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Transforming Energy Security: Hydrogen Innovations and AI Strategies for a Resilient Energy Infrastructure

edited by

Praveen Cheekatamarla

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2257 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogen economy; low-carbon fuel; zero-carbon fuel; hydrogen production; hydrogen storage; hydrogen utilization; fuel cells; combustion; heating; electrolysis; solid oxide cells; PEM

(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)

Optimal Planning and Operation in RES-Rich Power Systems Under Electricity and Carbon Emission Market Environment: 2nd Edition

edited by

Fushuan Wen

and

Xiuli Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1198 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy sources; electricity market; carbon emission market; power system; energy storage system; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)

Advances in Green Hydrogen Production Technologies

edited by Ivan Pivac and Ankica Kovač

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 990 | Submission Open

Keywords: green hydrogen production; electrolyzers; in situ diagnostics; prognostics; state of performance; remaining useful lifetime; durability; degradation mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)

Energy Systems Digitalization: Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable Future

edited by

Antonio Moreno-Munoz

and

Joaquín Garrido-Zafra

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 953 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart grid; digitalization; power quality; distributed energy resources; internet of things; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)

Innovative Techniques for Distribution Grids Digitalization

edited by

Alessandro Bosisio

and

Marco Merlo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 751 | Submission Open

Keywords: distribution networks; smart grids; digitalization; artificial intelligence; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)

Factor Analysis and Mathematical Modeling of Coals: 2nd Edition

edited by

Agnieszka Surowiak

Tomasz Niedoba

and

Dariusz Foszcz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 401 | Submission Open

Keywords: mathematical modeling; multidimensional analysis; optimization; factor analysis; natural environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section H: Geo-Energy)

Extreme Events and Power Grid Resilience: Lessons from Iberian Blackouts

edited by

José Matas

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 382 | Submission Open

Keywords: Iberian Blackout 2025; Spain-Portugal power outage; European energy crisis; large-scale blackout; critical infrastructure failure; power grid resilience; grid stability; renewable energy integration; intermittent generation challenges; fault location analysis; system restoration; smart grid technologies; energy storage systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)

Planning, Operation, and Control of Renewable-Penetrated Power System in the Context of Building-Integrated Resources

edited by

Da Xu

, Xiaodong Yang, Juan Wei, Hanyu Yang and Ziyi Bai

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy integration and control; economic optimization strategies; distribution systems; transactive energy control; Artificial Intelligence; power/load forecasting; building microgrid

(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)

Modeling and Planning of Energy Systems

edited by Tianyu Wang and Lei Su

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy systems; energy storage; power system; modeling; control; optimization; planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section K: State-of-the-Art Energy Related Technologies)

The Future of Renewable Energy: 2nd Edition

edited by

Adrian Ilinca

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 22808 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar energy and photovoltaic systems; wind; wave and tidal energy; bioenergy; hydrogen energy; geothermal technology; hydropower; energy system integration; energy storage; renewable energy for fighting climate change; artificial intelligence and renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)

Advances in Geothermal Energy from Synergies with Oil and Gas Industries

edited by

Claudio Alimonti

, Davide Scrocca and

Isa Kolo

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6493 | Submission Open

Keywords: geothermal energy; closed loop; district heating; geothermal power plant; transfer technology; oil and gas; drilling technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section H2: Geothermal)

Advanced Grid Integration with Power Electronics: 2nd Edition

edited by

King Man Siu

and Yusheng Wei

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4376 | Submission Open

Keywords: power electronics; smart grid; renewable energy systems; distributed energy resources; microgrid resilience and reliability; advanced control schemes; real time simulation; dynamic modeling; time-delay compensation; intelligent control

(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)

Trends and Prospects in Integration of Renewable Energy Sources and Electric Vehicles

edited by

Ruifeng Shi

and Xinshou Tian

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4250 | Submission Open

Keywords: new energy vehicles; electric vehicles; EV charging/discharging infrastructure; EV charging/discharging station planning; EV charging/discharging behavior; EV charging/discharging pricing; EV charging/discharging station optimal operation; V2G techniques; renewable energy; integration of renewable energy with EVs

(This special issue belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)

Heat Transfer Performance and Influencing Factors of Waste Management

edited by Hongting Ma and

Shuo Ma

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2959 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste tires; pyrolysis oil; horizontal rotary furnace; heat transfer coefficient

(This special issue belongs to the Section J1: Heat and Mass Transfer)

Scientific Advances in Nuclear Waste Management

edited by

Yongliang Xiong

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2884 | Submission Open

Keywords: used nuclear fuels; waste forms; high-level nuclear waste; source-term models; geological repository; near-field of geological repository

(This special issue belongs to the Section B4: Nuclear Energy)

Clean Utilization and Conversion Technologies of Coal

edited by

Rajender Gupta

and

Ben Wang

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2620 | Submission Open

Keywords: coal; utilization and conversion; efficient combustion; pollutant control; coal cleaning; drying of coal; pyrolysis; gasification; coal liquefaction; clean technologies; design and applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section I1: Fuel)

