Renewable Energy Combinations: Integrating Solar, Wind, and Biomass for a Strong Future
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2027 | Viewed by 179
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Dear Colleagues,
The transition to a low-carbon economy depends not only on expanding renewable energy capacity but also on integrating complementary sources in robust, efficient, and regionally adapted systems. Solar and wind power have grown rapidly worldwide; however, their inherent intermittency and seasonal variability can create operational challenges for grids, industries, and communities. Biomass and bioenergy—particularly when derived from sustainable forestry and agricultural residues—offer dispatchable and storable energy carriers that can balance variable renewables, strengthen energy security, and support circular bioeconomy strategies.
This Special Issue, “Renewable Energy Combinations: Integrating Solar, Wind, and Biomass for a Strong Future”, aims to advance scientific and technological knowledge on hybrid and integrated renewable systems, highlighting how solar, wind, and biomass can be combined to increase reliability, reduce costs, and minimize environmental impacts. We welcome contributions ranging from resource assessment and spatial planning to process engineering, conversion technologies, storage, and system optimization. Topics may include hybrid microgrids, co-generation and tri-generation, sector coupling (electricity–heat–fuels), power-to-X pathways supported by bioenergy, and sustainable feedstock chains.
The purpose of this Special Issue is twofold: (i) to provide a platform for innovative approaches that improve the design and operation of integrated renewable portfolios under real-world constraints; (ii) to connect emerging research on biomass-based energy carriers (solid biofuels, biochar, biogas, and advanced biofuels) with the expanding literature on solar–wind hybridization, grid integration, and decarbonization policy. By bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives—from engineering and materials science to forestry, environmental assessment, and techno-economic modeling—this Special Issue will supplement the existing literature with practical solutions, comparative case studies, and scalable frameworks for accelerating resilient energy transitions.
Prof. Dr. Antônio José Vinha Zanuncio
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hybrid renewable systems
- solar–wind integration
- biomass energy
- forest biomass
- solid biofuels
- biochar
- energy transition
- grid stability
- dispatchable renewable
- techno-economic analysis
- life cycle assessment (LCA)
- circular bioeconomy
- microgrids
- energy storage
- sustainability assessment
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