Hybrid Energy Systems: Integration, Innovations, and Strategies for a Sustainable Future
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A: Sustainable Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 September 2026 | Viewed by 1456
Editor
Interests: hybrid energy systems; engineering; aeroelasticity; wind–diesel coupling with storage; wind power; digital fluid mechanics; energy storage; cold climate renewable energy systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid transition toward low-carbon energy systems is driving the increasing deployment of hybrid energy systems that combine multiple renewable sources, storage technologies, and flexible demand. These systems, integrating wind, solar, biomass, hydropower, and emerging technologies such as hydrogen, offer significant advantages in reliability, resilience, and efficiency compared to single-source, primarily diesel, configurations. They are particularly critical in remote, islanded, and weakly interconnected regions, as well as in future power systems with high shares of variable renewable energy.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of recent advances and emerging challenges in hybrid energy systems, covering both technological developments and system-level integration. Contributions about a wide range of topics are invited, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Hybrid system design, modeling, optimization, and control;
- Integration of energy storage technologies;
- Coupling with hydrogen and thermal systems;
- The role of artificial intelligence and data-driven methods in system operation and planning.
Particular emphasis is placed on the operation of hybrid systems under high renewable penetration, where flexibility, reliability, and energy management become key challenges. Topics such as microgrids, multi-energy systems, sector coupling, and hybridization strategies for industrial and remote applications are of special interest. In addition, contributions addressing techno-economic assessment, environmental impact, and policy or regulatory aspects are encouraged, to support the deployment of hybrid systems at scale.
This Special Issue welcomes original research articles, review papers, and case studies that contribute to advancing the understanding and practical implementation of hybrid energy systems. By bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives, this Special Issue aims to identify key research gaps and provide insights into future developments that will support the transition toward sustainable and resilient energy systems.
Prof. Dr. Adrian Ilinca
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hybrid energy systems
- renewable energy integration
- microgrids
- energy storage
- multi-energy systems
- sector coupling
- hydrogen energy
- energy management
- optimization
- artificial intelligence
- smart grids
- remote and islanded systems
- techno-economic analysis
- energy transition
- decarbonization
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