Progress in Sustainable Wind and Hydro Power Systems

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to publish your most recent research results in this Special Issue of Sustainability on “Progress in Sustainable Wind and Hydro Power Systems”.

Whereas the hydropower sector has evolved over many decades, recently, the capacity of wind power has increased exponentially, putting wind energy in second place after hydro energy among the renewable energy sources. However, the designers and developers of both wind and hydropower systems are constantly facing new challenges, and the solutions require new or innovative approaches. Thus, topics like the better use of the available wind or hydro potential, accurate forecasting, the increase in energy-conversion efficiency, the integration of small wind turbines in the built environment, new developments in offshore, tidal or wave technologies, and energy management are goals for researchers and designers in the field. This Special Issue aims to gather new research results in the field of wind and hydropower systems, covering a broad range of topics including, but not limited to: 

• Wind and hydro energy potential and forecasting;
• Innovative design and optimization of wind and hydropower systems;
• Modeling and numerical simulation of wind and hydropower systems;
• Intelligent control of wind and hydropower systems;
• Efficiency of wind and hydro energy conversion;
• Reliability and maintenance of wind and hydropower systems;
• Energy management.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Codruta Jaliu
Prof. Dr. Mircea Neagoe
Prof. Dr. Radu Săulescu
Guest Editors

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