Advances in Smart Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technologies for Net-Zero Energy Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Decarbonization of energy systems is one of the key goals to achieve climate neutrality and make national economies more resilient to global disruption in supply of fossil fuels. Besides the scientific consensus that our planet will surpass the 1.5°C average global temperature limit within the next decade, the disruptions of global energy supply caused by COVID-19 pandemics, have shown spikes of energy prices in majority of net-importing countries. Both will lead to the negative impacts on national economies. Distributed renewable energy sources are also more resilient to global supply chains disruption and enable geopolitical independence from fossil fuels exporting countries. Having this in mind, there is a strong incentive for increasing the rate of decarbonization of energy systems, especially in European Union, but also globally, with the established or introduced emission trading systems.

This Special Issue will collect original research or review articles on the recent findings in the areas of: smart energy systems, renewable energy technologies, progress in energy storage, decarbonization of transport, energy efficiency (in all sectors), district heating and cooling systems, using hydrogen as an energy carrier, e-fuels, waste management, decarbonization of fossil fuel industry, carbon capture, utilization and storage, heat transfer enhancement etc. Studies can be conducted at the level of a particular technology or element of the energy system through numerical methods (incl. computational fluid dynamics), laboratory or field measurements. Research can also be conducted at the level of energy systems analysis, including the techno-economic analysis, smart management and use of the short-, mid- and long-term energy planning tools and methods. Regardless on the level of study, authors are asked to declare the research goal and objectives, state all the assumptions used to derive new models and clearly define at least one research hypothesis.

Dr. Luka Perković
Dr. Jakov Baleta
Dr. Marija Macenić
Guest Editors

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• Net-Zero Energy Systems
• Renewable Energy Sources
• Smart energy
• Energy Storage
• Energy Efficiency
• Decarbonization of Transport
• District Heating and Cooling
• Hydrogen
• Synthetic Fuels (e-Fuels)
• Waste Management
• Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage
• Energy Management
• Energy Planning