Advances in Energy Transition towards Carbon Neutrality
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
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Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Editors are inviting submissions to a Special Issue of Sustainability on the subject of "Advances in Energy Transition towards Carbon Neutrality".
Energy transition towards carbon neutrality has gained more urgency in the actual global context, where industries are still heavily relying on fossil fuels, many countries are still relying on imported energy and fuels, urbanized, densely populated areas are still rapidly expanding, and citizens have become more aware of their individual and collective roles in ensuring a sustainable future. The transition process remains a very complex on-going process, with various levels of interactions among stakeholders such as, e.g., industries, policy makers, researchers, citizens, etc. Despite the fact that in the long-term, all stakeholders aim to achieve sustainability and carbon neutrality, more interactions among them are still needed to support and enhance the energy transition towards carbon neutrality. Data-based smart solutions supporting the valorization of demand-side flexibility provide opportunities for interactions among stakeholders while maintaining affordability and ensuring the security of supply, and furthermore, they may lead to consumer empowerment and a true sharing economy, with a more prominent role for prosumers.
This Special Issue focuses on how and where carbon emission reduction and the increased use of renewables in the strategies and activities of various stakeholders can support each other to achieve carbon neutrality. Contributions that mainly address energy technological innovations, markets, and policies where multiple stakeholders are involved are encouraged. As energy and water are strongly interlinked, their respective transitions towards sustainability will influence each other in a significant manner. Therefore, particular attention is devoted to the exploration of novel technologies, actions and strategies, and business models that enhance both energy and water transitions.
Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:
- Technological advances in sustainable energy production, use, and recovery;
- Advances in energy storage technologies;
- Energy–water nexus in transition towards carbon neutrality;
- Advances in data-driven demand-side flexibility valorization;
- Advances towards consumer empowerment;
- Energy and water prosumers.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Emilia Motoasca
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sustainable energy
- sustainable industrial processes
- energy storage
- energy water nexus
- carbon neutrality
- flexibility valorization
- demand response
- energy transition
- prosumers (energy, water)
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