Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2020) | Viewed by 31085
Special Issue Editor
Interests: sustainable technology management; sustainable energy systems; integration of renewable energy resources, power and energy systems engineering, as well as energy Generation, conversion, and storage engineering
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The significant role of renewable energy in our quest for a just transition to reach the Sustainable Development Goals is unquestionable. However, renewable energy is not synonymous with sustainable energy, and the literature is rampant on unintended consequences—economic, environmental, and social—due to technical and policy interventions. Thus, finding renewable energy solutions is a complex issue that requires multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary approaches across many levels of analyses: From individual to community and organisational behaviours; in urban and rural contexts; from local- to macro-economies; and the global society as a whole. This Special Issue will explore these different levels of analyses, and especially the methods to investigate the inherent complexities of potential renewable energy interventions. Of particular interest is how the levels of analyses can be integrated meaningfully, with the aim to inform more efficient decision and policy making.
Prof. Alan Brent
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Sustainable energy
- Cross-disciplinary approaches
- Sustainable analysis