Special Issue "Sustainable Energy Transition: Dynamics, Challenges and Prospects"
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2021.
Special Issue Editor
Interests: renewable energy; energy conservation and management; sustainable buildings; energy policy; life cycle analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue on “Sustainable Energy Transition: Dynamics, Challenges, and Prospects” calls for papers covering the important dimensions of the 21st century energy transition.
The world is witnessing an unprecedented energy transition. Given the challenges we are facing—such as growth in energy demand, depleting fossil fuel reserves, increasing greenhouse gas emissions, volatile energy prices, and energy insecurity issues—the global energy scenario is experiencing a paradigm shift in terms of energy resources and their utilization. Historically, the world has seen major energy transition in the form of switchovers from biomass and wood to coal in the 18th century, and from coal to oil and gas in the 20th century. The 21st century energy transition, however, is much more dynamic and multidimensional compared to the earlier ones. With the main focus on sustainability, enormous changes are taking place in terms of energy resources and their utilization, technological and policy advancements, and socioeconomic and political response.
This Special Issue aims to cover the broader dimensions of the ongoing sustainable energy transition. Papers are invited around topics such as energy resources, renewable energy, low carbon technologies, energy efficiency, energy digitalization, distributed energy, hydrogen and fuel cells, electric vehicles, smart energy solutions, smart meter and grids, energy markets, and energy policy. Papers on these topics can have a diverse scope including but not limited to scientific and technological advancements, policy development and implementation, and system application and case studies.
Dr. Muhammad Asif
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- energy
- sustainability
- environment
- economy
- energy resources
- renewable energy
- low carbon technologies
- energy efficiency
- energy digitalization
- distributed energy
- hydrogen and fuel cells
- electric vehicles
- smart energy solutions
- smart meter and grids
- advanced nuclear technologies
- carbon capture and storage
- energy markets
- and energy policy