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Energy and Matter Recovery from Organic Waste Processing and Reuse: 3rd Edition submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 487 | Submission Open
Keywords: organic waste valorization; circular economy and resource recovery; sewage sludge and organic waste treatment; waste-to-bioenergy technologies; sustainable environmental engineering; decarbonized energy production
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Hybrid Systems Energy Flow Prediction, Optimization and Real Time Management
edited by
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 471 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy management system; prediction systems for distributed energy generation; prediction systems for load scheduling and control; smart homes; smart buildings; hybrid systems; hybrid vehicles; smart charging; energy communities; agribot systems; battery state of charge; battery state of health
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Highly Efficient Thermal Energy Storage (TES) Technologies—2nd Edition
edited by and Hamid Torab
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 441 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal energy storage  ; latent heat  ; sensible heat  ; thermochemical  ; design  ; phase-change materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
Renewable Energy Systems for Energy Communities, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 386 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy communities; energy policies; energy markets; energy economics; electricity markets; innovative models and technologies; ancillary services; best practices; business models; consumer engagement; flexsumers
(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
Novel Technologies in Thermal Management and Thermal Energy Storage Systems
edited by Qiye Zheng
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 372 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal energy storage; phase change materials (PCMs); thermochemical storage; renewable energy systems; composite materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)
Next-Generation Wide Band Gap Device Architectures for Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Applications submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 358 | Submission Open
Keywords: gallium nitride; silicon carbide; transistors; diodes; power electronics; spice model; circuits and drivers
(This special issue belongs to the Section F3: Power Electronics)
Advancing the Urban Energy Transition: Opportunities, Barriers and Challenges of Positive Energy Districts and Community-Based Energy Systems Towards Carbon Neutrality submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 342 | Submission Open
Keywords: positive energy districts; renewable energy communities; district energy systems; renewable energy; energy efficiency; energy transition; carbon neutrality; energy democracy
(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Conversion Systems—2nd Edition
edited by , Janaína Gonçalves De Oliveira and
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy conversion systems; hybrid and co-located power parks; control strategies and optimization; optimal planning for renewable integration; regulation strategies for renewable integration; energy storage systems and their optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Energy-Efficient Building Materials: Innovations, Enhancements, Testing Methods, and Predictive Modelling
edited by
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy-efficient building materials; thermal insulation materials; energy storage materials; durability forecasting and lifecycle assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
Advancements in Digital Signal Processing and Power Electronics: Innovations and Applications submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open
Keywords: power electronics circuits; digital signal processing; digital signal processors; microcontrollers; digital controller; current control; simultaneous sampling; digital filters; class D amplifier; implementation of control algorithm; hardware-in-the-loop (HIL); phase-locked loops; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section F3: Power Electronics)
Subsurface Intelligence: Numerical and Data-Driven Methods for Geoenergy Systems
edited by Alireza Rangriz Shokri
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open
Keywords: geothermal energy systems; carbon capture and storage (CCS); hydrogen storage; unconventional hydrocarbon systems; artificial Intelligence in geoenergy applications; data-driven subsurface characterization; intelligent geoenergy monitoring; subsurface geomechanics; risk-informed subsurface assurance
(This special issue belongs to the Section H: Geo-Energy)
Recent Advances on Renewable Energy Systems Toward Sustainable Development submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy systems; energy storage; sustainable development; solar energy; wind energy; bioenergy; hydrogen energy; smart grids; hybrid systems; energy efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Gas Turbine Cooling and Sealing Technology: Fundamentals and Applications
edited by Guoqing Li
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open
Keywords: gas turbine; aero-engine; heat transfer; cooling; sealing; flow; blade; cavity
(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)
Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems: Design, Analysis and Calculation Methods
edited by Qian Zhang and
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced nuclear reactors; generation  IV reactors; small modular reactors (SMRs); reactor design and safety analysis; neutronics and reactor physics; thermal– hydraulics; advanced calculation methods; high-fidelity simulation; uncertainty quantification; artificial intelligence in nuclear engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section B4: Nuclear Energy)
Advanced Pumped Compressed Air Energy Storage: Systems and Key Technologies
edited by Huanran Wang, Maogang He, Yan Ren and Lile Wu
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open
Keywords: pumped hydro compressed air energy storage; heat and mass transfer; system design; control strategies; operational strategies; monitoring; economic performance
(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
Advances in Green Hydrogen Energy Production
edited by
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open
Keywords: green hydrogen energy; electrolysis technologies; renewable energy integration; system integration; storage and transportation; environmental impact; industrial applications; security
