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Next-Generation Electric Vehicles: Advances in Powertrains and Charging Systems submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open
Keywords: electric vehicle grid integration; vehicle-to-grid (V2G) control; dynamic stability of power electronic converters; advanced control strategies for renewable energy systems; real-time simulation and digital twin for EV-grid interaction
(This special issue belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
Advances in Nuclear Engineering Technologies
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 298 | Submission Open
Keywords: nuclear engineering; nuclear energy; heat transfer; advanced reactors; nuclear safety; nuclear fuel; nuclear safety
(This special issue belongs to the Section B4: Nuclear Energy)
Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes
edited by and Zheng Grace Ma
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy efficiency; energy industry; energy management; renewable energy systems
Smart Energy Solutions with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; smart grid; intelligent energy management; AI-driven
(This special issue belongs to the Section F5: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy)
Power Systems: Stability Analysis and Control
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open
Keywords: power system stability; frequency and voltage control; power electronic-interfaced systems; multi-time-scale dynamics; grid-forming control; nonlinear system analysis; HVDC and FACTS; coordinated control strategies; renewable energy integration; energy storage systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
Advanced Energy and Electronic Materials
edited by and Zhiyang Jin
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy materials; electronic materials; energy storage; photovoltaics; batteries; semiconductors; nanomaterials; material engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Towards Smart and Flexible Distribution Grids: Enhancing Hosting Capacity and Energy Sharing in Decentralized Energy Systems submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy sources; electric vehicles; vehicle-to-X; renewable energy communities; hosting capacity; flexibility services; smart distribution networks
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Smart Control Strategies for Modern Electric Drives and Power Converters submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrical drives; power converters; new control algorithms; artificial intelligence; optimization and estimation; diagnostics; monitoring; and maintenance; innovative hardware solutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
The Role of Battery Energy Storage in Electricity Markets submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery energy storage; electricity markets; grid integration; renewable energy; energy storage systems; system services; market regulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
Intelligent Control and Energy Management in Smart Grids for the Energy Transition
edited by Abdellatif Elmouatamid
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI and ML-based forecasting; control; and decision-making; energy management in microgrids and virtual power plants; demand-side management and dynamic pricing mechanisms; cyber-physical security and resilience in intelligent grids; real-time optimization and control of energy resources; multi-agent and distributed control architectures; edge/fog/cloud computing for energy data analytics; integration of electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage; grid-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-grid; decision support systems for grid operators
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Novel Research on Renewable Power and Hydrogen Generation
edited by
submission deadline 16 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6167 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy technologies; solar energy; wind energy; bioenergy; hydrogen energy; hydrogen generation; fuel cells
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Electrocatalysis and Hydrogen Technologies: Innovative Pathways for Sustainable Energy
edited by
submission deadline 16 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 274 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrocatalyst; hydrogen production; water electrolysis; fuel cells; electrochemical energy storage; renewable energy conversion; catalyst stability and durability
(This special issue belongs to the Section D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors)
Advances in Hydrogen Production and Hydrogen Storage, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 17 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogen; liquid hydrogen; hydrogen production; hydrogen liquefication; hydrogen storage; thermal management; liquid hydrogen heat and mass transfer
(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)
Advances and Optimization of Electric Energy System—2nd Edition
edited by , and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 15 articles | Viewed by 25695 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy management; demand response; vehicle-to-grid (V2G); integrated energy systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Studies on Clean and Sustainable Energy Utilization
edited by , and Chen Sun
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 10741 | Submission Open
Keywords: waste-to-energy (WtE); pollution control; smart system for energy utilization; resource recovery from waste; sustainable and clean energy; CO2 capture; utilization; and storage
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Study for Heat Transfer
edited by , Kuang C. Lin and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10084 | Submission Open
Keywords: heat transfer; fluid flow; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); numerical heat transfer; convection; power engineering; heat exchanger; boilers; aerodynamic heating; combustion; cooling; multi-physics; multi-scales; machine learning; artificial intelligence (AI)
(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)
Machine Learning in Renewable Energy Resource Assessment submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9746 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning applications in renewable energy resource assessment; advanced ML techniques for renewable energy forecasting; data-driven models for wind; solar; hydrogen; bioenergy; geothermal; hydropower; and marine energy production as well as optimization; machine learning for integrating renewable resources into energy grids; policy; strategy; and low-carbon technology through AI/ML
(This special issue belongs to the Section L: Energy Sources)
Renewable Energy Integration into Agricultural and Food Engineering
edited by and Alaika Kassim
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7631 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; food processing; cooling; drying; supply chain decarbonization; renewable-powered machinery; solar energy; wind energy; biomass energy; bioenergy; hydrogen energy; energy-efficient equipment; cold chain management; solar drying; sustainable agriculture; climate-smart farming
