Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

1997 - 2026

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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

Volume 230, issue C, 2026

A dataset and protocol to enhance power system models with fossil-fuel-fired electricity generating units

Xiaodong Zhang, Dalia Patino-Echeverri and Mingquan Li

Physical solutions for hydrogen storage: Technological challenges, safety assessments, and environmental aspects

Tabassom Mirshekarzadeh, Shahin Akbari, Mohammad Sharifian, Arman Mirshekarzadeh, Fatemeh Salehi and Mohamad Ali Bijarchi

The Africa-Europe energy interconnection: Assessing green hydrogen suppliers for France

Paul Gerard, Ahmad Rafiee, Mario Montalvan, Osamh Mahdi, Havvanur Feyza Kaya and Kaveh Khalilpour

Critical evaluation of factors influencing the specific energy consumption of electrically driven membrane separation technologies

Selvaraj Chinnathambi and Vasileios Kyriakou

Application of deep learning in wind, solar, and ocean energy: An analysis of prediction, optimization, and operation & maintenance

Zhiwei Song, Yajing Gu, Hongwei Liu, Tian Zou, Yonggang Lin and Kenan Ye

Toward sustainable data center operation: A review on existing infrastructures, integrated smart energy management frameworks, and future perspectives

Amit Kumar and Naran M. Pindoriya

Multi-dimensional resilience modelling framework for offshore wind farms under operational and extreme disruptions

Jingyi Wu and C. Guedes Soares

Wind turbine blade damage: A systematic review of detection, diagnosis, performance impact, and lifecycle health management

Bingchuan Sun, Kim Tiow Ooi and Mingxu Su

Solar interfacial evaporators: from regulatory mechanisms to emerging applications

Yanlin Zhao, Junzhuo Teng, Zhixin Wang, Zitong Ren, Wei Xu, Shuangshuang Wu, Jingyao Zhao, Likun Gao, Stavros Avramidis and Xiang Chi

Progress and prospects of cold thermal energy storage for liquid air energy storage systems – A critical review

Alessio Tafone, Emiliano Borri, Luisa F. Cabeza, Callaghan, Odhran O’, Philip Donnellan, Afshin Mashayekh, Rohit Kothari, Fredrik Haglind, Dacheng Li, Lejin Xu, Yulong Ding, Yongliang Li, Lizhong Yang, Alessandro Romagnoli, Aleksandra Dzido and Piotr Krawczyk

Light-driven microbial factories for CO2 conversion to valuables: Recent advancements in photo-microbial electrosynthesis through integrated graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)

Swati Das, Narnepati Krishna Chaitanya, Md Tabish Noori, Klaus Hellgardt and Booki Min

Separated liquid-vapor pathways for pool boiling enhancement with ultra-high heat flux: a critical review

Xiao Yuan, Jing Su, Yanping Du, Yu Lin, Jinwen Shi and Chao Wang

Climate change and the water–food–energy nexus: A comprehensive review of sustainability challenges and innovations

Altyeb Ali Abaker Omer

Characteristics, design, and optimization of earth-air heat exchangers: A review

Amir Imanloozadeh and William David Lubitz

Energy flexibility strategies in urban areas: A sustainable energy consumption and production balance under a stochastic framework

Gianfranco Cipolla, Annamaria Buonomano, Giovanni Pernigotto and Andrea Gasparella

The role of renewable energy in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: A systematic review and conceptual framework

Abdulaziz I. Almulhim and Ismaila Rimi Abubakar

Advancing hydrogen production: A comprehensive review of wastewater reforming techniques, feedstocks, and opportunities

Robert E.F. Cincotta, Charles Nye and Xiaokun Yang

Advancing low-Pt catalyst layer design from multi-scale to cross-scale synergy optimization for high-performance and durable proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Wei-Wei Yang, Zhao Liu, Li-Dong Song, Yi-Wan Lin, Jian-Fei Zhang and Zhi-Guo Qu

