Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

1997 - 2026

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Volume 232, issue C, 2026

Machine learning-based state estimation in electrical power and multi-energy systems: A comprehensive review

Zhaoyang Jin, Dragan Ćetenović, Mile Mitrović, Victor Levi, Vladimir Bečejac, Phil Taylor and Vladimir Terzija

Kinetics of chemical pretreatment and pre-hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass for sugar release, Part I: pseudo-homogeneous modeling

Yonglong Wang, Shao-Yuan Leu and Xuebing Zhao

Recent advances in abiotic and biotic cathodes for microbial energy generation systems

Wilgince Apollon, Iryna Rusyn, Willis Gwenzi, Yamini Mittal, Nhamo Chaukura, Chikashi Sato and Sathish-Kumar Kamaraj

Progress and challenges in thermochemical technologies for biomass humification: A comprehensive review

Ehsan Sarlaki, Seyyed Alireza Ghafarian Nia, Shixiong Hu, Nader Marzban, Giulia Ischia, Mengya Jia, Meisam Rezaei, Maryam Ahmadi, Pouria Mohammad Javaheri, Atefe Malekian, Meisam Tabatabaei and Mortaza Aghbashlo

Review of sizing methodologies for hydropower-based hybrid energy systems: a techno-economic perspective

Yuting Cui, Jakub Jurasz, Bo Ming, Chengguo Su and Fausto A. Canales

A review on energy harvesting for sustainable IoT monitoring systems

Ying Zhang, Lu Wang, Yaguo Lei, Wei Wang, Chris Bowen, Ye Xu, Sebastian Bader, Mustafa Arafa, Junyi Cao and Wei-Hsin Liao

Opportunities in thermal energy storage: Where phase change materials meet aerogels

Li Zhang, Xiaomei Liu, Yanjie Yuan, Behzad Heidarshenas and Masoud Afrand

Structural design and optimization techniques for the rotational triboelectric nanogenerators – An overview

Jun Cai, Haozhe Wang, Zeyuan Liu and Xin Zhang

Single-phase immersion cooling for data centers and HPC: Recent advances and system-level challenges

Kim Boon Lua and Chi-Chuan Wang

A benchmark model for power system restoration studies: Review and application

T. Skrjanc, L. Herman, D. Virginillo, A. Derviškadić, G. Torresan, R. Mihalic and U. Rudez

Smart power distribution systems: A holistic review of core pillars

Ehab El-Saadany, Moataz Mohamed, Hany Farag, Abdullah Al-Obaidi and Hatem Zeineldin

A coordinated framework for integrating technologies, challenges, and management strategies of distributed energy resources in microgrids

Seyed Peiman Mirhoseini, Mohammad Hassan Nazari and Farhad Fallahi

Modeling and simulation analysis of capacity optimization configuration for low-carbon energy systems in oxygen-enriched coal-fired power plants using wind power for oxygen production

Xiaochao Fan, Jianqiao Sun, Wenwei Zhang, Jianglei Wang and Ruijing Shi

A systems engineering review on the integration of solar concentrators with photoelectrochemical processes

Arend Wessels Moelich and Craig McGregor

Seasonal borehole thermal energy storage for zero-carbon city heating: Mechanisms, optimization, and application challenges

Mengying Cui, Yonggao Yin, Donglin Zhao, Bowen Cao, Xin Chen and Gen Bu

Comparative techno-economic analysis of liquid-hydrogen refueling stations: Process designs, pump technologies, and cold energy utilization

Zhen Shi and Wei Wang

Microbial fuel cells as a sustainable nexus of wastewater treatment and bioelectricity generation: Advances, challenges, and future directions in a circular bioeconomy

Yakubu Musa, Boon Siong Wee, Hung Hui Chung, Suk Fun Chin and Sai Hin Lai

Review of transformers applied to wind turbine data: Exploring the potential of transformers in revolutionizing wind turbine data analysis

Djayr Alves Bispo Junior, Gustavo de Novaes Pires Leite, Alvaro Antonio Ochoa Villa, Alexandre Carlos Araújo da Costa, Olga de Castro Vilela, George Darmiton da Cunha Cavalcanti, Paula Suemy Arruda Michima, Enrique López Droguett, Fábio Henrique de Andrade Lima, Leonardo José de Petribú Brennand, Jefferson Silva Barbosa, Fabrício Cristófani and Tsang Ing Ren