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Advanced Clean Coal Technology
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5866 | Submission Open
Keywords: coal; clean coal technologies; gasification; combustion; pyrolysis; hydrogenation; carbon dioxide capture and storage; life cycle analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section H: Geo-Energy)
Innovations in Biomass Conversion, Biorefinery, and Energy Utilization: Modeling, Optimization, and Industrial Applications
edited by Frederico G Fonseca and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5844 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass conversion; biorefinery; energy utilization; modeling and optimization; sustainable energy systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Advances in Hydrogen Production in Renewable Energy Systems submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5069 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy storage systems; hydrogen production; renewable energy; hydrogen economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)
Power Electronics Technologies for Aerospace Applications submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3444 | Submission Open
Keywords: power electronics; power converters; control; monitoring; power management; wide-bandgap (WBG) devices; energy storage technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section F3: Power Electronics)
Energy Efficiency and Thermal Performance in Buildings
edited by , , Honglian Li and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3442 | Submission Open
Keywords: building thermal engineering; outdoor meteorological parameters; indoor thermal environment; thermal comfort; thermo-hygro-physical parameters of building materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
Fault Detection and Diagnosis Applications for Electric Vehicles and Power Electronics
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3074 | Submission Open
Keywords: fault detection and diagnosis; initial fault detection; neural network-based classification systems; data and signal processing; deep neural networks; transfer learning; mathematical modeling; fault-tolerant control; estimation theory
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Energy Modeling and Efficiency Optimization for Sustainable Building Systems
edited by Liang Zhang and Jianli Chen
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2884 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable building systems; AI in energy modeling; smart building controls; renewable energy integration; urban-scale energy modeling; HVAC optimization; digital twins in buildings; climate adaptation in buildings
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Financial Development and Energy Consumption Nexus—Third Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2848 | Submission Open
Keywords: financing of sustainable energy sector development; responsible financing of energy sector; financing of renewables; financing of energy transition; risks; returns; and investment across energy sectors; climate change mitigation and energy investments; financial measures to promote renewables and energy efficiency; financial measures to promote energy security; financial measures to promote energy affordability; modelling and forecasting of energy consumption
(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
Advances in Computational Intelligence for Control, Estimation, and Optimization in Power Systems, Electrical Machines, and Renewable Energy Systems submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2419 | Submission Open
Keywords: computational intelligence; artificial neural networks; fuzzy logic systems; genetic algorithms; swarm intelligence; intelligent control; state estimation; system identification; electrical drives and motor control; power electronics and converters; renewable energy systems (wind; solar; hybrid); smart grid technologies; energy storage optimization; electric vehicles and transportation electrification; microgrids and distributed generation; power system stability and forecasting; model predictive control; fault detection and diagnostics; data-driven energy management
Advances in Stability Analysis and Control of Power Systems: 2nd Edition
edited by , and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2334 | Submission Open
Keywords: stability analysis; nonlinear system theory; interaction mechanism; multi-time scale interaction; wide-band oscillation; stability control; damping control; distributed cooperative control; inertia support; frequency and voltage stability control; data-driven control
(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
Solar Energy Applications: Thermal and Photovoltaic Opportunities and Challenges
edited by Olivier Deblecker and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2185 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; solar photovoltaic and thermal systems; energy storage systems; maximum power point tracking (MPPT) techniques; hybrid renewable energy systems; sustainable energy technologies; clean and sustainable energy solutions; applications: solar desalination technologies; solar cooking and food preservation; solar thermal refrigeration and drying; solar irrigation systems; off-grid and rural energy solutions; agriculture and solar energy; transportation and solar energy; solar power integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section A2: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems)
Advances in Power System and Green Energy submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1953 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart grid; renewable energy integration; energy storage; sustainable grids; power system resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Assessment of Energy and Electricity Market: Trends and Future Perspectives
edited by Jaroslav Petráš
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1919 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy integration; smart grids; energy policy; energy and electricity market trends; future perspective in energy and electricity market
(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
Bio-Waste to Energy and Added Value Products—Challenges and Opportunities: 2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1916 | Submission Open
Keywords: bio-waste characteristics and properties; bio-waste management from the municipal; agriculture; and food industry sector; fermentative methane and hydrogen production form bio-waste; biodiesel and bioethanol production; thermal transformation (gasification; pyrolysis; combustion; plasma technologies); bio-waste based multi-product biorefinery technologies; energy and material recycling form bio-waste; bio-waste recovery; circular economy in the bio-waste sector; bio-waste in fertilization and the animal feed sector; high-added value products form bio-waste; modelling and optimization in bio-waste processing; life cycle costing (LCC) and life cycle assessment (LCA) in bio-waste management
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Energy Security, Transition, and Sustainable Development
edited by Zhihua Chen
