Advancing the Development of New Energy Systems

The depletion of traditional fossil fuels and the escalation of environmental challenges pose significant obstacles to global development, constraining societal progress worldwide. In response, advancing a revolution in energy production and consumption has emerged as a strategic priority. Many countries are actively developing new energy systems—modern frameworks characterized by green, low-carbon, safe, and clean principles, with renewable energy as their cornerstone. However, compared with traditional energy systems, these new energy systems present heightened uncertainties in energy sources and loads, alongside pronounced spatial and temporal imbalances. Addressing these complexities requires breakthroughs across multiple disciplines, leveraging technological and economic innovations, and employing collaborative optimization strategies to enhance research on new energy systems. Specifically, it is essential to first explore the technical and economic feasibility, development path, and low-carbon planning strategies for implementing these systems. Secondly, we must tackle the challenges of optimization configuration and collaborative operation arising from the spatiotemporal characteristics of new energy systems, proposing strategies through advanced decision-making models to ensure stable and low-carbon operations. Thirdly, attention must be given to how new energy systems can participate in diversified markets such as electricity, hydrogen, carbon trading, and green certificate trading, providing valuable insights for market participation. Additionally, we should focus on developing efficient solving algorithms that adapt to the planning, operation, and trading decisions of new energy systems. Finally, it is crucial to examine business and operational models that align with the economic development of new energy systems and conduct simulation research to assess their effectiveness.

In view of this, our journal has organized a special issue “Advancing the Development of New Energy Systems”. The research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

1. Technical and Economic Evaluation of New Energy Systems
2. Economic Planning for New Energy Systems
3. Modeling and Analysis of New Energy Systems
4. Optimization of Configuration and Collaborative Operation of Diverse Equipment in New Energy Systems
5. Designing Diversified Market Mechanisms and Optimizing Trading Decisions for New Energy Systems
6. Efficient Algorithms for Planning, Operation, and Trading Decisions in New Energy Systems
7. Business and Operational Models for the Development of New Energy Systems

Keywords: New Energy Systems, energy production, low-carbon, carbon trading

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