Energy Consumption and Smart Cities
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "G1: Smart Cities and Urban Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (27 August 2023) | Viewed by 5957
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy and environment, supply chain and logistics; digital economy; industrial management; sustainability
Interests: renewable energy technologies; energy and environment; business and finance models in renewable energy; design and implementation of renewable energy technologies; innovative supply chain models in energy business; management accounting and project management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The need for energy storage in the energy system is well recognized. Energy storage provides benefits through flexibility and the possibility of better linking of various energy and economic sectors. Smart cities require energy that includes non-traditional energy generation technologies and energy storage methods. The variations of output from alternative energy generating methods combined with the desire to utilize energy sources more efficiently have led to the emergence of energy storage mechanisms in smart cities. Smart cities incorporate the use of information communication technology (ICT) to promote integrated and sustainable development in urban areas. Furthermore, smart cities aim at the migration towards more innovative, competitive, and resilient cities. Smart cities strongly relate to people engaging with ICT tools and a common vision of sustainability. The relationship between energy and smart cities include but is not limited to technology integration: smart sensors for lighting control, smart and flexible energy storage, the smart sensor for environmental monitoring (gas, rain, and wastewater management, emissions, and water consumption).
Moreover, smart cities promote citizen engagement: in energy management utilizing smart sensors in the house for energy consumption control and external control based on digitalization of services as well as real-time monitoring of the whole energy infrastructure by smart and integrated mobility solutions. Smart energy technologies have become a key component of many viable energy systems in addressing the sustainability needs of smart cities to be less carbon-intensive and to create resilient energy systems. The rise of energy storage’s ability to make distributed energy systems more flexible, less carbon-intensive, and more resilient is shaping how smart energy solutions can support the sustainability needs of integrated smart city technology and the creation of innovative energy storage systems. One of the main objectives of a smart city is community engagement with energy management. When information regarding energy systems (energy consumption, energy prices, goals, incentives, and energy efficiency) is accessible for the community in real-time, householders start developing their energy strategies.
The Special Issue brings together the following themes:
- Energy storage applications within smart cities
- Drivers and barriers of energy storage
- Energy storage and low carbon energy consumption
- Business models of energy storage in smart cities
- Smart cities technology and energy consumption behaviour
- Energy storage and integrated energy systems
- Energy policies and smart cities
- Energy policies and deployment of energy storage systems
Dr. Ahm Shamsuzzoha
Dr. Adebayo Agbejule
Dr. Emmanuel Ndzibah
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- energy storage
- low carbon energy consumption
- smart cities
- energy consumption behaviour
- energy policies
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