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For a sustainable future, the need to use renewable sources to produce electricity is inevitable. Some of these sources—particularly the widely available solar power—are weather-dependent; therefore, utility-scale energy storage will be more and more important. These solar and wind power fluctuations range from minutes (passing cloud) to whole seasons (winter/summer differences). Short-term storage can be solved (at least theoretically) with batteries; however, seasonal storage—due to the amount of storable energy and the self-discharging of some storage methods—is still a challenge to be solved in the near future. We believe that biological Power-to-Methane technology—especially combined with biogas refinement—will be a significant player in the energy storage market within less than a decade. The technology produces high-purity methane, which can be considered—by using green energy and carbon dioxide of biological origin—as a Renewable Natural Gas, or RNG. The ease of storage and use of methane, as well as the effective carbon-freeness, can make it a competitor for batteries or hydrogen-based storage, especially for storage times exceeding several months.

seasonal energy storage --- power-to-methane --- wastewater treatment plants --- techno-economic assessment --- power-to-gas --- regulation --- energy storage --- biogas --- biomethane --- disruptive technology --- decarbonization --- innovation --- Power-to-Gas --- Power-to-Fuel --- P2M --- P2G --- P2F --- biomethanization --- biomethanation --- competitiveness --- hydrogen utilization --- Hungary --- Power-to-X --- Power-to-Hydrogen --- Power-to-Methane --- hydrogen --- methanation --- sector coupling --- sectoral integration --- energy transition --- eFuels --- electric fuels --- 100% renewable energy scenarios --- thermophilic biogas --- fed-batch reactor --- Methanothermobacter --- metagenome --- starvation --- H2 and CO2 conversion --- methane --- acetate --- n/a

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For a sustainable future, the need to use renewable sources to produce electricity is inevitable. Some of these sources—particularly the widely available solar power—are weather-dependent; therefore, utility-scale energy storage will be more and more important. These solar and wind power fluctuations range from minutes (passing cloud) to whole seasons (winter/summer differences). Short-term storage can be solved (at least theoretically) with batteries; however, seasonal storage—due to the amount of storable energy and the self-discharging of some storage methods—is still a challenge to be solved in the near future. We believe that biological Power-to-Methane technology—especially combined with biogas refinement—will be a significant player in the energy storage market within less than a decade. The technology produces high-purity methane, which can be considered—by using green energy and carbon dioxide of biological origin—as a Renewable Natural Gas, or RNG. The ease of storage and use of methane, as well as the effective carbon-freeness, can make it a competitor for batteries or hydrogen-based storage, especially for storage times exceeding several months.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- seasonal energy storage --- power-to-methane --- wastewater treatment plants --- techno-economic assessment --- power-to-gas --- regulation --- energy storage --- biogas --- biomethane --- disruptive technology --- decarbonization --- innovation --- Power-to-Gas --- Power-to-Fuel --- P2M --- P2G --- P2F --- biomethanization --- biomethanation --- competitiveness --- hydrogen utilization --- Hungary --- Power-to-X --- Power-to-Hydrogen --- Power-to-Methane --- hydrogen --- methanation --- sector coupling --- sectoral integration --- energy transition --- eFuels --- electric fuels --- 100% renewable energy scenarios --- thermophilic biogas --- fed-batch reactor --- Methanothermobacter --- metagenome --- starvation --- H2 and CO2 conversion --- methane --- acetate --- n/a

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In recent years, the global climate has become variable due to intensification of the greenhouse effect, and natural disasters are frequently occurring, which poses challenges to the situation awareness of intelligent distribution networks. Aside from the continuous grid connection of distributed generation, energy storage and new energy generation not only reduces the power supply pressure of distribution network to a certain extent but also brings new consumption pressure and load impact. Situation awareness is a technology based on the overall dynamic insight of environment and covering perception, understanding, and prediction. Such means have been widely used in security, intelligence, justice, intelligent transportation, and other fields and gradually become the research direction of digitization and informatization in the future. We hope this Special Issue represents a useful contribution. We present 10 interesting papers that cover a wide range of topics all focused on problems and solutions related to situation awareness for smart distribution systems. We sincerely hope the papers included in this Special Issue will inspire more researchers to further develop situation awareness for smart distribution systems. We strongly believe that there is a need for more work to be carried out, and we hope this issue provides a useful open-access platform for the dissemination of new ideas.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- community integrated energy system --- energy management --- user dominated demand side response --- conditional value-at-risk --- electric heating --- load forecasting --- thermal comfort --- attention mechanism --- LSTM neural network --- smart distribution network --- situation awareness --- high-quality operation and maintenance --- critical technology --- comprehensive framework --- distributionally robust optimization (DRO) --- integrated energy system (IES) --- joint chance constraints --- linear decision rules (LDRs) --- Wasserstein distance --- load disaggregation --- denoising auto-encoder --- REDD dataset --- TraceBase dataset --- machine learning --- secondary equipment --- CNN --- short text classification --- electric vehicle --- short-term load forecasting --- convolutional neural network --- temporal convolutional network --- climate factors --- correlation analysis --- sustainable wind-PV-hydrogen-storage microgrid --- power-to-hydrogen --- receding horizon optimization --- storage --- photovoltaic (PV) system --- DC series arc fault --- power spectrum estimation --- attentional mechanism --- lightweight convolutional neural network --- capacity configuration --- wind-photovoltaic-thermal power system --- carbon emission --- multi-objective optimization --- inertia security region --- n/a

