Sustainable Energy Development Strategies: Renewables and Energy Efficiency
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 413
Special Issue Editor
Interests: renewable energies; energy policy; material science
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
If our societies want to fulfil their pledges for the Paris Agreement to keep global warming below 1.5 ºC, the energy sector has to become carbon neutral and the global energy demand has to be reduced through disruptive energy efficiency technologies and consumer behavior by 2050.
The electrification of our energy demand is a pathway to utilize carbon-neutral renewable energy sources and increase the efficiency of the energy system at the same time.
The electrification of the transport and heating and cooling sectors, as well as the electrification of much-needed desalination pose challenges, both to the needed supply technologies as well as to energy-efficient demand technologies and their modes of operation.
The necessary rapid technical evolution needs to be matched by standards to ensure product quality, reliability, and sustainability, as well as transparent market conditions.
Finally, societal changes and challenges have to be addressed in order to realize such a transition over the next thirty years.
Dr. Arnulf Jäger-Waldau
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- electrification of energy supply
- renewable energy technologies
- renewable energy potentials
- energy-efficient demand
- societal needs
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