Energy Sustainability
A section of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Section Information
Energy Sustainability aims to provide a leading multidisciplinary platform on innovation, research, technology development and demonstration in the fields of sustainable energy deployment. Sustainable energy deployment has a multilateral impact at local to global scales with social, ecological, health, and economic consequences, directly linked with renewable energy, new fuels such as hydrogen, energy conversion, energy transmission, energy storage, transportation, building energy consumption, smart grid, etc.
Energy Sustainability welcomes research articles, conceptual analysis articles, review articles, and commentaries related to energy resources, technologies, applications, deployment options and advanced techniques in support to achieving Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) of ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. The multi-disciplinary scope of “Energy Sustainability” includes but not limited to:
- Energy resources, technologies, conversion, management and storage;
- Energy sustainability options and green energy exploitation;
- Renewable energy applications and techniques;
- Smart and innovative energy technologies and applications;
- Green technology options and climate change;
- Energy strategy, policy, economics, and trade;
- Energy security, poverty, and justice;
- Energy and socio-economic development.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Sustainable Energy Storage Materials and Devices (Deadline: 3 November 2024)
- Sustainable Operation and Control of Renewable Energy Resources (Deadline: 10 November 2024)
- Solar-Pumped Lasers and Sustainable Laser Beams: Current and Future Development (Deadline: 14 November 2024)
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems: Architecture, Methodology and Technology, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 November 2024)
- Sustainable Electric Propulsion Drive and Wind Turbine Technologies (Deadline: 15 November 2024)
- Integration of Renewable Energies in Energy Systems and Buildings: Solutions for Energy Sustainability (Deadline: 18 November 2024)
- Evaluation and Utilization of Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 19 November 2024)
- Energy Economics and Energy Policy towards Sustainability (Deadline: 25 November 2024)
- Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation: Application in Industries (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Recent Technological Advancements Driving Sustainable Development in Flexible and Resilient Power and Energy Systems (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Energy Storage and Integration of Renewable Energy Systems towards Energy Sustainability (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy for Sustainability Future: Current State, Potential and Perspectives (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Sustainable Development of Biomass Energy under the Trend of Carbon Neutrality (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Sustainable Solutions for Energy-Efficient Buildings and Net-Zero Emissions (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Thermally Driven Renewable Energy Technologies (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Advanced Intelligent Monitoring Methods in Exploitation of Deep Green Energy Resources (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Life Cycle Assessment of Renewable Energy Systems and Infrastructure: Assessing Sustainability and Environmental Performance (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Safety and Reliability of Renewable Energy Systems for Sustainability (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Renewable Energy Technology and Sustainable Building Research (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Bioresource Technology and Energy Sustainable Development (Deadline: 1 December 2024)
- Sustainable Energy Planning and Environmental Assessment (Deadline: 8 December 2024)
- Sustainable Energy Use: Innovative Research into Solar Thermal Systems (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- Selected Papers from the 12th European Conference on Renewable Energy Systems (Deadline: 16 December 2024)
- Smart Grids and Microgrids in Smart Cities: Operation, Control, Protection and Security (Deadline: 17 December 2024)
- Sustainable Energy Systems and Applications (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Climate Change and Sustainability: Intelligent Operation and Maintenance of New Energy Systems (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Progress in Sustainable Wind and Hydro Power Systems (Deadline: 23 December 2024)
- Waste-to-Energy Technologies for a Sustainable and Net-Zero Emission Future (Deadline: 24 December 2024)
- Enhancing Sustainability Through Power System Flexibility, Smart Grids, and Energy Digitalization (Deadline: 25 December 2024)
