About this Research Topic
The transformation of energy systems puts greater demands on future decision-making support in urban and spatial planning. Driven by these needs, research on urban energy systems (UES) has received a lot of attention and has grown considerably in the past few years. At the same time, a number of projects and initiatives have been launched and proposed, with the goal of achieving the transition to energy sustainability and carbon-neutral cities by 2050. The achievement of these ambitious projects and goals must be based on sound decision-making, which calls for advanced technologies for planning, modeling, optimization, storage and control of UES, to support cities in their ongoing energy system transformation and to achieve energy and climate goals.
In order to realize the sustainability, resilience and security of urban energy system (UES), UES is transforming from a centralized system to a highly decentralized system. One of the driving forces is the remarkable growth of integrated distributed renewable energy sources (RES) within the urban areas. This growth is mainly due to the success and popularization of adaptive solutions, such as integrated photovoltaics/thermal energy, heat pump modules and their attached energy storage or thermal storage systems. The emergence of these solutions not only indicates the change of energy pattern to a more sustainable and flexible approach, but also entails an evolution in urban energy planning, modeling technology, operation/control intelligence and management schemes to match the energy supply and demand across various system scales.
This Research Topic welcomes all the contributors from universities, industry and policy-makers to develop and present solutions and technologies covered by following topics:
- Urban energy system planning
- Urban energy system modeling
- Urban energy system analysis
- Urban energy system reliability
- Urban energy system operation
- Urban energy system control
- Energy storage technologies of urban energy system
- Distributed energy resources and microgrid in urban energy system
- Renewable energy development and integration
- Urban energy system energy storage technologies
In order to realize the sustainability, resilience and security of urban energy system (UES), UES is transforming from a centralized system to a highly decentralized system. One of the driving forces is the remarkable growth of integrated distributed renewable energy sources (RES) within the urban areas. This growth is mainly due to the success and popularization of adaptive solutions, such as integrated photovoltaics/thermal energy, heat pump modules and their attached energy storage or thermal storage systems. The emergence of these solutions not only indicates the change of energy pattern to a more sustainable and flexible approach, but also entails an evolution in urban energy planning, modeling technology, operation/control intelligence and management schemes to match the energy supply and demand across various system scales.
This Research Topic welcomes all the contributors from universities, industry and policy-makers to develop and present solutions and technologies covered by following topics:
- Urban energy system planning
- Urban energy system modeling
- Urban energy system analysis
- Urban energy system reliability
- Urban energy system operation
- Urban energy system control
- Energy storage technologies of urban energy system
- Distributed energy resources and microgrid in urban energy system
- Renewable energy development and integration
- Urban energy system energy storage technologies
Keywords: Urban energy system modeling, Urban energy system planning, Urban energy system optimization, Urban energy system control, Hybrid renewable energy system
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