Sustainable Energy: Addressing Issues Related to Renewable Energy
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 3573
Special Issue Editors
Interests: conventional energy; renewable energy (solar, wind, biofuel, clean hydrogen); energy policy; energy security
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: renewable energy utilization; energy storage; phase chane materials; thermal management
Interests: wind energy; wind harvesting; wind turbine technologies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Access to clean energy is a fundamental part of sustainable development and enhanced quality of life. Research and development play a crucial role in the field of renewable and conventional energy by uncovering groundbreaking solutions that empower individuals, promote resilience, and contribute to a more promising future. Access to renewable energy is considered a driving force for long-term, environmentally friendly progress. Renewable energy options (solar, wind, hydro, biofuel, etc.) provide a sustainable and eco-friendly alternative, thus creating potential for economic expansion, progress, and well-being while also fostering a sustainable environment. Fossil fuels continue to exert a dominant influence on worldwide power generation and remain the primary source of greenhouse gas emissions. Nevertheless, research and development efforts continue to advance new technologies and enhance the efficiency of energy production systems. This open access Special Issue aims to compile the most recent research on renewable and conventional energy, as well as related subjects, to disseminate this information to a broad range of individuals and groups, including governments, policymakers, researchers, academics, investors, consumers, and civil society.
We invite authors to contribute to this Special Issue by submitting original research, case studies, or comprehensive reviews of recent developments in renewable and conventional energy, as well as associated technologies. This Special Issue’s themes include fundamental and applied research in energy and power as follows: (i) conventional energy—fossil fuels, power generation, waste heat recovery, and energy efficiency; (ii) renewable energy—wind, solar, hydro, biofuel, geothermal, and ocean and tidal energy; (iii) energy storage and distribution—batteries, fuel cells, transmission, smart grids, and metering; (iv) energy efficiency and sustainable technologies—energy conversion, low-carbon technology, CO2 capture, energy harvesting and scavenging, carbon mitigation, building thermal performance, phase-change materials, green transport, and electric vehicles; (v) clean hydrogen—production technologies, clean hydrogen policy, and clean hydrogen certification; and (vi) energy economics—techno-economic studies, energy safety, energy policy, energy security, and energy diplomacy.
All articles for this Special Issue undergo a peer-review procedure.
Prof. Dr. Firoz Alam
Prof. Dr. Yingai Jin
Dr. Hang Meng
Dr. Hao Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wind
- solar
- hydro
- bioenergy
- geothermal
- wave
- clean hydrogen
- conventional energy
- power generation
- energy storage
- energy economics
- energy security
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