From copper-chromite to MXenes: A century of furfural hydrogenation – Experiments, DFT, machine learning, and path forward

Ayyaz Mahmood, Sijie Li, Jin Liu, Venkata Rao Madduluri and Xi Gao

Yarrowia lipolytica for microbial oil production: Lipid extraction technologies, quality assessment, and potential industrial applications

Zihui Hu, Ken Fong Chen, Charanjit Kaur Surjit Singh, Cher Pin Song, Wail Gourich and Eng-Seng Chan

Hydrogen from wastewater through photosynthetic bacteria-based electrolysis

Dario Lacalamita, Alessandra Tacca, Gianluca Maria Farinola and Matteo Grattieri

Research progress on electrocatalytic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural: Reaction pathways, typical catalysts and related coupling reactions

Qibing Yang, Shuhan Liu, Yifei Ye, Zhuoshen Huang, Meiwen Tie, Yanyan Zhang, Ge Wang and Xiubing Huang

Not all CO2 is equal: Source-specific constraints and viability trade-offs in methanol synthesis from industrial emissions

Lebohang Macheli, Bahizire M. Mukeru, Zama Duma, Bilal Patel and Linda L. Jewell

Coupled heat transfer mechanisms and performance optimisation between fluids with dissimilar thermophysical properties in CO2 heat exchangers: A review

Ping Yuan, Chenxi Jia, Xuanang Zhang, Jingyu Wang, Lingfeng Shi, Hua Tian and Gequn Shu

A critical review of technological advancements and challenges in geothermal power generation

Xiting Long, Qiye Wang, Biao Li, Tianyi Gao, Entong Xia, Licheng Sun, Jun Wang and Heping Xie

A review of floating breakwater-wave energy converter integrated systems

Haijun Wang, Zhenxing Sun, Jijian Lian and Jiale Li

Opportunities and new trends in the valorization of steel manufacturing off-gas for carbon-neutral steelmaking

Po-Chih Kuo and Muhammad Aziz

Efficient two-stage encapsulation of metallic phase change materials achieving excellent thermal storage performance

Mingjian Xu, Runda Qian, Peihang Li, Yuanqiang Zhang, Li Huang and Deqiu Zou

Thermal management of electric vehicles batteries under drive cycles: A review

Abdelrahman Gasmelseed, Maryam Nooman AlMallahi and Mahmoud Elgendi

Wildfire-power grid interactions: Feedback, impacts, monitoring, modeling, and mitigation strategies

Jiafu Mao, Yuefeng Hao, Grant Buster, Xiaoying Shi, Mingzhou Jin, Fangxing Li and Peter E. Thornton

Current status of fermentation and electroactive fermentation technologies for biofuel production: A systematic review

C. de la Puente, R. Mateos, A. Morán and A. Escapa

Leveraging machine learning for sustainable biochar and hydrochar production: Advances, challenges, and perspectives in thermochemical processes

Alireza Shafizadeh, Zahra Khounani, Hossein Shahbeik, Pouria Mohammad Javaheri, Setayesh Sajadi, Milad Golvirdizadeh, Sheikh Ahmad Faiz Sheikh Ahmad Tajuddin, Nader Marzban, Normy Norfiza Abdul Razak, Meisam Tabatabaei and Mortaza Aghbashlo

Cell adhesion in microalgae biofilms for wastewater treatment

Jiahua Liu, Maria J. Barbosa, Yuang Cao, Xiaoyu Xu, Han Wang, Khinkhin Phyu, Suli Zhi and Keqiang Zhang

Hybrid solar technologies: A critical review of PV/T systems, cooling methods, and performance trends

Al Baraa Tarnini, Serter Atabay and Mehmet Fatih Orhan

Advanced optimization of distributed generation and network reconfiguration in power distribution networks: Challenges, methodologies, and strategic insights

Priyanka Maurya, Prabhakar Tiwari, Arvind Pratap and Sumit Tiwari

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS): Interconnected technological challenges and advances using biomass thermochemical conversion towards negative emissions

Min Jin Karen Wong, Sunlee Han, Sea-Eun Park, Hyeon Yeong Roh, Madhan Kuppusamy, Ju-Won Oh, Hyungseok Nam, Youngsoo Lee and See Hoon Lee

A review of wind power generation steady-state reactive power support requirements and improvement strategies

S. Ncwane and R.C. Bansal

Hydrogen loss pathways in the process of underground hydrogen storage

Chenchen Feng, Zefeng Jing, Ying Li, Yu Zhang and Yifan Liu

Self-adaptive radiative cooling for building envelopes: Principles, materials, applications, and perspectives

