Call for papers

MITAB2024

The IPCC report “Global Warming of 1.5°C” (Oct. 2018) issued a dire warning that unless CO2 emissions are halved by 2030, devastating changes will occur on land and in ocean irreversibly and sooner than expected. Time is running out for transitioning to new energy systems globally. Logic and numbers show that the world must take a two-step approach: (A) deploy existing, industrially proven technologies, namely solar, wind and nuclear base load at an unprecedented scale and pace, from now to 2050 -- when a house catches fire, firemen must run to the closest hydrants and stop disputing which water stream would be purer; and (B) develop new concepts and technologies that may replace the dirtier parts of (A) post-2050, at terawatt scale. The Applied Energy “A+B” symposium (MITAB2022) is dedicated to the accelerated deployment of (A), and new concepts and emerging technologies for (B). For (A), reducing capital and operating costs, managing social dynamics, and minimizing environmental impact while maintaining extreme productivity are key; automation, artificial intelligence, social mobilization, governmental actions and international coordination will provide essential boosts. For (B), we seek new concepts and emerging technologies (e.g. in energy storage, superconducting transmission, etc.) that stand a chance to scale to terawatts within 30 years.

Guest editors:

Dr. Zhenhua Rui 
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, US

Dr. Lizhi Xiao
College of Geophysics, China University of Petroleum, Beijing, China

Dr. Aimé Fournier
Earth Resources Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, US

Dr. Wei He
Department of Engineering, King’s College London, London, UK

Dr. Yuan Yang
Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, US

Manuscript submission information:

We sincerely welcome manuscripts containing novel, high quality, and unpublished research results. The invited submissions will be processed and reviewed in the same way as open submissions. Both review articles and original research articles are welcome. All submissions deemed suitable to be sent for peer review will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers.

Manuscripts should be submitted via journal online submission system at: Editorial Manager by selecting the Article Type of " VSI: MITAB2024". A detailed submission guideline is available as “Guide for Authors”.

Once your manuscript is accepted, it will go into production and will be simultaneously published in the current regular issue and pulled into the online Special Issue. Articles from this Special Issue will appear in different regular issues of the journal, though they will be clearly marked and branded as Special Issue articles.

Important Dates:

Submission Open Date: 12 March 2025

Manuscript Submission Deadline: 31 December 2025

Keywords:

• Renewable energy
• Energy storage
• Carbon Emission and Storage
• Sustainable geoenergy
• Energy Management
• Policy and Economic

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