Renewable and Sustainable Energy in Light of Energy Transition Processes
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A: Sustainable Energy".
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Special Issue Editors
Interests: renewable energy; environmental conservation; sustainable energy; pro-ecological technologies
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Interests: renewable energy; sustainable development; low-emission economy; regional analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The subject of this Special Issue is the processes of the global energy transition and the related issues of energy use and production. It should be emphasized that energy in the framework of the energy transition is understood as a fundamental engine of economic development and a factor in improving the quality of life. Reliable access to energy is a key element in economic and social development. Conventional fuel resources are limited and non-renewable, and their use contributes to atmospheric pollution by the emission of greenhouse gases, resulting in ever-increasing global warming. Therefore, it is necessary to intensify the production of energy from renewable energy (RE) sources. Importantly, any type of RE should be sourced sustainably, as this is the only way to achieve the energy transition. The development of RE promotes the creation of a decentralized society, powered by a network of smaller and safer power plants, and the strengthening of local communities.
This Special Issue addresses the current status, potential and prospects for renewable and sustainable energy development in light of energy transition processes. Research is being conducted around the world to improve the various RE sectors. As a result, technologies related to RE production are characterized by increasing energy efficiency, with decreasing costs for their purchase and installation. There are also beneficial socioeconomic aspects of scientific and technological development, such as improved quality of life and new jobs. This Special Issue will present the latest scientific, technical and economic developments in problems of energy transition and renewable and sustainable energy.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Energy transition and determinants of the energy transition processes;
- Energy production, heat, transportation, transformation of economies and social changes;
- Primary fuels, energy, and the renewable energy market;
- Possibilities of RE development;
- Institutional determinants of the RE sector;
- Biomass technology and biofuels applications;
- Biogas and biomethane production;
- Wind energy technology;
- Solar, thermal and photovoltaic technology;
- Hydropower technology, wave, tide, and ocean thermal energies;
- Geothermal technology;
- Hydrogen production and fuel cells;
- Proecological aspects in the energy sector;
- Low-emission economy, decarbonization strategy, prosumers;
- Socio-economic consequences of the development of the RE sector.
Dr. Bartłomiej Igliński
Prof. Dr. Michał Bernard Pietrzak
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- energy transition
- renewable and sustainable energy
- renewable energy sources
- energy conversion
- proecological technologies
- low-emission economy
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