Wenyan Qu, Yuxiang Fan, Quan Gong, Xingjiang Liu, Kai Jiao, Wensen Mi, Chao Shen and Lin Lu

Advances in iron-based oxygen carriers for chemical looping hydrogen production: strategies, mechanisms, and emerging technologies

Tingting Xu, Tao Ma, Atif Abdalazeez and Dong Liu

Structural and thermodynamic insights into Mg-based high-entropy alloys for solid-state hydrogen storage: A review

Dawit Andualem Asrate, Song-Jeng Huang and Sathiyalingam Kannaiyan

A review of centralized control technologies and prospects of distributed control technologies for wideband oscillations

Lei Chen, Haozhi Li, Xiaorong Xie, Yulong Liu and Yihao Lin

Metal-organic frameworks and their derivatives for green energy fuel: Hydrogen production

Dhruvi S. Kher, Raeesh Muhammad, Sandeep Kumar, Vijay Gupta, Swapnil Varhade, Brahim Aissa, Manas Pal, Krunal M. Modi, Hyunchul Oh and Abdulkarem Amhamed

Anode materials challenging selections for microbial fuel cell applications

Ineesha Piumali Madhushika, Dayani Pavalakumar, Chami Nilasha Kahakachchi Patabendige, Lanka Jeewanie Samarakoon Undugoda, Jianjun Ma, Cairong Jiang, Abul Kalam Azad, Jung Hyun Kim, Abdalla Mohamed Abdalla and Mostafa Ghasemi

Tailoring hexagonal boron nitride nanomaterials for reversible hydrogen storage

Weixin Zhang, Chengguang Lang, Jieduo Guan, Jielin Luo and Xiangdong Yao

Chemical recycling wind turbine blades for green future

Tassew Belete Bahru, Tekeste Dankala Kule, Netsanet Ayele Getachew, Habte Dulla Berry, Ce Wang, Ping Hu and Yong Liu

Multidimensional perspectives on anammox sludge granulation: Drivers, mechanisms, and future prospects

Shufei He, Xing Huang, Muzi Li, Zhelu Gao, Likui Feng, Weixin Zhao, Qingliang Zhao, Shijie You and Liangliang Wei

Volume 231, issue C, 2026

Smart meter data intelligence for sustainable distribution network operations: State-of-the-Art applications and pathways toward net-zero

Nameer Al Khafaf, Hui Song, Ammar Kamoona, Nasser Sabar, Brendan McGrath, Xinghuo Yu and Mahdi Jalili

Challenges in large-scale application of phase change materials with shallow geothermal energy system for building heating/cooling: A systematic review

Z. Zhou, Y. Wang, Y. Tao, Weilan Wu, Gang Wu and Songping Chen

Hydrometallurgical recycling technologies for spent LiFePO4 batteries: Recent advances and challenges

Chongqing Nong, Haoran Yuan, Zejian Liu, Hui Liu, Jingkun Han, Jing Gu and Yong Chen

Development of high-power energy-saving linear drive devices for construction machinery

Xibin Wei, Qihuai Chen, Haoling Ren, Tianliang Lin and Zhaoyuan Yao

Spray and combustion characteristics of PODE fuel under high-pressure high-temperature compression ignition engine conditions: A review

Mohamed Khalaf, Tiemin Xuan, Zhixia He and Qian Wang

Durability-informed life cycle assessment of concrete through machine learning for service life prediction

Majdi Flah, Afshin Marani, Ahmed R. Suleiman and Moncef L. Nehdi

China's emissions trading system and green performance: Based on the agent-based stock-flow consistent model

Pingkuo Liu, Guangze Cai and Linyin Yang

A comprehensive review of islanding detection methods: Transition to intelligent classifier based approaches

Ramswarup Kumar, Jitendra Kumar and U.K. Sinha

Reinforcement learning as a control layer for electric vehicle interaction with multi-energy systems: A comprehensive review

Anis ur Rehman

Catalyst engineering for CO2/CO conversion to sustainable aviation fuels: Pathway regulation and selectivity enhancement

Dong Liang, Guoqiang Wang, Haoning Cui, Shanshan Li, KaiXin Wang and Xiaojun Lv

Diversifying power: Impact of political gender diversity on renewable energy supply chain vulnerability

