Maney Publishing
Economic and environmental factors are creating ever greater pressures for the efficient generation, transmission and use of energy. For the major energy generators, higher fuel prices and emphasis on return on capital are driving demand for efficient plant, capable of running with minimal maintenance over extended lifetimes. At the same time, there is the need to reduce greenhouse gas, particulate and pollutant emissions, and for more 'sustainable' operation. If renewable energy generation or the 'hydrogen economy' is to contribute significantly, progress will be required to scale up capacity. Transmission systems must be reconfigured to operate in a more distributed fashion; and high energy density storage devices developed.
Materials developments are crucial in all these areas: integral to innovation in design; to extending lifetime and maintenance intervals; and to successful operation in more demanding environments. To draw together the extended community with interests in these areas, Maney and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) are launching Energy Materials: Materials Science and Engineering for Energy Systems which will address materials needs in future energy generation, transmission, utilisation, conservation and storage.
The scope of Energy Materials is inclusive. The journal covers thermal and gas turbines; renewable power (wind, wave, tidal, hydro, solar and geothermal); fuel cells (low and high temperature); materials issues relevant to biomass and biotechnology; nuclear power generation (fission and fusion); and the transmission and storage of the energy produced.
As well as publishing high quality peer-reviewed research, Energy Materials will promote discussion of issues common to all sectors, through commissioned reviews and commentaries. There will be coverage of energy economics and policy, and broader social issues, since the political and legislative context influence research and investment decisions. With the important exceptions of hydrogen generation and storage, which will form an integral part of any future hydrogen economy, and materials aspects of biomass/biotechnology, it is not the intention of the journal to consider the extraction, refining/processing, and transport of fuels prior to their use for energy generation.
The comprehensive coverage of Energy Materials will embrace all materials issues relating to future energy needs.
