Energy Sustainability
A section of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Section Information
Energy Sustainability aims to provide a leading multidisciplinary platform on innovation, research, technology development and demonstration in the fields of sustainable energy deployment. Sustainable energy deployment has a multilateral impact at local to global scales with social, ecological, health, and economic consequences, directly linked with renewable energy, new fuels such as hydrogen, energy conversion, energy transmission, energy storage, transportation, building energy consumption, smart grid, etc.
Energy Sustainability welcomes research articles, conceptual analysis articles, review articles, and commentaries related to energy resources, technologies, applications, deployment options and advanced techniques in support to achieving Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) of ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. The multi-disciplinary scope of “Energy Sustainability” includes but not limited to:
- Energy resources, technologies, conversion, management and storage;
- Energy sustainability options and green energy exploitation;
- Renewable energy applications and techniques;
- Smart and innovative energy technologies and applications;
- Green technology options and climate change;
- Energy strategy, policy, economics, and trade;
- Energy security, poverty, and justice;
- Energy and socio-economic development.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Dynamic Operation and Control of Wind Power Systems (Deadline: 24 September 2023)
- Advanced Renewable Energy for Sustainability Volume II (Deadline: 24 September 2023)
- Recent Developments in Renewable Biomass for Sustainable Energy: Current Status and Future Prospects (Deadline: 29 September 2023)
- Application of Green Energy Technology in Sustainable Environment (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Recent Advances in the Design and Control of Modern Power Electronic Interfaces for Renewable Energy Integration (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Renewable Energy Technologies for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Critical Issues in Solar Power Generation Technology (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Recent Research on Technologies for Renewable Energy and Sustainability (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Smart Grids, Sustainable Energy System, and Low-Carbon Technologies (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Energy Efficient Sustainable Cooling Systems (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Biomass Production and Conversion Process for Sustainable Bioenergy (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Technologies for a Sustainable Future: Towards Sustainable Energy Supply (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Recent Development and Advancement in Solar Cell Technologies for Sustainability (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Towards Carbon Neutrality: Recent Advances in Sustainable Building Energy and Thermal System Management (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Sustainable Power System Optimization: Operation, Distribution and Application (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Multi-Energy Complementary and Energy Storage Technologies (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency for a Decarbonized Sustainability (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Economic Transformations, Renewable Energy, and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Energy Harvesting, Transfer and Storage (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Energy Sustainability through Regenerative Fuel Cells (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Advances in Zero Energy Buildings (Deadline: 1 October 2023)
- Smart Zero-Energy and Zero-Carbon District Energy Systems (Deadline: 1 October 2023)
- Renewable Energy and Sustainable Energy Systems (Deadline: 3 October 2023)
- Latest Trends for Renewable Energy and Enabled Technologies for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 3 October 2023)
- Towards World with Low-Carbon Development: The Conversion and Storage of Clean Energy and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 7 October 2023)
- The Energy-Environment Nexus for Sustainable Development: An Economic Perspective (Deadline: 8 October 2023)
- The Emerging Power Electronic Converter Topologies and Control Techniques for Sustainable Solutions (Deadline: 10 October 2023)
- Energy Efficiency and Circular Economy: Strategies towards Sustainability (Deadline: 12 October 2023)
- Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Infrastructures in Smart Cities (Deadline: 13 October 2023)
- Functional Nano and Microstructures for Sustainable Development: Energy and Environment (Deadline: 13 October 2023)
- Sustainable Power Systems and Optimization Volume II (Deadline: 13 October 2023)
- Thermal Energy Storage for Sustainable Industrial Technologies (Deadline: 15 October 2023)
- Renewable Energy Technologies and Energy Efficient Utilization (Deadline: 15 October 2023)
- Modern Control Techniques for Electrical Drives (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Energy Economy and Sustainable Energy (Deadline: 21 October 2023)
- Advanced Research on Smart Grid, Energy Storage and Distribution Systems (Deadline: 23 October 2023)
