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IoT and Sensor Network Applications for Energy Management and Efficiency submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3026 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Things; wireless sensor networks; energy efficiency; energy management; green IoT; smart environments; smart devices
(This special issue belongs to the Section K: State-of-the-Art Energy Related Technologies)
Geothermal Heat Pumps and Heat Exchangers
edited by
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2675 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)
Recent Advances in Control Algorithms for Fault-Tolerant PMSM Drives
edited by Zhiping Dong, and Xueqing Wang
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2651 | Submission Open
Keywords: transportation electrification; PMSM; motor drives; redundancy; fault tolerance; fault diagnosis; post-fault operation; multi-phase AC drives; sensorless control; open-end winding machine drives; multi-leg voltage source inverter; modulation technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Advanced Control, Operation and Energy Management of Distribution Networks and Smart Grids: 2nd Edition
edited by Jacob G. Fantidis and Antonis Tsikalakis
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2341 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart grid; microgrid; distribution system; energy supply; energy management; fault location; reliability; integration of RES
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Development of Efficient Internal Combustion Engines and Vehicle Powertrains: 2nd Edition
edited by and Per Tunestål
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2205 | Submission Open
Keywords: internal combustion engines (ICE); combustion engine system control; energy management; waste heat recovery; hybrid electric powertrains; alternative hybrid vehicles
(This special issue belongs to the Section B3: Carbon Emission and Utilization)
Renewable Energy Sources and Advanced Technologies submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2113 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energies; decarbonization; net-zero emissions
(This special issue belongs to the Section L: Energy Sources)
Energy Storage Technologies and Applications for Smart Grids
edited by
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2063 | Submission Open
Keywords: flexible HVDC transmission technology; distributed power generation; energy storage technology; DC power grid key equipment technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Advanced Manufacturing of Fuel Cells and Fuel-Cell Components: 2nd Edition submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1580 | Submission Open
Keywords: fabrication process; coating; printing; electrochemical performance; advanced methods; techno-economic analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors)
Technologies, Materials and Impacts for Sustainable Energy Applications submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1422 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable energy; energy storage; hydrogen energy; thermal energy storage; functional materials; safety risks
(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)
Nuclear Energy Power: Innovations in Nuclear Reactor, Fuel Cycles, and Waste Management
edited by
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1304 | Submission Open
Keywords: advanced nuclear reactors; advanced nuclear fuel cycle; innovations in radioactive waste management
(This special issue belongs to the Section B4: Nuclear Energy)
Leading the Way in Offshore Renewable Energy and Wave Energy Conversion
edited by Luana Gurnari
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1123 | Submission Open
Keywords: offshore wind turbine design; offshore renewable energy sources (ORESs); offshore wind; floating offshore solar systems; ocean wave energy; tidal energy; wave energy converter; energy conversion
(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
Energy, Environment, and Social Effects Obtainable Through the Renewable Energy Community Institution submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1003 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy sources; energy communities; energy exchange modelling; environment protection through RECs; social impact of RECs
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Sustainable Development of Nanomaterials for Advanced Energy Fuels and Environmental Protection submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 907 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental catalysis; nanomaterials synthesis and application; power to gas; energy storage; hydrogen energy; CO2 methanation; NOx reduction; biomass conversion; fuel additives; biofuels in automotive industry
(This special issue belongs to the Section D1: Advanced Energy Materials)
Renewable Energy Utilization for Energy Saving and Carbon-Emission Reduction
edited by Yanmin Wang
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 743 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; energy saving; carbon-emission reduction; design and modelling; optimization control; cooperative control; energy storage; energy internet; electricity market
(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
Advancements in the Production and Application Technologies of Green Hydrogen Energy
edited by
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 622 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogen generation; hydrogen storage; hydrogen utilization; water electrolysis; photovoltaic– hydrogen systems; fuel cells
(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)
Utilization of Renewable Energies for Waste Water Treatment submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 532 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater treatment technologies; sewage sludge management; energy recovery; biogas; biohydrogen; disintegration methods; balance; modelling; adm1; hydropower; heat recovery; energy assessment; circular economy; renewable energy sources; sustainable management of natural resources; reducing CO2 emissions from wastewater treatment plants
(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
Green Additive for Biofuel Energy Production
edited by , and Linda Z. Linganiso
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 432 | Submission Open
Keywords: biofiller; biofuels; production processes; energy; burning efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Comprehensive Design and Optimization of Wind Turbine
edited by
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open
