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Flexibility Integration and Decarbonisation Pathways

This special issue belongs to the section “C: Energy Economics and Policy“.

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are inviting you to submit your manuscripts to the special issue of Energies MDPI on “Flexibility Integration and Decarbonisation Pathways”.

Power systems are becoming smarter, decentralized and rely on lower carbon generation technologies. In addition, the heating and mobility sectors are increasingly electrified which changes the load profile compared to the traditional power system. In order to achieve the ambitious EU and national low emission targets, significant increase of variable renewable generation assets is required, while future grids need to adapt and become more flexible to meet the changes in load profiles.
 
Flexibility can be supplied from both Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and Transmission Energy Resources (TER) to system operators (DSO and TSO). New technologies such as electric vehicles, heat pumps, MV and LV storage systems are all DER which enable consumers to actively participate in the operation of the power system. Prosumer participation as flexibility assets can benefit both operators through appropriate mechanisms and platforms. Development of flexibility platforms, market models to incentivize prosumers and DERs in general to participate as flexible assets and communication between TSO and DSO are all crucial aspects to decarbonize the power system. Large renewable energy systems and utility-scale energy storage are also flexibility assets connected at the transmission system which under different business models can contribute to a smarter, secure and resilient decarbonized power system. As flexibility provision is developed and becomes a reality it is naturally compared with standard practices of grid reinforcement based on economic, carbon emission, security, resilience and reliability factors.

This special issue is intended to bring together cutting-edge research & demonstration results on the flexibility concept, business models, low-carbon emission strategies, the market mechanisms and decarbonization modelling under different scenarios.  The Special Issue will cover a wide range of aspects related to decarbonisation of energy systems, focusing on issues such as: i) new flexibility resources, ii) emerging business models, iii) market mechanisms, iv) decarbonisation pathways, and iv) regional, sectoral, and distributional implications. Original research and review papers are invited.

Dr Marios-Charilaos Sousounis
Dr. Panagiotis Fragkos

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Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Energies is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • flexibility
  • decarbonisation pathways
  • electricity markets
  • local markets
  • flexibility platforms
  • TSO/DSO coordination
  • climate policy analysis
  • ancillary services
  • electric vehicles
  • energy systems modelling
  • low-carbon transition pathways
  • decarbonisation of electricity supply
  • strategies to net-zero
  • storage systems
  • demand response
  • prosumer
  • aggregator
  • distributed energy resource
  • transmission energy resources
  • grid reinforcement
  • cost–benefit analysis
  • smart grid
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