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1872 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy security; energy transition; energy supply chain; sustainable development; renewable energy; energy policy; climate change; low-carbon technologies; energy efficiency; socioeconomic impact
(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
Advanced Load Forecasting Technologies for Power Systems
edited by and Young-Min Wi
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1785 | Submission Open
Keywords: load forecasting; machine learning; renewable energy; advanced forecasting model
(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
Advancing Oil and Gas Resource Exploration, Extraction, and Utilization for Sustainability
edited by Chaofan Zhu, and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1708 | Submission Open
Keywords: oil and gas resources; exploration; extraction; utilization; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section H1: Petroleum Engineering)
Energy Transition: Interaction of Gas/Hydrogen and Electricity Systems
edited by and Venizelos Venizelou
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1676 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy transition; decarbonization; hydrogen integration; power-to-gas; energy storage; gas-hydrogen-electricity interaction; policy and regulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Advanced Structural Health Monitoring for Energy Performance and Safety in Marine Renewable Systems
edited by Mingqiang Xu, and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1643 | Submission Open
Keywords: structural health monitoring; marine structure; renewable energy system; dynamic response analysis; damage detection; safety assessment; system identification; machine learning; energy performance monitoring; condition-based maintenance; digital twin; lifetime energy output; offshore operation optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Wind Power Generation and Wind Energy Utilization
edited by Yingying Zheng and Yongning Zhao
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1547 | Submission Open
Keywords: wind energy analytics; predictive maintenance; machine learning; digital twin; advanced sensor systems; SCADA data integration; structural health monitoring; grid stability
(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
Challenges and Innovations in Stability and Control of Power Systems
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1454 | Submission Open
Keywords: power system modelling and simulation; power system stability and control; transient stability; voltage stability; and frequency stability; wide-area monitoring systems (WAMS); renewable energy integration; grid resilience and smart grid technologies; grid modernization and machine learning for grid stability; real-time control and monitoring; power system dynamics; microgrids and distributed generation; inverter-based resources (IBRs); FACTS and HVDC technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
Advanced Heating and Cooling Technologies for Sustainable Buildings submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1380 | Submission Open
Keywords: heating; cooling; building sector; decarbonization; novel heat pumps
(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
Advanced Thermal Energy Storage and Control Strategies for Integrated Energy Systems
edited by Zahra Hajabdollahi Ouderji
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1373 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal energy storage (TES); advanced control strategies; integrated energy systems; energy optimization; system integration; dynamic control systems; smart energy management; renewable energy integration; energy efficiency; sustainable energy systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
Advances in Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage (CCUS)
edited by , Hongsheng Wang and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1355 | Submission Open
Keywords: CCUS; CO2 storage/sequestration; CO2 transport; CO2 capture; modeling; machine learning; risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section H: Geo-Energy)
Novel Approaches in Waste Heat Recovery for District Heating Integration
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1212 | Submission Open
Keywords: waste heat recovery; energy efficiency; district heating systems; heat pumps; thermal storage; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Grid-Forming Converters in Power Systems
edited by Yunhui Huang
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1126 | Submission Open
Keywords: grid-forming converters; modeling; design; stability analysis; control strategy; standard; applications; optimization techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
Proton-Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells and Water Electrolysis
edited by , Ze Zhou and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1091 | Submission Open
Keywords: fuel cells; water electrolysis; electrolyzers; hydrogen
(This special issue belongs to the Section D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors)
Wood-Based Bioenergy: 2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 975 | Submission Open
Keywords: wood biomass; wood valorization; bioenergy; biofuel and biofuel applications; advanced bioenergy applications; wood thermochemical modification; calorific/energetic value; sustainability of wood bioenergy; bioenergy and climate change and greenhouse gas emissions
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Optimized Production of Bioenergy, Biofuels, and Biogas
edited by David Bessières
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 971 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater treatment; biodiesel; biohydrogen; anaerobic digestion; biochar; biogas upgrading
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Control and Fault Diagnosis of Multi-Energy Complementary Power Generation System
edited by Fengjiao Wu and Bin Wang
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 785 | Submission Open
Keywords: water– wind– solar complementary power generation system; renewable power systems; optimization scheduling and operation of cascade hydropower stations; condition monitoring; vibration trend prediction; fault diagnosis; joint optimization; control strategy; full lifecycle assessment; deep learning; transfer learning; AI applications; big data
(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
Design, Modelling and Analysis for Wireless Power Transfer Systems
edited by , Ce Wang and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 781 | Submission Open
Keywords: wireless power transfer; ambient energy harvesting; rectenna; antenna; rectifier; simultaneous wireless information and power transfer
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Numerical Study of Waste and Exhaust Heat Recovery
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 714 | Submission Open
Keywords: waste heat recovery; exhaust heat recovery; numerical modeling; computational fluid dynamics; optimization; thermal analysis; thermoeconomics; industrial applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)
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