Renewable Energy

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Volume 61, issue C, 2014

Environmental impacts of large-scale grid-connected ground-mounted PV installations pp. 2-6

Antoine Beylot, Jérôme Payet, Clément Puech, Nadine Adra, Philippe Jacquin, Isabelle Blanc and Didier Beloin-Saint-Pierre

Developing a probabilistic tool for assessing the risk of overheating in buildings for future climates pp. 7-11

David P. Jenkins, Sandhya Patidar, Phil Banfill and Gavin Gibson

The effect of long lead times for planning of energy efficiency and biorefinery technologies at a pulp mill pp. 12-16

Elin Svensson and Thore Berntsson

Potential use of geothermal energy sources for the production of lithium-ion batteries pp. 17-22

Gudrun Saevarsdottir, Pai-chun Tao, Hlynur Stefansson and William Harvey

Simple statistical model for complex probabilistic climate projections: Overheating risk and extreme events pp. 23-28

Sandhya Patidar, David Jenkins, Phil Banfill and Gavin Gibson

Regulation for renewable energy development: Lessons from Sri Lanka experience pp. 29-32

Priyantha D.C. Wijayatunga

Comparing push and pull measures for PV and wind in Europe pp. 33-37

Ruben Laleman and Johan Albrecht

Integrated waste management as a mean to promote renewable energy pp. 38-42

Ola Eriksson, Mattias Bisaillon, Mårten Haraldsson and Johan Sundberg

Low head pico hydro turbine selection using a multi-criteria analysis pp. 43-50

S.J. Williamson, B.H. Stark and J.D. Booker

Preliminary design of the OWEL wave energy converter pre-commercial demonstrator pp. 51-56

Stephen Leybourne, William M.J. Batten, AbuBakr S. Bahaj, Ned Minns and Jamie O'Nians

Identifying environmentally and economically optimal bioenergy plant sizes and locations: A spatial model of wood-based SNG value chains pp. 57-68

Bernhard Steubing, Isabel Ballmer, Martin Gassner, Léda Gerber, Luca Pampuri, Sandro Bischof, Oliver Thees and Rainer Zah

Impact of ambient turbulence on performance of a small wind turbine pp. 69-73

William David Lubitz

Bioenergy villages in Germany: Bringing a low carbon energy supply for rural areas into practice pp. 74-80

Till Jenssen, Andreas König and Ludger Eltrop

Economic implications of thermal energy storage for concentrated solar thermal power pp. 81-95

Sharon J. Wagner and Edward S. Rubin

Analysis of alternative policy instruments to promote electric vehicles in Austria pp. 96-101

V. Gass, Johannes Schmidt and E. Schmid

BECCS in South Korea—Analyzing the negative emissions potential of bioenergy as a mitigation tool pp. 102-108

Florian Kraxner, Kentaro Aoki, Sylvain Leduc, Georg Kindermann, Sabine Fuss, Jue Yang, Yoshiki Yamagata, Kwang-Il Tak and Michael Obersteiner

Quantifying the environmental performance of integrated bioethanol and biogas production pp. 109-116

Michael Martin, Niclas Svensson, Jorge Fonseca and Mats Eklund

Drivers and barriers to rural electrification in Tanzania and Mozambique – Grid-extension, off-grid, and renewable energy technologies pp. 117-124

Helene Ahlborg and Linus Hammar

Integration of biogas plants in the building materials industry pp. 125-131

Markus Ellersdorfer and Christian Weiβ

Modeling phase change materials behavior in building applications: Comments on material characterization and model validation pp. 132-135

Yvan Dutil, Daniel Rousse, Stéphane Lassue, Laurent Zalewski, Annabelle Joulin, Joseph Virgone, Frédéric Kuznik, Kevyn Johannes, Jean-Pierre Dumas, Jean-Pierre Bédécarrats, Albert Castell and Luisa F. Cabeza

Existing buildings – Users, renovations and energy policy pp. 136-140

Kirsten Gram-Hanssen

Sustainable bus transports through less detailed contracts pp. 141-146

Helene Lidestam

Volume 60, issue C, 2013

Near and far field flow disturbances induced by model hydrokinetic turbine: ADV and ADP comparison pp. 1-6