- Sustainable Future of Power System: Estimation and Optimization (Deadline: 23 October 2023)
- Improvement and Exploitation in Energy Conservation and Engine Combustion (Deadline: 23 October 2023)
- Renewable Energy Production and Consumption for Sustainable Goals (Deadline: 25 October 2023)
- Photovoltaic System Power Generation Performance Analysis (Deadline: 27 October 2023)
- Solar Energy Storage Using Phase Change Materials and Its Role in Sustainable Development (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Research Progress on Economic Dispatch of Electric Power System (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Sustainable Development: Challenges in Energy and Environment Economy (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Perspectives on Energy Transition, Energy Policy and Green Growth in Use of Multidisciplinary Approaches (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Thermal Energy Storage, Heat Transfer and Sustainable Energy Technologies (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Sustainability of Bioenergy: From the Field to the Plant Production (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Sustainable Energy Management and Transformation (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Hybrid Energy System in Electric Vehicles (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Green Energy, Economic Growth and Environmental Quality Nexus (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Towards Carbon Neutrality: Recent Advances in Energy Marketization Reform and Price Mechanism Design (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Sustainability with Biofuel Production: Opportunities and Challenges (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Thermally Driven Renewable Energy Technologies (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Innovation in Renewable Energy Technologies (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- The Electric Power Technologies: Today and Tomorrow (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Control, Management and Optimization of Renewable Energy and Storage System (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Life Cycle Assessment of Hydrogen Fuel Production, Storage and Utilization (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Selected Papers from the 11th European Conference on Renewable Energy Systems (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Wind Energy for Sustainable Development: Driving Factors and Future Outlook (Deadline: 2 November 2023)
- Sustainable and Affordable Energy Production and Storage (Deadline: 2 November 2023)
- Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy and Wastewater Treatment (Deadline: 3 November 2023)
- Application of Computational Modeling to Sustainable Energy Technologies (Deadline: 4 November 2023)
- Renewable Energy for Better Health and Sustainable Environment (Deadline: 4 November 2023)
- Sustainability for Green Energy Systems: Conversion, Utilization, Management, Opportunities, and Challenges (Deadline: 7 November 2023)
- The Development of Energy Systems: Sustainability, Intelligence and Optimization (Deadline: 7 November 2023)
- LED Measurement and Application to Enhance Sustainability and Energy Savings (Deadline: 15 November 2023)
- Unlocking the Flexibility of Local Energy Systems for Supporting Carbon Reduction (Deadline: 15 November 2023)
- Green Fuels and Energy Economics (Deadline: 15 November 2023)
- Recent Advancements in Offshore Renewable Energy (Deadline: 15 November 2023)
- Data-Driven Machine Learning Approaches and Advanced Numerical Modelling Technology for Sustainable Geo-Energy Management (Deadline: 19 November 2023)
- Energy System Decarbonisation, Climate Policies, Economic Growth and Social Impacts (Deadline: 20 November 2023)
- Novel Materials and Their Sustainable Applications (Deadline: 21 November 2023)
- Technology Usage for Smart Clean Energy Transition (Deadline: 21 November 2023)
- The Sustainable Fuel Source for Future Development (Deadline: 22 November 2023)
- Emerging Power Converter Topologies and Control Schemes for Renewable Energy Applications (Deadline: 23 November 2023)
- Sustainable Economy–Energy–Environment Nexus System (Deadline: 23 November 2023)
- Smart Grid: Power System Innovation and Energy Efficiency (Deadline: 25 November 2023)
- The Impact of Technological Innovation on Renewable Energy Production: Simulation and Control of New Energy Power Generation Systems (Deadline: 26 November 2023)
- Advances in Solar Thermal Collectors and Systems: Technological, Efficiency, Energy Storage and Applications (Deadline: 27 November 2023)
