The Potential Role of Natural Gas in Sustainable Energy Systems for a Low-Carbon Economy
A special issue of Gases (ISSN 2673-5628).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 636
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Dear Colleagues,
In today's world, the sustainable development of the economy, energy, and the environment has become an important issue of global concern. A consensus has already been established regarding the development of a low-carbon economy. Among the energy transitions that this development entails, much attention has been given to the role of fuel switching, primarily from coal to natural gas, to reduce CO2 emissions and air pollutants. As the most environment-friendly fossil fuel, natural gas plays a unique role in the transition of the energy mix from high-carbon to low-carbon and boasts tremendous development potential. Natural gas development can not only increase the proportion of clean energy in fossil fuels but also compensate for the disadvantages of renewable energy, such as the inability to store power and the unstable supply of wind and solar energy. Natural gas is used to create electrical energy on demand when there is not enough provision from sun (e.g., photovoltaic, CSP), wind (turbines), or water (e.g., hydro, ocean current, waves) sources. Moreover, the heat generated during the burning of natural gas can be used in combined heat and power (CHP). CHP is a technology that can at the very least reduce carbon emissions by allowing the more efficient use of fuel; should the fuel used as an energy store be biomass, biogas, or hydrogen, then it can be a zero-carbon option in principle.
This Special Issue of Gases entitled “The Potential Role of Natural Gas in Sustainable Energy Systems for a Low-Carbon Economy” will serve as a publishing platform for scientific and technological approaches to the utilization of natural gas in sustainable energy systems. While a focus lies on energy and economy, the scope of this Special Issue also includes "low-carbon" solutions in all aspects of industrial engineering. A low-carbon economy is of special interest to researchers, advanced students, technical consultants, and decision-makers in industries and politics. This Special Issue will publish comprehensive overviews and in-depth technical research papers addressing recent progress made in the utilization of natural gas in sustainable energy systems. Studies of advanced techniques and methods for utilizing natural gas in sustainable energy systems are also welcome. Research involving experimental and numerical studies, recent developments, and the current state-of-the-art and emerging technologies in this field are highly encouraged.
Prof. Emer Satoru Okamoto
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- climate change
- carbon financing and markets
- carbon neutrality
- carbon taxation
- CHP/CCHP systems
- distributed integrated energy systems
- low-carbon strategies
- electric vehicles
- emissions trading
- energy consumption
- energy management
- energy saving
- energy policy
- energy production
- energetic, exergetic, and/or economic analysis
- environmental and clean technologies
- environmental economics
- fossil fuel resources and consumption
- fuel cells
- green economy and sustainable development
- hydrogen energy
- low-carbon building
- low-carbon communities
- low carbon emission
- natural gas resources and exploration
- natural gas storage and transportation
- liquefied natural gas (LNG)
- natural gas risk management
- gas emissions
- gaseous pollutants
- renewable heat
- renewable-energy economy
- smart grids
- sustainable development
- thermodynamic analysis
