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Energy Security and Energy Transition: Towards Sustainable Energy Systems

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A: Sustainable Energy".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 13 June 2025 | Viewed by 3941

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Prof. Dr. Ričardas Krikštolaitis

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Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Informatics, Vytautas Magnus University, Universiteto g. 10, Kaunas District, LT-53361 Akademija, Lithuania
Interests: data analytics; energy security; risk and reliability analysis
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Dr. Linas Martišauskas

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1. Laboratory of Nuclear Installation Safety, Lithuanian Energy Institute, Breslaujos g. 3, LT-44403 Kaunas, Lithuania
2. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Informatics, Vytautas Magnus University, Universiteto g. 10, Kaunas District, LT-53361 Akademija, Lithuania
Interests: data analytics; energy security analysis; energy system mathematical modelling; sustainable energy; reliability and risk analysis
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The global energy landscape is undergoing a profound transformation driven by the urgent need to address climate change, enhance energy security, and achieve sustainable development goals. This Special Issue seeks to explore the intersection of energy security and the transition to sustainable energy systems. It aims to advance our understanding, propose innovative solutions, and identify strategies that promote energy security while facilitating the transition towards sustainable energy systems. Papers submitted to this Special Issue should address topics related to energy security and energy transition within the context of sustainable energy systems. Potential areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: analysis of energy security strategies; studies on the integration of renewable energy sources into existing energy systems; exploration of initiatives to improve energy access; research on energy efficiency measures and their role in enhancing energy security and sustainability; examination of innovative technologies, such as smart grids, energy storage, and others; analysis of policy frameworks, regulatory mechanisms, and governance structures facilitating the transition to sustainable energy systems while ensuring energy security; investigations into the nexus between energy security, energy transition, and climate change mitigation efforts; case studies, empirical research, and best practice examples highlighting successful approaches to balancing energy security and sustainability objectives.

Prof. Dr. Ričardas Krikštolaitis
Dr. Linas Martišauskas
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Keywords

  • energy security
  • energy transition
  • sustainable energy
  • energy planning
  • energy system modeling