- Sustainable Energy Systems and Renewable Generation (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Energy and Water Efficiency in Buildings: Benchmarking, Challenges and Opportunities (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Fluid Transport and Heat Transfer in Sustainability (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Sustainable Energy Systems in Buildings (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Recent Advancements in Renewable Energy and Electrical Power Engineering Technology (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Sustainable Energy Storage and Power System Design in the Context of Carbon Neutrality (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Building Carbon Emissions and Their Impact on the Climate Change (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Analysis, Planning and Management of Energy and Atmospheric Systems (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Sustainable Production and the Role of Industry in the Energy Transition and Carbon Neutrality (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Renewable Energy Technologies towards Food-Energy-Water Security Nexus (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Advanced Modeling and Simulation for Application in Solar Radiation and Photovoltaic Systems (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Big Data Analysis Application and Energy Market Planning from a Sustainable Social Development Perspective (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Emerging Technologies towards Energy Cooperation between Smart Grid and Microgrids (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Hydrogen-Based Energy Systems (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- Reaching Net Zero—Energy Conversion and Storage Systems (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- Sustainable Thermal Energy (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- Studies on Hydrogen Energy and Energy Conversion (Deadline: 7 December 2023)
- Renewable Energy Deployment to Decarbonize the Energy Sector and Alleviate Energy Poverty (Deadline: 8 December 2023)
- The Contributions of Smart Grids to a Greener Future (Deadline: 9 December 2023)
- Sustainable Energy Economics and Environmental Policy (Deadline: 10 December 2023)
- Sustainability of Underground Energy System and Energy: Stability, Multi-Field Modeling, Machine Learning and Economic Evaluation (Deadline: 12 December 2023)
- Development Trends of New Energy Materials and Devices (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- Sustainability in Bioeconomy and Bioenergy (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- Conversion of Residual Biomass Energy to Power Generation (Deadline: 16 December 2023)
- Materials Chemistry for Sustainable Energy Systems (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Rethinking the Sustainability of Energy Systems and Governance of Smart Grids (Deadline: 24 December 2023)
- Enhancement of Heat Transfer and Energy Recovery (Deadline: 30 December 2023)
- Sustainable Chemistry, Environment, Energy, and Economic Policies (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Applications and Technologies of Renewable Energy (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Advances in Sustainable Bioenergy Production and Biomass Waste Reutilization (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Energy Sustainability in Accordance with the European Green Deal (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Energy, Sustainable Transport and Electric Vehicles (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Theories and Applications of Sustainable Energy Systems and Smart Power Grids (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Waste Source Valorization for Sustainable Bioproducts by Integrated Biorefinery (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Sustainable Scenarios of Energy and Ecological Footprint (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Advanced Control Techniques for Renewable Energy Systems and Power Electronics Volume II (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Energy Efficiency in Building and Energy Balance (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Advances in Smart Buildings, Energy Storage, and Sustainable Energy Engineering (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Sustainable Production of Renewable Energy (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Renewable Energy Harvesting and Green Hydrogen Energy Production (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Emerging Research in Rotary Engines and Sustainability in Vehicle Engineering (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Advanced Clean Energy Systems (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Sustainable and Renewable Thermal Energy Systems (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Energy Consumption: Prospects of Sustainable Economic Growth (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Advances in Sustainable Development of Power Systems with Artificial Intelligence (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Safety and Reliability of Renewable Energy Systems for Sustainability (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Future of Clean Energy: Prospects of Nuclear Fusion (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Advanced Electric Energy Conversion and Operation Control Technology of Power Distribution System with High Proportion of Renewables and Power Electronics (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Frontier Technology of Hydrogen Energy Application in Transportation Field (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Going Smart: Integrating Artificial Neural Network in the Energy Domain (Deadline: 1 January 2024)
- Sustainable Transition in Transport Energy Consumption: The Charging/Discharging Infrastructure and Self-Containing Transport Energy System of New Energy Vehicles (Deadline: 2 January 2024)
- Energy Transition in the Urban Environment (Deadline: 5 January 2024)
