Renewable Energy

1991 - 2025

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Volume 89, issue C, 2016

Economic optimization of feedstock mix for energy production with biogas technology in Germany with a special focus on sugar beets – Effects on greenhouse gas emissions and energy balances pp. 1-11

Sebastian Auburger, Anna Jacobs, Bernward Märländer and Enno Bahrs

Field performance and degradation rates of different types of photovoltaic modules: A case study in Thailand pp. 12-17

Amornrat Limmanee, Nuttakarn Udomdachanut, Sasiwimon Songtrai, Songpakit Kaewniyompanit, Yukinobu Sato, Masaki Nakaishi, Songkiate Kittisontirak, Kobsak Sriprapha and Yukitaka Sakamoto

Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water splitting using Cu doped ZnS microspheres under visible light irradiation pp. 18-26

Gang-Juan Lee, Sambandam Anandan, Susan J. Masten and Jerry J. Wu

Product distribution from solar pyrolysis of agricultural and forestry biomass residues pp. 27-35

Rui Li, Kuo Zeng, José Soria, Germán Mazza, Daniel Gauthier, Rosa Rodriguez and Gilles Flamant

Performance enhancement of high temperature latent heat thermal storage systems using heat pipes with and without fins for concentrating solar thermal power plants pp. 36-50

Saleh Almsater, Wasim Saman and Frank Bruno

Performance of solar cells using thermoelectric module in hot sites pp. 51-59

M. Benghanem, A.A. Al-Mashraqi and K.O. Daffallah

Discrepancy study of modal parameters of a scale jacket-type supporting structure of 3.0-MW offshore wind turbine in water and in air pp. 60-70

Fushun Liu, Qi Yang, Huajun Li, Wei Li and Bin Wang

Anode optimization based on gradient porous control medium for passive liquid-feed direct methanol fuel cells pp. 71-79

Wei Yuan, Zhiguo Yan, Zhenhao Tan, Aoyu Wang, Zongtao Li and Yong Tang

Generator bearing fault diagnosis for wind turbine via empirical wavelet transform using measured vibration signals pp. 80-92

Jinglong Chen, Jun Pan, Zipeng Li, Yanyang Zi and Xuefeng Chen

A novel integrated simulation approach couples MCRT and Gebhart methods to simulate solar radiation transfer in a solar power tower system with a cavity receiver pp. 93-107

Kun Wang, Ya-Ling He, Yu Qiu and Yuwen Zhang

Optimal flow control of a forced circulation solar water heating system with energy storage units and connecting pipes pp. 108-124

Sula Ntsaluba, Bing Zhu and Xiaohua Xia

Economic assessment of small-scale kite wind generators pp. 125-134

Ivan Argatov and Valentin Shafranov

Evaluation of biorefinery configurations through a dynamic model-based platform: Integrated operation for bioethanol and xylitol co-production from lignocellulose pp. 135-143

Ricardo Morales-Rodriguez, Eduardo S. Perez-Cisneros, Jose A. de Los Reyes-Heredia and Divanery Rodriguez-Gomez

Competitiveness assessment of the biomass power generation industry in China: A five forces model study pp. 144-153

Zhen-Yu Zhao, Jian Zuo, Pan-Hao Wu, Hong Yan and George Zillante

Thermodynamic analysis and optimization of a geothermal Kalina cycle system using Artificial Bee Colony algorithm pp. 154-167

Hamid Saffari, Sadegh Sadeghi, Mohsen Khoshzat and Pooyan Mehregan

Wind energy resource assessment for the Fiji Islands: Kadavu Island and Suva Peninsula pp. 168-180

Kaushik Sharma and M. Rafiuddin Ahmed

Design of bare and ducted axial marine current turbines pp. 181-187

J.-M. Laurens, M. Ait-Mohammed and M. Tarfaoui

Analysis of the process of design of a geothermal installation pp. 188-199

Cristina Sáez Blázquez, Arturo Farfán Martín, Pedro Carrasco García, Luis Santiago Sánchez Pérez and Sara Jiménez del Caso

Analysis of mechanism of Nafion® conductivity change due to hot pressing treatment pp. 200-206

D. DeBonis, M. Mayer, A. Omosebi and R.S. Besser

Wind turbine power curve modelling using artificial neural network pp. 207-214

Francis Pelletier, Christian Masson and Antoine Tahan

Determination of co-combustion properties and thermal kinetics of poultry litter/coal blends using thermogravimetry pp. 215-223

Sema Yurdakul

Empowering the electric grid: Can SMES coupled to wind turbines improve grid stability? pp. 224-230

