Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

1997 - 2026

Current editor(s): L. Kazmerski

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Volume 228, issue C, 2026

Navigating the energy transition: A review of factors influencing renewable energy investments

Paula Heeß, Johanna Schönecker, Martin Weibelzahl and Linda Wolf

Opportunities and costs for shared ground loops

David G. Barns, Catherine S.E. Bale, Joshua L. Turner, Fleur Loveridge, Simon Rees and Martin Fletcher

Techno-economic assessment and sustainable pathways of medium-to-low temperature geothermal resources: A comprehensive framework for carbon neutrality

Chao Yuan, Le Zhao, Meng Xu and Yanxin Lv

Can nature-inspired surface and interface designs offer practical solutions for anti-icing?

Mohammad Hamid, Mengjie Song, Christopher Yu-Hang Chao, Mumtaz A. Qaisrani, Han Shi, Keke Shao, Zekang Zhen, Runmiao Gao, Xuan Zhang, Long Zhang, Seyyed Hossein Hosseini, Naveed Ahmed, Dmitriy A. Uglanov, Libor Pekař, Yuanhanmin Chen and Jinyu Liu

Wind energy acceptability across five major economies: A comparative analysis

Daniel Lindvall, Erik Elwing, Milla Marzelius and Niklas Harring

Reinventing membranes: Trends in proton exchange materials for zero-emission fuel cell technologies

N.R. Banapurmath, Ashok M. Sajjan, K.S. Nivedhitha, Leena V. Hublikar, Bipin S. Chikkatti, D. Palaniswamy, Narasimha Raghavendra, Irfan Anjum Badruddin, Essam R.I. Mahmoud and Kartheek Ravulapati

Cement integrity challenges associated with underground hydrogen storage: A review of geochemistry and microbial activity

Eugene Chai Jian Jun, Henry Chee Yew Foo, Hisham Khaled Ben Mahmud, Lau Shiew Wei and Ziad Bennour

Advances and challenges in intermediate temperature alkaline water electrolysis: A critical review

Rubab Zahra, Masoud Moshtaghi, Vesa Ruuskanen, Antti Kosonen, Jero Ahola, Christodoulos Chatzichristodoulou, Jens Oluf Jensen, Arunachala Mada Kannan and Pertti Kauranen

Sustainable sodium-ion batteries using organic materials: A review on storage mechanisms, progress, emerging concepts and perspectives

Keerthivasan Pulia Venkatachalapathy, Muthiah Pillai Nivedhitha Sundaram, Senthilkumar Baskar, Shantikumar Nair, Natheniel Suk-Yeon Hwang and Dhamodaran Santhanagopalan

Advancement of biodegradable packaging for sustainable food systems and nutritional security: Innovations, challenges, and global perspectives

Dipjyoti Bora, Krishna Kamal Hazarika, Runjun Duarah, Sudeepta Baruah and Swapnali Hazarika

Artificial intelligence and sustainable development: A global nonlinear analysis of the moderating roles of human capital and renewable energy

Chen Zhang, Rongrong Li and Qiang Wang

Physically consistent sectoral pathways for phasing out fossil fuels

Ugo Legendre, Louis Delannoy and Pablo Brito-Parada

Machine learning and large language models for life cycle inventory compilation: Current situation and future developments

Spiros Gkousis, Vasileia Vasilaki and Evina Katsou

Lifetime analysis of hydro turbines with focus on fatigue damage in a renewable energy system – A review

Martina Nobilo, Saeed Salehi and Håkan Nilsson

Dynamic modeling of alkaline water electrolysis cell with consideration of two-phase bubble transport for renewables dedicated operation

Dohyung Jang, Haeseong Shin, Hee-Sun Shin, Hyun-Seok Cho, Won Chul Cho and Sanggyu Kang

The technological development trends, barriers, and environmental impact assessment of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) from a life cycle perspective

Chenyang Wang, Xuanyou Liu, Kuan Yang, Zhaoling Li, Chengjiang Li, Liang Dong, Zhipeng Li and Lu Sun