- Renewable Energy and Energy Sustainability for a Clean Environment: Integrating across Industries (Deadline: 14 January 2024)
- Energy Transition and Hydrogen: Challenges and Opportunities (Deadline: 15 January 2024)
- Advances in Renewable Energy: Photovoltaic System and Solar System (Deadline: 15 January 2024)
- Emerging Technologies and Research on the Heat Transfer and Energy System (Deadline: 17 January 2024)
- Progress in Sustainable and Clean Energy Technologies (Deadline: 29 January 2024)
- Energy Economy Aspect of Sustainability (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Renewable Energy Technologies and Microgrids (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Power Generation Systems for Green Sustainable Energy (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Advanced Intelligent Monitoring Methods in Exploitation of Deep Green Energy Resources (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Advances in Sustainable Energy Technologies (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Current Developments in Renewable Energy Communities: Decentralization, Integration and Local Opportunities and Challenges for the Energy System (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Intelligent Energy Systems: AI-Based Coordinated Operation and Control of Renewable Integrated Power Grid (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Increasing the Energy and Indoor Environmental Resilience of Buildings and Systems into the Future (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development Goals (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Green Energy and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 1 February 2024)
- Energy Approach in Earthquake-Induced Soil Liquefaction for a Sustainable and Resilient Society (Deadline: 4 February 2024)
- Renewable Energy in Sustainable Agriculture (Deadline: 10 February 2024)
- Advances in Renewable Energy Production and Storage (Deadline: 10 February 2024)
- Renewable Energy and Energy Systems: New Concept, Design, and Optimization (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Stability and Optimization of Flow Battery Performance (Deadline: 26 February 2024)
- Advances in Photovoltaic Systems: Modelling, Power Converters and Applications (Deadline: 27 February 2024)
- Anaerobic Digestion and Sustainable Integrated Biorefinery (Deadline: 27 February 2024)
- Smart Grid Technologies and Applications (Deadline: 28 February 2024)
- Renewable Energy and Utility System Optimization for Sustainable Industries (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Smart Grid and Power System Protection (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Critical Issues in Power Engineering and Renewable Energy Technologies (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Renewable Energy and Future Developments (Deadline: 1 March 2024)
- Circular Economy and Artificial Intelligence (Deadline: 8 March 2024)
- Green Energy Transmission: The Future of Sustainable Development (Deadline: 15 March 2024)
- Seawater Desalination and Its Integration into Renewable Energy Systems for Sustainability (Deadline: 20 March 2024)
- Energy Poverty, Inequality and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 23 March 2024)
- New Developments in Renewable Energy Sources and Sustainable Manufacturing (Deadline: 25 March 2024)
- Value-Led Sustainable Solutions for Wind Power (Deadline: 26 March 2024)
- Sustainable Biomass Energy: Opportunities and Challenges for a Green Future (Deadline: 30 March 2024)
- Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation: Application in Industries (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Nuclear Energy and Technology and Its Environmental Impact (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Application of Power System in Sustainable Energy Perspective (Deadline: 2 April 2024)
- Breakthroughs in Green Technology Innovations: Paving the Way to Environmental Sustainability and Energy Efficiency (Deadline: 5 April 2024)
- Innovations in Bioenergy and Sustainable Waste Management (Deadline: 5 April 2024)
- The Relationship between Energy Transition, Economic Growth and Social Development (Deadline: 5 April 2024)
- Smart Grid Optimization and Sustainable Power System Management (Deadline: 6 April 2024)
- Regulation and Control of Flexible Resources in Resilient and Sustainable Power Systems (Deadline: 15 April 2024)
- Energy Transition and Industrial Applications in Oil and Gas Engineering (Deadline: 21 April 2024)
- Energy Sources, Carbon Emissions and Economic Growth (Deadline: 21 April 2024)
- Advanced Research on Sustainable Performance Optimization in Electrical Systems (Deadline: 26 April 2024)
- Bio-Energy and CO2 Capture and Utilization (Deadline: 27 April 2024)
- Sustainable Development and Planning Optimization Related to the Energy Power Market (Deadline: 28 April 2024)
- Energy Storage and Integration of Renewable Energy Systems towards Energy Sustainability (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Energy Use, Storage and Emission Analysis for Industrial Decarbonization (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Renewable Energy Policies and Ecological Economics: Pathways to Sustainability (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Sustainable Development of Renewable Energy Policies and Technologies (Deadline: 3 May 2024)
- Technical-Environmental-Economic Evaluation of District Energy Systems with Energy Storage (Deadline: 7 May 2024)