Platinum single atom alloy-based catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Minmin Lai, Rui Wang, Zhilin Chen, Ning Lu, Feiyu Jian, Yihao Long, Liang He, Hui Tang, Jilin Xu, Kakarla Raghava Reddy, Ch Venkata Reddy and Tejraj M. Aminabhavi

Green hydrogen: A key energy carrier replacing fossil fuels across multiple sectors

Mohamed G. Gado

A comprehensive review of thermal management strategies in PEM fuel cells: From conventional cooling methods to advanced passive and hybrid solutions for sustainable energy application

Sare Mitincik and Mustafa Yusuf Yazici

A comprehensive review of green hydrogen production via electrolysis and thermolysis, and the prediction of potential natural hydrogen (aka gold hydrogen) presence using machine learning

Sara Kawrani, Ossama Abi Almona, Mira Ibrahim, Moustafa Ibrahim and Emil Obeid

Addressing challenges induced by transactive energy: Implications for network cost allocation policy in distribution systems

N. Noorfatima, J. Kong and J. Jung

A state-of-the-art review of adaptive, predictive, synergistic, and degradation-aware power variability smoothing techniques in photovoltaic power plants

Ammar Atif Abdalla, Mohamed Shawky El Moursi, Tarek H.M. El-Fouly and Khalifa Hassan Al Hosani

Heat pipe integration in vapour compression refrigeration: Refrigerant-side enhancement, air-side heat recovery, and electronics thermal management

Ali J. Talib, Kok Hwa Yu, Adel A. Eidan, Keng Wai Chan and Ihab Hasan Hatif

A critical review of the techno-economic feasibility and sustainability of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS): Global insights and strategic pathways

Zayed Bin Sultan and James J. Sheng

Catalytic horizons in rechargeable lithium–CO2 batteries: Progress, challenges, and future directions in cathode materials and catalysts

M. Masoudi, Q. Cai, R.C.T. Slade, D. Commandeur and S. Gadkari

Electricity–carbon coupling markets: mechanisms, models and digital enablers for low-carbon power system

Pengcheng Du, Tianhao Liu, Dongdong Zhang, Yu Du, Fannie Kong, Chao Huang, Haisen Zhao and Hui Hwang Goh

Concrete-based thermal energy storage (CTES) for concentrated solar power plants and built environment

Nghia P. Tran and Tuan D. Ngo

Photothermal heating applications in buildings: Development, challenges and optimization

Rui Tang, Wing-Cheung Law, Yang Lu, Cheuk Lun Chow and Denvid Lau

Advanced applications of triboelectric sensors across human body regions

Shunhuan Hong, Yiyang Duan, Yan Zhang, Qingli Xu and Ping Wang

A review on recent developments towards hydrogen evolution reaction for covalent organic frameworks

Awais Ali Aslam, Muhammad Shahid Nazir, Sadaf ul Hassan, Majid Niaz Akhtar, Murid Hussain, Sania Amjad, Alia Farooq and Aqeel Ahmad Khan

Next-generation paper electrodes: Linking fabrication techniques and high-performance materials for sustainable energy devices

Iqra Rabani, Gul E Arzu, Sensu Tunca, Young-Soo Seo and Karolien De Wael

Artificial intelligence-based design optimization for wind turbines: A comprehensive review of its methodologies, applications, and challenges

Jianhao Fang, Weifei Hu, Jiale Liao, Xinyu Chen, Haotian Mo, Chang Jin, Yongshui Luo and Zhenyu Liu

Deactivation mechanisms and anti-deactivation strategies of copper-based catalysts in selective catalytic reduction reactions: A review

Bin Jia, Jun Liu, Xiaoqing Liu, Ying Wang, Yuqiong Zhao, Guoqiang Li and Guojie Zhang

Clean synthesis gas preparation as a building block using nano-catalysts considering products

Kyoung-Jin Kim, Kyung-Won Jeon and Hyun-Seog Roh

Phase change materials for low-temperature cold chain logistics: Advances, challenges, and eco-friendly solutions

