The scope of the conference covers the area of sustainable energy and environmental development, including the following topics:
Primary energy sources and technologies
Renewable energy sources and technologies (solar, wind, biomass, hydro, geothermal, wave and ocean energy)
Alternative fuels (nuclear, hydrogen, electro-fuels, power to gas)
Renewable heat and electricity generation systems
Thermal power plants (clean coal, combined cycles, advanced cycles, carbon capture and utilization, nuclear)
Advanced energy conversion systems (fuel cells, thermoelectricity, ORC, waste/excess heat recycling, thermoacoustic, piezoelectric, etc.)
Energy storage (heat/cold storage, hydrogen storage, compressed air storage, batteries, water storage)
Energy efficiency (smart appliances, labelling and standards, eco-design, energy-saving, passive and nearly zero energy buildings; smart buildings; new technologies in road, aviation and maritime transportation; hybrid, plug in hybrid, solar and compressed-air vehicles)
Cogeneration, trigeneration, polygeneration
Distributed generation and smart grids
Modelling, simulation and optimization of energy systems
Measurements, automation and monitoring in energy systems
Energy system analysis (energy planning, smart energy systems and networks, 100% renewable energy systems, island energy systems, electrification of transport, long term demand planning, etc.)
Energy policy (security of supply, climate change mitigation, energy transition, renewable energy support schemes, energy efficiency policy)
Energy markets (market/price coupling, modelling, demand response, retail markets, net metering, fuel switch)
Energy sustainability in politics and economy (long term planning, sustainable development goals, security and sustainability, community and citizen participation in the energy transition)
Green economy (circular economy, low carbon development and economy, resource efficiency, environmental economics, sustainability economics)
Sustainability in the aspect of the environmental protection
Biofuels and biorefineries (biodiesel, bioethanol, biogas, second and third generation biofuels, waste to biofuels, algae, anaerobic digestion, pyrolysis, torrefaction, coproduction, etc.)
Environmental protection in energy management systems