- Energy Management System and Sustainability (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Advanced Control Techniques for Renewable Energy Systems and Power Electronics Volume II (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Advances in Smart Buildings, Energy Storage, and Sustainable Energy Engineering (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Achieving Carbon Neutrality: Recent Progress of Sustainable Energy Economic, Energy Policy and Energy Transition (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Renewable Energy, CO2 Emission and Regional Economic Development (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Future Development of Product Labelling in Ecodesign Regulation for Sustainable Products and the EU Legal Framework for Energy Labelling (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Advanced Developments in the Protection and Control of Power Systems (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Net-Zero-Energy Building Solutions for Sustainability (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Sustainability in Civil and Environmental Engineering (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Sustainable Technology and Systems for the Integration of Renewables in the Energy Islands (Deadline: 10 January 2025)
- Global Energy Economics and Implications of Energy-Related Policies: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 10 January 2025)
- Smart Electricity Grid and Sustainable Power Systems (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- Efficient Renewable Energy Integration Technology in Low Voltage Networks (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- Energy Sources, Carbon Emissions and Economic Growth (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- Synergic Integration of Electric Vehicles, Renewable Energy, and Storage Systems into Smart Grids (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- Empowering Safe and Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Systems: Challenges, Innovations (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- Energy Storage, Conversion and Sustainable Management (Deadline: 18 January 2025)
- Thermal Comfort and Energy Use in Sustainable Transportation and Buildings (Deadline: 20 January 2025)
- Sustainable Aviation Fuels and Bioenergy (Deadline: 22 January 2025)
- Advances in Stability Control, Optimal Operation and Modeling Analysis of Power System with High-Level Renewable Energy (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Renewable Energy and Sustainable Energy Systems (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Developing Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Telecommunication Systems (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Sustainable Fuel Spray, Fuel Film Formation and Combustion Applied in Low-Carbon Powertrains—2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Towards Sustainability: Advanced Research on Renewable Energy Policy and Smart City (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) for Clean Energy (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Sustainable Energy Systems and Renewable Generation—Second Edition (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Low Carbon Energy and Sustainability—2nd Edition (Deadline: 7 February 2025)
- Sustainable Development Challenges and Future Trends of Water–Energy–Food Nexus (Deadline: 9 February 2025)
- Energy Economics and Environmental Sustainability: The Development of Green Industry (Deadline: 10 February 2025)
- Advancing Regional Environmental Evolution: Integrating Sustainable Energy Resource Management and Green Consumption (Deadline: 18 February 2025)
- Smart Charging and Grid Integration for Sustainable Electric Transportation (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Renewable Energy and Utility System Optimization for Sustainable Industries (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Sustainability of Smart Energy Networks: Pathway for Achieving a Green Smart Energy Network—2nd Edition (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Sustainable Energy Transition: The Role of Renewable Energy and Power Systems—Current Trends and Challenges (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Towards Sustainable Energy Transition: Replacing Fossil Fuels-Based Energy with Waste-Derived and Renewable Energy (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Advances in Efficient and Sustainable Transport Using Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage in Transport (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Intelligent Battery Energy Storage Management: Enhancing Performance, Safety, and Sustainability (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Renewable Poly-Generation Systems: Revolutionizing Energy Production and Resource Utilization (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Sustainability in the Development of Renewable Energy Technologies and Thermal Engineering (Deadline: 1 March 2025)
- Renewable Energy Communities: Smart Solutions and the Management of Distributed Energy Sources for the Optimization of Shared Energy (Deadline: 8 March 2025)
- Sustainable Energy Systems: Integrating Renewable Energy Carbon Trading and Electricity Markets (Deadline: 17 March 2025)
- Energy Poverty, Inequality and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- The Interplay of Energy Consumption and the Digital Economy in the Pursuit of a Low-Carbon Transition (Deadline: 28 March 2025)
