Renewable and Sustainable Energy for Sustainability Future: Current State, Potential and Perspectives
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 1070
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable development; renewable energy sources; environmental management and planning; project management
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Interests: ocean engineering; marine structures for renewable energy exploitation (offshore wind energy, offshore wind turbines, wave energy, wave energy converters); spatial planning of offshore renewable energy systems; risk assessment of marine structures; artificial neural networks
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to introduce this Special Issue on Renewable and Sustainable Energy for Sustainability Future: Current State, Potential and Perspectives.
Renewable energy has emerged as a key solution to meet the growing energy needs. A sustainable future for future generations depends on the continued investment in and promotion of renewable energy sources. Therefore, renewable energy sources have emerged as a major policy issue at the national, European, and international level. Integrated spatial and energy planning approaches can support policies of environmental and climate protection. Spatial dimensions of renewable energy systems as well as restrictions, limitations, challenges, and opportunities in different spatial contexts have become even more important.
The focus of this Special Issue is on research and case studies that examine the issue of renewable and sustainable energy addressing technical/engineering and technological aspects as well as sustainability spatial planning issues at different spatial scales, ranging from national and regional planning policies to planning at the town or local level.
This Special Issue welcomes research, review papers, or case studies that are related, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Energy and climate change;
- Environmental, social, and economic impacts of energy policies;
- Renewable energy legislation and regulations;
- Renewable energy sources management and planning;
- Best practices in energy strategy planning and implementation;
- Communication, participation, and decision making in renewable energy planning;
- Social dimensions of energy and sustainability;
- Decision making systems for renewable energy resources management;
- Indicator-based approaches to energy resources management and planning;
- Site selection and deployment of renewable energy sources-related developments;
- Energy saving and efficiency;
- Energy conversion and management;
- Integration of energy systems;
- Low-carbon emissions applications;
- Zero- and low-carbon standards in planning policy;
- Cities in transition to a low-carbon economy;
- Innovative solutions in renewable energy technologies;
- Green and blue infrastructures;
- Environmental impact assessment of renewable energy projects;
- Renewable energy sources and marine spatial planning;
- Renewable energy communities.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Dimitra Vagiona
Dr. Eva Loukogeorgaki
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- renewable energy sources
- renewable energy policies
- integrated spatial energy planning
- renewable energy sources management and planning
- renewable energy technologies