Waste to Watt: Biomass and Waste Valorization to Fuels

edited by Vasileios Diamantis

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2073 | Submission Open

Keywords: anaerobic digestion; biogas; bioenergy; waste to energy; biomethane

(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)

Advanced Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials

edited by

Yongliang Xiong

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1845 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced materials for lithium-ion batteries; redox flow batteries; all-vanadium redox flow batteries

(This special issue belongs to the Section D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors)

Numerical and Experimental Study of Alternative Fuel Combustion in Internal Combustion Engines

edited by

Diego Perrone

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1742 | Submission Open

Keywords: internal combustion engines; alternative fuels; e-fuels; biofuels; numerical simulation; experimental study; combustion modeling; pollutant emissions

(This special issue belongs to the Section I2: Energy and Combustion Science)

Computation Modelling for Offshore Wind Turbines and Wind Farms

edited by Jiahao Chen

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1480 | Submission Open

Keywords: floating wind turbine; offshore wind turbine; hydrodynamics; aerodynamics; coupling dynamics; experiment

(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)

Future of Electrochemical Energy Storage Material and Technology

edited by

Juan Pablo Carrasco-Amador

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1180 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy storage; electrochemical materials; new technologies; design; characterization; development; batteries

(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)

Application of the Superconducting Technology in Energy System

edited by

Boyang Shen

Xiaoyuan Chen

and Lin Fu

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 796 | Submission Open

Keywords: superconductivity; superconducting application; energy system; renewable energy; transportation

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)

Advanced Control and Coordinated Optimization of Distributed Power Systems

edited by Guanguan Zhang and

Cheng Fu

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 629 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptative and robust control; finite time control; power quality; stability analysis; grid-forming

Organic-Based Materials for Advanced Energy Storage Systems

edited by

Saeed Mardi

and Penghui Ding

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic materials; batteries/supercapacitors; electrochemical characterizations; redox flow batteries; redox-active polymers and molecules; molecular engineering; conductive polymers; carbon-based materials; flexible and stretchable batteries; organic-inorganic composites

(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)

Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies for Industrial Decarbonization

edited by

Lorenzo Ferrari

and

Alessandra Ghilardi

submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-temperature heat pumps; thermal energy storage; industrial decarbonization; waste heat recovery; organic rankine cycles

(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)

Trends and Prospects in Hybrid Renewable Energy Technologies for Power Generation

edited by

Adam Mroziński

submission deadline 6 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4298 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy sources; hybrid energy systems; hydrogen systems; photovoltaic installations; home and industry heat pumps; wind and water turbines; storage energy storage systems; electromobility integrated with renewable energy systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)

Toward Energy Transition: New Paths, Tools and Technologies Applied to Buildings and Urban Context

edited by

Giovanni Barone

, Giovanni Francesco Giuzio,

Laura Pompei

and

Roberto Stasi

submission deadline 9 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 575 | Submission Open

Keywords: building energy efficiency; smart cities; energy communities; building cluster; key performance indicators; renewable energy technologies; building energy retrofit

(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)

Advanced Hydrogen Technologies for Energy Production, Accumulation, Distribution and Energetic Equipment Repair

edited by

Alexander Balitskii

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 16954 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable environmentally friendly energy in engines and turbines; “ green” hydrogen-containing fuel and lubricant-cooling hydrogen-containing environments; thermal protection of hydrogen turbine blades and discs; influence of hydrogen on crack resistance of new generation of energetic structural materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)

Electricity Market Modeling Trends in Power Systems: 2nd Edition

edited by

Zhongkai Yi

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6983 | Submission Open

Keywords: electricity market; power systems; market clearing; optimization; mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)

Advances in Numerical and Experimental Heat Transfer

edited by

Richard Lenhard

and Katarína Kaduchová

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2823 | Submission Open

Keywords: CFD; simulation; modeling; energy; experimental methods; fluid mechanics; flow

(This special issue belongs to the Section J1: Heat and Mass Transfer)

Recent Trends of Smart Energy Communities

edited by

Rémy Rigo-Mariani

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1700 | Submission Open

Keywords: distribution systems; energy market designs within communities; energy communities; energy transition

(This special issue belongs to the Section G1: Smart Cities and Urban Management)

Applications of Permanent Magnet Motors for Electric Vehicles

edited by

Soo-Whang Baek

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1122 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric vehicles (EVs); permanent magnet motors (PMMs); rare-earth-free motors; axial flux motor; dual-rotor topology; magnetic gears; traction motor system; electric auxiliary motor; motor control optimization; AI-based condition monitoring; multiphysics simulation; electromagnetic– thermal– structural coupling; motor reliability

(This special issue belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)

Advanced Control Systems in Wind Energy: Optimizing Performance from Component to Grid Integration

edited by John Hall

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1093 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind power control systems; wind turbine control; wind farm optimization; blade aerodynamics; pitch control systems; adaptive morphing blades; real-time aerodynamic tuning; fault tolerance in wind turbines; predictive maintenance systems; wake steering; power smoothing techniques; co-operative turbine control; grid compatibility solutions; voltage regulation in wind farms; frequency control in wind energy; smart grids for wind integration; AI in wind energy; machine learning for wind power; digital twins in wind turbines; IoT applications in wind energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)

