Solar Energy and Electric Mobility
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2022) | Viewed by 3754
Special Issue Editors
Interests: solar radiation; photovoltaics; sustainable energy systems
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Interests: automobile and transportation by renewable energy; solar energy; solar cell; CPV; standardization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues
The energy and transport sectors are key to the transition to a low-carbon economy. This will require massive penetration of renewable electricity generation, such as solar power and the electrification of transport. This Special Issue aims at exploring the synergies between solar photovoltaics (PV) and electric vehicles (EV).
One attractive approach that could simultaneously address both issues is onboard solar power generation in electric vehicles or vehicle-integrated photovoltaics. We welcome manuscripts considering the primary resource, including shading and spectral issues, for all types of vehicles, such as cars, UAVs, trains, buses, and bikes, with batteries or hydrogen storage, and different conversion devices (e.g., PV, EC cell, TPV, CSP).
Another form of complementarity between solar power and electric vehicles is solar powering the EV charging infrastructures or parking lots, often taking advantage of the ancillary services that could be provided to the grid. At the energy planning level, future energy systems with a large share of solar power will generate considerable amounts of excess energy during the daytime, which could be used to power mobility. On the other hand, charging flexibility and/or electricity storage in vehicles offer convenient instruments to mitigate the nondispatchable character of solar energy, facilitating its integration in the power system.
With all these approaches in mind, this Special Issue of the journal Sustainability entitled "Solar Electricity and Electric Mobility" aims to collect outstanding research and development outcomes and experiences from all over the world, including policy and socio-economical issues such as resilience, infrastructure planning, economy, LCA, or CO2 emissions analysis (economy, distribution system, environmental analysis).
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Assist. Prof. Dr. Miguel Centeno Brito
Dr. Kenji Araki
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- solar mobility
- VIPV
- electric vehicles
- photovoltaics