Life cycle sustainability assessment of box solar cooking technologies: Comprehensive comparative analysis with traditional fuels

Amit Kumar, Ashish Karn, Craig McGregor and Varun Pratap Singh

From resource curse to financial opportunity: A quantile-based frontier analysis of resources conversion efficiency in Southeast Asia

Ashutosh Yadav, Bright Akwasi Gyamfi, Divine Q. Agozie and Simplice Asongu

Sustainable or unsustainable? Semantic insights into two decades of Arctic oil and gas research for sustainable development

Feng Ren, Rongrong Li and Qiang Wang

An overview of reinforcement learning for power electronic converters: Topology derivation, parameter design, and control implementation

Jian Ye, Weiye Xuan, Qi Guo, Yun Liu, Benfei Wang, Xinan Zhang and Herbert Ho Ching Iu

Data-driven solutions for microgrids energy management systems: A state-of-the-art survey on current trends and future directions

S. Habibnia, M. Faraji, M.H. Alizadeh, M. Mollayousefi Zadeh, R. Caire, G.B. Gharehpetian and J.M. Guerrero

Triboelectric nanogenerator technology for city self-purification: efficient high-entropy energy harvesting and effective pollutant purification in the environment

Zhenyu Wang, Erming Su, Xianjin Shi, Shiqi Peng, Dandan Zhu, Rong Li, Yanshuo Sun, Siyan Pan, Gaojian Wei, Yuxi Wang, Yu Huang, Leo N.Y. Cao and Zhong Lin Wang

Selection criteria for hydro kinetic turbines and implications

Siddhita Yadav, Arun Kumar and Chandra Shekhar Pant

Process optimization of catalytic hydrogen combustion

Luan Thanh Nguyen and Cong Thanh Nguyen

Progress in plasma-catalytic CO2 hydrogenation to fuel: Reaction pathway modulation and multiscale numerical simulation

Rende Chang, Chengyi Ding, Hongming Long, Xuewei Lv, Tiejun Chun, Cheng Peng, Rufei Wei, Xiaoqing Xu, Zhiming Yan, Yue Sun and Wei Lv

Advances in bubble dynamics regulation for water electrolysis hydrogen production: From interfacial design to external-field intensification

Yuepeng Li, Fan Yu, Huiyu Shang, Xuesong Yang, Bobo Zhou, Zhe Li, Yaowen Xing and Xiahui Gui

Bridging digital and green transitions: A literature review of digital product passport systems

Zhongjuan Zhang, Jiaming Gu, Rong Li, Wenting Lian, Chendi Ma and Juan Tian

Evolution of microgrids

Yaolong Bo, Kejia Liu, Yanghong Xia and Wei Wei

Behavioral insights into vehicle-to-grid (V2G) adoption: Beyond economic perspectives

Chengquan Zhang, Hiroshi Kitamura and Mika Goto

Volume 227, issue C, 2026

Conditional connection agreements for electric vehicle charging: Review, design, and implementation of solutions for the low-voltage power distribution grid

T. Unterluggauer, F. Hipolito, P.B. Andersen, J. Rich and M. Marinelli

Science-based actions to support decision-making in the building sector towards carbon-neutral cities

Erminia Consiglio, Luca Ferraris, Gaetano Noé, Melchiorina Mirella Iacono and Maria Ferrara

A review of the carbon trading market with large-scale user participation based on blockchain

Ziyu Chen, Jizhong Zhu, Yun Liu, Zhaoyang Dong and Yan Xu

Advances in nanofiber hydrogels: Revolutionizing wearable technology applications

Yu Huang, Ting Yan, Long Jiang, Wei-Guo Pan and Li-Wei Wang

Climate change risks and resilience strategies for desalination plants in the Gulf region