Machine Learning Algorithms for Power Systems and Renewable Energy Applications

edited by

Renato Procopio

Alice La Fata

and

Rodolfo Antônio Ribeiro De Moura

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1052 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; renewable energy sources forecast; load demand forecast; market strategies; network reconfiguration; computational burden of statistical methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section F5: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy)

Renewable Sources and Storage: Grid Impact, Modeling and Integration Strategies: 2nd Edition

edited by

Sebastijan Seme

and

Klemen Sredenšek

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 848 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy sources; electrical network; energy storage systems; modeling and analysis; optimization

(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)

Recent Advances in Biomass Combustion

edited by

João Pedro Vasconcelos Silva

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass combustion; renewable energy; thermal conversion; combustion modeling; CFD simulation; emissions; bioenergy systems; sustainable fuels

(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)

Advances in Renewable Energy Systems and Smart Grid Technologies

edited by

Salwa Echalih

submission deadline 12 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: renewable energy; smart grids; energy storage; photovoltaic systems; power electronics; advanced control; energy management system

(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)

Prospects for Biomass Pyrolysis and Gasification Technologies into Bioenergy

edited by

Wojciech Jerzak

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 29894 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass; gasification; pyrolysis and co-pyrolysis; biochar; bio-oil; carbon footprint; CO2 emissions; catalyst; modeling; waste-to-energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)

Computational and Experimental Fluid Dynamics for Wind Energy

edited by

Yaqing Jin

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13901 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind energy; numerical simulation; computational fluid dynamics; wind turbine design; wind farm control; atmospheric boundary layer flow

(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)

Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving in Buildings

edited by José Luis Molina and Teresa Rocío Palomo Amores

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8286 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy efficiency in buildings; passives strategies; indoor comfort; sustainable technologies in buildings

(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)

Ocean Energy Conversion and Magnetohydrodynamic Power Systems

edited by Lingzhi Zhao and

Ahmed F. Zobaa

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7091 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean energy conversion; magnetohydrodynamic/MHD power generation; control; maximum power tracking; array; design; modelling; life cycle assessment; economic analysis; application; offshore deployment; power conversion; LMMHD; MHD

(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)

Process Optimization of Carbon Capture Technology

edited by

Maria Margarida Mateus

, José Condeço, Luisa Marques and

Cinthia Maia Pederneiras

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6765 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon capture technology; process optimization; energy efficiency; industrial decarbonization; environmental analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section B3: Carbon Emission and Utilization)

A Circular Economy Perspective: From Waste to Energy

edited by

Konstantinos Kalkanis

Constantinos S. Psomopoulos

and

Kiskira Kyriaki

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6120 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste; recycling; circular economy; waste management; waste to wealth; life cycle analysis; life cycle cost analysis; impact assessment; material balances; waste-to-energy; peer review; environmental impact; biomass and biowaste; agricultural residues; biowaste valorization; bioenergy potential; energy recovery; conversion technologies; material recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)

Challenges and Opportunities Towards Lithium-Ion Batteries

edited by

Aditya N. Singh

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5781 | Submission Open

Keywords: Li-ion batteries; disordered materials; high-entropy ceramics; density-functional theory

(This special issue belongs to the Section D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors)

From Consumer Behavior to Business Innovation: Paths to a Sustainable Energy Future

edited by

Joanna Duda

Małgorzata Okręglicka

and

Marcin Suder

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5674 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable energy; energy system; fossil fuel; energy policy; energy consumption behaviors; energy economics; renewable energy adoption; energy decision-making; energy forecasting; smart energy solutions; circular economy in energy; energy market transformation

(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)

Advances in Nuclear Power Plants and Nuclear Safety

edited by Yuan Zhou

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5030 | Submission Open

Keywords: nuclear reactor; thermal hydraulics; safety analysis; control methods; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section B4: Nuclear Energy)

New Advances in Two-Phase Heat and Mass Transfer for Efficient Energy Systems

edited by

Arianna Berto

and

Marco Tancon

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4475 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-phase flow; two-phase heat and mass transfer; heat exchangers; energy storage systems; phase change materials; enhancement techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section J1: Heat and Mass Transfer)

Advances in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Cycle

edited by

Xiang Qin

, Xu Peng and

Jiaheng Chen

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4391 | Submission Open

Keywords: supercritical CO2 cycles; thermodynamic efficiency; system integration; control strategy; energy conversion

(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)

Advances in Power Converters and Inverters

edited by Yufei Li, Feng Guo and Yonghui Liu

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4369 | Submission Open

Keywords: converter topology; wide-bandgap power devices; grid-forming converter; machine learning; artificial intelligence; energy storage; transportation electrification; high-power multilevel converters; renewable energy

(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)

Towards Cleaner and More Efficient Combustion

edited by Ahmed Elwardany

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4032 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermo-fluids; thermodynamics; cogeneration systems; fuels and combustion; internal combustion engines; diesel combustion

(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)

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