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Management Challenges Facing Renewable Energy: An Operational and Strategic Approach

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "C: Energy Economics and Policy".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (24 April 2024) | Viewed by 9280

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Iwona Gorzeń-Mitka

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Department of Corporate Finance and Insurance, University of Economics in Katowice Ul. 1 Maja 50, 40-287 Katowice, Poland
Interests: renewable energy; enterprise risk management; risk culture; risk in decision-making process; business process planning; risk assessment methodology; strategic risk

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Guest Editor is inviting submissions to a Special Issue of Energies on the subject area of “Management Challenges Facing Renewable Energy: An Operational and Strategic Approach”. Our world is facing an energy crisis, as well as environmental pollution and climate change as a result of the depletion and use of fossil fuels. Clean energy is an ambitious goal for the entire world. In this perspective, renewable energy is a multifaceted challenge. As indicated by many researchers, one of the keys aspects of this challenge is the management problems facing the renewable energy sector. The complexity and dynamics of the changes taking place today (including approaches to management problems) undoubtedly require a search for solutions that take into account the VUCA perspective (i.e., volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity environment).

I would like to encourage you to look at management issues related to renewable energy considering a strategic perspective or an operational perspective in different areas of management. It is also important to have a multifaceted academic perspective on the problems of renewable energy from a micro-economic (individual organizations/authorities), mezo- and macro-economic (countries and regions) perspective, or sector perspective.

How many questions around management problems for renewable energy remain unanswered? Our hope is that we will be able to answer some of them and showcase the directions of future research for scientists, for whom clean energy is not only an academic research problem but also representative of their own belief that changes need to be made in this area.

Undoubtedly, we are at an inflection point in the discussion on renewable energy problems. I am sure that the management perspective is the way to share the possible solutions to strengthening the dynamics of renewable energy development.

Topics of interest for publication include but are not limited to:

  • Conflict management challenges facing renewable energy;
  • Data management challenges facing renewable energy;
  • Environmental management challenges facing renewable energy;
  • Financial management challenges facing renewable energy;
  • Information systems challenges facing renewable energy;
  • Innovation management challenges facing renewable energy;
  • Knowledge management challenges facing renewable energy;
  • Managerial and organizational cognition challenges facing renewable energy;
  • Organizational behavior challenges facing renewable energy;
  • Organizational communications challenges facing renewable energy;
  • Quality management challenges facing renewable energy;
  • Resource management challenges facing renewable energy;
  • Risk management challenges facing renewable energy;
  • Supply chain management challenges facing renewable energy;
  • Technology and innovation management challenges facing renewable energy.

We look forward to receiving your paper.

Dr. Iwona Gorzeń-Mitka
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Renewable energy
  • Conflict management
  • Data management
  • Environmental management
  • Financial management
  • Innovation management
  • Managerial and organizational cognition
  • Organizational behavior
  • Organizational communications and information systems
  • Quality management
  • Real estate management
  • Resource management
  • Risk management
  • Supply chain management
  • Technology and innovation management
  • Sector analysis

