Assessment of Renewable Energy Resources with Remote Sensing

Dear Colleagues,

The socioeconomic development of a region or country is intrinsically associated with energy consumption. We expect continuous growth in energy demand in countries with a robust emerging economy in the next decade, to support the enhancement of the quality of life and essential services such as food, health, education, transportation, and entertainment.

On the other hand, energy consumption has been pointed out as one of the factors responsible for the growing concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere due to fossil fuels being used as the primary source of energy. Concerns about climate change associated with the high GHG concentrations in the atmosphere have been driving the development of increasingly efficient technologies to exploit renewable energy resources with low GHG emissions.

However, technological developments in energy conversion processes are not a unique challenge that will boost renewable energy resources like solar energy, wind energy, hydroelectric energy, and wave energy. Reliable data and knowledge on renewable energy resource assessment are also required and essential to ensure sustainable expansion considering environmental, financial and energetic security.

Renewable energy resources have an intrinsic relationship with local atmospheric conditions and the regional climate. Even small and fast changes in meteorological conditions can cause significant variability in power generation at different time and space scales. Methodologies based on the remote sensing of the atmosphere are the primary source of information for the development of numerical models that aim at supporting the planning and operation of an electric system with a substantial contribution of intermittent energy sources.

The Special Issue focuses on disseminating scientific knowledge and technological developments for the assessment and forecasting of renewable energy resources using remote sensing techniques in order to support the expansion of the exploitation of renewable energy resources, especially in regions where energy demand is rapidly expanding.

Dr. Fernando Ramos Martins
Guest Editor

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