New Solar Technologies for Sustainable Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 13688
Special Issue Editors
Interests: solar energy; sustainable mobility; teaching physics
Interests: systems and automation engineering; solar energy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change is one of the main concerns of society worldwide. Among its main causes are industrial emissions, deforestation, and fossil combustion. In this regard, the energy sector plays a fundamental role in the fight against climate change, both due to the evolution of its demand and the type of resources used. Thus, reducing the use of fossil fuel-based energy generation technologies and promoting renewable energy sources is crucial in the fight against climate change and, as a consequence, in achieving sustainable development.
For all these reasons, as well as its growing economic competitiveness, it is becoming increasingly clear that the future of the energy sector must be directed toward renewable energies. In accordance with this, different institutions have been developing policies that promote the use of renewable energies in general, and solar energy in particular. This, together with wind, is playing a leading role as it is a clean technology, which is abundant and neither complex nor expensive. In addition, it favors equity in access to energy resources as it is, to a greater or lesser extent, a resource that is available anywhere on the planet, including in rural or less developed areas. However, political measures are totally insufficient by themselves, and it is essential that they be accompanied by scientific–technological development that makes the generation of solar energy competitive and efficient. In accordance with this, this Special Issue on “New Solar Technologies for Sustainable Development” is dedicated to those works that involve progress in the development and/or implementation of new solar technologies applied to the agricultural or industrial sector, to construction and Smart Cities or sustainable mobility, among others. In a general sense, this Special Issue aims to collect the latest scientific–technological advances that seek to improve the development and implementation of solar technology and contribute to its advancement toward leadership as a renewable energy production technology.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Marta Varo-Martinez
Prof. Dr. Luis Manuel Fernández De Ahumada
Prof. Dr. José Cristóbal Ramírez Faz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Climate change
- Smart cities and buildings
- Efficiency and sustainable development
- Solar energy
- Solar technologies applied to agriculture
- Solar technologies applied to civil engineering
- Solar technologies applied to industry
- Electric mobility
- Technological developments in solar energy
- Monitoring, communications and data treatment in solar energy
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