Sustainable Energy Systems: Advanced Applications Assessment of Blockchain and Smart Contracts Technologies
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer Science & Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 73
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Interests: software engineering; blockchain; smart contracts; continuous delivery; model-driven development; interoperability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The energy sector is undergoing a period of technological evolution, driven by the emergence of blockchain and smart contracts, towards transforming the energy industry. These technologies have the potential to revolutionize energy markets and significantly reduce transaction costs, improve efficiency, increase transparency, and continuously shift policy implications for governments and regulators towards a sustainable energy market.
This Special Issue intends to shed light on the technological and economic evaluation of blockchain and smart contract technologies in various sectors of the energy industry, assessing their cost-effectiveness and potential for widespread adoption and smooth transition to more sustainable economies. It aims to explore recent developments in the rapidly evolving energy domain and examine the impact of these technologies on energy markets, green sustainability certifications, and a low-carbon energy future.
Additionally, it will analyze the viability of blockchain and smart contracts in different segments of the energy market, from traditional fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, and assess their role in driving sustainability and decarbonization efforts.
Lastly, this issue will examine how blockchain and smart contract technology can enhance energy trading mechanisms, streamline supply chain processes, and optimize resources allocation, thus influencing the economic landscape of energy production and distribution. It will cover a broad range of topics, including, but not limited to, the following:
- The architecture of sustainable energy systems;
- Blockchain consensus mechanisms for peer-to-peer energy trading;
- Energy trading security challenges;
- Blockchain systems for metering and billing;
- Scalability of energy smart contracts;
- Autonomous smart grids;
- Blockchain for green sustainability certificates and carbon trading;
- Blockchain technologies for electric vehicle applications;
- The economic evaluation of blockchain and smart contract technology in the energy industry.
Technical Program Committee Member:
Name: Dr. Dimitra Mitsi
Affiliation: University of the Peloponnese, Anticalamos Messinia, Kalamata, Greece
Dr. Theodore Kotsilieris
Dr. Evangelos Siokas
Dr. Tomasz Gorski
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- peer-to-peer energy trading
- smart contracts scalability
- economic evaluation
- policy implications
- sustainability certifications
- green certificates
- electric vehicle applications
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