Anish P. Antony and David T. Shaw

Effect of twist angle on the performance of Savonius wind turbine pp. 231-244

Jae-Hoon Lee, Young-Tae Lee and Hee-Chang Lim

Thermophilic anaerobic digestion of raw sugarcane vinasse pp. 245-252

Antônio Djalma Nunes Ferraz Júnior, Mirian H. Koyama, Moacir M. de Araújo Júnior and Marcelo Zaiat

Technical viability of mobile solar photovoltaic systems for indigenous nomadic communities in northern latitudes pp. 253-267

Svetlana V. Obydenkova and Joshua Pearce

A novel hybrid model based on artificial neural networks for solar radiation prediction pp. 268-284

Yujie Wu and Jianzhou Wang

Nanostructured cobalt–phosphorous catalysts for hydrogen generation from hydrolysis of sodium borohydride solution pp. 285-294

Yan Wang, Yan Shen, Kezhen Qi, Zhongqiu Cao, Ke Zhang and Shiwei Wu

Experimental and theoretical study on a solar assisted CO2 heat pump for space heating pp. 295-304

J.F. Chen, Y.J. Dai and R.Z. Wang

Participation of intermittent renewable generators in balancing mechanisms: A closer look into the Spanish market design pp. 305-316

Camila Fernandes, Pablo Frías and Javier Reneses

Modelling impact of PV battery systems on energy consumption and bill savings of Australian houses under alternative tariff structures pp. 317-330

Zhengen Ren, George Grozev and Andrew Higgins

Producing petrochemicals from catalytic fast pyrolysis of corn fermentation residual by-products generated from citric acid production pp. 331-338

Xiangyu Li, Guangyu Li, Jian Li, Yanqing Yu, Yu Feng, Qun Chen, Sridhar Komarneni and Yujue Wang

Blade pitch control malfunction simulation in a wind energy conversion system with MPC five-level converter pp. 339-350

M. Seixas, R. Melício, V.M.F. Mendes and C. Couto

A regime-dependent artificial neural network technique for short-range solar irradiance forecasting pp. 351-359

T.C. McCandless, S.E. Haupt and G.S. Young

A small-scale standalone wind energy conversion system featuring SCIG, CSI and a novel storage integration scheme pp. 360-370

Zuher Alnasir and Mehrdad Kazerani

Validation of a CFD model for the simulation of heat transfer in a tubes-in-tank PCM storage unit pp. 371-379

Yosr Allouche, Szabolcs Varga, Chiheb Bouden and Armando C. Oliveira

Enhanced nitrogen distribution and biomethanation of kitchen waste by thermal pre-treatment pp. 380-388

Yangyang Li, Yiying Jin, Jinhui Li and Yongfeng Nie

On the impact of haze on the yield of photovoltaic systems in Singapore pp. 389-400

André M. Nobre, Shravan Karthik, Haohui Liu, Dazhi Yang, Fernando R. Martins, Enio B. Pereira, Ricardo Rüther, Thomas Reindl and Ian Marius Peters

Carbon footprint of biobutanol by ABE fermentation from corn and sugarcane pp. 401-410

S. Väisänen, J. Havukainen, V. Uusitalo, M. Havukainen, R. Soukka and M. Luoranen

A tri-generation plant fuelled with olive tree pruning residues in Apulia: An energetic and economic analysis pp. 411-421

Riccardo Amirante, Maria Lisa Clodoveo, Elia Distaso, Francesco Ruggiero and Paolo Tamburrano

Rural electrification in India: Galilee Basin coal versus decentralised renewable energy micro grids pp. 422-436

Lynette Molyneaux, Liam Wagner and John Foster

Informed mutation of wind farm layouts to maximise energy harvest pp. 437-448

Michael Mayo and Maisa Daoud

Locating solar and wind parks in South-Eastern Nigeria for maximum population coverage: A multi-step approach pp. 449-462

Eugene C.X. Ikejemba and Peter Schuur

Impact of heliostat curvature on optical performance of Linear Fresnel solar concentrators pp. 463-474

S. Benyakhlef, A. Al Mers, O. Merroun, A. Bouatem, N. Boutammachte, S. El Alj, H. Ajdad, Z. Erregueragui and E. Zemmouri

A sizing methodology based on Levelized Cost of Supplied and Lost Energy for off-grid rural electrification systems pp. 475-488

Stefano Mandelli, Claudio Brivio, Emanuela Colombo and Marco Merlo

Performance evaluation of Chinese photovoltaic companies with the input-oriented dynamic SBM model pp. 489-497

