Optimization and Integrated Design of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Systems
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A: Sustainable Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 November 2025 | Viewed by 31
Special Issue Editor
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the context of the rapid growth of energy demand, global warming and environmental deterioration, the adoption of sustainable and renewable sources of energy has been widely recognized as an approach that is necessary if we are to reform the energy structure of human society towards a decarbonized future. In recent decades, much effort has invested into the development and deployment of various sustainable and renewable energy technologies; however, due to the inherent features of renewable energy, such as intermittence, low density, fluctuation, etc., stand-alone applications of sustainable and renewable energy technology tend to fail to provid reliable and applicable clean energy solutions. The variations in and multiplicity of demand from the user side also pose further difficulties in the application of sustainable and renewable energy technologies. The optimization and integrated design of sustainable and renewable energy systems, in a way that takes into consideration the harmonization of energy supply and demand, therefore play significant roles in the rationalization renewable energy utilization with high levels of reliability, efficiency and resilience.
This Special Issue aims to gather together original research and review articles regarding the optimal integration and coupling of sustainable and renewable energy systems, thereby providing a communication platform for the latest technology advancements, in-depth mechanisms, and future research directions in this sector.
Topics within the scope of this Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:
- Integrated renewable energy systems;
- Multiple energy complementary;
- Integrative energy networks;
- Design optimization and system integration;
- Control optimization and optimal energy dispatching;
- Applications and field tests;
- Energy flexibility and demand-side management;
- Intelligent and data-driven energy management strategies;
- Energy or exergy flow analysis;
- Life cycle analysis or economic assessment;
- Environmental benefit evaluation and carbon footprint analysis.
Prof. Dr. Wenye Lin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- integrated energy systems
- energy management
- energy flexibility
- multiple energy complementary
- design optimization
- optimal energy dispatching
- renewable energy
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