- Sustainable Energy: Addressing Issues Related to Renewable Energy (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Sustainable Net-Zero-Energy Building Solutions (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Sustainable Biorefinery, Biofuels and Bioenergy: Current State, Potential and Perspectives (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Flexible Resources Investment in New-Type Electric Power Systems for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Sustainable Scenarios of Energy and Ecological Footprint (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Analysis of Energy Systems from the Perspective of Sustainability (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Sustainable Biomass Energy: Opportunities and Challenges for a Green Future (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Towards Energy Sustainability: Thermal Analysis and Renewable Energy Studies (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Renewable Energy Integration and Application in Buildings for Carbon Neutrality 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Recent Advances and Progress on Renewable and Sustainable Alternative Fuels (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Advanced Control Strategies for Renewable Energy Systems and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Sustainability of Materials and Processes Related to Energy Transition (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Advanced Technologies for Energy Saving in Sustainable Transportation Engineering (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Strategies for Efficient and Sustainable Energy (Deadline: 9 April 2025)
- Energy Transition, Energy Economics, and Environmental Sustainability (Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Enhancing Energy Efficiency and Optimizing Thermal Design in Energy Storage Systems (Deadline: 25 April 2025)
- Future Directions in Energy Transition and Sustainable Management (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Energy Price Forecasting and Sustainability on Energy Transition (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Sustainable and Renewable Thermal Energy Systems (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Ground Source Heat Pump and Renewable Energy Hybridization (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Advances in Sustainable Energy Technologies and Energy Systems (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Environmental Sustainability and Design Strategies of Future Smart Energy Systems (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Energy Saving and Emission Reduction from Green Transportation (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Sustainable Analysis and Application of Solar Thermal Systems (Deadline: 1 May 2025)
- The Sustainable Performance of Power Supply Chain Systems (Deadline: 2 May 2025)
- Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy Networks (Deadline: 7 May 2025)
- Optimization and Application of Sustainable Distributed Power Generation (Deadline: 8 May 2025)
- Sustainable Applications and Innovations in Energy Transfer Processes and Photovoltaic Performance (Deadline: 15 May 2025)
- Wind Energy and Storage Systems as Factors in Energy Sustainability (Deadline: 16 May 2025)
- Breakthroughs in Green Technology Innovations: Paving the Way to Environmental Sustainability and Energy Efficiency (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Sustainability Assessment of Innovative Energy Technologies–Hydrogen Uses for Mobility Applications (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Recent Advances in Smart Grids for a Sustainable Energy System (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Tackling Energy Poverty and Vulnerability Through Energy Efficiency (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Challenges and Future Trends in Renewable Energy and Grid-Connected Generation Technologies: Towards the Energy Transition (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Renewable Energy and Power System Transformation: Striving towards Carbon Neutrality (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Promising Alternative Fuels and Sustainability (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Renewable Energy and Environment Protection: Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Liquid Fuels from Carbon Dioxide, and Biofuels (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- The Electric Power Technologies: Today and Tomorrow (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Power System Transformation and Smart Electricity Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Sustainable Energy Development and Energy Economics in the Context of Climate Change (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Perspectives and Challenges: New Energy Power Generation and Power System Sustainability (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Energy Storage and Sustainable Power Supply (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Renewable Energy, Smart Grid Technologies and Sustainable Energy Management: Challenges and Opportunities (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Impacts of Climate Change on the Water–Food–Energy Nexus (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Increasing the Energy and Indoor Environmental Resilience of Buildings and Systems into the Future (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Sustainable Energy and Climate: Net Zero Strategies and Rapid Decarbonisation Pathways (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Energy Storage Technologies for a Sustainable Future (Deadline: 1 June 2025)
- Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Offshore Renewable Energy (Deadline: 6 June 2025)
- Power Quality Improvement Using Power Converters Powered by V2G Vehicles Charging Stations (Deadline: 6 June 2025)
- Sustainable Electrical Engineering: Powering a Greener Future (Deadline: 10 June 2025)
- Innovations in Renewable Energy Systems: Wind, Solar, Ocean, and Hybrid Integration for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Innovative Strategies for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Warm Climates (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Sustainable Energy Transition: Advanced Control and Optimization Techniques for Power Grid Resilience and Efficiency (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Sustainable Renewable Energy: Smart Grid and Electric Power System (Deadline: 23 June 2025)