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This book, entitled “The Green Energy Technology”, covers technologies, products, equipment, and devices, as well as energy services, based on software and data protected by patents and/or trademarks. The recent trends underline the principles of a circular economy such as sustainable product design, extending the product’s lifecycle, reusability, and recycling. These are highly related to climate change and environmental impact, and limited natural resources require scientific research and novel technical solutions. This book will serve as a collection of the latest scientific and technological approaches to “green”—i.e., environmentally friendly and sustainable—technologies. While the focus is on energy and bioenergy, it also covers "green" solutions in all aspects of industrial engineering. Green Energy Technology addresses researchers, advanced students, technical consultants and decision-makers in industries and politics. This book is a comprehensive overview and in-depth technical research paper addressing recent progress in Green Energy Technology. We hope that readers will enjoy reading this book.

Technology: general issues --- esterification --- biodiesel --- noncatalytic reaction --- kinetic --- microwave irradiation --- bioenergy --- energy saving --- daylight --- heat flux reduction --- illumination --- CIE standard --- deep dynamic stall --- passive vortex generators --- wind turbine airfoil --- URANS simulations --- socio-technical transition --- strateg0ic niche management --- clean energy technologies --- argumentative discourse analysis --- innovation policy --- regional electricity market --- energy security --- energy efficiency --- energy sustainability --- ASEAN --- electricity liberalisation --- electricity unbundling --- TRACE --- MARS-KS --- PSBT --- void fraction --- crossflow --- circulating fluidized bed --- adsorption --- activated carbon --- phenol --- glass beads --- green supply chain --- value co-creation --- firm performance --- waste plastic oil (WPO) --- engine performance --- renewable gasoline --- pyrolysis --- Energy hybridization --- hydropower --- wind energy --- solar energy --- rural areas --- 100% Renewable grid --- energy harvesting --- electromagnetic generator --- energy floor tile --- power management system --- footstep energy harvesting --- piezoelectric --- energy harvesting paver --- hydrogen blending --- natural gas networks --- power-to-hydrogen --- hydrogen and compressed natural gas --- renewable energy --- hydrogen strategy --- water --- floatovoltaic --- photovoltaic --- energy water nexus --- dual use --- water conservation --- FPV --- floating photovoltaic --- wave energy converter --- hydraulic power take-off unit --- parameter estimation --- genetic algorithm --- non-linear programming by quadratic Lagrangian --- light pipe --- light transmission --- daylight factor --- small-scale --- success factor --- community renewable energy --- sustainable energy --- print circuit heat exchanger --- PCHE --- efficiency --- nusselt number --- heat transfer coefficient --- NTU value --- thermal performance --- n/a

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This book, entitled “The Green Energy Technology”, covers technologies, products, equipment, and devices, as well as energy services, based on software and data protected by patents and/or trademarks. The recent trends underline the principles of a circular economy such as sustainable product design, extending the product’s lifecycle, reusability, and recycling. These are highly related to climate change and environmental impact, and limited natural resources require scientific research and novel technical solutions. This book will serve as a collection of the latest scientific and technological approaches to “green”—i.e., environmentally friendly and sustainable—technologies. While the focus is on energy and bioenergy, it also covers "green" solutions in all aspects of industrial engineering. Green Energy Technology addresses researchers, advanced students, technical consultants and decision-makers in industries and politics. This book is a comprehensive overview and in-depth technical research paper addressing recent progress in Green Energy Technology. We hope that readers will enjoy reading this book.

esterification --- biodiesel --- noncatalytic reaction --- kinetic --- microwave irradiation --- bioenergy --- energy saving --- daylight --- heat flux reduction --- illumination --- CIE standard --- deep dynamic stall --- passive vortex generators --- wind turbine airfoil --- URANS simulations --- socio-technical transition --- strateg0ic niche management --- clean energy technologies --- argumentative discourse analysis --- innovation policy --- regional electricity market --- energy security --- energy efficiency --- energy sustainability --- ASEAN --- electricity liberalisation --- electricity unbundling --- TRACE --- MARS-KS --- PSBT --- void fraction --- crossflow --- circulating fluidized bed --- adsorption --- activated carbon --- phenol --- glass beads --- green supply chain --- value co-creation --- firm performance --- waste plastic oil (WPO) --- engine performance --- renewable gasoline --- pyrolysis --- Energy hybridization --- hydropower --- wind energy --- solar energy --- rural areas --- 100% Renewable grid --- energy harvesting --- electromagnetic generator --- energy floor tile --- power management system --- footstep energy harvesting --- piezoelectric --- energy harvesting paver --- hydrogen blending --- natural gas networks --- power-to-hydrogen --- hydrogen and compressed natural gas --- renewable energy --- hydrogen strategy --- water --- floatovoltaic --- photovoltaic --- energy water nexus --- dual use --- water conservation --- FPV --- floating photovoltaic --- wave energy converter --- hydraulic power take-off unit --- parameter estimation --- genetic algorithm --- non-linear programming by quadratic Lagrangian --- light pipe --- light transmission --- daylight factor --- small-scale --- success factor --- community renewable energy --- sustainable energy --- print circuit heat exchanger --- PCHE --- efficiency --- nusselt number --- heat transfer coefficient --- NTU value --- thermal performance --- n/a