Today's environmental challenge is forcing new approaches for climate and energy policies. Based on the Paris Agreement, most countries have fixed a set of new targets, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), increasing energy efficiency or the share of renewable energy in the total gross final energy consumption.
The industrial and transport (terrestrial, maritime and air) sectors are called to be relevant sectors to fulfil the climate objectives. The necessary transformation of these sectors requires a green revolution of a transversal nature, from the generation to the final consumption of their demanded energy, which has to involve different technologies and energy policy approaches. In this regard, the proposed Research Topic is addressed to gather all the initiatives currently working towards achieving these climate objectives in the industrial and transport sectors, either those focused on developing new technologies and technical solutions or analysing the different energy policies approach.
The decarbonisation of energy-intensive sectors, especially the industrial and transport sector, is a must to surpass the environmental challenges. Although part of the solution, this decarbonisation goes beyond the mere substitution of the former power plants based on fossil fuels by renewable energy sources. It implies the electrification of the industrial heat processes and the terrestrial and maritime transport sector. It forces further steps towards the energy efficiency of all the energy processes while requires the embedding of climate restrictions when undertaking those necessary actions. This Research Topic aims to identify and visualise the solutions currently being developed to tackle this challenge. These solutions can be new techniques or technologies and those new approaches to balance the implementation of these energy solutions while preserving the natural resources, landscape, and biodiversity. Finally, it is intended to recognise the new energy policies and regulatory frameworks addressed to fulfil these objectives and their performance.
Relevant themes include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Energy policy addressed to decarbonise the electricity sector as a tool to help decarbonisation processes and CO2 emission reduction in the industrial and transport sector
• Design, management and installation of renewable energy sources in the path of sustainable growth of the power, industrial and transport sector
• Trends and technologies to boost sustainable mobility in the transport sector (terrestrial, maritime and air)
• Trends and technologies policies for decarbonising heat/cooling industrial processes
• Conception, design and management of new technologies addressed to decarbonise heat/cooling industrial processes and transport sector
• Life cycle assessment and sustainable technologies for decarbonisation of industrial and transport sector
• A tradeoff between new energy solutions against climate change in the industrial and transport sector and their environmental impact
• IoT and AI contributions and trends in the field of decarbonising heat/cooling industrial processes and transport sector
Today's environmental challenge is forcing new approaches for climate and energy policies. Based on the Paris Agreement, most countries have fixed a set of new targets, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), increasing energy efficiency or the share of renewable energy in the total gross final energy consumption.
The industrial and transport (terrestrial, maritime and air) sectors are called to be relevant sectors to fulfil the climate objectives. The necessary transformation of these sectors requires a green revolution of a transversal nature, from the generation to the final consumption of their demanded energy, which has to involve different technologies and energy policy approaches. In this regard, the proposed Research Topic is addressed to gather all the initiatives currently working towards achieving these climate objectives in the industrial and transport sectors, either those focused on developing new technologies and technical solutions or analysing the different energy policies approach.
The decarbonisation of energy-intensive sectors, especially the industrial and transport sector, is a must to surpass the environmental challenges. Although part of the solution, this decarbonisation goes beyond the mere substitution of the former power plants based on fossil fuels by renewable energy sources. It implies the electrification of the industrial heat processes and the terrestrial and maritime transport sector. It forces further steps towards the energy efficiency of all the energy processes while requires the embedding of climate restrictions when undertaking those necessary actions. This Research Topic aims to identify and visualise the solutions currently being developed to tackle this challenge. These solutions can be new techniques or technologies and those new approaches to balance the implementation of these energy solutions while preserving the natural resources, landscape, and biodiversity. Finally, it is intended to recognise the new energy policies and regulatory frameworks addressed to fulfil these objectives and their performance.
Relevant themes include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Energy policy addressed to decarbonise the electricity sector as a tool to help decarbonisation processes and CO2 emission reduction in the industrial and transport sector
• Design, management and installation of renewable energy sources in the path of sustainable growth of the power, industrial and transport sector
• Trends and technologies to boost sustainable mobility in the transport sector (terrestrial, maritime and air)
• Trends and technologies policies for decarbonising heat/cooling industrial processes
• Conception, design and management of new technologies addressed to decarbonise heat/cooling industrial processes and transport sector
• Life cycle assessment and sustainable technologies for decarbonisation of industrial and transport sector
• A tradeoff between new energy solutions against climate change in the industrial and transport sector and their environmental impact
• IoT and AI contributions and trends in the field of decarbonising heat/cooling industrial processes and transport sector
