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Advances in Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering
edited by , Stefania Maria Serena Privitera and
submission deadline 13 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6812
Keywords: solar cells; photovoltaic modules; photoelectrochemical cells; solar green hydrogen; green ammonia
(This special issue belongs to the Section A2: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems)
Emerging Trends in Energy and Environmental Design Integrating New Services and Tools for Smart Cities and Smart Buildings submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13858 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy and environmental design emerging trends; smart cities and smart districts and their emerging trends; smart building innovations and integrated applications; IoT; machine learning; artificial intelligence and blockchain applied to cities; districts and/or buildings; digital twins and the multiverse applied to cities; districts and/or buildings; integration of BIM into cities; districts and/or buildings; innovations in GIS for smart cities and smart districts; resource and energy flow optimization; energy communities and/or energy citizenship; energy optimization in buildings; cities and/or districts; nature-based solutions in buildings; cities and/or districts; environmental design and its impacts; environmental impacts of mitigation and adaptation strategies; impact frameworks of solutions applied at the city; district or building level; citizen-centred design approaches; service design for cities; districts and/or buildings; citizen science applied to cities; districts and/or buildings
(This special issue belongs to the Section G1: Smart Cities and Urban Management)
Managing Energy Sector Enterprises: Challenges, Methods and Research Trends: 2nd Edition submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8028 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy sector companies  ; organization and management  ; strategic management  ; innovations management  ; organizational restructuring  ; strategy  ; stakeholders; systems management  ; business models; international management  ; marketing  ; managerial accounting  ; risk management; Artificial intelligence (AI)  ; research methods  ; big data analysis  ; comparative analysis  ; bibliometric analysis  ; systematic literature review
(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
Energy Storage, Energy Conversion, and Multifunctional Materials 2024 - 2025 submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7809 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy storage and conversion; batteries lithium batteries; solid-state batteries; graphene batteries; short-term and long-term energy storage; stretchable energy storage; electric vehicles (EVs); supercapacitors/ultracapacitors; flywheels; pumped hydro storage; superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES); thermal energy storage; hydrogen storage and fuel cells; autonomous power systems; renewable energy sources; effect on power system reliability and resilience; smart grids; distributed energy resources (DERs); demand side management; multifunctional materials; low-cost materials; life cycle assessment (LCA) of energy storage; recycling of energy storage technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
Recent Advances in Hydro-Mechanical Turbines: Powering the Future
edited by Yexiang Xiao and Ruofu Xiao
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7385 | Submission Open
Keywords: giant Francis turbine; giant Pelton turbine; reversible pump turbine storage machines; ternary pumped storage machines; ocean energy
(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
Advances in Energy Efficiency and Conservation of Green Buildings
edited by and
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7333 | Submission Open
Keywords: green buildings; zero-carbon buildings; building energy conservation; energy efficiency; control methods; renewable energy; artificial intelligence; optimization techniques; PEDF
(This special issue belongs to the Section G: Energy and Buildings)
Artificial Intelligence Technologies Applied to Smart Grids
edited by Kanendra Naidu, and
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4518 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart grid; energy management; grid resilience; artificial intelligence; sustainability; intelligent control
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
New Circuit Configurations and Control in Power Electronics and Power Magnetics
edited by Guo Xu
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4000 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy conversion; power electronics; power converter and its control; magnetic design
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Advances in Battery Degradation and Recycling submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3669 | Submission Open
Keywords: lithium-ion; battery reuse; second-life batteries; recycling; battery testing; degradation; capacity; modelling; electric vehicles; module failure; thermal management; battery safety
(This special issue belongs to the Section D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors)
Stability Problems and Countermeasures in New Power Systems
edited by Qirong Jiang and Liang Wang
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3141 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy generation; electrified power; wide-band oscillations; energy storage; frequency stability; voltage stability; power markets; virtual power plants; active distribution networks; Internet of Things (IoT); Artificial Intelligence (AI)
(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
Economic Analysis of Nuclear Energy
edited by and Guobin Jia
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2062 | Submission Open
Keywords: nuclear reactor; economic analysis; cost theory model; multi-energy systems; investment appraisal; financial feasibility; modular technology; EROI
(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
Advances in Solar Cells Technology: Materials and Device Architectures
edited by
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1770 | Submission Open
Keywords: solar cells; materials; device structure; generation
(This special issue belongs to the Section A2: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems)
Solar Thermal Heat and Power Technology: Developments and Applications
edited by , Walter Gaggioli and Francesco Rovense
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1670 | Submission Open
Keywords: solar thermal technology; concentrated solar thermal (CST); concentrated solar power (CSP); industrial solar process (SHIP); solar heating and cooling
(This special issue belongs to the Section A2: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems)
Chemical Hydrogen Storage Materials for Hydrogen Generation submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1322 | Submission Open