Furqan Tahir, Sami G. Al-Ghamdi and Tareq Al-Ansari

Heliostat aiming strategies in concentrated solar power towers: A review

Toufik Arrif, Samir Hassani, A. Sánchez-González, Abdelfetah Belaid, Mawloud Guermoui and Farid Melgani

Analyzing the non-linear impact of carbon dioxide emissions on renewable energy in Commonwealth nations

Nahla Chaaben, Imen Saida and Kamel Helali

Modeling and state estimation of liquid metal batteries

Mohamed M. Badr, Lama S. Alshammari, Muhammad Zeeshan, Azza A. Faiad, Murali S. Venkatraman, Nicolas Calvet and Shehab Ahmed

Articulated multi-body wave energy converter: Progress and technical challenges

Chenglong Li, Zhiran Lu, Chengzhuo Zhang, Songgen Zheng and Shaohui Yang

A taxonomy for extreme weather events and their impacts on power systems: A comprehensive review of classification, effects, and mitigation strategies

Dani Antonini Bromberger, Vinicius Jacques Garcia, Stéfane Dias Rodrigues and Luciane Silva Neves

Machine learning in peak demand forecasting: foundations, trends, and insights

Shuang Dai, Fanlin Meng, Hongsheng Dai, Qian Wang, Xizhong Chen, Wenlei Bai, Peizhi Shi, Richard Allmendinger, Yuchen Zhang and Jian Liu

Plate heat exchanger: A state-of-the-art review

Salman Al-Zahrani

Review of recent developments in grid codes: Focus on compliance testing and grid-forming inverter-based resources

Muhammad Kamran Khan, Kimmo Kauhaniemi, Hannu Laaksonen and Mustafa Alrayah Hassan

Carbon accounting: review and case study on the development of a carbon baseline for military infrastructure

C. Hicks, S. Nakkasunchi, A. Neild and O. Heidrich

A comprehensive review of reinforcement learning-based voltage control in smart grids

Mehrnaz Ahmadi and Hamed Aly

Utilizing large-scale foundation models for prognostics and health management in wind turbines: Techniques, challenges, and future directions

Jiachi Yao and Te Han

Overcoming micro/nanoplastics-induced inhibition in anaerobic digestion: Advances in remediation techniques

Sherif Ismail, Alsayed Mostafa and Bipro Ranjan Dhar

Recent advances in black phosphorus: Synthesis, characterization, surface functionalization, defect tailoring and photocatalytic applications

Asif Hayat, Ashraf M. Emara, Yasin Orooji, Majed M. Alghamdi, Adel A. El-Zahhar, Ahmed M. Abu-Dief, Hassan M.A. Hassan, Sheng-Rong Guo and Hamid Ali

Multifunctional luminescent solar concentrators: Metrics, advanced materials and smart energy systems

Qi Nie, Kuilin Li, Wenqing Li, Fucai Liu and Xiao Luo

Theories, advances, challenges, and innovations in photon-enhanced thermionic emission technology for concentrating solar systems

Hao Qiu, Mengyuan Hao, Bo Meng, Anwei Sun and Gang Xiao

Next generation hydrogen from sunlight: ZIF-8 nanohybrids and the rise of sustainable catalysis

Ujjwal Pal, Sagar Varangane, Deepak S. Gavali, Bapan Biswas, Syed Asif Hussain, Kakarla Raghava Reddy, Annadanam V. Sesha Sainath, Jan Baeyens and Tejraj M. Aminabhavi

Integration of omics for sustainable biohydrogen production: unlocking the potential of microbial biofuel systems

Amisha Jurel and Abhishek S. Dhoble

De-risking renewable investments: Internalizing the risks and quantifying the impact of de-risking instruments

Clémence Lévêque, Behrang Shirizadeh and Johannes Trüby

Cooling the city, powering the future: A critical assessment of nature-based and technological cooling strategies for urban BIPV systems

T. Dimitriou, N. Skandalos, A. Basak, S. Chakraborty, D’Agostino, D., C. Maduta, K. Panchabikesan, D. Parker and D. Karamanis