Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy in Electricity Market (Deadline: 15 September 2022)
- The Future of Smart Local Energy System (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Forecasting and Decision Support Systems for Energy Market Development (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Consumers' Behavioral Economics in Energy Transition (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Optimal Investment Analysis of Renewable Energy (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Challenges in the Energy Sector and Sustainable Growth (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Managing Energy Sector Enterprises: Challenges, Methods and Research Trends (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Management Challenges Facing Renewable Energy: An Operational and Strategic Approach (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Optimal Scheduling of Flexible Resources in Modern Energy Markets (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Sustainable Finance in Energy Sectors (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Economic Energy Efficiency of Sustainable Agricultural Production (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Green Finance and Energy Efficiency Investment in Achieving Carbon Neutrality (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- The Impacts of Energy Markets and Security on Decarbonisation towards Carbon-Neutral 2060 (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Energy Market in the European Union: Consumption, Prices and Renewable Energy (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Advanced Risk Analysis and Short-Term Forecast Model for Global Energy Market (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Advances in Energy Market Research (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Corporate Reputation in Times of Accelerated Digitization and Low-Carbon Economy (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- A Sustainable Approach to Energy Management in the Supply Chain (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Challenges and Opportunities for the Sustainable Energy Economy (Deadline: 7 October 2022)
- Sustainable Development, Energetic Policies in the Context of the Global Crisis (Deadline: 10 October 2022)
- Emerging Technologies and Methods for Future Energy Markets (Deadline: 14 October 2022)
- Economy, Social Policy and Forecast Analysis in Energy Industry (Deadline: 15 October 2022)
- Advances in Energy and Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Policy (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Modeling and Analysis of Energy Systems and Sustainable Energy Transition (Deadline: 22 October 2022)
- Sustainable Energy Finance and Green Economy (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Challenges and Research Trends of Energy Business and Management (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Economic and Environmental Analysis for Green Energy Policies: National, Regional and Local Level (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Policy and Economics Analysis of Renewable Energy Sources and Bioenergy (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Available Energy and Environmental Economics (Deadline: 1 November 2022)
- Renewable Energy in Electricity Markets: Current Situation and Future Perspectives (Deadline: 1 November 2022)
- Energy and Environmental Impact of Online Car Hailing (Deadline: 6 November 2022)
- Energy Efficiency Technologies and Policies for Productive Sectors: Environmental, Economic, and Social – Related Implications (Deadline: 10 November 2022)
- Energy and Environmental Efficiency of Regional Economics (Deadline: 10 November 2022)
- Conditions and Changes in Energy Consumption (Deadline: 10 November 2022)
- Advances in Marketing Researches for Sustainable Development of Energy Economic (Deadline: 10 November 2022)
- Challenges in Energy Markets in Poland: Economics, Technology, and Policy (Deadline: 10 November 2022)
- New Insights into Circular Economy and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- New Insights into Energy Economics and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 18 November 2022)
- Energy Economics and Policies towards Sustainable Energy Generation (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Digitization of Energy Supply and Demand Sides (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Models and Directions of Education in Technical and Technological Aspects of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Finance and Economics of Energy Transition (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- New Trends in the European Energy Sector: Legal, Economic and Policy Aspects (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Economic Analysis of Coping with Energy Consumption and Climate Change (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Economic Impacts of Renewable Energy Developments (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- Energy Economics: Markets, Pricing and Policies (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- Investment Analysis of Renewable Energy (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- Alternative Energy Policy II (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Successful Deployment of Renewable Energies (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Electricity Markets: Modelling, Simulation and Analysis (Deadline: 24 December 2022)
- Green Economics and Sustainable Management of Energy Sources (Deadline: 28 December 2022)
- Smart Innovations in the Energy Markets: Past, Present and the Future (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Carbon Neutrality through Green Innovations – the Role of the Renewable Energy (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Markets and Distributed Resources for Modern Power Systems (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Energy Communities Implementation (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Economics and Management in Extractive and Energy Industry (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Affordable Clean Energy: Methodological Aspects of Its Evaluation (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Knowledge and Project Management Peculiarities in Energy Sources and Energy Consumption (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Energy Market Participants - Economic and Legal Aspects (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Opening of Electricity Markets to Distributed Resources: Numerical Models and Real Implementation (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Opportunities and Challenges in Creating a Sustainable and Resilient Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Future (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Negawatt Trading in the Energy Market: Implementation Challenges and Prospects (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Transformation of Energy Systems: From the Perspective of Climate and Energy Policies (Deadline: 10 January 2023)
- Economic Policy and Renewable Energy (Deadline: 25 January 2023)
- Achieving Sustainable Development Goals through Energy and Financial Efficiency (Deadline: 26 January 2023)
- Willingness to Pay Studies and Energy Use (Deadline: 26 January 2023)
- Industrial Revolution 4.0 Focused Automation Using Blockchain Technologies in Renewable Energy Harvest (Deadline: 27 January 2023)
- Industrial Chain, Supply Chain and Value Chain in the Energy Industry: Opportunities and Challenges (Deadline: 1 February 2023)
- Energy Sources and Financial Markets (Deadline: 20 February 2023)
- COVID-19 Pandemics: Energy, Economic, Environmental, Social, Policy and Health Impacts (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Designing New Business Models and Decision Support Tools for Electricity Aggregators (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Impacts of Uncertainty on Energy and Socio-Economic Environment: Challenges and Opportunities (Deadline: 10 March 2023)
- Energy Economics and Environmental Policy in the Electricity Market (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Energy and Environment, Society and Governance (ESG) (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Energy Saving Manufacturing System Optimization (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Sustainability and Corporate Governance Disclosure in Non-Financial Reporting in Energies Companies (Deadline: 9 June 2023)
- Behavioral Models for Energy With Applications II (Deadline: 4 July 2023)
- Accelerating the Digital Economy, Energy Consumption through Blockchain Technology, and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 12 July 2023)
- Energy Economics and Environment: Exploring the Linkages (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
