Energies 2022, 15(4), 1453; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15041453 - 16 Feb 2022
Best Paper Award
Dear Colleagues,
The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Energies 2020 Best Paper Award, who were chosen by a selection committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Enrico Sciubba. Following a review process by the Evaluation Committee, fifteen winners were selected. The recipients are as follows:
Article:
Rank 1 Award: (CHF 1000 + one free publication + a certificate)
Analyzing Similarities between the European Union Countries in Terms of the Structure and Volume of Energy Production from Renewable Energy Sources (doi:10.3390/en13040913)
By Jarosław Brodny et al.
Rank 2 Award: (CHF 600 + one free publication + a certificate)
High Reynold’s Number Turbulent Model for Micro-Channel Cold Plate Using Reverse Engineering Approach for Water-Cooled Battery in Electric Vehicles (doi:10.3390/en13071638)
By Satyam Panchal et al.
Investigation of Inorganic Phase Change Material for a Semi-Transparent Photovoltaic (STPV) Module (doi:10.3390/en13143582)
By Alagar Karthick et al.
Considerations on Potentials, Greenhouse Gas, and Energy Performance of Biofuels Based on Forest Residues for Heavy-Duty Road Transport in Sweden (doi:10.3390/en13246701)
By Shveta Soam et al.
Rank 3 Award: (CHF 400 + one free publication + a certificate)
Characterization of Hybrid-nano/Paraffin Organic Phase Change Material for Thermal Energy Storage Applications in Solar Thermal Systems (doi:10.3390/en13195079)
By Manoj Kumar Pasupathi et al.
Snapshot of Photovoltaics—February 2020 (doi:10.3390/en13040930)
By Arnulf Jäger-Waldau
The Importance of Renewable Energy Sources in Poland’s Energy Mix (doi:10.3390/en13184624)
By Renata Marks-Bielska et al.
Infectious Diseases, Market Uncertainty and Oil Market Volatility (doi:10.3390/en13164090)
By Elie Bouri et al.
Cost of Equity of Coal-Fired Power Generation Projects in Poland: Its Importance for the Management of Decision-Making Process (doi:10.3390/en13184833)
By Piotr W. Saługa et al.
Review:
Rank 1 Award: (CHF 1000 + one free publication + a certificate)
Review: Internet of Things (IoT) and the Energy Sector (doi:10.3390/en13020494)
By Naser Hossein Motlagh et al.
Rank 2 Award: (CHF 600 + one free publication + a certificate)
A Review on Thermoelectric Generators: Progress and Applications (doi:10.3390/en13143606)
By Mohamed Amine Zoui et al.
Contributions and Risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Building Smarter Cities: Insights from a Systematic Review of the Literature (doi:10.3390/en13061473)
By Tan Yigitcanlar et al.
Rank 3 Award: (CHF 400 + one free publication + a certificate)
Possibilities and Challenges for the Inclusion of the Electric Vehicle (EV) to Reduce the Carbon Footprint in the Transport Sector: A Review (doi:10.3390/en13102602)
By Aritra Ghosh
Energy and Climate Policy—An Evaluation of Global Climate Change Expenditure 2011–2018 (doi:10.3390/en13184839)
By Coilín ÓhAiseadha et al.
A Review of The Methanol Economy: The Fuel Cell Route (doi:10.3390/en13030596)
By Samuel Simon Araya et al.
Please join us in congratulating the winners of Energies. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Energies.