(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)
Advanced Energy Storage and Load Forecasting Solutions in Modern Distribution Networks
edited by Sanath Alahakoon
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open
Keywords: distributed energy storage (DES); frequency control ancillary services (FCAS); grid-stabilisation; power quality improvement; demand management; renewable energy integration; load forecasting; machine learning (ML); artificial intelligence (AI)
(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
Wave Energy: Theory, Methods, and Applications: 2nd Edition submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open
Keywords: wave energy; energy conversion principles; hydrodynamics; at-sea testing
(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
Heat and Mass Transfer Processes in the Different Scales and Fields Applications
edited by
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open
Keywords: interfacial transport; thermal transport; mass transfer; micro/nanofluidics; surface plasmon resonance
(This special issue belongs to the Section J1: Heat and Mass Transfer)
Advances in Power System and Renewable Energy submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open
Keywords: power system; renewable energy; power and energy economics; electricity market; energy storage; flexible resource
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Forecasting and Optimization in Transport Energy Management Systems, 2nd Edition submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section F5: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy)
Efficiency, Optimization and Applications of Wireless Power Transfer Systems
edited by and Junghoon Kim
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open
Keywords: wireless power transfer (WPT); simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT); integrated sensing; communication; and power transfer (ISCPT)
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Research on Offshore Wind Turbines
edited by , Takeshi Ishihara and
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open
Keywords: wind turbines; standard and new topologies; new applications; modeling; design; control; optimization; fault diagnosis; fault tolerance
(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
Modeling and Optimization of Battery Energy Storage Systems
edited by , and Yinghua Jiang
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery energy storage systems; applications; modeling; monitoring; design; control; optimization; energy management; simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
Optimal Control Strategies for Electric Vehicles submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open
Keywords: electric vehicles; optimal control; energy management; model predictive control; battery management
(This special issue belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
Artificial Intelligence for Renewable Energy: Applications in Prediction, Optimization, and Management
edited by Xin Liu
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; forecasting; optimization; deep learning; reinforcement learning; prognostics and health management; large language model
(This special issue belongs to the Section F5: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy)
Optimization Methods for Electricity Market and Smart Grid
edited by
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open
Keywords: power markets; optimization methods; power system economics; power system dispatch; power system operation
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Advances in DC-DC Converters
edited by
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open
Keywords: DC– DC converters; power electronics; energy storage systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Management and Optimization for Renewable Energy and Power Systems: 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy sources/technologies; high penetration of renewables; power system; microgeneration; zero-energy buildings; electricity markets; microgrids; integration; management; optimization; maintenance
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass and Organic Solid Wastes
edited by , Chong He and Xi Cao
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass; organic solid waste; thermochemical conversion; pyrolysis; gasification; catalytic upgrading; ash behavior; renewable energy waste recycling
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Optimal Control of Wind and Wave Energy Converters: 2nd Edition submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open
Keywords: electric generators; wave energy converters; transmission and distribution grid; smart grid; wind measurement techniques; onshore and offshore wind turbines
(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
Bridging the Gap Between Field Studies and Laboratory Experiments on Gas Hydrates
edited by , and
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural gas hydrates (NGHs); gas hydrate exploration and production; thermodynamics and kinetics of hydrates; gas hydrate geohazards and climate change; gas hydrate-bearing sediments; gas– oil– hydrate system; CO2-CH4 hydrate replacement
(This special issue belongs to the Section H: Geo-Energy)
Recent Advances in Offshore Wind Turbines and Wave Energy
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submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open
Keywords: dynamic load and response; optimization and design; artificial intelligence; simulation and assessment; multi-energy complementarity
(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
Development and Application of rGO-Based Composites for Next-Generation Electrode Materials in Supercapacitors
edited by
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open
Keywords: reduced graphene oxide; transition-metal-based compounds; conducting polymers; binary composites; ternary composites; devices; electrochemical performance; mechanism; supercapacitors
(This special issue belongs to the Section D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors)
Emerging Topics in Future Energy Materials—2nd Edition
edited by Rosa Rego
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open
Keywords: decarbonization; energy materials; critical raw materials; circular economy; renewable electrification; sustainable solutions
(This special issue belongs to the Section D1: Advanced Energy Materials)
Advancements in Design and Qualification of In-Vessel Components for Fusion Power Plants submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open
