Sustainable Energy Management for a Circular Economy—2nd Edition
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "C: Energy Economics and Policy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 109
Editor
2. General Jonas Zemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, 10223 Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: economic growth; investments; innovations; sustainable development; sector development; energy security; energy efficiency
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Dear Colleagues,
Earth’s primary energy consumption is not diminishing, despite numerous policies and awareness raising efforts. Renewables and hydroelectricity comprise a minor share of overall energy consumption; leading positions still belong to fossil fuels, specifically oil, natural gas and coal. Carbone dioxide emissions remain uncurbed due to the unfavourable composition of this consumed energy mix.
Transitioning towards renewables remains the primary way to halt the deterioration of our planet. Alas, this is not that easy since it requires a change in behavioural attitudes toward energy consumption caused by the increased social responsibility of consumers and industries.
Special attention must be paid to the intersection of the circular economy and the transition towards renewables, which means that the development of renewable energy requires significant amounts of additional resources, specifically land and sea area, financial resources for building and servicing infrastructure (e.g., grids) and rare Earth elements (needed for energy storage in batteries).
Determining how to recycle all equipment needed for the growth of renewable energy, such as obsolete solar panels, wind turbines and batteries, is an issue that still needs to be solved. The transition towards renewable energy is necessary; this process therefore must be thoroughly thought through and implemented using sustainable resource management for a circular economy.
Further research must tackle a wide range of issues related to the transition towards renewable energy, focussing on the challenge of sustainable resource management for a circular economy. We welcome original research articles, reviews, and case studies addressing, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Energy, environment, and sustainable transition;
- Sustainability analysis metrics: theory and applications;
- Distributed energy systems;
- Carbon emissions and utilization;
- Clean energy;
- Energy and climate change;
- Primary resource consumption;
- Barriers to renewable energy expansion;
- Management of energy industry supply;
- Costs of transition towards renewable energy;
- Recycling of solar panels, energy turbines, mills, and batteries;
- Managerial solutions allowing the use of the untapped resources contained in used batteries;
- Technological aspects of solar panels and solar batteries and their economic efficiency.
Prof. Dr. Manuela Tvaronavičienė
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- renewable energy transition
- circular economy
- sustainable resource management
- fossil fuel dependence
- carbon emission reduction
- recycling and waste management
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