Energies Editorial Office
Energies 2020 Best Paper Award
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Energies will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
A Review of the Latest Trends in the Use of Green Ammonia as an Energy Carrier in Maritime Industry
Electric Vehicles: V2G for Rapid, Safe, and Green EV Penetration
Energies 2022, 15(3), 803; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15030803 - 22 Jan 2022
Use of Sustainable Fuels in Aviation—A Review
Energies 2022, 15(7), 2440; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15072440 - 26 Mar 2022
The Role of Crypto Trading in the Economy, Renewable Energy Consumption and Ecological Degradation
Energies 2022, 15(10), 3805; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15103805 - 22 May 2022
Forecasting of Electric Load Using a Hybrid LSTM-Neural Prophet Model
Energies 2022, 15(6), 2158; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15062158 - 16 Mar 2022
Agriculture 5.0: A New Strategic Management Mode for a Cut Cost and an Energy Efficient Agriculture Sector
Energies 2022, 15(9), 3113; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15093113 - 24 Apr 2022
Deployment of Fuel Cell Vehicles and Hydrogen Refueling Station Infrastructure: A Global Overview and Perspectives
Energies 2022, 15(14), 4975; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15144975 - 07 Jul 2022
The Impact of Agricultural Production Efficiency on Agricultural Carbon Emissions in China
Energies 2022, 15(12), 4464; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15124464 - 19 Jun 2022
Geopolitical Risk as a Determinant of Renewable Energy Investments
Energies 2022, 15(4), 1498; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15041498 - 17 Feb 2022
Clean and Affordable Energy within Sustainable Development Goals: The Role of Governance Digitalization
Energies 2022, 15(24), 9571; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15249571 - 16 Dec 2022
Challenges and Mitigation Measures in Power Systems with High Share of Renewables—The Australian Experience
Energies 2022, 15(2), 429; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15020429 - 07 Jan 2022
A Convolutional Neural Network Approach for Estimation of Li-Ion Battery State of Health from Charge Profiles
Energies 2022, 15(3), 1185; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15031185 - 06 Feb 2022
Battery-Supercapacitor Energy Storage Systems for Electrical Vehicles: A Review
Energies 2022, 15(15), 5683; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15155683 - 05 Aug 2022
Chemical Looping Combustion: A Brief Overview
Energies 2022, 15(4), 1563; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15041563 - 20 Feb 2022
Virtual Collection for Distributed Photovoltaic Data: Challenges, Methodologies, and Applications
Energies 2022, 15(23), 8783; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15238783 - 22 Nov 2022
A Review of Thermochemical Conversion of Waste Biomass to Biofuels
Energies 2022, 15(17), 6352; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15176352 - 31 Aug 2022
A Photovoltaic Technology Review: History, Fundamentals and Applications
Energies 2022, 15(5), 1823; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15051823 - 01 Mar 2022
Hydrogen Storage in Geological Formations—The Potential of Salt Caverns
Energies 2022, 15(14), 5038; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15145038 - 10 Jul 2022
Winner
Deep-Learning Forecasting Method for Electric Power Load via Attention-Based Encoder-Decoder with Bayesian Optimization
Energies 2021, 14(6), 1596; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14061596 - 13 Mar 2021
Confronting Energy Poverty in Europe: A Research and Policy Agenda
Energies 2021, 14(4), 858; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14040858 - 07 Feb 2021
Nexus between Financial Development, Renewable Energy Consumption, Technological Innovations and CO2 Emissions: The Case of India
Energies 2021, 14(15), 4505; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14154505 - 26 Jul 2021
A Scalable Real-Time Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring System for the Estimation of Household Appliance Power Consumption
Energies 2021, 14(3), 767; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14030767 - 01 Feb 2021
Economic Considerations on Nutrient Utilization in Wastewater Management
Energies 2021, 14(12), 3468; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14123468 - 11 Jun 2021
Impact of the Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Electricity Use by Residential Users
Energies 2021, 14(4), 980; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14040980 - 12 Feb 2021
Recent Progress of Organic Photovoltaics with Efficiency over 17%
Energies 2021, 14(14), 4200; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14144200 - 12 Jul 2021
Critical Review of Flywheel Energy Storage System
Energies 2021, 14(8), 2159; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082159 - 13 Apr 2021
Review of Multilevel Inverters for PV Energy System Applications
Energies 2021, 14(6), 1585; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14061585 - 12 Mar 2021
Methane Cracking for Hydrogen Production: A Review of Catalytic and Molten Media Pyrolysis
