Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Volume 57, issue C, 2016

Natural gas from shale formation: A research profile pp. 1-6

Qiang Wang and Rongrong Li

The impact of renewables on electricity prices in Germany – An estimation based on historic spot prices in the years 2011–2013 pp. 7-15

Marius Dillig, Manuel Jung and Jürgen Karl

Heat transfer enhancement of geothermal energy piles pp. 16-33

Mohammed Faizal, Abdelmalek Bouazza and Rao M. Singh

Effects of corn stover year-to-year supply variability and market structure on biomass utilization and cost pp. 34-44

Rajdeep Golecha and Jianbang Gan

A review on wide-area damping control to restrain inter-area low frequency oscillation for large-scale power systems with increasing renewable generation pp. 45-58

Xinran Zhang, Chao Lu, Shichao Liu and Xiaoyu Wang

Overview of the development of the Chinese Jiangsu coastal wind-power industry cluster pp. 59-71

Zhengxia He, Shichun Xu, Wenxing Shen, Ruyin Long and He Yang

Sustainability assessment of electricity market models in selected developed world countries pp. 72-82

Dalia Streimikiene and Indre Siksnelyte

How urbanization affects CO2 emissions in Malaysia? The application of STIRPAT model pp. 83-93

Muhammad Shahbaz, Nanthakumar Loganathan, Ahmed Taneem Muzaffar, Khalid Ahmed and Muhammad Ali Jabran

The power industry reform in China 2015: Policies, evaluations and solutions pp. 94-110

Ming Zeng, Yongqi Yang, Lihua Wang and Jinghui Sun

Optimal sizing and siting techniques for distributed generation in distribution systems: A review pp. 111-130

Prem Prakash and Dheeraj K. Khatod

Photovoltaic electricity generator dynamic modeling methods for smart grid applications: A review pp. 131-172

Sam Koohi-Kamalі, N.A. Rahim, H. Mokhlis and V.V. Tyagi

A planning process map for solar buildings in urban environments pp. 173-185

Jouri Kanters and Maria Wall

Analysis of solid biomass energy potential in Autonomous Province of Vojvodina pp. 186-191

Branka Nakomcic-Smaragdakis, Zoran Cepic and Natasa Dragutinovic

Maximum power point tracking algorithms for photovoltaic system – A review pp. 192-204

S. Saravanan and N. Ramesh Babu

Agent-based modelling and simulation of smart electricity grids and markets – A literature review pp. 205-215

Philipp Ringler, Dogan Keles and Wolf Fichtner

A comparative review of China, India and Pakistan renewable energy sectors and sharing opportunities pp. 216-225

Saeed Ahmed, Anzar Mahmood, Ahmad Hasan, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu and Muhammad Fasih Uddin Butt

A topic modeling based bibliometric exploration of hydropower research pp. 226-237

Hanchen Jiang, Maoshan Qiang and Peng Lin

Estimation of the daily global solar radiation based on Box–Jenkins and ANN models: A combined approach pp. 238-249

Kacem Gairaa, Abdallah Khellaf, Youcef Messlem and Farouk Chellali

Methods for adaptive behaviors satisfaction assessment with energy efficient building design pp. 250-259

Arezou Shafaghat, Ali Keyvanfar, Muhd Zaimi Abd. Majid, Hasanuddin Bin Lamit, Mohd Hamdan Ahmad, Mohamed Salim Ferwati and Sib Krishna Ghoshal

Comprehensive overview of grid interfaced wind energy generation systems pp. 260-281

Om Prakash Mahela and Abdul Gafoor Shaik

Homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion: Advantages over compression ignition combustion, challenges and solutions pp. 282-291

M.M. Hasan and M.M. Rahman

Integrating bibliometrics and roadmapping: A case of strategic promotion for the ground source heat pump in China pp. 292-301

Pin-Chao Liao, Kenan Zhang, Tao Wang and Yanqing Wang

A survey on smart metering and smart grid communication pp. 302-318

Yasin Kabalci

Innovative portable solar cooker using the packaging waste of humanitarian supplies pp. 319-326

Alberto Regattieri, Francesco Piana, Marco Bortolini, Mauro Gamberi and Emilio Ferrari

A review of renewable energy applications in buildings in the hot-summer and warm-winter region of China pp. 327-336

Dayao Li, Jiang He and Lin Li

An integrated combined cycle system driven by a solar tower: A review pp. 337-350

