The Journal of Energy Engineering reports on the scientific and engineering knowledge in the planning, development, management, and finances of energy-related programs. The journal is dedicated to civil engineering aspects of the issues, sources, and programs that are either directly related to, or can ultimately contribute to, the production, distribution, and storage of energy. Multidisciplinary subjects are especially encouraged.Original contributions are encouraged in, but not limited to, the following areas: generation of electric power; nuclear power issues; energy planning (planning for generation capacity expansions, hydropower planning, network and transmission planning, reliability); energy policy and economics (financial and customer markets, regulatory and financial issues); energy development (solar power, renewable energy, waste-to-energy systems); energy systems operation (thermal and hydropower operation and optimization, scheduling, load forecasting, demand-side management); energy efficiency, reducing consumption of or conservation of energy; energy sustainability as related to energy and power production, distribution, and usage; waste management and environmental issues; and energy infrastructure issues (power plant safety, security of infrastructure network).

《能源工程雜志》報道了能源相關項目的規劃、開發、管理和財務方面的科學和工程知識。該期刊專門討論與能源的生產、分配和儲存直接相關或最終可對其作出貢獻的問題、來源和程序的土木工程方面。尤其鼓勵多學科的科目。鼓勵但不限于以下領域的原始貢獻：發電；核電問題；能源規劃(發電能力擴大規劃、水電規劃、網絡和輸電規劃、可靠性)；能源政策和經濟(金融和客戶市場、監管和金融問題)；能源開發(太陽能、可再生能源、廢物轉化為能源系統)；能源系統運作(熱能和水電運行和優化、調度、負荷預測、需求方管理)；能源效率，減少能源消耗或節約能源；與能源和電力生產、分配和使用有關的能源可持續性；廢物管理和環境問題；能源基礎設施問題(發電廠安全、基礎設施網絡安全)。