Special Issue

Low Carbon Economy and Renewable Energy

Submission Deadline: October 31, 2027 (Open) Submit Now

Guest Editor

Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos, PhD

Photometry Laboratory, Electric Power Division, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Heroon Polytechniou Street, 15780 Athens, Greece

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Research Interests: engineering, environment, renewable energy sources and technologies, business and management, development economics, analytical techniques, circular economy, low carbon economy, behavioural ecology

About This Topic

The establishment of renewable energy projects, such as wind and solar farms, can cause environmental degradation and adverse social impacts on rural communities. As a result, differing regulations and priorities among countries can hinder progress in renewable energy adoption. There is a controversy on transitioning to other energy sources. being not a priority for national economic growth. In this context there is an ongoing interest of finding complementary storage technologies like batteries, in order to ensure continuous energy availability. Besides, renewable energy technologies are expected to extend the lifespan of renewable energy sources, thus, offsetting initial investment costs. Moreover, public education is needed to diffuse the technological maturity and applicability of low-carbon technologies and drive broader acceptance. Subsequently, environmental, social, and governmental (ESG) goals can lead to job creation in the rapidly emerging field of renewable energy sources and technologies.

Based on the aforementioned multiparametric research context of transitioning from carbon-intensive economies to low carbon economies, and from fossil-fueled energy production to renewables-based energy production, collaborative efforts between public and private sectors on a global scale are vital to overcome barriers to the low-carbon transition. This special issue is extended to cover the complexity and multifaceted nature issues of the transition to a low-carbon economy and to renewable energy development. Addressing the challenges of such a transition to accomplish a sustainable and equitable energy future, this special issue covers, but not limited to, the following research fields:

• Environmental protection and environmental education
• Social cohesion and public acceptance of renewables
• Technological advancements
• Economic challenges and niche-market innovations
• Regulatory initiatives and infrastructure upscaling
• Geopolitical concerns in energy management and energy poverty alleviation
• Environmental, Social, and Governmental (ESG) goals of renewable energy sources towards climate neutrality

Dear colleagues and researchers,

you are warmly welcome to send your recent and relevant research works which are related to the aforementioned fields of specialization. The papers selected for this special issue are subject to peer reviewing in order to optimally disseminate research advancements and multi-disciplinary dynamics in the fields of “Low Carbon Economy and Renewable Energy”, accordingly.

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted through the LIDSEN Submission System. Detailed information on manuscript preparation and submission is available in the Instructions for Authors. All submitted articles will be thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process and will be processed following the Editorial Process and Quality Control policy. Upon acceptance, the article will be immediately published in a regular issue of the journal and will be listed together on the special issue website, with a label that the article belongs to the Special Issue. LIDSEN distributes articles under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License in an open-access model. The authors own the copyright to the article, and the article can be free to access, distribute, and reuse provided that the original work is correctly cited.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). Research articles and review articles are highly invited. Authors are encouraged to send the tentative title and abstract of the planned paper to the Editorial Office (jept@lidsen.com) for record. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office.

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