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Research on Security and Data Protection for Energy Systems submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12251 | Submission Open
Keywords: cybersecurity of energy systems; smart grids; machine learning for cybersecurity; cyberattacks and intrusion detection methods; Internet of Things; unmanned vehicles; cryptography; blockchain; threat intelligence; cybersecurity challenges and opportunities
(This special issue belongs to the Section F5: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy)
Catalytic Hydrogen Production and Hydrogen Energy Utilization
edited by
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8557 | Submission Open
Keywords: catalytic hydrogen production; hydrogen energy utilization; electrolytic hydrogen; hydrogen storage; fuel cells; renewable energy integration; hydrogen combustion; materials and catalysts; hydrogen safety and environmental aspects; IoT; AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)
Advances in Bioenergy and Waste-to-Energy Technologies submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8460 | Submission Open
Keywords: waste biomass; waste-to-energy; renewable energy; thermochemical process; biochemical conversion
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Heat Pumps for the New Generation of Sustainable Buildings: Future Trends and Aspects
edited by Matteo Dongellini and
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6435 | Submission Open
Keywords: air-source heat pumps; ground-source heat pumps; dual-source heat pumps; hybrid heat pumps; thermodynamic cycle; heat pump components; environmentally friendly refrigerants; heat pump-based systems; integration of heat pumps in existing and newly built buildings; heat pump simulations; control logics
(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
Environmental Sustainability and Energy Economy: 2nd Edition
edited by and Erika Laranjeira
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5417 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy; environment; renewable energy; economy; energy transition; sustainability; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
Oil and Gas Reservoirs: Phase Behavior, Seepage Mechanisms, Productivity Prediction, and Novel Modelling Methods—3rd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 4824 | Submission Open
Keywords: phase behavior; multiphase seepage mechanism; tight oil/gas; shale oil/gas; gas condensate reservoirs; fractured oil/gas reservoirs; coalbed methane; production prediction; stimulation measures; data science
(This special issue belongs to the Section H: Geo-Energy)
Challenges and Research Trends of Energy Conservation and Efficient Utilization for Thermal Energy
edited by
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3926 | Submission Open
Keywords: heat transfer enhancement; energy harvesting; energy conversion; energy storage; thermal management
(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
Optimization and Control of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3807 | Submission Open
Keywords: optimization and control; chassis control; vehicle dynamics; HVAC; electrical machines; battery management; state of health; fleet optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
Advancing Sustainable Development with Joint Effort of Bioenergy and Geo-Energy
edited by , Yu Peng and
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2984 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioenergy; geo-energy; sustainable development goals; waste management; synergy
(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
Advanced Techniques for Optimization and Energy Management in Smart Grids
edited by Hualiang Fang
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2212 | Submission Open
Keywords: reliability; flexibility; resiliency; schedule; AI; multi-energy complementation; low carbon; energy storage; electricity market
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Biomass and Municipal Solid Waste Thermal Conversion Technologies: 3rd Edition
edited by , and
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2068 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermochemical conversion (combustion; pyrolysis; gasification) of biomass; MSW drying; incineration and pyrolysis; physical conversion (pelletizing; densification; extraction); liquid biofuels such as biodiesel; bioethanol and bio-oils; life-cycle analysis of the conversion process; carbon materials based on biomass and MSW; other thermal conversion technologies on biomass and MSW
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Grid Integration of Renewable Energy: Latest Advances and Prospects submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1690 | Submission Open
Keywords: RES integration; energy transition; energy storage; distributed generation; power systems planning; power system dynamics and control
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Resilient Control Strategies for Cybersecurity and Safety in Smart Grid
edited by and Manuela Minetti
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1471 | Submission Open
Keywords: resilient control; cybersecurity; smart grid; safety; fault tolerance; cyber– physical systems; distributed energy resources; secure communication; anomaly detection; intrusion prevention; adaptive control; energy system resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Advances in Manufacturing and Recycling of Energy Systems
edited by Siamak Farhad
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1360 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable manufacturing; energy systems manufacturing and scaleup; energy systems recycling; machine learning in manufacturing and recycling; energy material recovery and reuse
(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
Towards Sustainable Buildings and Built Environments
edited by Qingxiang Li, and Jing Dong
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1343 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable buildings; renewable energy integration; circular economy; green infrastructure; building technology innovation
(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
New Optimization Algorithms, Control Schemes and Modulation Techniques for Modular Power Converters
edited by , Ricardo Lizana Fuentes and
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1294 | Submission Open
Keywords: harmonic optimization; control algorithm; reliability
(This special issue belongs to the Section F3: Power Electronics)
Advanced Solutions for Carbon Capture, Storage, and Utilization
edited by Kiseok Kim
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1034 | Submission Open
Keywords: geologic carbon storage (GCS); caprock; THMC coupling; fractures; multiphase flow response; geomechanics; reactive transport
(This special issue belongs to the Section B3: Carbon Emission and Utilization)
Design and Control of High-Torque-Density Permannent Magnet Machines
edited by , Libing Jing, Hao Chen and Xinkai Zhu
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 901 | Submission Open
Keywords: permanent magnet machines; torque density; design and analysis; control methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
