Advanced Renewable Energy and Power Generation Technologies: Progress and Techno-Economic Analysis
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 16 November 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: electrical power systems; applications of power electronics in power systems; real-time power system modelling; smart grid systems; power system protections, standards and protocols, and automation and control; renewable energy and distributed energy resources in power systems; applications of artificial intelligence in power systems; condition monitoring; engineering education
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The global pursuit of clean, sustainable, and efficient energy solutions has accelerated the evolution of renewable energy technologies and modern power generation systems. With rapid advances in solar, wind, hydro, biomass, and other renewable resources, alongside revolutionary breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), the energy sector is entering a new era of intelligent, adaptive, and high-performance power systems.
This Special Issue, titled “Advanced Renewable Energy and Power Generation Technologies: Progress and Techno-Economic Analysis”, invites cutting-edge research, innovative solutions, and insightful reviews that explore the latest developments shaping the future of renewable energy. We especially welcome interdisciplinary contributions that integrate renewable technologies with AI/ML methods to improve system design, operation, forecasting, optimization, and integration.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Renewable Energy Technologies
- Next-generation solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and biomass systems;
- Hybrid and multi-source renewable energy systems;
- Emerging materials and conversion technologies;
- Marine and tidal energy innovations.
- Power Generation and Grid Integration
- Smart grid technologies and renewable integration;
- Energy storage systems and hybrid storage solutions;
- Power electronics for renewable applications;
- Microgrids, nanogrids, and virtual power plants.
- AI and ML Applications in Energy Systems
- Forecasting renewable energy resources using AI/ML;
- Predictive maintenance, fault detection, and condition monitoring;
- AI-based optimization of generation, storage, and load management;
- Reinforcement learning for real-time energy system control;
- Digital twins and data-driven modeling of renewable systems.
- Sustainability, Policy, and Socio-Technical Perspectives
- Life-cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis;
- Policy, regulatory, and financial frameworks for renewable deployment;
- Climate resilience and environmental impact assessments;
- Socio-technical challenges and transition pathways.
Dr. Akshay Kumar Saha
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- electrical power generation
- renewable energy resources
- technology
- clean and green energy
- grid integration
- artificial intelligence
- machine learning
- optimization
- sustainability
- policy
- socio-technical perspectives
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