Keywords: wind turbine; rotor; blades; aerodynamics; optimization; aeroelasticity; computational fluid dynamics; wind tunnel; control
(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
Driving, Reliability, and Applications of Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Hybrid Power Devices
edited by , Fan Xiao and Yingzhou Peng
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 293 | Submission Open
Keywords: wide bandgap devices; electrical drives; power devices; hybrid power devices
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Advances in Waste Heat Recovery and Thermal Management submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 236 | Submission Open
Keywords: waste energy recovery; thermoelectrics; organic rankine cycle; thermal management
(This special issue belongs to the Section J1: Heat and Mass Transfer)
Advances in the Monitoring, Evaluation, Operation and Development of High-Penetration Renewable Energy Power Systems: 2nd Edition
edited by , , and Bo Li
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; power systems; electricity– water– carbon nexus; renewable energy forecasts; electricity market
(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
Optimizing Biomass Supply Chains for Efficient Bioenergy Production: Engineering Solutions for Quality and Quantity
edited by and Jagannadh Satyavolu
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass feedstock types; quality and quantity challenges; mechanical preprocessing; chemical and thermal pretreatments; supply chains
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Artificial Intelligence for Battery Health Monitoring and Lifetime Prediction
edited by Jiusi Zhang and
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open
Keywords: battery health monitoring; lifetime prediction; state of health; remaining useful life; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section F5: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy)
Advances in Thermal Energy Storage Systems: Methods and Applications submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal energy storage (TES) systems; seasonal storage and rock bed systems; phase change materials and adsorption-based TES; heat exchanger design for TES applications; energy efficiency and waste heat recovery; multiphysics modeling and CFD approaches; TES integration in renewable energy systems; technoeconomic and lifecycle analysis of TES
(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)
Energy Economics, Efficiency, and Sustainable Development
edited by Mohsen Khezri
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy economics; energy efficiency; sustainable development; carbon pricing; green finance; renewable energy investment
(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
Intelligent Operation and Control of Resilient Microgrids
edited by
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open
Keywords: microgrids; intelligent operation and control; energy management; renewable energy integration; resilient energy systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Advances in Hydrogen Production and Hydrogen-Based Power Systems
edited by Zixuan Wang and Xiaofeng Wu
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogen production; fuel cell; hydrogen storage; electrolyzer; hybrid power system
(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)
Magnetic Field Computations and Energy Efficiency Studies in Electrical Machines, 2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open
Keywords: transverse flux machines; magnetic field; numerical analysis; novel topology; optimized design; new magnetic materials; losses calculations control algorithm NVH (noise; vibration; and harshness) thermal field analysis energy efficiency otimisation study
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
The Impact of Renewable Energy on Global Markets: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities
edited by
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy market development; technological advancements and cost reductions in renewable energies; renewable energy industrial and supply chains; renewable energy markets and grid stability; renewable energy markets and carbon reduction; renewable energy markets and green finance; renewable energy markets and electricity consumption trends; innovations in renewable energy business models; international collaboration in renewable energy markets
(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
Electrode Innovations for High-Energy Battery Systems submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-energy batteries; cathode materials; anode materials; electrode engineering; lithium-ion batteries; sodium-ion batteries; potassium-ion batteries; multivalent batteries; lithium– sulfur batteries; metal– air batteries; solid-state batteries; electrode– electrolyte interface; nanostructured electrodes; battery degradation; in situ characterization; machine learning for material discovery
(This special issue belongs to the Section D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors)
Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Engineering
edited by Yahui Wang, Runlong Gao and Jian Chen
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep learning; neural network; reduced-order method; neutron transport simulation; multi-physics calculation; advanced reactor engineering; condition monitoring; fault diagnosis
(This special issue belongs to the Section B4: Nuclear Energy)
Advances in Materials and Technologies for Thermal Energy Storage Systems and Applications
edited by
submission deadline 24 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal energy storage; sensible heat storage; latent heat storage; thermochemical heat storage; phase change materials; heat transfer; renewable energy; sustainability; nanotechnology; nanomaterials; waste heat recovery
(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
Recent Development in DC-DC Converter
edited by Jungkyu Han
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5739 | Submission Open
Keywords: power electronics; DC-DC converter; high efficiency; high power density; digital control; topology
(This special issue belongs to the Section F3: Power Electronics)
Advances in Optimization and Modelling of Coal Mining submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3692 | Submission Open
Keywords: coal mining; energy production; process modelling; coal deposit modelling; digital twin; coal quality tracking; coal processing; fossil fuels; green power; carbon emissions; dynamic control of energy; surplus of RES; black and green power management; overburden removal control; energy conversion and storage