Muhammad Shahzad, Rawaid Ali and Ming Li

Reinforcement learning-based optimization framework for carbon emission reduction and circularity enhancement in buildings

Bigyeong Shin, Jihee Nam and Sumin Kim

Accelerating widespread adoption of direct air capture based on system perspective: Thermodynamic limits, geographical deployment, and clean energy integration

Chunfeng Li, Shuai Deng, Xiangkun Elvis Cao and Shuangjun Li

Hybrid enhancement of SOFC anodes: Integrating modulated electrical double layers and phase change materials for carbon-resilient energy conversion

Surajudeen Sikiru, John Oluwadamilola Olutoki, Md Siddikur Rahman, Muthusamy Kandasamy and Thamer Alomayri

Lithium mining 3.0: Towards a sustainable technology framework for transforming salt-lake brines into clean energy resources

Huijun Xi, Zhendong Yang, Zhenghua Liu, Yang Tang, Sheng Yang, Juanjuan Liu, Mikolaj Iwan, I.A. Ibrahim and Huaqun Yin

Generation classification of solar thermal technologies

Varun Pratap Singh and Craig McGregor

Literature review on the enhancement of thermal performance of straight wickless heat pipes (two-phase closed thermosyphon): Geometry, surface, and internal structure modifications

Nanang Apriandi, Berkah Fajar Tamtomo Kiono, Mukhsinun Hadi Kusuma, Khoiri Rozi and Anhar Riza Antariksawan

Inertia emulation control schemes for voltage source converter-dominated grids: A review

Zhaoshun Deng, Lujie Yu, Jiebei Zhu, Zhipeng Shen, Yifan Hu and Federico Milano

Review of talkative power conversion from power electronics and communication perspectives

Yibo Wang, Man-Chung Wong and Chi-Kong Wong

A conceptual framework for integrating social, economic, and environmental dimensions in the selection of hydrogen production pathways

S. Moreno, E. Van den Auwelant, P. Haro and B. Alonso-Fariñas

Editorial: Energy transitions in times of crisis: A social science perspective

Jörg Radtke and Weert Canzler

Sustainable energy strategy: Application of green silicon sources in lithium-ion battery anode materials

Chen Feng, Xiaoxia Ma, Dengming Xu, Yuxin Meng and Dianping Zhang

Agrivoltaics as a systems innovation: Multi-dimensional benefits from global studies across climate, agriculture, energy, and ecosystems

Uzair Jamil and Joshua M. Pearce

Thermal-hydraulic performance of heat exchanger mini- and micro-channels with single-phase flows. A comprehensive review and a comparative study

Petro Kapustenko, Zdravko Kravanja, Igor Plazl, Petar Sabev Varbanov, Boton Bertok, Olga Arsenyeva, Andreja Nemet, Leonid Tovazhnyanskyy and Ting Pan

A review on reverse electrodialysis for energy conversion: Operational parameters and multi-parameter coupling effects

Jinhui Zhou, Cunlu Zhao, Yingtao Sun, Runchen Zhao, Zhigang Li, Chun Yang, Qiuwang Wang, Dongxu Ji, Gengzhi Sun and Yanmei Jiao

Microchannel heat sinks for cold plate liquid cooling in data centers: Advances, evaluations and prospects

Feng Zhou, Wenlong Gu and Guoyuan Ma

Review of recent advancing pool boiling heat transfer through surface engineering

Yuheng Zhang, Guopeng Chen, Kai Du, Shuo Li, Junhao Liu, Fengxiang Chen, Xingchi Jiang, Glen McHale and Shangzhen Xie

Solid waste-derived membranes for CO2 capture: Material design, separation mechanism, and techno-environmental evaluation

Jincheng Ma, Qihong Cen, Binbin He, Wang Du, Longgui Xie, Zhiying Guo, Nanqi Ren, Xia Yin, Xiaofeng Huang, Ran Ao, Ping Ning, Liping Ma and Quxiu Dai