Vincent S. Neary, Budi Gunawan, Craig Hill and Leonardo P. Chamorro

A new noise-controlled second-order enhanced stochastic resonance method with its application in wind turbine drivetrain fault diagnosis pp. 7-19

Jimeng Li, Xuefeng Chen, Zhaohui Du, Zuowei Fang and Zhengjia He

Optimum penetration of utility-scale grid-connected solar photovoltaic systems in Illinois pp. 20-26

J.H. Jo, D.G. Loomis and M.R. Aldeman

Available residual biomass obtained from pruning Morus alba L. trees cultivated in urban forest pp. 27-33

B. Velázquez-Martí, M. Sajdak and I. López-Cortés

The present status and challenges of wind energy education and training in China pp. 34-41

Yuan Xie, Yanhui Feng and Yingning Qiu

Design and implementation of wind energy system in Saudi Arabia pp. 42-52

Ali M. Eltamaly

Efficiency of and interference among multiple Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage systems; A Dutch case study pp. 53-62

Mahmoud Bakr, Niels van Oostrom and Wijb Sommer

A new photovoltaic floating cover system for water reservoirs pp. 63-70

Carlos Ferrer-Gisbert, José J. Ferrán-Gozálvez, Miguel Redón-Santafé, Pablo Ferrer-Gisbert, Francisco J. Sánchez-Romero and Juan Bautista Torregrosa-Soler

Artificial neural network-based model for estimating the produced power of a photovoltaic module pp. 71-78

A. Mellit, S. Sağlam and S.A. Kalogirou

A novel concept for a renewable network within municipal energy systems pp. 79-87

Anja Kostevšek, Leon Cizelj, Janez Petek and Aleksandra Pivec

Learning from experience: A survey of existing micro-hydropower projects in Ba'Kelalan, Malaysia pp. 88-97

S. Murni, J. Whale, T. Urmee, J.K. Davis and D. Harries

Preparation, characterization, engine combustion and emission characteristics of rapeseed oil based hybrid fuels pp. 98-106

D.H. Qi, C. Bae, Y.M. Feng, C.C. Jia and Y.Z. Bian

Strengthening the palm oil biomass Renewable Energy industry in Malaysia pp. 107-115

Mohd Shaharin Umar, Philip Jennings and Tania Urmee

Analytical modelling of an U-Oscillating Water Column and performance in random waves pp. 116-126

Giovanni Malara and Felice Arena

Relationships between cellulosic biomass particle size and enzymatic hydrolysis sugar yield: Analysis of inconsistent reports in the literature pp. 127-136

Qi Zhang, Pengfei Zhang, Z.J. Pei and Donghai Wang

Back-to-back five-level converters for wind energy conversion system with DC-bus imbalance minimization pp. 137-149

Farid Merahi and El Madjid Berkouk

A framework for data integration of offshore wind farms pp. 150-161

Trinh Hoang Nguyen, Andreas Prinz, Trond Friisø, Rolf Nossum and Ilya Tyapin

The role of sodium in photovoltaic devices under high voltage stress: A holistic approach to understand unsolved aspects pp. 162-168

Alessandra Colli

Optimal coordination of wind-hydro-thermal based on water complementing wind pp. 169-178

K.Y. Wang, X.J. Luo, Libo Wu and X.C. Liu

Development of an experimental technique for oil recovery during biomass pyrolysis pp. 179-184

Enrique Granada, J.L. Míguez, Lara Febrero, Joaquín Collazo and Pablo Eguía

A hybrid forecasting approach applied to wind speed time series pp. 185-194

Jianming Hu, Jianzhou Wang and Guowei Zeng

Solar radiation forecast based on fuzzy logic and neural networks pp. 195-201

S.X. Chen, H.B. Gooi and M.Q. Wang

Adaptive fuzzy gain scheduling PID controller for maximum power point tracking of photovoltaic system pp. 202-214

Anastasios I. Dounis, Panagiotis Kofinas, Constantine Alafodimos and Dimitrios Tseles