Advanced Technologies in Waste-to-Bioenergy
edited by Loukia P. Chrysikou and
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 760 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioenergy and biofuels production from waste; waste valorization; circular economy; techno-economic analysis (TEA); life cycle assessment (LCA); sustainable waste management
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Advances in Battery Management Systems for Lithium-Ion Batteries
edited by Paul Henshall
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 670 | Submission Open
Keywords: li-ion batteries; battery management system; thermal management; state-of-charge estimation; state-of-health estimation; state-of-power estimation; data-driven; machine learning; AI; digital twins; second-life
(This special issue belongs to the Section D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors)
Innovation in Motor Drive Systems for Electric Vehicles: 2nd Edition
edited by Lefei Ge, Dianxun Xiao and
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 358 | Submission Open
Keywords: electric machines; electric vehicles; motor modeling; motor design; motor control; fault diagnosis; position estimation; parameter identification
(This special issue belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
New Design of Catalysts and Electrodes in Water Electrolysis Technologies
edited by and
submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 194 | Submission Open
Keywords: green hydrogen; water electrolysis; oxygen/hydrogen evolution reaction (OER/HER); catalysts; electrodes
(This special issue belongs to the Section I3: Energy Chemistry)
Advances in Efficient Thermal Conversion of Carbon-Based Fuels
edited by Xiaobin Qi and Mingxin Xu
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13396 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass; coal; solid waste; combustion; gasification; pyrolysis; pollution control
(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
Modern Technologies for Renewable Energy Development and Utilization: 5th Edition submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8918 | Submission Open
Keywords: wind/solar/battery; power electronics; microgrid; estimation and utilization; integration and control
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Planning, Operation and Control of Microgrids: 2nd Edition submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8792 | Submission Open
Keywords: microgrids; power electronics; control; renewable energy systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Energy Technologies
edited by , Jin Lin, and
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8174 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogen energy; hydrogen application; renewable energy; power and energy conversion; energy storage; integrated energy system; system planning and operation
(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)
Materials and Energy in Negative and Neutral Carbon Society: 2nd Edition submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7300 | Submission Open
Keywords: eco-energy; materials science; green energy and energy saving; renewable energy; carbon-neutral society; carbon-negative society; and sustainability; interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary
(This special issue belongs to the Section D1: Advanced Energy Materials)
Advanced Electric Power Systems, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6098 | Submission Open
Keywords: stability; reliability; sustainability; security; vulnerability; resiliency; smart grid
(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
Energy Economics, Finance and Policy Towards Sustainable Energy: 2nd Edition submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5970 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy economics; renewable energy; non-renewable energy; carbon emissions; environmental costs and benefits; energy markets; sustainable finance; green finance; blue finance; just transition; climate-related policies
(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
Power System Voltage Stability, Modelling, Analysis and Control submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5906 | Submission Open
Keywords: blackout; distributed generation; FACTS controller; microgrids; power system outages; power system stability; reactive power control; smart inverters; voltage collapse; voltage control; voltage stability
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Advances in Fluid Dynamics and Wind Power Systems: 2nd Edition submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5815 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; wind energy; fluid dynamics; fluid– structure interaction; aerodynamics; aeroelasticity
(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
Optimal Design and Application of High-Performance Power Converters: 2nd Edition
edited by Shengrong Zhuo, Tianhong Wang, Wenshuai Bai, and
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3733 | Submission Open
Keywords: power converter; electrified transportation; new energy power generation systems; optimal design and control; fault-tolerant converters
(This special issue belongs to the Section F3: Power Electronics)
Flexible and Secure Operation of Multi-Scenario Integrated Energy System Coupled with Electricity and Hydrogen
edited by Xingtang He, and Sheng Wang
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3485 | Submission Open
Keywords: modeling; operation and trading of integrated energy systems coupled with electricity and hydrogen; modeling; operation and trading of micro-energy grids on islands or island clusters; flexible potential exploitation and multi-energy management of integrated energy systems; security and resilience enhancement of integrated energy systems in extreme scenarios; advanced decision making algorithms (analytical and artificial intelligence) in integrated energy systems; carbon emission evaluation and mitigation in integrated energy systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Distributed Energy Resources: Advances, Challenges and Future Trends submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3457 | Submission Open
Keywords: distributed energy resources (DERs); smart grids; renewable energy integration; energy storage systems; electric vehicles; demand response; grid stability; decentralized energy systems; energy policy and regulation; low-carbon economy; energy informatics; cybersecurity; flexible photovoltaics; floating photovoltaics; energy efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Advances in Simulation and Numerical Model of Nuclear Fuel Safety
edited by
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1987 | Submission Open
Keywords: nuclear energy; nuclear fuel cycle; nuclear physics; thermal hydraulics; nuclear waste management; nuclear safety calculation code; micro-nuclear reactor; modular nuclear reactor; GEN-IV reactor; machine learning; nuclear safety; radiation shielding; nuclear control; nuclear materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section B4: Nuclear Energy)
