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Perspectives on Energy Transition, Energy Policy and Green Growth in Use of Multidisciplinary Approaches

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2023) | Viewed by 2692

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Interests: circular economy; technological innovation; futurology; eco-theology
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Department of Industrial Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the launch of this Special Issue of the journal Sustainability.

The title of the Special Issue is “Perspectives on Energy Transition, Energy Policy and Green Growth in Use of Multidisciplinary Approaches”. We are in the process of transition from a fossil fuel-based economy to a renewable and circular economy. Numerous technological innovations, policy supports, business models, economic frames, citizenship movement, cultural adjustments and behavioral changes are supporting or hindering the transition. In this Special Issue, the editors want to address the diagnosis of the current status, various promoters and hurdles and the issues of green growth based on the energy transition. For this purpose, the editors welcome various approaches to this Special Issue, including both qualitative and quantitative analyses. The editors want to receive manuscripts on different perspectives from economics, management, policy, politics, sociology, ecology and other multi-disciplinary approaches through which a synergistical SI could be edited. The energy transition is not a partial transaction that only occurs within the energy and environment sector, but a complete transformation from the diverse and various sectors’ improvements and collaboration. Through this Special Issue, the editors hope that the presented research will provide inspiration and stimulation. 

Dr. Yong-Gil Lee
Dr. Dong-hyun Oh
Dr. Sesil Lim
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • energy transition
  • green growth
  • fossil fuel
  • renewables
  • circular economy
  • technological innovation
  • indicators of transition
  • behavioral change
  • energy policy

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Investigating Technological Advancement Strategies for the Innovation Impact of Alternative Energy Patents
by Jong-Hyun Kim and Yong-Gil Lee
Sustainability 2024, 16(2), 562; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16020562 - 9 Jan 2024
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Although the importance of technological advancement in facilitating successful transitions to alternative energy is well recognized, the study of technological advancement strategies has been elusive. This study aims to investigate the technological advancement strategies for inventing alternative energy technologies by using patent data. [...] Read more.
Although the importance of technological advancement in facilitating successful transitions to alternative energy is well recognized, the study of technological advancement strategies has been elusive. This study aims to investigate the technological advancement strategies for inventing alternative energy technologies by using patent data. This study empirically examines relationships between forward citation counts and the results of invention activities such as the degree and type of technological advancement (diversification), as well as other bibliographic information about the patent. Specifically, this study considers both the degree and the type of technological advancement of the patents, taking into account the scale and scope of technological knowledge. Finally, the study confirms the heterogeneous relationships between innovation impact and technological advancement in each field of alternative energy. It was confirmed that the innovation impact of patents related to wind energy was more significantly associated with the degree of technological advancement than that of patents related to other fields of alternative energy. In the case of patents related to fuel cells and biofuel, diversification of technological advancement was associated with a higher innovation impact. In the case of solar and hydro energy, specialization of technological advancement was found to be related to a higher innovation impact. Full article
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A Location Model for the Agro-Biomethane Plants in Supporting the REPowerEU Energy Policy Program
by Marilena Labianca, Nicola Faccilongo, Umberto Monarca and Mariarosaria Lombardi
Sustainability 2024, 16(1), 215; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010215 - 26 Dec 2023
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Biomethane represents one of the solutions towards the European Union (EU) energy transition, being capable to decarbonize the EU’s energy system and to reduce the dependence on imported natural gas, as underlined by the “REPowerEU” energy policy program. As its production is expected [...] Read more.
Biomethane represents one of the solutions towards the European Union (EU) energy transition, being capable to decarbonize the EU’s energy system and to reduce the dependence on imported natural gas, as underlined by the “REPowerEU” energy policy program. As its production is expected to expand primarily from biogenic wastes and residues, such as agricultural residues and animal effluents, it is necessary to make its deployment cost-efficient, taking into account factors such as local resources, existing infrastructure, and raw material and investment costs. From this perspective, this paper proposes a replicable predictive model for locating agro-biomethane plants according to raw material potential, relative economic factors, and territorial characteristics. To this end, an analysis was conducted in the Geographic Information System environment, based on location theory. The analysis included testing the minimum transport cost of feedstock in a case study of a rural area in Southern Italy. Three optimal locations for 2 MW size plants were selected where some key element conditions had been identified. The research findings may provide useful information for the EU policymakers in defining more specific energy planning strategies, in accordance with the REPowerEU objectives, addressing the increase in biomethane production by 2030. Full article
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