Special Issue "Energy Efficiency in Power Lines"

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Pablo Castro
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Guest Editor
Mechanical Engineering, Energy intensification, Electric and Energy Engineering Department, University of Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain
Interests: high temperature measurements; energy efficiency in power lines and numerical heat transfer
Dr. Raquel Martínez
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Guest Editor
Electric and Energy Engineering Department, University of Cantabria, Santander, 39005, Spain
Interests: dynamic line rating; power quality; energy efficiency; transformers ferroresonance; transformers maintenance
Dr. Alberto Laso
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Guest Editor
Electric and Energy Engineering Department, University of Cantabria, Santander, 39005, Spain.
Interests: smart grids; renewable energy integration; power lines

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

 

Increasing the energy efficiency in power lines has become a critical issue to reach the goal of energy sustainability in upcoming decades. The addition of new renewable capacity and distributed generation and storage are challenging the electric grid with new and more complex requirements.

Power lines should increase the intelligence of their systems in order to become real smart grids. This implies new sensors and equipment, more data acquisition combined with big data analysis and new ways of grid management.

Furthermore, the electrification path to achieve a better sustainability in heat, transport and green energy production will make the efficiency of the main carrier, the electricity through the power lines, to become a very important issue in the next years.

All these challenges will bring a lot of interest from researchers, academics and industry. This Special Issue includes, but is not limited, to the following topics:

  • Renewable energy integration;
  • Dynamic line rating;
  • New sensors, equipment and data acquisition of electric grid parameters;
  • Good practices in power lines management;
  • Energy backup systems;
  • Electric vehicle integration;
  • Smart grids;
  • Distributed energy production;
  • Energy storage systems;
  • Equipment digitization;
  • Electric grid management;
  • Big data analysis;
  • State of the art reviews of these topics are also welcomed;

 

Dr. Pablo Castro 
Dr. Raquel Martinez
Dr. Alberto Laso
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • renewable energy integration
  • dynamic line rating
  • energy backup systems
  • electric vehicle
  • smart grids
  • distributed energy production
  • energy storage systems
  • electric grid management
  • big data analysis

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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