Bioenergy Economics: Analysis, Modeling and Application, 2nd Edition submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1760 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass; wood and wood residues; agricultural crops as well as animal and plant waste and residues; pellets; biogas; biofuels; economics of bioenergy; bioenergy production; economic efficiency; econometrics analyses; bioenergy markets; time series analysis; forecasts on the bioenergy market
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Sustainable Energy Systems: Progress, Challenges and Prospects
edited by Weisheng Zhou and You Li
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1586 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable energy systems; renewable energy integration; energy transition; low-carbon technologies; energy system modeling; carbon neutrality; energy policy; resilient energy systems; grid flexibility
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Energy Efficiency of the Buildings: 4th Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1573 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal isolation in buildings; heat storage systems; energy effective heating and cooling systems; thermal comfort and energy efficiency; building operation and monitoring; control systems in the buildings; energy recovery systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
New Advances in Heat Transfer, Energy Conversion and Storage
edited by and Renato Elpidio Plomitallo
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1473 | Submission Open
Keywords: heat transfer; latent heat storage systems; phase-change materials (PCMs); experimental and numerical studies; entropy generation minimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
Advanced Technologies for Energy and Resource Recovery from Water and Wastewater
edited by
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1463 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy recovery; resource recovery; circular economy; bioelectrochemical systems; nutrient recovery; membrane technologies; advanced treatment systems; renewable energy integration; life cycle assessment (LCA); techno-economic analysis; sustainable water treatment; climate resilience; artificial intelligence in water management; bio-based products; hybrid treatment systems; water reuse
(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
Sustainable Transportation: Impact on Power Systems and Future Energy Markets submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1214 | Submission Open
Keywords: power generation; renewable generation and integration; power system economics; day-ahead; intra-day; and balancing markets; local flexibility markets; retail markets; grid operation and security; smart grid technology; distributed energy resources; aggregation services; electric vehicles; energy storage systems; energy prosumers; demand response; demand-side management; modern power systems; digitalization; decarbonization; decentralization; clean energy transition; electric vehicle; vehicle to grid
(This special issue belongs to the Section F2: Distributed Energy System)
New Approaches and Valuation in Electricity Markets: 2nd Edition submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1149 | Submission Open
Keywords: local electricity markets; renewable integration; balancing markets; energy communities; cost– benefit analysis for energy projects; energy aggregators
(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
Emerging Technologies and Sustainability Assessment for Waste Biomass to Energy submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1047 | Submission Open
Keywords: waste biomass conversion; biomass for bioenergy; emerging bioenergy technologies; sustainability assessment; life cycle assessment (LCA); social life cycle assessment (S-LCA); prospective LCA; techno-economic assessment (TEA); waste-to-energy systems; biorefinery integration; thermochemical and biochemical processes; circular bioeconomy
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Control of Renewable Power Generation and Microgrids—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 943 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable power generation; microgrids; control; operation; reliability
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Advanced Developments and Challenges in Refrigeration and Energy Systems
edited by
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 821 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable refrigeration; energy efficiency; life cycle assessment; smart refrigeration; residential cooling; industrial refrigeration; environmental impact; numerical simulation; thermal energy storage; alternative refrigeration technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)
Latest Studies on Nanoscale Heat Transfer and Thermal Management
edited by Zhanbin Liu
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 777 | Submission Open
Keywords: nanofluid; thermal management; nanoscale heat transfer enhancement
(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)
Novel Energy Management Approaches in Microgrid Systems, 2nd Edition submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 656 | Submission Open
Keywords: distributed generation (DG) control; energy management system interoperability; storage system control; electric vehicles to grid (V2G) and grid to electric vehicle (G2V) schemes; network operations in cases of increased DGs; microgrid management systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Integrated Approaches for Unconventional Oil and Gas Extraction and Exploration, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 463 | Submission Open
Keywords: coal bed methane & coal seam gas; shale gas; oil tight gas; oil tar sands; heavy oil; deep gas; methane clathrates; natural occurrence of unconventional oil gas; spatial modeling of hydrocarbon basins geochemical and petrographic properties of source rocks (DOM); reservoir properties of rocks geomechanics aquifers; well dewatering production technologies (hydraulic fracturing); well completion; stimulation processing; resources management; environmental and social impact; spatial development of the exploitation area
(This special issue belongs to the Section H: Geo-Energy)
Floating PV Systems On and Offshore: 2nd Edition submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open
Keywords: floating PV system; offshore floating PV system; onshore floating PV system; floater technologies; dynamic tilt angle; water cooling effect; wave effect; degradation for FPV; FPV modelling; dynamic tilt angle for FPV; LCOE for FPV; FPV monitoring system; floating solar tracker; albedo; environmental impact of FPV; architecture of FPV systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section A2: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems)
Modeling and Simulation of Nuclear Power Plant and Reactor
edited by and
submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 315 | Submission Open
Keywords: nuclear reactor modeling; multiphysics and high performance simulation; data-driven modeling; nuclear energy integrated application; machine learning and AI-driven modeling; digital twin technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section B4: Nuclear Energy)
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