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A Holistic Assessment of Sustainable Energy Security and the Efficiency of Policy Implementation in Emerging EU Economies: A Long-Term Perspective
by Jarosław Brodny, Magdalena Tutak and Wieslaw Wes Grebski
Energies 2025, 18(7), 1767; https://doi.org/10.3390/en18071767 - 1 Apr 2025
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One of the foremost challenges in today’s global economy is ensuring energy security for individual countries and regions. In the contemporary context, this security plays a pivotal role in ensuring sovereignty, fostering innovation, and bolstering competitiveness, particularly in knowledge-based economies. The pursuit of [...] Read more.
One of the foremost challenges in today’s global economy is ensuring energy security for individual countries and regions. In the contemporary context, this security plays a pivotal role in ensuring sovereignty, fostering innovation, and bolstering competitiveness, particularly in knowledge-based economies. The pursuit of energy independence while mitigating adverse environmental impacts stands as a key priority in European Union policy. Efforts towards achieving a zero-carbon economy encompass all member states, including those in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). This paper delves into this pressing issue by evaluating the sustainable energy security and policy efficiency of CEE countries over a 15-year period. This research employed a well-defined methodology, employing a multidimensional approach to address the complexity of the issue. The outcome of this approach was the development of the Sustainable Energy Security Index (SESI) for the countries under study, serving as a benchmark for evaluating energy security and policy effectiveness. Multiple Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) methods, including COPRAS, EDAS, MAIRCA, and the Hurwicz criterion, were utilized to determine the SESI value. Additionally, CRITIC, equal weights, standard deviation methods, and Laplace’s criterion were employed to ascertain the weights of the indices characterizing various dimensions of sustainable energy security. The findings reveal significant disparities in energy security and policy implementation effectiveness among CEE countries. Slovenia, Croatia, Latvia, Romania, and Hungary demonstrated notably strong performance, while Poland and Bulgaria lagged behind. These results underscore the necessity of integrating findings into the energy and climate strategies of both CEE countries and the EU-27 as a whole. Full article
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Towards a Green Transformation: Legal Barriers to Onshore Wind Farm Construction
by Zbysław Dobrowolski, Peter Adamišin, Arkadiusz Babczuk and Sławomir Kotylak
Energies 2025, 18(5), 1271; https://doi.org/10.3390/en18051271 - 5 Mar 2025
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Energy transformation is essential for reducing electricity production costs and building a competitive advantage for each country. Its success relies on balancing environmental goals with the need to maintain secure energy supplies, keep prices at an acceptable level for consumers, and ensure the [...] Read more.
Energy transformation is essential for reducing electricity production costs and building a competitive advantage for each country. Its success relies on balancing environmental goals with the need to maintain secure energy supplies, keep prices at an acceptable level for consumers, and ensure the economy’s competitiveness. Although the literature presents various investment constraints for onshore wind farms, little is known about the regulations that were supposed to protect the natural environment, and in practice, they turned out to be legal constraints on the development of onshore wind farms. This research aims to eliminate this research gap, and identify the legal limitations hindering the development of onshore wind farms, using Poland as a case study. It was examined whether legal provisions aimed at ensuring sustainable development could negatively impact the growth of onshore wind farms. The systematic literature study was supplemented by reviewing documents (available in the Polish Parliament and the Government Legislation Centre) relating to the location policy for onshore wind farms. The findings reveal that unfavourable legal solutions introduced in Poland over nearly a decade have severely obstructed the growth of onshore wind energy. This has led to harmful and measurable effects on society and the economy. Therefore, it is suggested that the creation of energy market regulations should be subject to greater stakeholder oversight. This study fits into the research field on legal barriers, classified as any negative phenomena and processes that do not contribute to achieving assumed goals. Full article
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Analysis of Severe Scarcity Situations in Finland’s Low Carbon Electricity System Until 2030
by Tero Koivunen and Sanna Syri
Energies 2024, 17(23), 5928; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17235928 - 26 Nov 2024
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This paper presents PLEXOS modelling of the Nordic and Baltic low-carbon electricity market until 2030, using a total of 35 different weather years’ (1982–2016) ERAA profiles as inputs for the modelling and focusing on the occurrence of severe electricity scarcity situations in Finland, [...] Read more.
This paper presents PLEXOS modelling of the Nordic and Baltic low-carbon electricity market until 2030, using a total of 35 different weather years’ (1982–2016) ERAA profiles as inputs for the modelling and focusing on the occurrence of severe electricity scarcity situations in Finland, analyzing their duration and depth. The expected development of generation and demand is modelled based on available authoritative sources, such as ENTSO-E TYNDP and national projections. The present amount of nuclear power in Finland and growing amounts of wind and solar generation across the Nordic electricity system are modelled. This study analyzes scarcity situations by calculating residual loads and the expected electricity spot market prices assuming the different weather years with the generation fleet and demand in 2024 and 2030 scenarios. This study finds that, despite the very significantly growing amount of variable renewable generation (42.5 TWh/a increase in wind generation from 2024 to 2030 in Finland only), the frequency and severity of scarcity situations will increase from 2024 to 2030. The main reasons are the retirement of Combined Heat and Power plants and the transition to more electrified district heating in Finland and the expected demand growth. The findings indicate that without further measures Finland is not sufficiently prepared for cold winter periods with high heating and electricity demand and events of serious scarcity can occur. Full article
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Investigating the Nexus Between Energy Transition Reporting Practices and Corporate Efficiency in the European Agri-Food Sector
by Serhiy Zabolotnyy
Energies 2024, 17(21), 5519; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17215519 - 4 Nov 2024
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The research paper investigates the nexus between energy transition reporting practices and corporate efficiency of listed European companies from the agri-food sector. The study relies on key energy-related and financial indicators and logistic regression analysis conducted on 219 EU business entities publishing their [...] Read more.
The research paper investigates the nexus between energy transition reporting practices and corporate efficiency of listed European companies from the agri-food sector. The study relies on key energy-related and financial indicators and logistic regression analysis conducted on 219 EU business entities publishing their financial and non-financial reports between 2004 and 2023. Based on the distribution of financial metrics in the sample, we assumed that entities reporting data on energy transition, either partially or fully, could achieve higher profitability and simultaneously have lower liquidity than non-reporting companies. The panel data model indicated a strong relationship between the reporting status of a business entity, its revenue, and the time variable, demonstrating that the likelihood of providing information on energy transition was associated with the size of a company and increased systemically over time. However, further regression analysis revealed a lack of a persistent, significant relationship between the key financial indicators and the entities’ energy transition reporting status. Considering the substantial changes in the EU regulatory environment associated with introducing CSRD, we conclude that with increasing legal pressure over time, companies will gradually shift towards standardized industry-related reporting practices, resulting in more consistent and transparent evidence of their energy transition strategies. Full article
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