Australian power: Can renewable technologies change the dominant industry view? pp. 215-221

Lynette Molyneaux, Craig Froome, Liam Wagner and John Foster

Electrospun polyethylene glycol/cellulose acetate phase change fibers with core–sheath structure for thermal energy storage pp. 222-225

Changzhong Chen, Yiyang Zhao and Wenmin Liu

Thermodynamic analysis of an integrated gasification solid oxide fuel cell plant combined with an organic Rankine cycle pp. 226-234

Leonardo Pierobon, Masoud Rokni, Ulrik Larsen and Fredrik Haglind

Solar irradiance forecasting using spatial-temporal covariance structures and time-forward kriging pp. 235-245

Dazhi Yang, Chaojun Gu, Zibo Dong, Panida Jirutitijaroen, Nan Chen and Wilfred M. Walsh

Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanowires grown on different seed layers: The application for dye-sensitized solar cells pp. 246-255

F. Dehghan Nayeri, E. Asl Soleimani and F. Salehi

The impact of yaw error on aeroelastic characteristics of a horizontal axis wind turbine blade pp. 256-268

Min-Soo Jeong, Sang-Woo Kim, In Lee, Seung-Jae Yoo and K.C. Park

Simulation of an ammonia–water absorption chiller pp. 269-283

Brice Le Lostec, Nicolas Galanis and Jocelyn Millette

Aerodynamic and electrical evaluation of a VAWT farm control system with passive rectifiers and mutual DC-bus pp. 284-292

Anders Goude and Fredrik Bülow

A climatological estimate of incident solar energy in Tamaulipas, northeastern Mexico pp. 293-301

David Rivas, Salomón Saleme-Vila, Rogelio Ortega-Izaguirre, Fabio Chalé-Lara and Felipe Caballero-Briones

The impact of different grid regulatory scenarios on the development of renewable energy on islands: A comparative study and improvement proposals pp. 302-312

Antonio Colmenar-Santos, Oscar Monzón-Alejandro, David Borge-Diez and Manuel Castro-Gil

Application of the multi-objective optimization method for designing a powered Stirling heat engine: Design with maximized power, thermal efficiency and minimized pressure loss pp. 313-322

Mohammad H. Ahmadi, Hadi Hosseinzade, Hoseyn Sayyaadi, Amir H. Mohammadi and Farshad Kimiaghalam

Numerical and experimental investigation of optimum surge tank forms in hydroelectric power plants pp. 323-331

Tarik Efe Kendir and Aydogan Ozdamar

Validation of daily global solar irradiation images from MSG over Spain pp. 332-342

A. Moreno, M.A. Gilabert, F. Camacho and B. Martínez

Products and coke from the conversion of bio-oil acids, esters, aldehydes and ketones over equilibrium FCC catalysts pp. 349-354

Melisa Bertero, Gabriela de la Puente and Ulises Sedran

A probabilistic model for 1st stage dimensioning of renewable hydrogen transport micro-economies pp. 355-362

Huw Charles Davies and Naeem Datardina

Growth and renewable energy in Europe: Benchmarking with data envelopment analysis pp. 363-369

Angeliki N. Menegaki

Simulation study of the combination of absorption refrigeration and ejector-expansion systems pp. 370-381

M. Yari, A.S. Mehr and S.M.S. Mahmoudi

Estimation of daily global solar radiation from measured temperatures at Cañada de Luque, Córdoba, Argentina pp. 382-387

Javier Almorox, Mónica Bocco and Enrique Willington

Visibility analysis and visibility software for the optimisation of wind farm design pp. 388-401

Cristina Manchado, César Otero, Valentín Gómez-Jáuregui, Rubén Arias, Viola Bruschi and Antonio Cendrero

A virtual reality study of surrounding obstacles on BIPV systems for estimation of long-term performance of partially shaded PV arrays pp. 402-414

Berk Celik, Engin Karatepe, Nuri Gokmen and Santiago Silvestre

Sub-national TIMES model for analyzing future regional use of biomass and biofuels in Sweden and France pp. 415-426

Nicklas Forsell, Gilles Guerassimoff, Dimitris Athanassiadis, Alain Thivolle-Casat, Daphné Lorne, Guy Millet and Edi Assoumou