Edmund Okoroigwe and Amos Madhlopa

A review of the wind power developments in Pakistan pp. 351-361

Samreen Siddique and Rashid Wazir

The causal relationship between biomass energy use and economic growth in the United States pp. 362-366

Alper Aslan

Rare-earth-free propulsion motors for electric vehicles: A technology review pp. 367-379

Jordi-Roger Riba, Carlos López-Torres, Luís Romeral and Antoni Garcia

Renewability assessment of a production system: Based on embodied energy as emergy pp. 380-392

Ling Shao and G.Q. Chen

Key points on the energy sustainable development of the food industry – Case study of the Portuguese sausages industry pp. 393-411

J. Nunes, Pedro D. Silva, L.P. Andrade and Pedro D. Gaspar

A comprehensive review of low voltage ride through of doubly fed induction wind generators pp. 412-419

Sajjad Tohidi and Mohammadi-ivatloo Behnam

Review on active filters and its performance with grid connected fixed and variable speed wind turbine generator pp. 420-438

Sajid Hussain Qazi and Mohd Wazir Mustafa

Transboundary fresh and thermal groundwater flows in the west part of the Pannonian Basin pp. 439-454

György Tóth, Nina Rman, Rotár-Szalkai Ágnes, Tamás Kerékgyártó, Teodóra Szőcs, Andrej Lapanje, Radovan Černák, Anton Remsík, Gerhard Schubert and Annamária Nádor

Uptake and usage of cost-reflective electricity pricing: Insights from psychology and behavioural economics pp. 455-467

Elizabeth V. Hobman, Elisha R. Frederiks, Karen Stenner and Sarah Meikle

Industrial technologies for bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass pp. 468-478

Hongzhang Chen and Xiaoguo Fu

Towards successful environmental performance of sustainable cities: Intervening sectors. A review pp. 479-495

A. Martos, R. Pacheco-Torres, J. Ordóñez and E. Jadraque-Gago

Trends in catalytic production of biodiesel from various feedstocks pp. 496-504

G. Baskar and R. Aiswarya

2050 LCOE improvement using new molten salts for thermal energy storage in CSP plants pp. 505-514

C. Parrado, A. Marzo, E. Fuentealba and A.G. Fernández

Technical and economical assessment of distributed electrochemical storages for load shifting applications: An Italian case study pp. 515-523

G. Graditi, M.G. Ippolito, E. Telaretti and G. Zizzo

Global Maximum Power Point Tracking (GMPPT) of Photovoltaic array using the Extremum Seeking Control (ESC): A review and a new GMPPT ESC scheme pp. 524-539

Nicu Bizon

Market financial analysis and cost performance for photovoltaic technology through international and national perspective with case study for Egypt pp. 540-549

Enas R. Shouman, E.T. El Shenawy and N.M. Khattab

Review on recent advances in polythiophene based photovoltaic devices pp. 550-561

Umer Mehmood, Amir Al-Ahmed and Ibnelwaleed A. Hussein

Review on the integration of photovoltaic renewable energy in developing countries—Special attention to the Lebanese case pp. 562-575

J. Khoury, R. Mbayed, G. Salloum, E. Monmasson and J. Guerrero

Examining the potential for developing women-led solar PV enterprises in rural Myanmar pp. 576-583

Andrew Pascale, Tania Urmee, Jonathan Whale and S. Kumar

Principles on design and fabrication of nanomaterials as photocatalysts for water-splitting pp. 584-601

Hui Pan

The role of climatic-design-operational parameters on combined PV/T collector performance: A critical review pp. 602-647

A.M. Elbreki, M.A. Alghoul, A.N. Al-Shamani, A.A. Ammar, Bita Yegani, Alsanossi M. Aboghrara, M.H. Rusaln and K. Sopian

Thermal and hydrodynamic behavior of ceramic volumetric absorbers for central receiver solar power plants: A review pp. 648-658

Fabrisio Gomez-Garcia, José González-Aguilar, Gabriel Olalde and Manuel Romero

Frequency response due to a large generator loss with the increasing penetration of wind/PV generation – A literature review pp. 659-668

Chinthaka Seneviratne and C. Ozansoy

Strategies for the management and treatment of coal seam gas associated water pp. 669-691

Graeme J. Millar, Sara J. Couperthwaite and Cameron D. Moodliar

Levelized cost of electricity for solar photovoltaic, battery and cogen hybrid systems pp. 692-703

