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Renewable Energy and Environmental Efficiency

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 4001

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Adnan S̈ozen

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Energy Systems Engineering, Gazi University, Ankara 06500, Turkey
Interests: energy technologies; renewable energy; environmental effect; nanofluids
Dr. Ataollah Khanlari

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Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Turkish Aeronautical Association, Ankara 06790, Turkey
Interests: solar energy; heat and mass transfer; nanofluids; heat exchanger; CFD
Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Ali

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Mechanical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
Interests: thermal sciences and heat transfer with a focus on electronics cooling; condensation; nanofluids; heat transfer devices; thermal management
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Dear Colleagues,

Renewable energy is regarded as an efficient tool to fight climate change. It has gained more prominence, especially after the Paris Agreement. Most countries made pledges to increase the renewable energy share and claimed to decrease the greenhouse gas emissions that originated from the energy sector. This Special Issue, “Renewable Energy and Environmental Efficiency”, aims to contribute the pledges stated in the Paris Agreement through advanced scientific and multi-disciplinary knowledge and studies, which will also act as a repository for the academic community, policy decision-makers, industrial practitioners, and the private sector.

We, therefore, invite papers on original studies, reviews, case studies, analytical analyses, and assessments, from different disciplines. These include renewable energy systems, energy efficiency and modelling in renewable energy systems, hybrid energy storage systems, renewable energy modelling, energy security, risk analysis, climate change impacts, life cycle analysis, environmental pollution, impact assessment analysis, financial and economic analysis of renewable energy systems, and renewable energy policy.

Note that papers should be within the scope of the “Renewable Energy and Environmental Efficiency” Special Issue and the submitted papers should address the connection between renewable energy and environment issues.

Prof. Dr. Adnan S̈ozen
Dr. Ataollah Khanlari
Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Ali
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • renewable energy
  • hybrid energy storage
  • energy efficiency
  • energy modelling
  • climate change
  • environment
  • life cycle analysis
  • impact assessments

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Analysis and Prediction of Wind Speed Effects in East Asia and the Western Pacific Based on Multi-Source Data
by Chaoli Tang, Xinhua Tao, Yuanyuan Wei, Ziyue Tong, Fangzheng Zhu and Han Lin
Sustainability 2022, 14(19), 12089; https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912089 - 24 Sep 2022
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With the increasing problem of global warming caused by the massive use of fossil fuels, biomass energy as a renewable energy source has attracted widespread attention throughout the globe. In this paper, we analyzed the spatial and temporal variation in wind energy in [...] Read more.
With the increasing problem of global warming caused by the massive use of fossil fuels, biomass energy as a renewable energy source has attracted widespread attention throughout the globe. In this paper, we analyzed the spatial and temporal variation in wind energy in the East Asia and Western Pacific areas using IGRA site data, ERA5, and NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data from 2000 to 2021, and multi-variate empirical orthogonal function (MV-EOF) decomposition with the Pettitt mutation test, and the seasonal autoregression integrated moving average (SARIMA) model was used to predict the trend of wind speed. The spatial and temporal variations in wind energy in East Asia and Western Pacific areas were analyzed, and it was found that the richer wind-energy resources were mainly concentrated in the “Three Norths” (North China, Northwest China, and Northeast China) and Mongolia, followed by the Western Pacific areas. In addition, the T’ai-hang Mountains and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China block the wind resources in the eastern and southern regions of East Asia, resulting in a shortage of wind resources in this region. In addition, the summer wind speed is significantly lower than in the other three seasons. The first-mode contributions of the MV-EOF wind field and geopotential heights, respectively, are 29.47% and 37.75%. The results show that: (1) There are significant seasonal differences in wind-energy resources in the study area, with the lowest wind speed in summer and the highest wind speed in winter. (2) The wind energy in the study area has significant regional characteristics. For example, China’s Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang region, and Mongolia are rich in wind-energy resources. (3) Wind-energy resources in the study area have gradually increased since 2010, mainly due to changes in large-scale oceanic and atmospheric circulation patterns caused by global warming. Full article
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Interprovincial Metal and GHG Transfers Embodied in Electricity Transmission across China: Trends and Driving Factors
by Yawen Han, Wanli Xing, Hongchang Hao, Xin Du and Chongyang Liu
Sustainability 2022, 14(14), 8898; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14148898 - 20 Jul 2022
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With the increasing proportion of low-carbon power in electricity generation mix, power generation will be transformed from carbon-intensive to metal-intensive. In this context, metal and GHG transfers embodied in electricity transmission of China from 2015 to 2019 are quantified by the Quasi-Input-Output model. [...] Read more.
With the increasing proportion of low-carbon power in electricity generation mix, power generation will be transformed from carbon-intensive to metal-intensive. In this context, metal and GHG transfers embodied in electricity transmission of China from 2015 to 2019 are quantified by the Quasi-Input-Output model. Combined with complex network theory, we have distinguished whether metal and GHG transfers show different trends as electricity trade changes. Driving factors contributing to forming the metal and GHG transfers are also explored based on the Quadratic Assignment Procedure. The results show that the electricity trade change has strengthened the metal transfer network significantly, while several key links in the GHG transfer network have weakened. Moreover, we find provincial differences in low-carbon electricity investment contributing to the metal transfer while affecting the GHG transfer little. The above facts imply an expanding embodied metal transfer in the future and shed light on policy making for power system decarbonization. Full article
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