Energies 2021, 14(11), 3107; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14113107 - 26 May 2021
A Review of DC Microgrid Energy Management Systems Dedicated to Residential Applications
Energies 2021, 14(14), 4308; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14144308 - 17 Jul 2021
Review on Deep Neural Networks Applied to Low-Frequency NILM
Energies 2021, 14(9), 2390; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14092390 - 23 Apr 2021
CdTe-Based Thin Film Solar Cells: Past, Present and Future
Energies 2021, 14(6), 1684; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14061684 - 18 Mar 2021
Bifacial Photovoltaics 2021: Status, Opportunities and Challenges
Energies 2021, 14(8), 2076; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082076 - 08 Apr 2021
Comprehensive Review on Fuel Cell Technology for Stationary Applications as Sustainable and Efficient Poly-Generation Energy Systems
Energies 2021, 14(16), 4963; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14164963 - 13 Aug 2021
Integrated Approach for Wastewater Treatment and Biofuel Production in Microalgae Biorefineries
Energies 2021, 14(8), 2282; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14082282 - 19 Apr 2021
Winner
Magdalena Tutak
Faculty of Mining, Safety Engineering and Industrial Automation, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Satyam Panchal
1. Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
2. Detroit Engineering Products, 850 East Long Lake Road, Troy, MI 48085, USA
Aritra Ghosh
1. Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK
2. College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Renewable Energy, University of Exeter, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK
Shveta Soam
Department of Building Engineering, Energy Systems and Sustainability Science, University of Gävle, Kungsbäcksvägen 47, 80176 Gävle, Sweden
Ghosh Aritra
1. Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK
2. College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Renewable Energy, University of Exeter, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK
3. Renewable Energy, Stella Turk
Arnulf Jäger-Waldau
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Via E. Fermi 2749, I-21027 Ispra (VA), Italy
Renata Marks-Bielska
Department of Economic Policy, Faculty of Economic Science, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 4, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Riza Demirer
Department of Economics & Finance, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 62026-1102, USA
Mateusz Chłąd
The Management Faculty, Częstochowa University of Technology, 42-201 Częstochowa, Poland
Behnam Zakeri
1. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
2. Sustainable Energy Planning, Department of Planning, Aalborg University, 2450 Copenhagen, Denmark
Mahmoud Bourouis
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Av. Països Catalans No. 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
Tan Yigitcanlar
School of Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
Aritra Ghosh
Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI), University of Exeter, Penryn Campus TR10 9FE, UK
Coilín ÓhAiseadha
Department of Public Health, Health Service Executive, Dr Steevens’ Hospital, D08 W2A8 Dublin 8, Ireland
Samuel Simon Araya
Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg Øst, Denmark
Award Committee
Dr. Enrico Sciubba
Chairman
university Niccolò Cusano - Roma
Winner
Li Liao
Hubei Key Laboratory for High-Efficiency Utilization of Solar Energy and Operation Control of Energy Storage System, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
Yu Miao
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA
Kwanho Kim
Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Incheon National University, 119 Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 407-772, Korea
Shahaboddin Shamshirband
Department for Management of Science and Technology Development, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Faculty of Information Technology, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Florinda Martins
REQUIMTE/LAQV/ISEP, School of Engineering, P. Porto 4249-015, Portugal
Hee-Je Kim
School of Electrical Engineering, Pusan National University, San 30, ChangJeon 2 Dong, KeumJeong-gu, Pusan 46241, Korea
Award Committee
Dr. Enrico Sciubba
Chairman
university Niccolò Cusano - Roma
Winner
Salah Bouktif
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, College of Information Technology
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/7/1636
Md Mofijur Rahman
School of Engineering & Technology, Central Queensland University; Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/11/3115
Yilun Shang
School of Mathematical Sciences, Tongji University
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/7/1844
Longfei Chen
School of Energy and Power Engineering, Energy and Environment International Center, Beihang University
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/6/1417
Hassan Elahi
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/7/1850
Lamberto Tronchin
Department of Architecture (DA), University of Bologna
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/4/872