Prediction by mathematical modeling of the behavior of an internal combustion engine to be fed with gas from biomass, in comparison to the same engine fueled with gasoline or methane pp. 427-432

Felipe O. Centeno González, Khamid Mahkamov, Electo E. Silva Lora, Rubenildo V. Andrade and René Lesme Jaen

Thermal property investigation of aqueous suspensions of microencapsulated phase change material and carbon nanotubes as a novel heat transfer fluid pp. 433-438

G.H. Zhang and C.Y. Zhao

An assessment of Thailand's feed-in tariff program pp. 439-445

Sopitsuda Tongsopit and Chris Greacen

Techno-economic appraisal of a dish/stirling solar power plant in Greece based on an innovative solar concentrator formed by elastic film pp. 446-453

G.C. Bakos and Ch. Antoniades

Review on transaction status and relevant policies of southern route in China's West–East Power Transmission pp. 454-461

Zeng Ming, Li Honglin, Ma Mingjuan, Li Na, Xue Song, Wang Liang and Peng Lilin

Improving the assessment of wave energy resources by means of coupled wave-ocean numerical modeling pp. 462-471

Francesco Barbariol, Alvise Benetazzo, Sandro Carniel and Mauro Sclavo

The Buhl correction factor applied to high induction conditions for tidal stream turbines pp. 472-480

J.C. Chapman, I. Masters, M. Togneri and J.A.C. Orme

Alkaline-catalyzed transesterification of Silurus triostegus Heckel fish oil: Optimization of transesterification parameters pp. 481-488

Abdelrahman B. Fadhil and Latif H. Ali

Reserve management and real time optimization for a solar powered Membrane Distillation Bio-Reactor water recycling plant via convex optimization pp. 489-497

Avinash Vijay, K.V. Ling and A.G. Fane

Numerical study of wind forces on parabolic solar collectors pp. 498-505

Matthew K. Zemler, Greg Bohl, Oziel Rios and Sandra K.S. Boetcher

Thermal conductivity enhancement of form-stable phase-change composites by milling of expanded graphite, micro-capsules and polyethylene pp. 506-509

Xianglei Wang, Quangui Guo, Junzhong Wang, Yajuan Zhong, Liyong Wang, Xinghai Wei and Lang Liu

A wave energy resource assessment case study: Review, analysis and lessons learnt pp. 510-521

Helen C.M. Smith, David Haverson and George H. Smith

The study of bimetallic Ni–Co/cordierite catalyst for cracking of tar from biomass pyrolysis pp. 522-528

Min Lu, Pengmei Lv, Zhenhong Yuan and Huiwen Li

Parabolic trough concentrators for low enthalpy processes pp. 529-539

O.A. Jaramillo, E. Venegas-Reyes, J.O. Aguilar, R. Castrejón-García and F. Sosa-Montemayor

Solar aided power generation of a 300 MW lignite fired power plant combined with line-focus parabolic trough collectors field pp. 540-547

G.C. Bakos and Ch. Tsechelidou

Flow acceleration by converging nozzles for power generation in existing canal system pp. 548-552

Abid Khan, Abdul M. Khan, M. Zahid and R. Rizwan

Fermentable sugars recovery from grape stalks for bioethanol production pp. 553-558

I. Egüés, L. Serrano, D. Amendola, D.M. De Faveri, G. Spigno and J. Labidi

Conversion of recycled sawdust into high HHV and low NOx emission bio-char pellets using lignin and calcium hydroxide blended binders pp. 559-565

Lingjun Kong, ShuangHong Tian, Zhaohui Li, Rongshu Luo, Dingsheng Chen, YuTing Tu and Ya Xiong

Investigation of the effect of different crude glycerol components on hydrogen production by Enterobacter aerogenes NRRL B-407 pp. 566-571

Saurabh Jyoti Sarma, Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, Satinder Kaur Brar, Yann Le Bihan, Gerardo Buelna and Mausam Verma

A novel test method for evaluating the methane gas permeability of biogas storage membrane pp. 572-577