(This special issue belongs to the Section H: Geo-Energy)
New Advances in Wave Energy Conversion
edited by Feargal Brennan and Abel Arredondo-Galeana
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3447 | Submission Open
Keywords: wave energy; wave energy conversion; wave power; wave energy converters (WEC); wave devices
(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
Novel and Emerging Energy Systems
edited by , and Paweł Czyżewski
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1875 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy innovation; energy flexibility; hybrid energy systems; ammonia/hydrogen for power; power electronics in renewable energy
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Developments in IoT and Smart Power Grids submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1828 | 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)
Energy Performance Prediction and Validation in Green Buildings submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1586 | Submission Open
Keywords: green buildings; zero-carbon buildings; energy efficiency; thermal comfort; sustainability; building performance simulation; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
Future Trends of Energy Economics in Sustainable Development
edited by Greg Hou
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1395 | Submission Open
Keywords: green finance; low-carbon economy transition; the roles of ESG and SDGs green energy and dirty energy; renewable energy and fossil energy; climate change risks and concerns; energy efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
Carbon Capture, Energy Consumption and Storage Technologies in Energy Systems for Green Energy Transition
edited by , Sharif Shofirun Bin Sharif Ali and Javier Zarco-Soto
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1206 | Submission Open
Keywords: carbon capture; storage; energy consumption; applications; technologies; modeling; efficiency; energy transitions
(This special issue belongs to the Section B3: Carbon Emission and Utilization)
Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Metallurgical Processes: Towards Carbon Neutrality and Zero Waste submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 921 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy efficiency; extraction and processing; recycling and secondary recovery; sustainable metals; zero carbon emissions; zero waste; recycling and circular production; thermodynamic modeling and phase diagrams; pyrometallurgical solutions for sustainability; heat recovery in the metals industry
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Trends and Developments in District Heating and Cooling Technologies submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 835 | Submission Open
Keywords: district heating; district cooling; district energy; smart energy systems; smart thermal grid; fourth-generation district heating; waste heat; prosumers; heat pumps; thermal storage; demand-side management; system optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)
Optimizing Building Energy Performance with Advanced Thermal Technologies
edited by
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy; power systems; thermal energy systems; energy building performance; conditioning systems; IoT; AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
Advances in Integration of Renewable Energy Technologies and Distribution Systems: 2nd Edition
edited by Qianzhi Zhang, Jiajia Chen and
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy integration; distribution systems and microgrids; distributed energy resources; grid resilience; grid hosting capacity; power electronics; coordinated operation
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Advances in Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure: Technologies, Integration and User-Centric Perspectives
edited by
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open
Keywords: electric vehicle charging infrastructure; smart charging and load management; vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and bidirectional charging; charging station planning and optimization; renewable integration with EV charging; user behavior and satisfaction; charging experience and accessibility; policy and regulatory frameworks; demand-side flexibility; charging data analytics and AI applications; equity and affordability in EV charging
(This special issue belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
Energy Planning from the Perspective of Sustainability: 2nd Edition submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy planning; energy strategy; energy policies; sustainable energy; energy strategic planning; energy planning methods; energy planning evaluation methods; SDGs; energy crises; energy impact assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section K: State-of-the-Art Energy Related Technologies)
Renewable Energy Development in Distribution Networks: Optimization, Assessment and Design of Renewable Plants
edited by
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open
Keywords: distribution system modelling; optimization algorithms; renewable energies; distributed generation; systems and control for power electronic converters; hybrid AC/DC systems; distribution system planning and operation; IoT; AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Next-Generation Power and Energy Management in Active Distribution Networks: ADMS, DERMS, and Cybersecurity Perspectives
edited by
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open
Keywords: distributed energy resources; distributed generation; electrical vehicles; energy storage; distributed energy resource management system (DERMS); advanced distribution management system (ADMS); active network management non-wires alternatives; microgrids
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Green Buildings and Community Energy Management
edited by
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open
Keywords: green buildings; community energy management; renewable energy integration; energy storage systems; smart grids and microgrids
(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
Recent Developments in the Production of Biodiesel
edited by Pawel Mierczynski
submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiesel production; heterogeneous catalysts; kinetics; nanocatalysts; biodiesel processing; bimetallic catalysts; reaction mechanism studies; surface studies of the catalytic materials; utilization of glycerol; glycerol utilization; homogenous catalysts
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
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