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Reliability and Condition Monitoring of Electric Motors and Drives: 2nd Edition
edited by Paolo Giangrande and Marcello Minervini
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open
Keywords: condition monitoring; fault tolerance; dielectric breakdown; partial discharge; diagnostics; lifetime forecasting
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Energy Conversion Technologies for a Clean Environment
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced combustion; carbon capture and utilization (CCU); clean energy systems; energy efficiency; environmental impact assessment; hydrogen energy and fuel cells; low-carbon technologies; renewable energy systems; sustainable energy systems; waste-to-energy systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section I: Energy Fundamentals and Conversion)
The Future of Renewable Energy: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17630 | 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)
Modeling, Optimization and Experimental Investigation of Heat Exchangers for Power Plants
edited by
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8608 | Submission Open
Keywords: heat and mass transfer; boiling and condensation; heat transfer by convection; heat transfer enhancement; multiphase flow; computational methods for solving heat and mass transfer problems; modeling of heat exchangers; optimization of heat exchangers; practical applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section J1: Heat and Mass Transfer)
Advances in Geothermal Energy from Synergies with Oil and Gas Industries
edited by , Davide Scrocca and
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4161 | 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)
Trends and Prospects in Integration of Renewable Energy Sources and Electric Vehicles
edited by and Xinshou Tian
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3200 | 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)
Scientific Advances in Nuclear Waste Management
edited by
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2264 | 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 and
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2118 | 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 1658 | Submission Open
Keywords: anaerobic digestion; biogas; bioenergy; waste to energy; biomethane
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Heat Transfer Performance and Influencing Factors of Waste Management
edited by Hongting Ma and
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1581 | 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)
Advanced Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials
edited by
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1229 | 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)
Advanced Grid Integration with Power Electronics: 2nd Edition
edited by and Yusheng Wei
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1219 | 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)
Numerical and Experimental Study of Alternative Fuel Combustion in Internal Combustion Engines
edited by
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1209 | 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)
Future of Electrochemical Energy Storage Material and Technology submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 932 | 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)
Dynamic Simulation and Analysis in Modern Power Systems
edited by Yuefang Du
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 465 | Submission Open
Keywords: modern power system; simulation; modeling; forecast; renewable energy
(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
Computation Modelling for Offshore Wind Turbines and Wind Farms
edited by Jiahao Chen
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 348 | 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)
Advanced Control Strategies of Grid-Connected Converters for Distributed Energy Resources
edited by Guanguan Zhang and
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open
Keywords: adaptative and robust control; finite time control; power quality; stability analysis; grid-forming
Application of the Superconducting Technology in Energy System
edited by , and Lin Fu
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open
Keywords: superconductivity; superconducting application; energy system; renewable energy; transportation
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Organic-Based Materials for Advanced Energy Storage Systems
edited by and Penghui Ding
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 141 | 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 submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 117 | 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)
Smart Cities and Energy Efficiency: Spatiotemporal Big Data Analytics for Sustainable Urban Development
edited by Dorota Kamrowska-Zaluska
submission deadline 5 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart city; sustainable urban energy systems; data-driven energy optimization; geo-big data; planning decision-support tools; artificial intelligence tools; sustainable urban development
(This special issue belongs to the Section G1: Smart Cities and Urban Management)
Trends and Prospects in Hybrid Renewable Energy Technologies for Power Generation
edited by
submission deadline 6 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3194 | 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 Francesco Giuzio, and
submission deadline 9 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 518 | 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 submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 13520 | 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
submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4018 | 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 and Katarína Kaduchová
submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1908 | 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
submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1485 | 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)
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 869 | 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)
Applications of Permanent Magnet Motors for Electric Vehicles
edited by
submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 650 | 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)
Renewable Sources and Storage: Grid Impact, Modeling and Integration Strategies: 2nd Edition submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 553 | 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)
Machine Learning Algorithms for Power Systems and Renewable Energy Applications submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 528 | 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)
Recent Advances in Biomass Combustion submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 87 | 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 the Development of Geoenergy: 3rd Edition
edited by , , and Liangliang Zhang
submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open
Keywords: unconventional reservoirs; EOR; fracturing; CCUS; geoenergy
(This special issue belongs to the Section H: Geo-Energy)
Advances in Renewable Energy Systems and Smart Grid Technologies
edited by
submission deadline 12 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 108 | 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
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 23819 | 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
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11064 | 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)
Ocean Energy Conversion and Magnetohydrodynamic Power Systems
edited by Lingzhi Zhao and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5948 | 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)
Challenges and Opportunities Towards Lithium-Ion Batteries
edited by
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4664 | 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)
Process Optimization of Carbon Capture Technology
edited by , José Condeço, Luisa Marques and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4313 | 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)
Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving in Buildings
edited by José Luis Molina and Teresa Rocío Palomo Amores
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4122 | 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)
Advances in Nuclear Power Plants and Nuclear Safety
edited by Yuan Zhou
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3814 | Submission Open
Keywords: nuclear reactor; thermal hydraulics; safety analysis; control methods; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section B4: Nuclear Energy)
A Circular Economy Perspective: From Waste to Energy submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3556 | 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)
Advances in Power Converters and Inverters
edited by Yufei Li, Feng Guo and Yonghui Liu
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3503 | 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)
Advances in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Cycle
edited by , Xu Peng and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3010 | Submission Open
Keywords: supercritical CO2 cycles; thermodynamic efficiency; system integration; control strategy; energy conversion
(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)
Trends and Prospects in Fuel Cell Towards Industrialization
edited by and Peng Ren
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2882 | Submission Open
Keywords: fuel cell; material optimization; mass transfer; system control
(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
Towards Cleaner and More Efficient Combustion
edited by Ahmed Elwardany
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2642 | 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)
Emerging Trends in Energy Harvesting Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Energy
edited by and Liuxia Li
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2636 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy harvesting technologies; self-powered IoT systems; triboelectric nanogenerators; sustainable energy; ambient energy conversion; low-power embedded sensors; piezoelectric generators; thermoelectric generators; micro-electromagnetic generators
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
New Advances in Two-Phase Heat and Mass Transfer for Efficient Energy Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2540 | 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)
Condition Monitoring of Electrical Machines Based on Models
edited by , and Karen Julieth Uribe Murcia
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2495 | Submission Open
Keywords: electrical machine; state estimators; condition monitoring; data-driven models; physics-based models; digital twins; residual signals; hybrid models
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
State-of-the-Art Research in Advanced Materials for Energy Storage Applications: 2nd Edition
edited by Ding Chen, , and
submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2088 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced materials; energy storage; mechanical manufacturing supercapacitors; batteries; high-entropy alloy; electrocatalysts; flexible electron; biomass-based energy storage; nanocellulose or lignin; nanotechnology
(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
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