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Technological Advances for CO2 Mitigation in the Electricity Sector: Innovations, Strategies, and Decarbonization Pathways
As concerns about climate change and environmental sustainability continue to rise, it is imperative to address the significant role of industry and the energy sector in global CO2 emissions. Thus, reducing CO2 emissions in the electricity field is a critical challenge for addressing climate change. The transition towards renewable energy sources is a promising solution that can lead to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly electricity industry. Within cities, there is a need to improve their quality of life, this could be by creating technologies that transform the city into a smart one. Smart cities require smart grids to manage electricity generation, distribution, and consumption. A breakdown of these grids is through microgrids. Besides, smart grids include electric vehicles and chargers, so renewable sources have to be integrated into the grid. On the other hand, customized energy-saving strategies that industries can implement to optimize their energy consumption and reduce CO2 emissions are mandatory in the smart grid structure. Also, using energy simulations and data analysis can help industries understand and optimize their energy consumption. In addition, there is potential to harness artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), and digital twins (DT) in the electrical sector to optimize energy efficiency, energy management, predict energy consumption, identify savings opportunities, and train staff in sustainable practices. Furthermore, this topical collection provides researchers and practitioners to share their findings on CO2 mitigation along with carbon pricing policies, energy transition strategies, carbon capture and storage technologies, renewable energy integration, circular economy approaches, energy efficiency measures, sustainable industrialization, low-carbon manufacturing, life cycle assessment, smart grid technologies, and policy frameworks, leading to potential decarbonization as a transition to a net-zero economy.
Keywords:Smart grids, renewable energy, energy-saving strategies, electric vehicles, data analysis, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, digital twins, decarbonization, microgrids
Editors
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Pedro Ponce
Prof. Pedro Ponce, Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing, Mexico Pedro Ponce is a control system and automation engineer. His areas of interest are smart grids, microgrids, smart cities, AI, control systems, robotics, manufacturing, power electronics, digital twins, renewable energy, energy management, electric machines, and optimization. He is a research leader of Enabling Technologies for the Development of Advanced Materials from the Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing and a professor in the mechatronics department at Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico City campus.
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Juana Isabel Méndez
Dr. Juana Isabel Méndez, Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing, Mexico. She is an architect with a laureate Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences from Tecnologico de Monterrey, with a doctoral stay at UC Berkeley, who received the best thesis award at TecScience Summit 2023. Her research focuses on building energy simulations, thermal comfort, tailored dynamic interfaces, personalized gamification strategies, AI-based decision systems, and parametric architecture applied to the energy savings field. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing.
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Omar Mata
Dr. Omar Mata, Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing, Mexico. Omar Mata is an Electronics Engineer with a Master’s and PhD in Engineering Sciences from Tecnologico de Monterrey. His research has focused on the implementation of digital systems in product development. His experience covers various areas such as robotics, automation, manufacturing, embedded systems, and energy. He has participated in collaborative research projects with international universities and has 20 journal and conference publications, one published book and 3 patent applications.
