Renewable Energy Deployment to Decarbonize the Energy Sector and Alleviate Energy Poverty

Dear Colleagues,

In 2021, the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) was held in Glasgow, UK, where parliamentary representatives from nearly 200 countries reached an agreement formalized as the “Glasgow Climate Pact”, which commits countries to ensuring global net-zero emissions by mid-century and to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees by 2030. The parties have put forward ambitious targets and paths of action to help reduce global emissions. However, in context of the current energy structure and transition trends, reaching such an emissions reduction target will be difficult to achieve.

Energy transition has become the key to realizing the 1.5 degrees Celsius target and mitigating climate change. The deployment of renewable energy sources pledged by various countries is one of main goals of the COP26 agenda. However, many difficulties will be faced in the process of energy transition, such as energy poverty, energy security, energy structure imbalance, economic losses, and technical problems. Therefore, we need to explore the role of renewable energy resources extraction, supply, and management in the post-COP26 era.

The aim of this Special Issue is therefore to publish original research papers and critical reviews that can contribute to discussions of the possible pathways for achieving the rapid deployment of renewable energy. Authors may approach this from such aspects as management, economics, marketing, and organizational behavior in helping countries formulate action routes for emissions reduction. The contributions to the subject are expected to have profound implications for a wide range of stakeholders, including policymakers, managers, national organizations, etc.

For this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Assessment of renewable energy development potential
• Renewable energy demand forecast and analysis
• The impact of renewable energy development on carbon emissions reduction
• Effectiveness and the economic cost of governance policies on renewable energy
• Economic analysis of new technologies on renewable energy
• Assessment of economic and environmental benefits of renewable energy development
• Trends and costs of renewable energy technologies
• The relationship between renewable energy development and energy poverty
• Nations’ ambitions and actions in the process of governing energy transition
• Governance paths achieving energy transition
• Life cycle carbon footprint of renewable energy

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Zhaoyang Kong
Dr. Shaochao Ma
Dr. Yuhua Zheng
Guest Editors

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• renewable energy deployment
• carbon reduction
• energy poverty