Zifu Li, Fubin Yin, Haoyuan Li, Xiaoxi Wang and Jing Lian

Numerical investigation of conventional and modified Savonius wind turbines pp. 578-585

Konrad Kacprzak, Grzegorz Liskiewicz and Krzysztof Sobczak

The role of the building sector for reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gases: An Italian case study pp. 586-597

Maurizio Cellura, Francesco Guarino, Sonia Longo, Marina Mistretta and Aldo Orioli

Technoeconomic assessment of an integrated solar combined cycle power plant in Greece using line-focus parabolic trough collectors pp. 598-603

G.C. Bakos and D. Parsa

Evaluation and improvement of empirical models of global solar irradiation: Case study northern Spain pp. 604-614

F. Antonanzas-Torres, A. Sanz-Garcia, F.J. Martínez-de-Pisón and O. Perpiñán-Lamigueiro

Cost optimal analysis of heat pump technology adoption in residential reference buildings pp. 615-624

Niccolò Aste, R.S. Adhikari and Massimiliano Manfren

Microalgae as a renewable fuel source: Fast pyrolysis of Scenedesmus sp pp. 625-632

Anne E. Harman-Ware, Tonya Morgan, Michael Wilson, Mark Crocker, Jun Zhang, Kunlei Liu, Jozsef Stork and Seth Debolt

Effect of dust accumulation on the power outputs of solar photovoltaic modules pp. 633-636

Muhammed J. Adinoyi and Syed A.M. Said

Hydrogen generation from Al/NaBH4 hydrolysis promoted by Co nanoparticles and NaAlO2 solution pp. 637-642

Mei-qiang Fan, Yu Wang, Rui Tang, Da Chen, Wei Liu, Guang Lei Tian, Chun Ju Lv and Kang-ying Shu

The importance of clean development mechanism for small hydro power plants pp. 643-647

Douglas Eduardo Costa Martins, Mari Elizabete Bernardini Seiffert and Maurício Dziedzic

Assessment of the technical usable potential of the TUM Shaft Hydro Power plant on the Aurino River, Italy pp. 648-654

Eleonora Lucchetti, Julien Barbier and Rodolfo Araneo

Numerical investigation of flow and heat transfer in a volumetric solar receiver pp. 655-661

Th. Fend, P. Schwarzbözl, O. Smirnova, D. Schöllgen and C. Jakob

A sensitivity based approach to assess the impacts of integration of variable speed wind farms on the transient stability of power systems pp. 662-671

Arghya Mitra and Dheeman Chatterjee

Near-infrared absorbing squaraine dye with extended π conjugation for dye-sensitized solar cells pp. 672-678

Claudio Magistris, Stefano Martiniani, Nadia Barbero, Jinhyung Park, Caterina Benzi, Assaf Anderson, ChunHung Law, Claudia Barolo and Brian O'Regan

The impact of state policy on deployment and cost of solar photovoltaic technology in the U.S.: A sector-specific empirical analysis pp. 679-690

Gireesh Shrimali and Steffen Jenner

Performance results and analysis of self-regulated PV system in Algerian Sahara pp. 691-700

Hammou Tebibel and Sifeddine Labed

Assessing the potential of urban wind energy in a major UK city using an analytical model pp. 701-710

J.T. Millward-Hopkins, A.S. Tomlin, L. Ma, D.B. Ingham and M. Pourkashanian

Australian renewable energy policy: Barriers and challenges pp. 711-721

Liam Byrnes, Colin Brown, John Foster and Liam Wagner

Monitoring and checking of performance in photovoltaic plants: A tool for design, installation and maintenance of grid-connected systems pp. 722-732

Filippo Spertino and Fabio Corona

Renewable fuels – A comparative assessment from economic, energetic and ecological point-of-view up to 2050 in EU-countries pp. 733-738

Amela Ajanovic

Lost wax casting process of the runner of a propeller turbine for small hydroelectric power plants pp. 739-745

E. Chica, S. Agudelo and N. Sierra

Optimized thermal coupling of micro thermoelectric generators for improved output performance pp. 746-753

N. Wojtas, L. Rüthemann, W. Glatz and C. Hierold