Design, Analysis and Operation of Renewable Energy Systems—2nd Edition
A Special Issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073) belonging to the section "A: Sustainable Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 March 2027 | Viewed by 43
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Interests: hydogen energy storage; solar energy; photovoltaic; wind turbines
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Interests: power-to-X; hydrogen systems; synthetic fuels; energy planning
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The transition toward decentralized, resilient and low-carbon energy infrastructures requires moving beyond standalone renewable energy installations toward deeply integrated, multi-source systems. Hybrid and polygeneration configurations—combining solar (PV/PVT), wind, biomass and heat pump technologies—offer significant potential to overcome resource intermittency, enhance energy self-sufficiency and provide simultaneous electricity, heating and cooling. However, their optimal design, dynamic operational control and techno-economic feasibility present complex engineering and scientific challenges.
Following the success of the first edition, this second edition of the Special Issue aims to provide a dedicated platform for cutting-edge scientific developments in decentralized renewable energy systems, hybrid polygeneration and microgrids. We particularly welcome contributions focusing on dynamic performance simulation, novel system architectures, experimental prototype validation, advanced energy storage integration and multi-criteria optimization.
Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Hybrid and polygeneration renewable systems (integrating PV/PVT, small/building-integrated wind turbines, biomass/gasification and geothermal/heat pump units);
- Microgrid design and operation (both grid-connected and off-grid/islanded microgrids for residential, commercial or isolated communities);
- Energy storage integration and management (battery storage, hydrogen energy storage, thermal energy storage, CAES and hybrid storage systems);
- Dynamic numerical modeling and system simulation (e.g., TRNSYS, transient thermodynamic analysis and computational tool development);
- Techno-economic and environmental assessment (levelized cost of energy, exergy analysis, life cycle assessment and sensitivity studies of distributed energy systems);
- Control, dispatch strategies and multi-objective optimization for mitigating renewable intermittency and maximizing self-consumption;
- Experimental investigations, lab-scale prototypes and real-world case studies of small-scale cogeneration/polygeneration systems.
Both original research articles and comprehensive review papers are warmly invited.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Maciej Żołądek
Dr. Luca Cimmino
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- renewable energy systems
- hybrid energy systems
- energy storage
- wind turbine
- photovoltaics
- polygeneration
- hydrogen energy storage
- energy policy
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