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A sustainable path to development has profound consequences for all economic activities and related policies. The mining industry, which provides input to almost every product and service in the world, is highly relevant to the goal of achieving sustainable development in mineral-rich countries and in the global economy. In addition, environmental sustainability is a critical concern for mining companies, whose growth is increasingly affected by climate change. Given the centrality of minerals and metals to our way of living, Building Resilience: A Green Growth Framework for Mobilizing Mining Investment investigates the extent to which the mining industry can contribute to green growth. Despite what ought to be a tight nexus of public and private interest in targeted green sector investment, this report finds that there is a misalignment between mining companies' investment in climate-sensitive production processes, and policy makers' efforts to develop a cohesive green economy framework for industry to navigate. The private and public sectors regard the climate agenda and the development of local economic opportunity as separate matters. Neither industry nor government have yet to effectively leverage their climate imperatives and mandates to seize green growth opportunities. To address this misalignment, this report proposes a framework to help mining companies and governments integrate climate change and local economic opportunity activities. Going further, the report offers examples of projects and policies that support green growth: particularly climate-related activities that create scalable economic value and invest in long-lasting green infrastructure.

Climate Policies --- Climate Smart Mining --- Energy Efficiency --- Green Growth --- Green Industrial Policy --- Local Content Policies --- Local Value Creation --- Mines --- Mining Value Chains --- Power --- Water Management

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The electricity sector is facing its toughest test: eliminate carbon emissions while meeting much larger demands for power and adjusting to massive disruptions in its markets, technologies, business models, and policies. Peter Fox-Penner unwinds the industry's fast-moving challenges and makes realistic recommendations for this essential industry.

Electric power systems --- Renewable energy sources --- carbon pricing. --- clean energy. --- climate policies. --- decarbonization. --- electric power energy. --- electrification. --- energy efficiency. --- green new deal. --- power grid. --- renewable energy. --- utility business models. --- utility of the future. --- utility regulation.

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Energy markets are already undergoing considerable transitions to accommodate new (renewable) energy forms, new (decentral) energy players, and new system requirements, e.g. flexibility and resilience. Traditional energy markets for fossil fuels are therefore under pressure, while not-yet-mature (renewable) energy markets are emerging. As a consequence, investments in large-scale and capital intensive (traditional) energy production projects are surrounded by high uncertainty, and are difficult to hedge by private entities. Traditional energy production companies are transforming into energy service suppliers and companies aggregating numerous potential market players are emerging, while regulation and system management are playing an increasing role. To address these increasing uncertainties and complexities, economic analysis, forecasting, modeling and investment assessment require fresh approaches and views. Novel research is thus required to simulate multiple actor interplays and idiosyncratic behavior. The required approaches cannot deal only with energy supply, but need to include active demand and cover systemic aspects. Energy market transitions challenge policy-making. Market coordination failure, the removal of barriers hindering restructuring and the combination of market signals with command-and-control policy measures are some of the new aims of policies.The aim of this Special Issue is to collect research papers that address the above issues using novel methods from any adequate perspective, including economic analysis, modeling of systems, behavioral forecasting, and policy assessment.The issue will include, but is not be limited to: Local control schemes and algorithms for distributed generation systems; Centralized and decentralized sustainable energy management strategies; Communication architectures, protocols and properties of practical applications; Topologies of distributed generation systems improving flexibility, efficiency and power quality; Practical issues in the control design and implementation of distributed generation systems; Energy transition studies for optimized pathway options aiming for high levels of sustainability

Demand Response --- Energiewende --- energy system modeling --- market value --- interconnector capacities --- energy sector integration --- sector-coupling --- aviation --- renewables --- net metering --- 100% RE pathways --- variable renewable energy sources --- energy transformation --- renewable energy --- blackout prevention --- vehicle-to-grid --- energy market --- energy storage --- road --- electric vehicle --- electrostatic-driven inertia --- RE integration --- carbon dioxide reduction --- Orkney --- energy system optimisation --- transport sector --- island energy system transition --- pumped hydro storage --- storage solutions --- climate policies --- rail --- power-to-gas --- electricity market modeling --- greenhouse gas emissions --- renewable transition --- community --- India --- delayed grid expansion --- wind power --- blockchain --- smart grid technologies --- Åland --- Germany --- solar energy --- renewable integration --- energy system modelling --- Solid State Transformer --- decarbonization --- immunity --- system-friendly renewables --- marine --- transportation demand --- numeric modelling --- microgeneration --- flexibility --- prosumer --- microgrid --- maritime transportation --- European electricity system --- Samsø --- resilience --- smart energy system --- microgrid by design --- global energy system model (GENeSYS-MOD) --- electricity markets --- energy community --- sector coupling --- final energy demand --- energy transition --- energy policy --- electrification --- agent-based modelling --- levelized cost of mobility --- dynamic positioning --- gamification --- ship’s electrical power system --- regulation --- Madeira --- GENeSYS-MOD --- open energy modelling --- Mexico --- 100% renewable energy