Energy Storage Solutions for Efficient & Sustainable Renewable Integration
A Special Issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050) belonging to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2027 | Viewed by 1169
Editors
Interests: energy storage; phase change materials; thermochemical materials; energy efficiency; building energy refurbishment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Variable renewables such as wind and solar are rapidly transforming energy systems, but their inherent variability creates challenges for balancing supply and demand and maintaining grid stability. Energy storage provides temporal flexibility by shifting surplus generation to periods of scarcity, smoothing ramps and forecast errors, and supporting system reliability while reducing peak loads and deferring network reinforcements. Alongside electrochemical and mechanical options, thermal energy storage (TES) can decouple heat supply from demand in buildings, industry and district networks, using abundant materials and mature technologies. When coupled with heat pumps, solar thermal and power‑to‑heat solutions, TES turns variable renewable electricity into reliable heating and cooling services, easing stress on electricity grids and enabling deeper decarbonization of thermal uses.
This Special Issue seeks original research and reviews on energy storage strategies that enable efficient, reliable and sustainable integration of renewables across the power and thermal sectors. We welcome contributions that demonstrate how storage mitigates intermittency, supports peak shaving and congestion management, and reduces emissions in both electricity and heat supply. Particular interest is given to cross‑sector approaches where TES complements electrical storage in buildings, industrial processes and district systems, including techno‑economic, environmental and policy analyses.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Design, control and optimization of storage for variability management and peak shaving;
- TES concepts, materials and system integration for building, industrial and district decarbonization;
- Sector‑coupled systems (power‑to‑heat, power‑to‑mobility, power‑to‑gas) using storage for flexibility;
- Market design, regulation and business models enabling storage deployment and stacked value streams.
Dr. Eleonora Baccega
Dr. Davide Menegazzo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- energy storage
- thermal energy storage
- renewable integration
- peak shaving
- grid flexibility
- sector coupling
- multi‑energy systems
- decarbonization
- sustainable energy systems
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