Keywords: materials for energy; additive manufacturing; hydrogen storage; magnetic materials; perovskites; nanotubes; spinel ferrites; high-entropy alloys; nanoporous materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section A5: Hydrogen Energy)
Advances in Relay Protection Solutions for Modern Power Distribution Networks submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1284 | Submission Open
Keywords: distribution network operation; relay protection; smart grid; optimization techniques; renewable energy sources; fault detection; adaptive protection; AI applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
Clean Use of Fuels: Future Trends and Challenges submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1181 | Submission Open
Keywords: pollutant control; renewable fuels; fossil fuels; waste-to-energy; techno-economic and life cycle assessments; process simulation and modeling; fuels for sustainable transport; decentralized use of fuels for homes; production optimization; waste reduction and valorization
(This special issue belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
Computational Intelligence in Electrical Systems: 2nd Edition submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1115 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart grids; microgrids; and virtual power plants; distributed energy resources; renewable energy sources; energy storage systems; electric vehicles; green computing and green networking; energy harvesting; low-power ICT systems; neural networks; fuzzy systems; evolutionary computation; deep learning; classification and clustering; data regression optimization and control; time series; forecasting
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Planning, Operation, and Control of Regional Smart Energy Networks for Optimal Flexibility Extraction and Utilization
edited by , Christina N. Papadimitriou, and
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart energy networks; flexibility; renewables; distributed energy resources; optimization and control; integrated energy systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section F5: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy)
Optimizing Biomass Supply Chains for Efficient Bioenergy Production: Engineering Solutions for Quality and Quantity
edited by and Jagannadh Satyavolu
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 164 | 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)
Progress and Trends in Fault Diagnosis for Renewable Energies
edited by
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open
Keywords: supervision; diagnosis; optimal; fault tolerant control; resilience; data-based FDI; model-based FDI; AI for predictive maintenance; PHM
(This special issue belongs to the Section F5: Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy)
Energy Performance Prediction and Validation in Green Buildings submission deadline 16 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1453 | 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)
Recent Advances in Power Quality Analysis and Robust Control of Renewable Energy Sources in Power Grids: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 17 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3695 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable energy sources; power quality; control techniques; microgrids; energy storage devices; electromagnetic interference; power factor
(This special issue belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
Recent Progress in Biomass Pyrolysis and High Value Utilization of Pyrolytic Carbon submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 25761 | Submission Open
Keywords: enhancement of biomass; bioreducers; biomaterials used in metallurgy and steel production; alternative energy sources; bio-coke; bio-based products
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Energy Efficiency of the Buildings: 3rd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 15 articles | Viewed by 16652 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal isolation of the 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)
Preparation and Optimization of Solid Oxide Fuel/Electrolysis Cells (SOFCs/ SOECs)
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 15652 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid oxide fuel cells; SOFC; SOEC; ceramic composites; low-temperature SOFC/ SOEC; ceramic electrolytes; anodes; cathodes; interconnects; SOFC/SOEC fabrication methods; metal-supported SOFC/ SOEC; stack design; SOFC/SOEC diagnostic methods; hydrogen
(This special issue belongs to the Section D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors)
Chemical and Biochemical Processes for Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources II
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9497 | Submission Open
Keywords: chemicals for energy storage; electrochemical methods for chemical and fuel production; pyrolysis for energy and fuel production; hydrogen production and storage; fuel cells with renewable sources; biomass for energy and fuel production; hydrogen sulfide for energy production
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
New Trends in Energy Storage Systems for HEVs and EVs
edited by Dunnan Liu, and
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7062 | Submission Open
Keywords: EVs; HEVs; energy storage systems; intelligent charging; aggregation and optimization; big data
(This special issue belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
Planning, Operation, and Control of New Power Systems
edited by Hui Hou, Siyang Liao, Yunqi Wang and
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 6780 | Submission Open
Keywords: new power systems; carbon neutral carbon peak; optimal planning; operation and control
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
New Challenges in Waste-to-Energy and Bioenergy Systems
edited by , Stanisław Famielec and
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5395 | Submission Open
Keywords: waste-to-energy; refuse-derived fuels; biowaste and bioenergy; biogas and biomethane production; biomaterials; biomass; biodiesel; bioethanol; biochar; biorefinery; energy storage; clean energy and climate changes; life cycle assessment; circular economy
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Advances in Optimal Control and Smart Operation of Renewable Energy Systems
edited by Zhihuai Xiao, Dong Liu, , Yan Ren and Jingjing Zhang
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5314 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydropower; wind power; photovoltaic power generation; nonlinear modelling; stability analysis; fault diagnosis; trend prediction; state assessment; optimal control; system integration; multi-energy complementarity; multi-field coupling; system capacity allocation; joint dispatch optimization; artificial intelligence; optimization algorithm
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Wind Generators Modelling and Control: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4724 | Submission Open
Keywords: wind power; wind turbines; wind farms; offshore wind energy; numerical modeling; power electronics; Fuzzy Logic Control; neural network; smart grid; power system
