New Developments and Prospects in Clean and Renewable Energies

Dear Colleagues,

The world is facing ongoing and emerging energy challenges such as energy poverty for about 25% of the world’s population, limited fossil fuel resources, and the global environmental crisis. To overcome or at least diminish these challenges, it is essential to explore and implement effective, cost-competitive, and practical solutions or alternatives. The worldwide energy demand is dramatically increasing for a variety of reasons, the two most important being population growth and increasing living standards requiring greater energy inputs. Clean, renewable, and eco-friendly energy sources (e.g., solar, wind, geothermal, biofuel, hydro) can not only help us to meet global energy needs, but also reduce the negative consequences of climate change, mitigate the threat of global warming, and achieve sustainable development.

The current Special Issue aims to fill knowledge gaps and help develop technologies related to clean, sustainable, and renewable energy systems (both stand-alone and hybrid). Original research, review articles, case studies, and technical notes are welcome. Research areas may consist of, but are not limited to, the following:

• Solar energy issues, photovoltaic technology conversion, and solar thermal applications;
• Wind energy technology, wind turbines, and wind-catchers;
• Hydro-power technology production and conversion;
• Geothermal energy (shallow, deep, or combinations) technology and applications;
• Hydrogen production technology and fuel cells;
• Bio-energy (e.g., biomass, biogas) technology and conversion;
• Wave, tide, and ocean thermal energies;
• Energy and exergy analyses of energy systems;
• Renewable energies and sustainable development;
• Hybrid, integrated renewable energy systems;
• Energy storage technologies;
• Life cycle analysis (LCA) of renewable energy systems;
• Environmental risk assessment (ERA) of renewable energy systems;
• Application of renewable energy sources in buildings;
• Social, economic, and policy aspects of renewable energy;
• Climate change mitigation and sustainability;
• Computational fluid dynamics analysis of renewable energy systems;
• Optimization of clean energy systems.

Substantive and valuable articles addressing this Special Issue’s objectives will be selected and published following peer review. We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Alireza Dehghani-Sanij
Dr. Farshad Moradi Kashkooli
Guest Editors

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