Remote Sensing of Renewable Energy

Dear Colleagues，

The energy sector is one of the key drivers of global warming as it contributes to large parts of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. In order to reach the target of a sustainable economy, the sector needs to transform, especially by significantly increasing the share of renewable energies. However, energy sources such as wind and sunshine are highly stochastic. Both weather conditions and production outputs need to be surveyed closely in order to maintain grid stability. For this purpose, all kinds of sensors and other recording systems such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are required. For example, UAVs are applied to monitor the current status of solar panels, sensors measure heat, electricity production, wind speed, etc. With the increasing significance of renewable energies techniques in this field have been developing quickly.

This Special Issue intends to provide an overview over the latest developments in the field of remote sensing on renewable energies. These might be novel/improved methods, techniques, or algorithms in the field of remote sensing. The objective is clear but the variety of methods is high. Therefore, articles may come from the fields of engineering, statistics, data science, economics, or mathematics, for example. Articles may address, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• Advancements in error detection on solar panels or concentrated solar power mirrors.
• Advancements in UAV-based solar panel monitoring.
• Advances in the analysis of data (from sensors or satellites, for example).
• Data analytics in general.
• Technical advances in the field of remote sensing.
• Sensor data-based forecasting of renewable energy.
• Wind power remote sensing.
• Solar power remote sensing.

Prof. Dr. Stephan Schlüter
Prof. Dr. Jung-Sup Um
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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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. Remote Sensing is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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