Guest Editors
Dr. Lyes Bennamoun
Email: lyes.bennamoun@gmail.com
Affiliation: Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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Research Interests: Solar Energy; Solar-thermal conversion; Solar drying
Prof. Macmanus Chinenye Ndukwu
Email: ndukwumcu@mouau.edu.ng; ndukwumcu@gmail.com
Affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Bio-Resources Engineering, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria
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Research Interests: Solar thermal conversion
Dr. Youcef Himri
Email: y_himri@yahoo.com
Affiliation: Université Tahri Mohamed Béchar (U.T.M.B), Faculté des Sciences Exactes Béchar, Algeria and Member Higher National School of Renewable Energies, Environment & Sustainable Development: Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Smart Systems, Batna, Algeria
Research Interests: Wind Energy; Photovoltaic
Dr. Said Bennaceur
Email: bennaceur.said@univ-bechar.dz
Affiliation: Université Tahri Mohamed Bechar (U.T.M.B), Faculté des Sciences Exactes, Bechar, Algeria and Laboratory for the Development of Renewable Energies and their Applications in Saharan areas (LDREASA)
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Research Interests: Solar Energy; Solar-thermal conversion; Solar drying
Summary
On the 12th of December 2015, in Paris, 196 member countries of the United Nations participated at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21). It was pointed out that countries need to take urgent actions to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions by around 43%, by 2030. This aggressive target cannot be achieved without limiting the usage of fossil fuels and encouraging the implementation of clean energy in the different socio-economic sectors. Solar energy is presented as important element that can contribute efficiently to achieve this target. Solar Energy is utilized in several sectors, such as agriculture and buildings and research in this field is in a continuous development.
The aim of this special issue is to assemble the advances and development of recent research in the field of solar energy going from the fundamental research to the industrial application. Papers, such as original research, reviews, case studies and others are accepted to be published in this special issue. A wide range of subjects are covered, such as, but not limited to:
Fundamentals of solar energy and its conversion
Modeling and simulation of solar energy
Solar energy in buildings
Solar energy in agriculture
Photovoltaic cells and its application
Storage of solar energy
Industrial applications of solar energy
Keywords
Solar thermal conversion, Mathematical modeling, Photovoltaic cells, Climate change, Agriculture, Buildings, Storage, Payback
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