Sustainable Conversion of Renewable Energy Sources
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 92678
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable development; renewable energy technologies; bioenergy; biomass; thermochemical conversion; solar energy; climate change mitigation; hydrogen production; energy optimization; clean fossil fuels; carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS)
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Interests: energy storage technologies; fuel cells; power sources; experimental optimization; sustainable environment; renewable energy; catalysis; hydrogen production; low carbon strategies
Interests: sustainability; biofuels; biochemical production; biodiesel; biomass technologies; environmental impact; catalysis; hydrothermal carbonization; sustainable biohydrogen production; environmental management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Research on sustainability has, in the last few decades, been the way that some countries have modernized their energy systems, emission profiles, and low carbon networks in order to respond to the challenges and problems that the world faces regarding global warming and climate change. Sustainability refers to the process of people maintaining homeostasis and balance in a changing environment, in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development, and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both our current and future potential to meet human needs and aspirations. Sustainability is achieved by balancing the species and resources within an environment. To maintain this equilibrium, available resources must not be depleted faster than resources are naturally generated, and natural, renewable resources must only be made use of to the extent that people can continue to rely on their yields in the long term.
In this Special Issue, we aim to provide ground for up-to-date, fruitful, and actionable insights into economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Original research articles and reviews that use conceptual models, analytical frameworks, or empirical studies from critical perspectives and in different contexts will be considered. These perspectives should indicate their potential to bring about actionable insights and fruitful research outcomes. We welcome experimental, theoretical, and empirical contributions that, within the scope of a multidisciplinary approach, may collectively provide a reference for pressing environmental issues and describe the interaction between renewable fuels, CO2 mitigation, and global warming.
Due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic across the world, we offer discounts for publications cost for this special issue until 1st July 2020, but only for the papers with high quality.
Dr. Farooq Sher
Dr. Oliver Curnick
Dr. Mohammad Tazli Azizan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable and renewable energy sources;
- biomass and biofuels;
- hydro production and energy storage;
- sustainable chemistry and chemical engineering;
- wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, nuclear, and bioenergy;
- air pollution and climate change;
- energy conversion and management;
- impact of globalization on local, national, and regional sustainability and stability;
- implementation and monitoring of policies for sustainable development;
- sustainable education awareness and development;
- system analysis methods, including life cycle assessment and management;
- sustainable utilization of natural resources, such as land, water, and the atmosphere;
- maintenance and preservation of biodiversity in land and aquatic ecosystems
- effects of global climate change on development and sustainability;
- environmental exposure mitigation strategies.
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