Socio-Technical Scenarios for Energy-Intensive Industries
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2020) | Viewed by 13142
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, energy-intensive industries have been faced with many challenges: Fluctuations in the prices of raw materials and fuels, international financial crises, changes in trade policies, and agreements on ambitious GHG reduction targets are some examples of such challenges. In particular, the GHG reduction target set in Paris will shape the development of energy intensive industries in future years.
It could be expected that “business as usual” would not be possible. On a technological level, there will be a call for radical innovations. On the other side, increasing competition in international markets, policy measures (e.g., aiming to avoid job losses or carbon leakage) as well changes in lifestyle will frame the future of energy-intensive industries.
Taking the links between developments on social, economic, and technical level as well as uncertainties into consideration, there is a need for scenarios focusing on possible pathways for energy-intensive sectors (such as iron and steel, nonferrous metals, cement, basic chemicals, as well as pulp and paper). To assess possible futures of energy intensive industries, this Special Issue, entitled “Sociotechnical Scenarios for Energy-Intensive Industries”, was proposed for the international journal Energies, which is an SSCI and SCIE journal. This Special Issue mainly covers original research and studies related to the abovementioned topic, including research on case studies in individual industries and on the energy-intensive industry as part of the overall economy. We will welcome contributions from different disciplines provided they do not focus only on technological aspects.
Papers selected for this Special Issue are subject to a rigorous peer review procedure with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.
I am writing to invite you to submit your original work to this Special Issue. I look forward to receiving your outstanding research.
Dr. Stefan Vögele
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Sociotechnical scenarios;
- Energy-intensive industry;
- Policy;
- Measures;
- Competition;
- Iron-and steel;
- Nonferrous metals;
- Cement;
- Basic chemicals;
- Pulp and paper.
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