- Sustainable Energy Futures: Emerging Technology of Geological Carbon Storage (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Photovoltaic Thermal Systems for Sustainable Energy Production (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Advanced Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Techniques for Safe Operation and Control in Power and Sustainable Energy Systems (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Low-Cost and Renewable Energy towards Sustainability: Latest Developments in Production, Storage and Distribution (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Towards Sustainable Energy: Risk Analysis and Assessment of Hydrogen Energy (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Towards Environmental Sustainability and Clean Energy: Multi-Scale Exploration of Gas Hydrate (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Renewable Energy for Environmental Sustainability (Deadline: 10 July 2025)
- Sustainable Thermal Management: Innovations in Energy Efficiency and Eco-Friendly Materials (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Advanced Manufacturing for Sustainable and Renewable Energy Technologies (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Energy Efficiency: The Key to Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Renewable Energy Conversion and Sustainable Power Systems Engineering (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Sustainable Energy Economics: The Path to a Renewable Future (Deadline: 27 August 2025)
- Energy Sustainability: Research and Application in Energy Thermal Conversion and Heat Transfer (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Global Strategies for Sustainable Energy Transitions: Innovations and Reflections (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Theories and Applications of Sustainable Energy Systems and Smart Power Grids—2nd Editon (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Integrating Renewable Energy in Transportation: Opportunities and Barriers (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- The Impact of Technological Innovation on Renewable Energy Production: Simulation and Control of New Energy Power Generation Systems: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Circular Economy, Energy Systems, New Trends and Innovations in Renewable Energy Technologies (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Power Electronics on Recent Sustainable Energy Conversion Systems (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Creative Evolution of Wired and Wireless Electric Power Transfer Among Renewable Energy Grids and EVs (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Synergistic Approaches to Energy Transition, Circular Economy and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (Deadline: 1 September 2025)
- Economics of Energy in the Context of Carbon Emissions and Environmental Sustainability (Deadline: 20 September 2025)
- Innovative Materials, Nature-Based Solutions and Energy-Efficient Solutions in Sustainable Buildings and Cities (Deadline: 24 September 2025)
- Energy Conservation Towards a Low-Carbon and Sustainability Future (Deadline: 25 September 2025)
- Environmentally Friendly Energy Systems in Buildings (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Modeling, Control, and Optimization of Hybrid Energy Systems (Deadline: 5 October 2025)
- Advanced Electric Energy Conversion and Storage for Sustainable Energy Systems (Deadline: 20 October 2025)
- Renewable Energy Generation, Smart Grid and Sustainable Power System Development (Deadline: 21 October 2025)
- Technologies for a Sustainable Future: Towards Sustainable Energy Supply (Deadline: 24 October 2025)
- Energy Transition Amidst Climate Change and Sustainability (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Smart Grid and Energy Storage: Enabling Sustainable Electric Systems (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Energy and Environment: Policy, Economics and Modeling (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Sustainable Development and Climate, Energy, and Food Security Nexus (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Advances in Sustainable Energy Systems (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Powertrain Design and Control in Sustainable Electric Vehicles (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Technology Applications in Sustainable Energy and Power Engineering (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Sustainability and Innovation in Phase Change Materials for Efficient Thermal Energy Storage (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Advanced Research on Marine and Deep Oil & Gas Development (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advances in Research and Sustainable Applications of Energy—Related Occupant Behavior in Buildings
- Electric Vehicles: New Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainability
- Energy–Sustainable Real Estate: Challenges and Goals
- Microgrids: The Path to Sustainability
- Power System and Sustainability
- Secure and Sustainable Energy System
- Smart Energy for a Sustainable Future. Experiences in Photovoltaic System Monitoring
- Sustainable Buildings and Energy Performance
- Sustainable Development of Electric Vehicle
- Sustainable Electric Power Systems Research