Keywords: breeding blanket; divertor; in-vessel components; reactor integration; tritium self-sufficiency; technology readiness; thermal hydraulics; cooling systems; high-heat flux testing; power conversion; balance of plant; heat extraction
(This special issue belongs to the Section B4: Nuclear Energy)
Technologies for Battery Energy Storage Systems
edited by
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; energy storage; energy economics modeling; sustainable transitions
(This special issue belongs to the Section D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors)
Advances in Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator
edited by
submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4577 | Submission Open
Keywords: electric machines; renewable energy; energy efficiency; thermal management; fault diagnosis; fault tolerance; control strategies; simulation and modeling; vibration and noise reduction; power electronics; advanced manufacturing
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Advances in District Heating and Cooling
edited by Mattia Ricci, and
submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open
Keywords: district heating; district cooling; prosumer; bidirectional substation; thermal grids; numerical modelling; experimental tests; waste heat; excess heat; self-consumption improvement; thermal energy community
(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)
Advances in Materials for Electrochemical Energy Applications: 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open
Keywords: batteries; supercapacitors; flow batteries; fuel cells
(This special issue belongs to the Section D1: Advanced Energy Materials)
Approaches and Experiences of Monitoring and Control of Electrical Distribution Grids
edited by and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6588 | Submission Open
Keywords: distribution grids; monitoring; control; distributed monitoring; distributed control; operation; automation; digitalization; data; data spaces; AI; flexibility; testing; standards
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Management and Economics in the Energy Policy: Theoretical Approaches and Practical Solutions
edited by Walery Okulicz-Kozaryn
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5594 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy policy; energy management; energy economics; energy efficiency; sustainable development; energy security; investment in energy sector; human capital in energy; digitalization in energy; artificial intelligence in energy
(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
Developments in IoT and Smart Power Grids submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5335 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart grid; IoT; machine learning; artificial intelligence; cyber security; electric vehicle; optimization; decentralized control; data-driven technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Internal Combustion Engines: Research and Applications—3rd Edition submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4564 | Submission Open
Keywords: fuel delivery and combustible mixture formation; clean and advanced combustion regimes; engine design and technology; energy efficiency improvements; e-fuels and alternative fuels; emission and exhaust treatment; engine simulation and modelling; engine mechatronics and control; technical maintenance; hybrid systems; developments in vehicle powertrains; ICE powering transport means; predictions and analyses on the future of combustion engines
(This special issue belongs to the Section I2: Energy and Combustion Science)
Global Research and Trends in Offshore Wind, Wave, and Tidal Energy
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1998 | Submission Open
Keywords: offshore wind energy; wave energy; tidal energy; hybrid energy systems; artificial intelligence; site selection and decision making; system integration; control; and monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
Energy Security and Energy Transition: Towards Sustainable Energy Systems—Second Edition submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1650 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy security; energy transition; sustainable energy; energy planning; energy system modeling; energy resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Economic Growth, CO2 Emissions, and Renewable Energy Consumption: Paths to Sustainable Development
edited by Ergin Akalpler and Marios Katsioloudes
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1212 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainability; economic growth; carbon emissions; renewable energy; consumption
(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
Advances in Microgrid Power Management: Cutting-Edge Approaches and Emerging Technologies
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 719 | Submission Open
Keywords: microgrid power management; distributed generation systems; renewable energy; AC/DC microgrid; power electronic interfaces
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Advances in Petroleum Engineering: AI-Driven Drilling, Well-Placement and Reservoir Management Workflows
edited by Sergey Alyaev and Kristian Fossum
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI-driven workflows; scientific machine learning; digital twins; decision support under uncertainty; cross-domain geoenergy workflows; subsurface data integration; predictive modelling in geoenergy; drilling automation; geosteering data and decisions; reservoir monitoring and control
(This special issue belongs to the Section H: Geo-Energy)
11th International Conference on Smart Energy Systems (SESAAU2025)
edited by Meng Yuan and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart energy system analyses; tools; and methodologies; smart energy infrastructure and storage options; integrated energy systems and smart grids; institutional and organisational change for smart energy systems and radical technological change; energy savings in the electricity sector; in buildings and transport; as well as within industry; 4th generation district heating concepts; future district heating production and systems; electrification of transport; heating; and industry; CCUS and PtX technologies and the production and use of electrofuels in future energy systems; planning and organisational challenges for smart energy systems and district heating; geographical information systems (GISs) for energy systems; heat planning; and district heating; components and systems for district heating; energy efficiency; electrification; and electrofuels; renewable energy sources and waste heat sources for district heating
(This special issue belongs to the Section G1: Smart Cities and Urban Management)
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