Energy Security and Sustainable Transition: Resilience, Policy, and System Adequacy
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 19 March 2027 | Viewed by 146
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Dear Colleagues,
Energy systems worldwide are navigating a decisive transition in which rapid decarbonization must be achieved without compromising the security of supply, affordability, and system reliability. Intensifying climate extremes, geopolitical volatility, fuel price shocks, supply-chain disruptions, and growing cyber–physical risks are exposing vulnerabilities across electricity, heat, transport, and industrial energy systems. At the same time, the accelerated deployment of variable renewables, electrification, and sector coupling is reshaping operational requirements and long-term planning assumptions. This Special Issue seeks original research and state-of-the-art reviews that strengthen the scientific and practical foundations of energy security and sustainable transition, with a particular emphasis on resilience, policy effectiveness, and system adequacy under uncertainty.
We welcome contributions on adequacy and reliability assessment (metrics, probabilistic methods, and stress testing); flexibility solutions (storage, demand response, interconnections, hybrid systems, and dispatchable low-carbon capacity); renewable integration and grid modernization; resilience planning for climate-driven extremes and cascading failures; cybersecurity and digitalization for secure operation; investment and market design that aligns incentives with security and decarbonization goals; governance frameworks for critical infrastructure and multi-sector interdependencies; and affordability, energy poverty, and “just transition” instruments that preserve social legitimacy. Submissions may use quantitative, qualitative, or mixed approaches, but should prioritize transparent assumptions, robust evidence, and actionable implications for policymakers, regulators, system operators, and industry stakeholders across regions and scales.
Dr. Sérgio Lousada
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- adequacy assessment
- climate resilience
- critical energy infrastructure
- decarbonization pathways
- demand response
- energy security
- flexibility resources
- grid modernization
- market design
- sector coupling
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