Renewable Energy Storage and Utilization

Dear Colleagues,

We are inviting submissions to the Sustainability Special Issue on “Renewable Energy Storage and Utilization”.

The decarbonization objectives set by the European Commission inherently involve the use of renewable energies, but energy storage is one of the main problems that prevent a more widespread use of renewable energies. Energy storage in different forms is essential to reduce variation in electricity prices, reduce the cost of electricity, and facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources into the electricity grid, guaranteeing a stable supply in the future.

Energy can be stored using different technologies or systems. For instance, it can be stored using mechanical, chemical, electrochemical, thermal, and electrical systems.

This Special Issue of Sustainability aims to address the challenges in the use and control of different storage technologies for storing and utilizing renewable energy. Original submissions focusing on different storing methods and their control and practical implementation, increasing our knowledge of better and new applications for energy storage systems, on the basis of one or more of the following topics, are welcome in this Special Issue. The issue will include but is not limited to:

• Control of renewable energy sources in storage systems;
• Mechanical storage systems;
• Thermal storage systems;
• Chemical storage systems;
• Electrochemical storage systems;
• Electrical storage systems;
• Safety issues around storage systems;
• Electric vehicles as energy storage systems and applications;
• Application of stored energy supporting grid quality;
• Methods of injecting stored energy into the grid.

Prof. Dr. José Antonio Cortajarena
Prof. Dr. Oscar Barambones
Prof. Dr. Patxi Alkorta
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• renewable energy
• storage methods
• safety
• control
• grid support