Dear Colleagues,

The global energy transition, driven by climate commitments under the Paris Agreement and national net-zero legislation, has elevated energy storage to a strategic nexus between technological innovation and environmental governance. Energy technologies, while critical for renewable integration, now face escalating regulatory demands—from the EU Battery Regulation’s lifecycle sustainability mandates to China’s dual-carbon policy frameworks—that redefine their role in grid stability and circular economy ecosystems.

However, the large-scale deployment of energy storage systems confronts multidimensional challenges where technical limitations intersect with emerging policy constraints. Key limitations are as follows:

(1) Regulatory-Compliant Performance Coupling Challenges:

Interdependencies among electrochemical properties, operational reliability, and system integration requirements must now align with evolving environmental standards. Material innovation pathways are increasingly shaped by REACH and RoHS compliance, demanding co-optimization of technical performance and legal viability.

(2) Policy-Aware State Management Bottlenecks:

Real-time state assessment and degradation prediction require not only algorithmic robustness but also adherence to safety certifications. It necessitates AI-driven models that internalize market policy variables.

(3) Ethical Resource Allocation in Spatiotemporal Storage Optimization

Utilization mechanisms must reconcile techno-economic objectives with distributive equity concerns. Spatial deployment optimization now integrates environmental justice criteria, while temporal scheduling embeds just transition principles to prevent energy poverty in decarbonization pathways.

This Special Issue aims to catalyze multidisciplinary integration, data-driven engineering, and system optimization, thereby redefining the frontiers of energy storage systems. We welcome submissions, but are not limited to:

(1) Core Research Categories:

Regulatory-Compliant Performance Coupling Strategies for Energy Storage;

Policy-Aware State Management Solutions for Secure Energy Storage Operations;

Ethical Spatiotemporal Resource Allocation Frameworks for Sustainable Energy Storage.

(2) Priority Review Topics:

Policy-Driven Risk Assessment in Energy Storage Deployment;

Regulatory Compliance and Ethical Considerations in Energy Storage;

Priority Review of Policy-Integrated Energy Storage Innovations.

(3) Applied Research Scope:

Applied Regulatory Frameworks in Grid-Scale Energy Systems;

Policy-Aware Estimation Management in Energy Storage;

Ethical Resource Allocation in Microgrid Energy Storage.

Prof. Dr. Shunli Wang

Guest Editor

Renewable energy integration; Energy Storage Systems; Energy Policy Frameworks; Regulatory Compliance; Environmental Law; Sustainable Energy Transitions; Circular Economy