About this Research Topic
The ongoing impact of climate change will affect our ecosystems, healthcare systems, and overall economy within the next decade. Therefore, the advancement, implementation, and integration of renewable energy sources are paramount to slowing the ongoing effects.
Unpredictable weather patterns are already noticeable and there are increasing risks of heatwaves, floods, droughts, and fires; these unstable conditions pose several challenges to renewable energy sources, as they often rely on natural resources that replenish, meaning finding suitable locations can be extremely limited, and often a diverse and creative approach is essential for finding technological solutions. For example, the integration of wind systems with either solar or wave and tidal systems.
The goal of the Research Topic collection series “Climate Change Challenge" is to create a communal scientific decision and work towards a more sustainable future for the next generation. The objective is to highlight solutions and challenges within the field of Energy Research, in particular from a Wind Energy point of view/perspective. Therefore, we welcome contributions that address the impacts of climate change on the renewable energy landscape, including but not limited to:
• Small wind turbines and distributed energy resources
• Large wind turbines and turbine lifetime assessment
• Scaling renewable energy sources; low cost, mass production and timely installation
• Sustainable manufacturing and installation of wind energy systems
• Recycling of wind energy plants
• Retrofitting, diverse or alternative approaches to existing systems
• Grid stability
• Computational methods in wind energy
• Usage of data driven techniques
• Engineering modelling improvements
• Smart wind turbine systems and plants for monitoring and digital twins
• Solutions to address intermittency
• Integration of wind energy systems with zero-carbon fuels
• Industry perspectives
• Wind resource assessment and analyses
Unpredictable weather patterns are already noticeable and there are increasing risks of heatwaves, floods, droughts, and fires; these unstable conditions pose several challenges to renewable energy sources, as they often rely on natural resources that replenish, meaning finding suitable locations can be extremely limited, and often a diverse and creative approach is essential for finding technological solutions. For example, the integration of wind systems with either solar or wave and tidal systems.
The goal of the Research Topic collection series “Climate Change Challenge" is to create a communal scientific decision and work towards a more sustainable future for the next generation. The objective is to highlight solutions and challenges within the field of Energy Research, in particular from a Wind Energy point of view/perspective. Therefore, we welcome contributions that address the impacts of climate change on the renewable energy landscape, including but not limited to:
• Small wind turbines and distributed energy resources
• Large wind turbines and turbine lifetime assessment
• Scaling renewable energy sources; low cost, mass production and timely installation
• Sustainable manufacturing and installation of wind energy systems
• Recycling of wind energy plants
• Retrofitting, diverse or alternative approaches to existing systems
• Grid stability
• Computational methods in wind energy
• Usage of data driven techniques
• Engineering modelling improvements
• Smart wind turbine systems and plants for monitoring and digital twins
• Solutions to address intermittency
• Integration of wind energy systems with zero-carbon fuels
• Industry perspectives
• Wind resource assessment and analyses
Keywords: Small wind, wind turbines, lifecycle assessment, Wind resources analyses, renewable energy, climate change
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