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Dr. Omar Behar
Email: beharomar@gmail.com
Affiliation: PROMES-CNRS, CNRS, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 66120 Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, France
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Research Interests: solar energy, hydrogen, energy storage, ccus
Summary
Solar energy is emerging as the dominant energy technology of the future, with the technical maturity, scalability, and resource availability required to progressively replace fossil fuels and significantly reduce reliance on nuclear power. As the most abundant and widely distributed energy resource on Earth, solar energy offers unparalleled opportunities for sustainable electricity generation, high- and low-temperature heat supply, and the production of carbon-free fuels. Rapid advances in solar technologies, coupled with cost reductions, improved efficiency, and enhanced storage solutions, have firmly established solar energy as a cornerstone of future low-carbon energy systems.
In recent years, solar energy technologies have demonstrated their capability to operate reliably across a broad range of scales and applications, from decentralized and off-grid systems to large industrial and utility-scale installations. These developments position solar energy not only as a complementary solution, but increasingly as a primary replacement for fossil-based and centralized energy infrastructures, enabling deep decarbonization of power generation, industrial heat, and fuel production.
This Special Issue aims to present cutting-edge research and developments in solar energy technologies for power, heat, and fuel production.
Original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and industrial case studies covering system design and optimization, performance evaluation, hybrid and multi-generation concepts, techno-economic and environmental assessments, and pilot- and demonstration-scale implementations are welcome. By bringing together contributions from academia and industry, this Special Issue seeks to provide a clear and authoritative perspective on solar energy as the leading technology for future power, heat, and fuel systems, highlighting both current achievements and the pathways required for large-scale deployment and industrial decarbonization.
Topics of interest areas including, but not limited to:
· photovoltaic and concentrating solar power systems.
· solar thermal technologies for heating and cooling.
· thermal and thermochemical energy storage.
· solar-driven processes for hydrogen and synthetic fuel production.
Contributions addressing the integration of solar technologies into industrial sectors—such as chemical processing, mining, desalination, manufacturing, and other energy-intensive industries—are particularly encouraged.
Keywords
solar energy technologies, solar power and thermal systems, photovoltaics, concentrating solar technologies, solar heat for industrial processes, thermochemical solar fuels, energy conversion and storage
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