Xiaohang Ren, Ruofan Tan and Miaomiao Tao

Electrically driven composite phase change materials for latent thermal energy storage in localized space heating: Progress, challenges, and prospects

Sheher Yar Khan, Haider Ali, Abdur Rehman Mazhar, Wenjie Ji, Jihong Wang, Yongliang Li, Mahesh Kumar, Yongliang Shen, Arvin Sohrabi, Muhammad Saad ul Haq, Annas Karim and Shuli Liu

Generic wind turbine models for power system stability assessment based on IEC 61400-27: A review

Javier Jiménez-Ruiz, Raquel Villena-Ruiz, Andrés Honrubia-Escribano, Jens Fortmann and Emilio Gómez-Lázaro

Tailoring the interface engineering of the catalysts-membrane electrode assembly for advanced hydrogen fuel cells

Bolong Yang, Yinzhang Pi, Linkai Han, Junfei Peng and Zhansheng Wu

Ammonia as a strategic fuel in SOFC-gas-turbine hybrid systems for carbon-neutral power generation

Baozuo Sun, Yu Liu, Zhao Yin, Hualiang Zhang, Yujie Xu and Haisheng Chen

Low-dimensional materials for reversible hydrogen storage: A review of design principles, storage mechanisms, and emerging trends

Che Zhang, Xihao Chen, Yuan Yan, Jiaqing Li, Liang Zhang, Asif Hosen, Chunyang Xia, Yanliang Yi and Peng Gao

Toward resilient ceramic anion exchange membranes for sustainable microbial fuel cells: Challenges and strategies

Siti Nur Afifi Ahmad, Juhana Jaafar, Naoko Yoshida, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Farhana Aziz, Wan Norharyati Wan Salleh, Azuan Abdul Latif, Ahmad Nazri Saidin, Muhammad Izzal Ismail, Mohd Akmali Mokhter, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman and Mukhlis A Rahman

How to address the anode dilemma and explore future prospects of microbial fuel cells

Wei Liu, Yu Zhou, Tingrui Yang, Xuelan Xu, Jingjing Lin, Yingying Zheng, Mingxuan Guo, Yuankai Huang, Yinuo Xie, Haiqing Liu, Min Chen, Wenqian Huang, Dai Kuang, Xinlong Tian and Qianfeng Xia

Ultrathin two-dimensional Pt/Pd-based nanomaterials with advanced structures for fuel cells electrocatalysis

Xiyue Zhang, Wen Zhang, Ziyan Zhu, Fei Gao and Yangping Zhang

Advances and challenges in small-scale carbon-free fuel combustion systems and performance optimization strategies for micro-combustors

Hui Rong and Dan Zhao

AI-driven optimization of photocatalytic hydrogen production: Integrating techno-economic analysis and regional environmental constraints

Juyoung Byun, Yurim Kim, Jonghun Lim, Minseong Kim and Junghwan Kim

Hydrogen plasma as a high-efficiency reducing agent for green metallurgy

Jie Wen, Xu Wang, Jun Peng and Congren Yang

Earth-abundant nanomaterials for electrolytic hydrogen production: Advances, mechanistic insights, and industrial prospects

Govindhan Maduraiveeran, Palanisamy Kannan and Ali S. Alnaser

Hydrogen storage in carbon materials: A review of mechanisms, performance, and optimization strategies

Lina Alharthi, Khalid Hazazi, Amer Alanazi and Ameerah Bokhari

Advances and challenges in deep eutectic solvents pretreatment technologies for bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass: A comprehensive review

Novia Novia, Asyeni Miftahul Jannah, Elda Melwita, Ahmad Fudholi and Vishnu K. Pareek

Photoelectrochemical pathways to green hydrogen. analysis, overview, and foresight

Ye. Shevchenko, N. Bakranov, A. Serikkanov and D. Bakranova

Liquid amine-based CO2 capture: A review of absorbent systems innovation, multi-scenario applications, and machine learning-assisted optimization

Jingwen Chang, Kailun Chen, Jinglin Li, Li Lin, Endian Hu, Ke Liu and Jianguo Jiang

From source to storage: An extensive review of hydrogen production, purification and storage for modern energy applications

Abhranil Mitra, Sudarshan Gnanavendan, Avrok Ghosh, Akshit Shahi, Vinod Kumar Sharma, Shweta B. Thomas and Benedict Thomas

Hydrogen-electricity-heat sector Coupling: Review of integrated models, control strategies, challenges, and future research directions