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Analyzing the Interactions among Barriers to the Use of Solar Energy for Heating in Residential Buildings in Van, Türkiye
by Ünsal Keser and Server Funda Kerestecioğlu
Energies 2024, 17(11), 2712; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17112712 - 3 Jun 2024
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In terms of environmental sustainability, the barriers—and interactions between these barriers—to the use of solar energy for active and passive heating in residential buildings stem from location-specific housing production patterns and the actors involved in these patterns. A clear definition of hierarchies and [...] Read more.
In terms of environmental sustainability, the barriers—and interactions between these barriers—to the use of solar energy for active and passive heating in residential buildings stem from location-specific housing production patterns and the actors involved in these patterns. A clear definition of hierarchies and priorities between barriers helps managers set strategic priorities and action plans to find solutions. After the earthquake in Van in 2011, 6000 hectares of land were opened for new development, and research using the sampling method discovered that the most common type of housing production in the city is the build-to-sell housing production method. The actors involved in build-to-sell housing production are technical staff, local–central administrations, entrepreneurs, end users, landowners, financial companies, non-governmental organizations, and building inspection institutions. This article examines the barriers to the use of solar energy for active and passive heating purposes, the interactions between these barriers using ISM and MICMAC methods, and the build-to-sell housing production method and actors. Barriers were identified through a literature review and semi-structured interviews. The barriers were further categorized under eight main headings according to their subject matter. The hierarchies of barriers in creating problems and solutions were determined using ISM and MICMAC methods and the findings were interpreted. In the City of Van, with regard to the houses produced via the build-to-sell production method, the barriers against the use of solar energy for heating purposes in houses considering active and passive methods are ranked in order of priority in creating the problem and the solution. Barriers caused by political and administrative issues are ranked first; barriers caused by social awareness and end users are ranked second; barriers caused by social and sociological events are ranked third; barriers caused by laws and regulations are ranked fourth; barriers caused by the knowledge, skills, and awareness of designers are ranked fifth; barriers caused by deficiencies in technical issues are ranked sixth; and barriers caused by economic and financial issues are ranked seventh. Even though the barrier caused by the working mode of build-to-sell productions is the largest in creating the problem, it is the least effective barrier to solving the problem in the ISM hierarchical and MICMAC schemes. The research process is presented in the Methods section. Full article
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Enjoying the Heat? Co-Creation of Stakeholder Benefits and Sustainable Energy Development within Projects in the Geothermal Sector
by David Cook, Ingibjörg Karlsdóttir and Inga Minelgaite
Energies 2022, 15(3), 1029; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15031029 - 29 Jan 2022
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Analysis of the sustainability implications of the geothermal industry has tended to take a high-level or systemic overview of national performance rather than deeper, stakeholder-focused investigations. This study seeks to begin to fill this gap in the literature, investigating the following research question: [...] Read more.
Analysis of the sustainability implications of the geothermal industry has tended to take a high-level or systemic overview of national performance rather than deeper, stakeholder-focused investigations. This study seeks to begin to fill this gap in the literature, investigating the following research question: how do projects in the Icelandic geothermal energy sector create co-benefits with stakeholders and reflect the integration of sustainable energy development (SED)? The focus of the analysis is identifying the stakeholders, what the sustainability benefits co-created with stakeholders are, and when in the projects’ life-cycle do these occur. Based on eleven semi-structured interviews with project managers in Iceland’s geothermal industry, the study identifies an array of stakeholders in the sector, including national and municipal governments, public sector institutions, businesses, the public, employees, and landowners. The sustainability co-benefits of Iceland’s geothermal power projects are broad and cut across all six aspects of SED and multiple phases of the project life-cycle. Although the sustainability benefits are apparent, trade-offs are reported between pursuing an economically efficient energy system and nature conservation. This relates to unsustainable utilization of the resources and the environmental externalities of power production and consumption. Efforts to mitigate these effects are ongoing, and further pursuit of SED is likely in Iceland given its recognition within the nation’s new energy policy and to meet ambitious greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in the government’s climate action plan. These are prominent issues in other nations seeking to decarbonize energy systems through increased utilization of geothermal resources. Full article
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Economic Development of the European Union in the Relation of Sustainable Development—Taxonomic Analysis
by Janina Jędrzejczak-Gas, Anetta Barska and Joanna Wyrwa
Energies 2021, 14(22), 7488; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14227488 - 9 Nov 2021
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The purpose of this paper is a multidimensional assessment of the diversification of economic development in EU countries in the context of the progress in the implementation of the concept of sustainable development in 2014 and 2019. The issues discussed in this article [...] Read more.
The purpose of this paper is a multidimensional assessment of the diversification of economic development in EU countries in the context of the progress in the implementation of the concept of sustainable development in 2014 and 2019. The issues discussed in this article are topical and important, given that the spatial disparity of economic development in the EU has never been so pronounced as it is today. While there is a wealth of studies on economic development in the literature, research on the comprehensive approach to this problem in the relation of sustainable development appears to be rather scarce. The article emphasizes the role of energy in economic growth. Authors used taxonomic measures. They were constructed on the basis of selected methods of multidimensional comparative analysis. By using the Hellwig method and the TOPSIS method, taxonomic measures were constructed, and linear ordering of the EU countries was carried out. In addition, using the so-called threshold method, the clustering of EU countries was carried out. The analysis involved 27 EU countries. The conducted research revealed significant disproportions between the respective EU countries in terms of the level of economic development in the relation of implementing the concept of sustainable development. It seems justified to take action aimed at eliminating the differences between the countries in the analyzed aspect. It is necessary both to intensify efforts at the level of individual Member States and the EU, oriented towards pro-development activities. Full article
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Mapping the Energy Sector from a Risk Management Research Perspective: A Bibliometric and Scientific Approach
by Iwona Gorzeń-Mitka and Monika Wieczorek-Kosmala
Energies 2023, 16(4), 2024; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16042024 - 18 Feb 2023
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This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of risk management research developments in the energy sector by using bibliometric analysis techniques. We apply the SciMAT bibliometric analysis software to understand how the intellectual base of this topic has evolved over time and [...] Read more.
This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of risk management research developments in the energy sector by using bibliometric analysis techniques. We apply the SciMAT bibliometric analysis software to understand how the intellectual base of this topic has evolved over time and what the major themes are that have contributed to this evolution. We analyse 679 publications referenced in the Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus to map the content of publications on risk management research in the energy sector over a period of 30 years (1993–2022), following the methodical rigour of PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic and Meta-Analyses). Our results identify and support the evolution of risk management research in the energy industry, its interactions, its stability, and changes in its research network. Our work contributes to the current debate on identifying trends and enhancing understanding of the evolution in the energy sector from the perspective of risk management research. It can also be a reference point for those interested in deepening their knowledge in this field. Full article
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