EPEEnergy and Power Engineering1949-243XScientific Research Publishing10.4236/epe.2017.99033EPE-78606ArticlesEngineering Editorial Special Issue on “Energetic Complementarity” AlexandreBeluco1Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil* E-mail:220820170909486488January 25, 2017Accepted: August 19, August 22, 2017© Copyright 2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. 2014This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This editorial presents the motivations that were the focus of the papers that make up this Special Issue on energetic complementarity. The articles deal with the application of the concept of energetic complementarity in time under certain conditions and with the proposition of new means to evaluate complementarity in time between more than two renewable energy resources. An article further proposes a method for establishing energetic complementarity in space, a concept that is important and necessary for management and planning of energy resources but does not yet have tools that allow it to be quantified and handled appropriately. In addition, two letters to the editor discuss issues that still need to be matured for a better understanding and application of the concept of energetic complementarity, both in time and space.

Component: Energetic ComplementarityAcknowledgements

This work (including this paper and the organization of this special issue) was developed as a part of research activities on water resources management and renewable energy at the Instituto de PesquisasHidráulicas (IPH), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). The author acknowledges the support received by the institution and the financial support received from CNPq for his research work (proc. n. 309021/2014-6.).

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Beluco, A. (2017) Editorial Special Issue on “Energetic Complementarity”. Energy and Power Engineering, 9, 486-488. https://doi.org/10.4236/epe.2017.99033

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