Nan Li, Cengceng Liu and Donglan Zha

Overcoming barriers and uncertainties in the adoption of residential solar PV pp. 498-505

Varun Rai, D. Cale Reeves and Robert Margolis

Biodiesel synthesis from Hevea brasiliensis oil employing carbon supported heterogeneous catalyst: Optimization by Taguchi method pp. 506-514

Sumit H. Dhawane, Tarkeshwar Kumar and Gopinath Halder

Assessing the impacts of technology improvements on the deployment of marine energy in Europe with an energy system perspective pp. 515-525

Alessandra Sgobbi, Sofia G. Simões, Davide Magagna and Wouter Nijs

A generic transient PV system model for power quality studies pp. 526-542

Minas Patsalides, Venizelos Efthymiou, Andreas Stavrou and George E. Georghiou

Passive minimization of load fluctuations on downwind turbines pp. 543-551

C. Kress, N. Chokani and R.S. Abhari

Optimal design of fossil-solar hybrid thermal desalination for saline agricultural drainage water reuse pp. 552-563

Matthew D. Stuber

Investigation of solar PV performance under Doha weather using a customized measurement and monitoring system pp. 564-577

Farid Touati, M.A. Al-Hitmi, Noor Alam Chowdhury, Jehan Abu Hamad and Antonio J.R. San Pedro Gonzales

Life cycle assessment and environmental life cycle costing analysis of lignocellulosic bioethanol as an alternative transportation fuel pp. 578-587

B. Daylan and N. Ciliz

Land use change within EU sustainability criteria for biofuels: The case of oil palm expansion in the Brazilian Amazon pp. 588-597

Tereza Bicalho, Cécile Bessou and Sergio A. Pacca

A new methodology for urban wind resource assessment pp. 598-605

Teresa Simões and Ana Estanqueiro

Insurance strategy for mitigating power system operational risk introduced by wind power forecasting uncertainty pp. 606-615

Hongming Yang, Jing Qiu, Ke Meng, Jun Hua Zhao, Zhao Yang Dong and Mingyong Lai

Comparison of theoretical and real energy yield of direct DC-power usage of a Photovoltaic Façade system pp. 616-626

Y. Abawi, M. Rennhofer, K. Berger, H. Wascher and M. Aichinger

The Theory of Planned Behavior model and students' intentions to use bioenergy: A cross-cultural perspective pp. 627-635

Pradipta Halder, Janne Pietarinen, Sari Havu-Nuutinen, Sinikka Pöllänen and Paavo Pelkonen

Numerical modeling of the effects of wave energy converter characteristics on nearshore wave conditions pp. 636-648

G. Chang, K. Ruehl, C.A. Jones, J. Roberts and C. Chartrand

Renewable electricity in Turkey: Life cycle environmental impacts pp. 649-657

Burcin Atilgan and Adisa Azapagic

Fast power output prediction for a single row of ducted cross-flow water turbines using a BEM-RANS approach pp. 658-670

Favio Dominguez, Jean-Luc Achard, Jerônimo Zanette and Christophe Corre

Machine learning ensembles for wind power prediction pp. 671-679

Justin Heinermann and Oliver Kramer

Losing the roadmap: Renewable energy paralysis in Spain and its implications for the EU low carbon economy pp. 680-694

Patricia Martínez Alonso, Richard Hewitt, Jaime Díaz Pacheco, Lara Román Bermejo, Verónica Hernández Jiménez, Jara Vicente Guillén, Hans Bressers and Cheryl de Boer

A regulatory policy to promote renewable energy consumption in China: Review and future evolutionary path pp. 695-705

Yongxiu He, Yang Xu, Yuexia Pang, Huiying Tian and Rui Wu

A novel optimization method for designing stand alone photovoltaic system pp. 706-715

Nur Dalilah Nordin and Hasimah Abdul Rahman

Drive train dynamics assessment and speed controller design in variable speed wind turbines pp. 716-729

Mohsen Rahimi

Multi-objective energy storage power dispatching using plug-in vehicles in a smart-microgrid pp. 730-742

Vitor N. Coelho, Igor M. Coelho, Bruno N. Coelho, Miri Weiss Cohen, Agnaldo J.R. Reis, Sidelmo M. Silva, Marcone J.F. Souza, Peter J. Fleming and Frederico G. Guimarães

Double skin facades (DSF) and building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV): A review of configurations and heat transfer characteristics pp. 743-756

Rafaela A. Agathokleous and Soteris A. Kalogirou