Advanced in Marine Energy Storage Technology
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D: Energy Storage and Application".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 November 2025 | Viewed by 11
Special Issue Editor
Interests: compressed air energy storage (CAES); high-temperature heat pumps; future energy scenarios in the built environment; renewable/distributed energy resources toward low carbon scenarios; industrial energy efficiency; multi-energy complementary systems toward demand-side resilience; carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The accelerating global shift toward marine renewable energy systems necessitates innovative, robust, and sustainable energy storage solutions tailored to the unique challenges of aquatic environments. Marine Energy Storage Technology (MEST) has emerged as a critical enabler for stabilizing offshore power grids, enhancing energy resilience, and unlocking the full potential of ocean-based renewables. Recent breakthroughs in MEST—such as underwater compressed air energy storage (UWCAES), modular flow battery architectures, and AI-optimized energy dispatch—have achieved notable efficiency improvements (e.g., 65–75% round-trip efficiency in hybrid systems), while addressing saltwater corrosion, deep-sea pressure tolerance, and dynamic load management. Despite progress, persistent challenges include material degradation in harsh marine conditions, energy density limitations, system scalability, and ecological impact mitigation.
This Special Issue seeks to advance the frontiers of marine energy storage by curating high-impact research on technological innovations, cross-disciplinary synergies, and field-tested applications. We invite submissions addressing novel materials, system designs, operational strategies, and integration frameworks that bridge marine engineering, electrochemistry, and digital intelligence.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Underwater compressed air energy storage
- Flexible gas/liquid storage technology
- Materials for low-permeability flexible gas storage membranes
- Underground/underwater reservoir dynamics and geomechanically modeling
- Corrosion-resistant materials and protective coatings for marine environments
- Pressure-adaptive energy storage modules and underwater containment structures
- Thermal management and waste heat utilization in offshore systems
- AI/ML-driven predictive maintenance and energy management systems
- Marine-compatible hydrogen storage and power-to-gas solutions.
Dr. Changchun Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- compressed air energy storage
- oil & gas storage
- thermal energy storage
- flexible gas storage technology
- hydrogen storage
- AI/ML-based control
- renewable energy integration
- efficient energy conversion
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