Manzoore Elahi M. Soudagar, Bandi Maheswara Rao, Vinayagam Mohanavel, Manikandan Ayyar, Ramya Maranan, R. Venkatesh, Lalitha Gnanasekaran, D. Shanmugapriya and M. Santhamoorthy

Feasibility of machine learning application in pavement life cycle assessment: A review

Bhaskar Pratim Das, Shankar Deka, Taavi Dettenborn and Sanandam Bordoloi

Harnessing microalgae from wastewater for biocrude via hydrothermal Liquefaction: A sustainable pathway to biofuels and biochemicals

Ramachandran Sivaramakrishnan, Sandeep Kumar, Hemen Hosseinzadeh and Venkatesh Balan

Study on mitigation strategies for heat load induced by wearing personal protective clothing in high-temperature and high-humidity environments

Yan Wang, Fen Yuan, Wanxiang Yao, Guoqing Yang, Lilu Zhang and Changyuan Wang

Synergizing microbial and artificial intelligence technologies in food Systems: Innovations, safety, and sustainable pathways

Vishal Kumar, Deepika Kaushik and Mukul Kumar

Integrating scenarios, policies, and pathways for effective climate policy analysis: An extended concept and analysis framework

Jiawei Shi and Yigang Wei

From electricity to economy-wide Net-Zero: Comparative analysis of global energy pathways

Abbas Rabiee, Saman Nikkhah, Dariush Salehi, Hannele Holttinen, Niina Helistö, Lisa Göransson, Matti Juhani Koivisto and Yoh Yasuda

Human-centered collaborative design in green buildings: A comprehensive review of neurotechnology integration

Hanliang Fu, Yuxuan Hao, Zhifang Wu, Hongbin Xu and Jian Zuo

Recurrent neural networks with linear structures for electricity price forecasting

Souhir Ben Amor and Florian Ziel

Ionic liquids for sustainable SO2 capture: Mechanisms, critical factors and prospects

Jiatong Wei, Yue Zhou, Tengjiao Wei, Haohan Jiang, Qihong Cen, Zewei Liu and Bin Li

Engineering advances in tubular photobioreactors for microalgae cultivation: Design, scale-up, optimization, and operational challenges

Gaurav Chandola, Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Subhasis Mandal, P.s Vismaya and Biswanath Bhunia

Exploring the potential of nanobubble technology integration with natural polymer κ-carrageenan-immobilized Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b: A review of methane-to-methanol conversion

Muhammad Nauman Zulfiqar, Tingting Hou, Imran Pasha, Pengfei Li, Hui Sun, Liang Liu, Chao He, Gang Li and Youzhou Jiao

Progress and challenges of the development of design weather parameters for building air-conditioning system: A literature review

Jing Ren, Zhengcheng Fang, Xinchao Zhang, Quan Zou and Youming Chen

Blue energy evolution: A full-spectrum review of wave harvesting technologies for unmanned ocean vehicles

C. Thangavel, A. Arockia Selvakumar and K. Karunamurthy

Anti-reflective engineering via moth-eye-inspired nanostructures: fundamental principles, fabrications, and applications

Haotian Yang, Jihong Pu and Lin Lu

Indium recycling pathways from heterojunction solar cells: Processes, challenges, and prospects

Zhen Zhang, Ming Liu, Lei Wang, XiangAn Zeng, Xinyue Cao, Junzhi Yan and Yanfang Zhou

Region-aware life-cycle perspective of sustainable concrete: A review

Zhan Jiang, Hang Li, Xinyang Tong, Weina Meng and Yi Bao

Progress achieved in the application of hydrate technology to coal seam development: A review

Chaozheng Ma, Tingting Luo, Ye Zhang, B.N. Madhusudhan, Yihuai Shangguan, Yanghui Li, Yongchen Song and Weihao Yang

Hybrid piezoelectric-triboelectric nanogenerators for flexible electronics: mechanisms, applications, and future prospects

Prabhakar Yadav, Arpit Verma and S.K. Jha

Review on improved neural network algorithms for battery state of energy estimation in smart grids

Shunli Wang, Yu Fu, Wenxia Zhang, Carlos Fernandez and Frede Blaabjerg

Shaping the electrode–electrolyte interface: Alkali cations drive HER, OER, and ORR

Umair Shamraiz, Bareera Raza, Xihua Xu, Lei Lei, Youkun Tao, Jing Shao and Haijiang Wang