Aishwarya S. Mundada, Kunal K. Shah and Joshua Pearce

Matrix solar air heaters – A review pp. 704-712

K. Rajarajeswari and A. Sreekumar

Energy supply in a green school via a photovoltaic-thermal power system pp. 713-720

Saban Yilmaz, Hanifi Binici and Hasan Riza Ozcalik

Optimal operation of microgrids through simultaneous scheduling of electrical vehicles and responsive loads considering wind and PV units uncertainties pp. 721-739

Abdorreza Rabiee, Mohammad Sadeghi, Jamshid Aghaeic and Alireza Heidari

Green roofs: A critical review on the role of components, benefits, limitations and trends pp. 740-752

K. Vijayaraghavan

Clean distributed generation in China: Policy options and international experience pp. 753-764

Jun Dong, Tian-tian Feng, Hong-xing Sun, Hong-xin Cai, Rong Li and Yisheng Yang

Identifying the effective factors on implementing the solar dryers for Yazd province, Iran pp. 765-775

Mojgan Zarezade and Ali Mostafaeipour

Solar power and application methods pp. 776-785

Mukrimin Sevket Guney

Renewable based distributed generation in Uganda: Resource potential and status of exploitation pp. 786-798

Ssennoga Twaha, Makbul A.M. Ramli, Patrick M. Murphy, Muhammad U. Mukhtiar and Hussein K. Nsamba

A comprehensive review of biodiesel as an alternative fuel for compression ignition engine pp. 799-821

Ambarish Datta and Bijan Kumar Mandal

An integrated multi-objective optimization model for determining the optimal solution in implementing the rooftop photovoltaic system pp. 822-837

Choongwan Koo, Taehoon Hong, Minhyun Lee and Jimin Kim

Solar power energy solutions for Yemeni rural villages and desert communities pp. 838-849

Morshed Hadwan and Abdulsalam Alkholidi

Hydrogen production from renewable and sustainable energy resources: Promising green energy carrier for clean development pp. 850-866

Seyed Ehsan Hosseini and Mazlan Abdul Wahid

Modeling and simulation of a communication-assisted digital protection scheme for micro-grids pp. 867-878

Sohrab Mirsaeidi, Dalila Mat Said, Mohd. Wazir Mustafa, Mohd. Hafiz Habibuddin and Kimia Ghaffari

Enhancement of biofuel production via microbial augmentation: The case of dark fermentative hydrogen pp. 879-891

Gopalakrishnan Kumar, Péter Bakonyi, Takuro Kobayashi, Kai-Qin Xu, Periyasamy Sivagurunathan, Sang-Hyoun Kim, Germán Buitrón, Nándor Nemestóthy and Katalin Bélafi-Bakó

Contribution of high voltage direct current transmission systems to inter-area oscillation damping: A review pp. 892-915

Ahmet Mete Vural

Advanced energy storage materials for building applications and their thermal performance characterization: A review pp. 916-928

Tumirah Khadiran, Mohd Zobir Hussein, Zulkarnain Zainal and Rafeadah Rusli

Recent advances in humidification dehumidification (HDH) desalination processes: Improved designs and productivity pp. 929-944

Adewale Giwa, Nawshad Akther, Amna Al Housani, Sabeera Haris and Shadi Wajih Hasan

Inflatable dams for shp projects pp. 945-952

Shahid ul Islam and Arun Kumar

Generation expansion planning based on solar plants with storage pp. 953-964

K. Rajesh, K. Karthikeyan, S. Kannan and C. Thangaraj

Urban pollution and solar radiation impacts pp. 965-976

Jamal Khodakarami and Parisa Ghobadi

Patterns of technological accumulation: The comparative advantage and relative impact of Asian emerging economies in low carbon energy technological systems pp. 977-987

Chan-Yuan Wong, Zi-Xiang Keng, Zeeda Fatimah Mohamad and Suzana Ariff Azizan

Industry perceptions on feed in tariff (FiT) based solar power policies – A case of Gujarat, India pp. 988-998

Komali Yenneti

Nuclear power development in China after the restart of new nuclear construction and approval: A system dynamics analysis pp. 999-1007

Xiaopeng Guo and Xiaodan Guo

Carbon adsorbents from industrial hydrolysis lignin: The USSR/Eastern European experience and its importance for modern biorefineries pp. 1008-1024

Mikhail L. Rabinovich, Olesya Fedoryak, