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Energy Supply Chain and Energy Security in Sustainability

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2022) | Viewed by 6257

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Herie Park

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Department of Electrical Engineering, Dong-A University, Busan 49315, Republic of Korea
Interests: sustainable development; building physics; building energy management system; energy system; energy security; power balance; energy conversion; artificial intelligence
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Dr. Abdul Wadood

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Department of Electrical Engineering, Air University Islamabad, Kamra 43570, Pakistan
Interests: power system relaying; power system protection; evolutionary; metaheuristic algorithm
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The expansion in population and social development has accelerated energy consumption, bringing concerns over securing the energy supply chain. Most countries have set their energy policies, portfolios, and strategies to guarantee their energy security for sustainable growth and development. Nonetheless, because of the geographical inequality of energy resources and resource depletion, numerous countries experience issues in bringing down their dependence on energy imports, guaranteeing their energy supply security and resilience of energy infrastructures. Additionally, energy supply security is exposed to exterior risks, such as energy price fluctuations, supply disruption, geopolitical uncertainty, and energy transition.

As a consequence, researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders have confronted many complex challenges in ensuring global, regional, and national energy security and sustainable energy supply chains. In response to such challenges, it is necessary to investigate policies and regulations in energy security, redefinition of energy security and its assessment, techno-socioeconomic analysis of energy security, and related technologies. 

This Special Issue will target diverse prospects in the energy supply chain and energy security. This issue covers global, regional, national, and local topics and integrates social, economic, technical, and environmental approaches.

The topics of interest include but are not limited to: 

  • Energy supply chain;
  • The sovereignty of energy security;
  • Energy security indicators and assessment;
  • Socioeconomic analysis of energy security;
  • Technoeconomic analysis of energy security;
  • Sustainable energy supply and infrastructure;
  • Renewable energy supply chain and infrastructure;
  • The resilience of the energy supply chain and infrastructure;
  • Energy management for sustainable energy security;
  • Sustainable energy infrastructure with renewable energy;
  • Policy, regulation, and management of energy security;
  • Global, regional, national, or local case study of energy policy;
  • Cyberphysical security of energy supply chain and infrastructure;
  • Emerging issues on energy security and energy supply chain.

We will accept original research, case studies, and review articles on these topics.

References

  1. Park, H.; Bae, S. Quantitative Assessment of Energy Supply Security: Korea Case Study. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1854. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13041854

Dr. Herie Park
Dr. Abdul Wadood
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Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • energy supply chain
  • energy supply security
  • energy security assessment
  • energy policy, regulations, and governance
  • energy management and energy efficiency
  • energy system and infrastructure
  • socio-technoeconomic analysis
  • cyberphysical security of energy supply chain
  • renewable and sustainable energy supply chain

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Conceptualising the Sustainable Energy Security Dimensions of Malaysia: A Thematic Analysis through Stakeholder Engagement to Draw Policy Implications
by Saleh Shadman, Marlia Mohd Hanafiah, Christina May May Chin, Eng Hwa Yap and Novita Sakundarini
Sustainability 2021, 13(21), 12027; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su132112027 - 31 Oct 2021
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This study aims to provide established knowledge of the multi-dimensional concept of energy security through engaging stakeholders and experts. Energy security policy implications have been suggested in this study to address and mitigate energy security challenges. A total of seven emerging themes from [...] Read more.
This study aims to provide established knowledge of the multi-dimensional concept of energy security through engaging stakeholders and experts. Energy security policy implications have been suggested in this study to address and mitigate energy security challenges. A total of seven emerging themes from semi-structured interviews have been discussed in-depth to understand the role of each theme and their interactions with energy policies. There is an urgent need to reduce dependency on fossil fuels and to look for alternative fuel options from renewable sources. At the same time, energy-efficient technology plays a significant role in improving overall efficiency and leading to reduced wastage of energy. This would, in turn, improve the availability and affordability of energy in Malaysia. Energy equity gets the most emphasis in the energy trilemma of Malaysia; however, equal importance should be attached to the nation’s energy security alongside environmental sustainability. The final decision of the trilemma balance and the energy policies that govern the energy use framework depends on the ministries and the regulatory bodies. An indicator mapping process has been recommended for these themes to quantify energy security by developing an energy security index. The thematic results discussed in this study have the potential to facilitate policymakers and energy analysts of countries with similar energy outlooks to design data-driven energy security policies. Full article
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A Conceptual Framework to Establish and Operate a Global Logistics Energy Hub
by Mahmoud A. Hammad, Sara Elgazzar and Marjan Sternad
Sustainability 2021, 13(19), 10976; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su131910976 - 02 Oct 2021
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Energy-consuming countries are affected by obstructions in supplies or conflicts that may occur along the energy transit path. Hence, the presence of a global logistics hub for energy acting as a connecting bridge between energy-supplying and energy-consuming countries can overcome such troubles, support [...] Read more.
Energy-consuming countries are affected by obstructions in supplies or conflicts that may occur along the energy transit path. Hence, the presence of a global logistics hub for energy acting as a connecting bridge between energy-supplying and energy-consuming countries can overcome such troubles, support the sustainable flow of energy, and achieve the overall operational efficiency of the energy supply chain. However, establishing a global energy hub is a complicated issue, especially in the absence of a clear approach for this. Through conducting a systematic literature review on 36 papers over the past two decades, we identified the key determinants for each player in the energy supply chain and proposed a leading and integrated conceptual framework for establishing and operating a global logistics energy hub, with a particular focus on oil and gas. This article contributes to knowledge by providing a comprehensive review targeting energy hubs from a logistics perspective, as previous studies have addressed energy hubs from other perspectives such as political, legal, and security perspectives, while the logistics perspective has not been tackled comprehensively. Moreover, the suggested framework can be then used by further researchers to develop the performance of energy hubs. Practically, this framework can be employed to identify the requirements for a country to become a global energy hub. Full article
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