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Novel Research on Renewable Power and Hydrogen Generation
edited by
submission deadline 16 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5439 | 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 254 | 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 87 | 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 22661 | 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 9468 | 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 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8177 | 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 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7867 | 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)
Advanced Clean Coal Technology
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5081 | 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)
Renewable Energy Integration into Agricultural and Food Engineering
edited by and Alaika Kassim
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5056 | 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)
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 4286 | 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 3934 | 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 3301 | 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)
Hydrogen Production: Technical-Economic, Upscaling, and Industrialization Perspectives for Sustainable and Secure Energy Production
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2853 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogen production; green hydrogen; renewable-powered electrolysis; steam methane reforming (SMR) with CCUS; methane pyrolysis; artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning (ML); process optimization; predictive analytics and maintenance in hydrogen production; hydrogen production optimization and life cycle assessments; sustainable energy transition; carbon capture; utilization; and storage; carbon management and decarbonization; infrastructure development enabling hydrogen production; techno-economic analysis; industrial scale hydrogen production; upscaling challenges; industrialization
(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)
Fault Detection and Diagnosis Applications for Electric Vehicles and Power Electronics
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2580 | 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 Efficiency and Thermal Performance in Buildings
edited by , , Honglian Li and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2401 | 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)
Financial Development and Energy Consumption Nexus—Third Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2374 | 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)
Energy Modeling and Efficiency Optimization for Sustainable Building Systems
edited by Liang Zhang and Jianli Chen
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2146 | 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)
Nuclear Engineering and Nuclear Fuel Safety
edited by Maosong Cheng
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2143 | Submission Open
Keywords: nuclear engineering; nuclear fuel safety; accident-tolerant fuels (ATFs); small modular reactors (SMRs); integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and computational modeling; closed fuel cycles and advanced reprocessing; passive safety systems and advanced cooling technologies; generation IV reactors
(This special issue belongs to the Section B4: Nuclear Energy)
Advances in Stability Analysis and Control of Power Systems: 2nd Edition
edited by , and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1803 | 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 Khalil Kassmi
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1678 | 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)
Development and Validation of Phase Change Materials for Energy Storage
edited by and John Calautit
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1582 | Submission Open
Keywords: phase change material; molecular dynamics; AI; energy storage
(This special issue belongs to the Section G2: Phase Change Materials for Energy Storage)
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 1538 | 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
Assessment of Energy and Electricity Market: Trends and Future Perspectives
edited by Jaroslav Petráš
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1484 | 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)
Energy Security, Transition, and Sustainable Development
edited by Zhihua Chen
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1450 | 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 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 1370 | 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)
Advanced Load Forecasting Technologies for Power Systems
edited by and Young-Min Wi
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1333 | Submission Open
Keywords: load forecasting; machine learning; renewable energy; advanced forecasting model
(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
Bio-Waste to Energy and Added Value Products—Challenges and Opportunities: 2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1309 | 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)
Advancing Oil and Gas Resource Exploration, Extraction, and Utilization for Sustainability
edited by Chaofan Zhu, and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1252 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1250 | 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)
Wind Power Generation and Wind Energy Utilization
edited by Yingying Zheng and Yongning Zhao
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1135 | 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)
Advanced Heating and Cooling Technologies for Sustainable Buildings submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1008 | Submission Open
Keywords: heating; cooling; building sector; decarbonization; novel heat pumps
(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
Reliability of Power Electronics Devices and Converter Systems: 2nd Edition
edited by Jun Wang, Jun Zhang, Kun Tan, and Hengyu Yu
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1001 | Submission Open
Keywords: power device; power converter; reliability
(This special issue belongs to the Section F3: Power Electronics)
Novel Approaches in Waste Heat Recovery for District Heating Integration
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 961 | 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)
Advances in Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage (CCUS)
edited by , Hongsheng Wang and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 901 | 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)
Wood-Based Bioenergy: 2nd Edition submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 872 | 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)
Proton-Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells and Water Electrolysis
edited by , Ze Zhou and
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 805 | Submission Open
Keywords: fuel cells; water electrolysis; electrolyzers; hydrogen
(This special issue belongs to the Section D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors)
Optimized Production of Bioenergy, Biofuels, and Biogas
edited by David Bessières
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 731 | 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 665 | 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 610 | 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)
Grid-Forming Converters in Power Systems
edited by Yunhui Huang
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 576 | 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)
Advances in Power System and Green Energy submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 552 | 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)
Numerical Study of Waste and Exhaust Heat Recovery
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 502 | 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)
Power Electronic System Control and Energy Power Conversion Technology
edited by , Xiaoqiang Li and Zhan Shen
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 407 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy power system; power electronic equipment; stability; modeling and simulation; intelligent control strategy
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Novel Research in Hydrogen System Optimization and Supply Chain Model submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 353 | Submission Open
Keywords: green hydrogen production and storage; alkaline and PEM technologies; hydrogen refueling stations; hard-to-abate sectors; supply chain; integrated power and hydrogen systems; modeling; control; and optimization; infrastructure planning; AI and machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)
Thermal-Related Issues of Li-Ion Batteries and Solutions
edited by Rui Zhao
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open
Keywords: Li-ion battery; thermal management; thermal characterization; battery safety and testing; battery performance evaluation and improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)
Advanced Thermal Management Systems for E-mobility
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open
Keywords: electric mobility; thermal management; BTMS; in-cabin climate; battery cooling techniques; Simulink; battery thermal efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
Energy Transition and Economic Growth
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 275 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy transition; economic development; renewable energy; fossil fuels energy; technological innovation; green investments; carbon emission; energy efficiency; productivity; employment; income inequality; energy policy
(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
Artificial Intelligence in Modern Power and Energy Systems submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; deep learning; reinforcement learning; LLM; generative AI; smart grid; energy system; power system
(This special issue belongs to the Section F5: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy)
Advanced Thermal Energy Storage and Control Strategies for Integrated Energy Systems
edited by Zahra Hajabdollahi Ouderji
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 262 | 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)
Electrochemical Energy Storage in Metal-Ion Batteries and Supercapacitors
edited by
submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 245 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrochemical energy storage; metal-ion battery; metal-air battery; supercapacitor; electric double-layer capacitor; pseudo-capacitor; hybrid capacitor; electrode; electrolyte; binder; structural design and optimization; performance analysis; management and control; modeling; hybrid system and integration; energy storage mechanisms; energy density; power density; energy storage systems; technoeconomic and market analyses; prognostic and health management; AI and optimization algorithms in electrochemical energy
(This special issue belongs to the Section D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors)
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