- Advances in Biomass Conversion and Biofuel Production (Deadline: 11 May 2024)
- Wind-Photovoltaic-Storage Hybrid Power System towards Sustainability (Deadline: 14 May 2024)
- Solar-Pumped Lasers and Sustainable Laser Beams: Current and Future Development (Deadline: 14 May 2024)
- Marine Science and Sustainable Energy Power Engineering (Deadline: 14 May 2024)
- Smart Grids and Microgrids in Smart Cities: Operation, Control, Protection and Security (Deadline: 17 May 2024)
- Intelligence and Sustainability in Electrical Engineering—2nd Edition (Deadline: 21 May 2024)
- Renewable Energy Technology and Sustainable Building Research (Deadline: 21 May 2024)
- Emerging Technologies toward Sustainable & Green 6G IoT Systems (Deadline: 25 May 2024)
- Energy and Environment: Policy, Economics and Modeling (Deadline: 30 May 2024)
- Sustainable Development of Biomass Energy under the Trend of Carbon Neutrality (Deadline: 30 May 2024)
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Technologies, Opportunities, Challenges, and Promising Solutions (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Sustainable Energy Policy and Structural Energy Reforms (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Achieving Carbon Neutrality: Recent Progress of Sustainable Energy Economic, Energy Policy and Energy Transition (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Renewable Energy and Sustainable Waste Management: Advancements in Green Technologies for a Cleaner Future (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Bioresource Technology and Energy Sustainable Development (Deadline: 1 June 2024)
- Sustainable Energy Planning and Environmental Assessment (Deadline: 8 June 2024)
- Global Energy Economics and Implications of Energy-Related Policies: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 11 June 2024)
- Vehicle to Grid—Energy Conversion and Conservation (Deadline: 14 June 2024)
- Biomass Energy Usage for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 15 June 2024)
- Sustainable and Low-Carbon Power System Planning in the Electricity Market (Deadline: 29 June 2024)
- Energy Technology and Sustainable Energy Systems (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Sustainable Technology and Systems for the Integration of Renewables in the Energy Islands (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Power System Control, Optimization, Smart Grids and Renewable Energy Integration for Energy Sustainability (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- District Energy Systems and Energy Management: Toward Energy Transition—2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Urban Innovations: Trends and Technologies Shaping Smart Cities (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Current Advances in Offshore Wind Energy for Sustainability (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Advanced Developments in the Protection and Control of Power Systems (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Modeling, Design, and Application of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Sustainable Wind Power Systems: Recent Advancements in AC/DC Collector Grids, and High-Voltage DC (HVDC) and Low-Frequency AC (LFAC) Transmission Systems (Deadline: 1 July 2024)
- Sustainable Progress and Investigation of Alternative Fuels in Hard-to-Electrify Transportation Sectors (Deadline: 6 July 2024)
- Sustainable Energy Planning and Renewable Power Generation (Deadline: 13 July 2024)
- Advances in Stability Control, Optimal Operation and Modeling Analysis of Power System with High-Level Renewable Energy (Deadline: 13 July 2024)
- Efficient Renewable Energy Integration Technology in Low Voltage Networks (Deadline: 15 July 2024)
- Energy Economics and Environmental Sustainability: The Development of Green Industry (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Storage and Catalytic Conversion of Sustainable Energy (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Smart Cities Challenges, Trends, and Technologies (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Circular Economy, Energy Systems, New Trends and Innovations in Renewable Energy Technologies (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Future Development of Product Labelling in Ecodesign Regulation for Sustainable Products and the EU Legal Framework for Energy Labelling (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Renewable Energies in the Built Environment (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Modeling and Utilization of Solar Energy and Biomass for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Green Energy Economic Management (Deadline: 1 October 2024)
- Hybrid Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage: Solar Cells, Batteries and Fuel Cells (Deadline: 8 October 2024)
- Power Quality Improvement Using Power Converters Powered by V2G Vehicles Charging Stations (Deadline: 6 June 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Electric Vehicles: New Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainability
- Microgrids: The Path to Sustainability
- Power System and Sustainability
- Secure and Sustainable Energy System
- Smart Energy for a Sustainable Future. Experiences in Photovoltaic System Monitoring
- Sustainable Buildings and Energy Performance
- Sustainable Development of Electric Vehicle
- Sustainable Electric Power Systems Research