(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
Vertical Axis Wind Turbines: Current Technologies and Future Trends submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4681 | Submission Open
Keywords: vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT); aerodynamics related to VAWT; computational fluid dynamics of VAWT; blade element momentum theory of VAWT; reduction in costs of VAWT; control of VAWT; wake analysis of VAWT; wind farm of VAWT; closely spaced arrangements of VAWTs; interaction between VAWTs
(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
Offshore Wind Farms: Theory, Methods and Applications submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2600 | Submission Open
Keywords: offshore wind farms; renewable energy; energy storage; grid and transmission; emission reduction
(This special issue belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
Resilience and Security of Modern Power Systems
edited by Chao Qin and Jiancun Liu
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2286 | Submission Open
Keywords: resilience; power system; high renewable penetration; extreme events; evaluation methods; security; big data; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
Integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs): 2nd Edition submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2047 | Submission Open
Keywords: distributed energy resources (DERs); renewable/citizen energy communities; power quality; DER integration; energy harvesting systems; powering of autonomous IoT nodes
(This special issue belongs to the Section F2: Distributed Energy System)
Renewable Fuels and Chemicals
edited by Rashid Al-Hajri and
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1558 | Submission Open
Keywords: renewable fuels; biofuel production; biomass conversion; sustainable energy; green chemistry; catalysis; fuel cells; CO2 fixation; hydrogen energy; microbial electrolysis cells; energy storage; nitrogen reduction; urea synthesis; catalyst recycling
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Study on Biomass Gasification and Pyrolysis Process
edited by and Halina Pawlak-Kruczek
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1391 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass gasification; pyrolysis; plasma; modeling; experiment
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Selected Papers from the ICEUBI2024—International Congress on Engineering
edited by , and José Álvaro Nunes Pombo
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1219 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy sources; energy storage; electrical power systems; electric mobility; energy and construction; energy fundamentals and conversion; intelligent systems in energy; energy economics and policy
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Energy Policies and Sustainable Development submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1077 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable energy systems; energy strategies; energy economy; energy efficiency; renewable energy sources; energy supply and demand; energy policy
(This special issue belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
Future Vision of Electric Vehicles and Transportation
edited by , Mengmeng Zhang, Rui Yue and Jianzhu Wang
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 806 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent transportation systems; electric vehicles (EVs); safety monitoring; predictive control; trajectory tracking; emergency resource allocation; vehicle– tunnel collaboration
(This special issue belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
Thermodynamic Analysis and Its Theoretical System for Sustainable Energy Sources
edited by
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open
Keywords: free energy or exergy; exergy; the concept; and the doctrine of exergy and anergy; the premise; renewable energy; thermodynamics of fire and reversibility; what will be the new “ third fire” in the post-Pyrocene era?; strategic electrification; entropic indeterminateness and entropy possibilism
(This special issue belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)
From Emissions to Resources: Studies on Carbon Dioxide Conversion Technologies
edited by Xiaoyun Li and Hongbin Ju
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open
Keywords: CO2 conversion; high-value chemicals; polymers; catalytic conversion
(This special issue belongs to the Section B3: Carbon Emission and Utilization)
Thermo-Mechanical and Electrical Measurements for Energy Systems: 2nd Edition submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open
Keywords: sensors; monitoring and instrumentation; metrological properties; sensor characterization and optimization; fiber optics; thermography; wireless sensors network; intelligent controllers; energy storage; smart grid; simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Advances in the Monitoring, Evaluation, Operation and Development of High-Penetration Renewable Energy Power Systems: 2nd Edition
edited by , , and Bo Li
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 160 | 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)
Advances in Control of Electrical Drives and Power Electronics
edited by Wentao Zhang
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open
Keywords: permanent motors; new topologies; advanced control algorithms
(This special issue belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
Green Technologies for Energy Transitions
edited by and Antonella Cornelio
submission deadline 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open
Keywords: metal recovery; sustainability; circular economy; green technologies; precious resource
(This special issue belongs to the Section A: Sustainable Energy)
Sustainable Energy Development in Liquid Waste and Biomass: 2nd Edition submission deadline 22 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2009 | Submission Open
Keywords: biomass; renewable energy; sustainable biomass; global warming; pollution bioeconomy; carbon capture and storage (CCS)
(This special issue belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
Trends and Developments in District Heating and Cooling Technologies submission deadline 22 May 2025 | Viewed by 262 | 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)
Optimization and Control in New-Generation Power Systems
edited by
submission deadline 22 May 2025 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open
Keywords: power system; power optimization; power control; power system operation
(This special issue belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
Carbon Capture Technologies for Sustainable Energy Production submission deadline 23 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8975 | Submission Open
Keywords: CO2 capture; energy; modelling; chemical reactor; efficiency; advanced materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section B3: Carbon Emission and Utilization)
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