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Sustainable Energy Systems and Applications

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2024 | Viewed by 2753

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Department Applied Mechanics and Projects Engineering, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02071 Albacete, Spain
Interests: renewable energies; power system stability; multi-criteria decision-making; energy planning
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Department of Civil Engineering: Hydraulics, Energy and Environment, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Faculty of Engineering, Universidad a Distancia de Madrid, 28400 Madrid, Spain
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

During recent decades, the worldwide objective of sustainability has become increasingly urgent, mainly due to climate change, resource scarcity, and environmental degradation. Among the critical areas under study, the energy sector stands out as a significant contributor to these challenges. However, it can also be a central solution to achieve sustainability goals. In fact, sustainable energy systems offer a pathway towards mitigating climate change, reducing dependence on finite non-renewable resources, and enhancing socio-economic development.

This Special Issue aims to involve researchers, experts, and policymakers to disseminate their latest research findings, innovative solutions, and best practices related to sustainable energy systems and applications. By including contributions from several fields of study and perspectives, an important advance in understanding the difficult challenges, as well as the outstanding opportunities, towards sustainable energy systems will be made. Indeed, this Special Issue aims to promote interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration towards advancing knowledge and finding solutions to promote sustainable energy systems and applications.

Research in this area is essential to fulfilling the sustainable development goals for securing a successful and resilient future for subsequent generations. The scientific background surrounding sustainable energy systems involves several disciplines. Consequently, in this Special Issue, research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Renewable energy technologies, hybrid systems, and their integration;
  • Energy efficiency;
  • Energy access and equity;
  • Sustainable urban energy planning;
  • Policy, governance, and regulatory frameworks;
  • Interdisciplinary perspectives on energy sustainability.

Original research articles and reviews are welcome. We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Ana Fernández-Guillamón
Dr. Minerva Díaz-Heras
Prof. Dr. Guillermo Martínez de Lucas
Dr. Isabel Cristina Gil-Garcia
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  • sustainable development goals
  • renewable energies
  • energy efficiency
  • urban development

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Solar Self-Consumption and Urban Energy Vulnerability: Case Study in Lisbon
by Marisa Abadeço, Maria João Rodrigues, Paulo Ferrão, Guilherme Luz, Sara Freitas and Miguel Centeno Brito
Sustainability 2024, 16(15), 6635; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16156635 - 2 Aug 2024
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This paper investigates the potential of rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems in mitigating energy vulnerability in the urban context. Based on a geospatial data-driven approach, it combines georeferenced assessment of solar potential and high-resolution demand data with energy vulnerability indicators for both heating and [...] Read more.
This paper investigates the potential of rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems in mitigating energy vulnerability in the urban context. Based on a geospatial data-driven approach, it combines georeferenced assessment of solar potential and high-resolution demand data with energy vulnerability indicators for both heating and cooling needs, to identify priority areas for supporting PV deployment. Results show more than 50% saving potential in the energy bill for the selected priority areas. The mismatch between PV supply and demand supports the development of demand-aggregating collective self-consumption approaches such as solar energy communities, whose challenges and opportunities are discussed. Full article
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Floating Photovoltaic Plant Monitoring: A Review of Requirements and Feasible Technologies
by Silvia Bossi, Luciano Blasi, Giacomo Cupertino, Ramiro dell’Erba, Angelo Cipollini, Saverio De Vito, Marco Santoro, Girolamo Di Francia and Giuseppe Marco Tina
Sustainability 2024, 16(19), 8367; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16198367 - 26 Sep 2024
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Photovoltaic energy (PV) is considered one of the pillars of the energy transition. However, this energy source is limited by a power density per unit surface lower than 200 W/m2, depending on the latitude of the installation site. Compared to fossil [...] Read more.
Photovoltaic energy (PV) is considered one of the pillars of the energy transition. However, this energy source is limited by a power density per unit surface lower than 200 W/m2, depending on the latitude of the installation site. Compared to fossil fuels, such low power density opens a sustainability issue for this type of renewable energy in terms of its competition with other land uses, and forces us to consider areas suitable for the installation of photovoltaic arrays other than farmlands. In this frame, floating PV plants, installed in internal water basins or even offshore, are receiving increasing interest. On the other hand, this kind of installation might significantly affect the water ecosystem environment in various ways, such as by the effects of solar shading or of anchorage installation. As a result, monitoring of floating PV (FPV) plants, both during the ex ante site evaluation phase and during the operation of the PV plant itself, is therefore necessary to keep such effects under control. This review aims to examine the technical and academic literature on FPV plant monitoring, focusing on the measurement and discussion of key physico-chemical parameters. This paper also aims to identify the additional monitoring features required for energy assessment of a floating PV system compared to a ground-based PV system. Moreover, due to the intrinsic difficulty in the maintenance operations of PV structures not installed on land, novel approaches have introduced autonomous solutions for monitoring the environmental impacts of FPV systems. Technologies for autonomous mapping and monitoring of water bodies are reviewed and discussed. The extensive technical literature analyzed in this review highlights the current lack of a cohesive framework for monitoring these impacts. This paper concludes that there is a need to establish general guidelines and criteria for standardized water quality monitoring (WQM) and management in relation to FPV systems. Full article
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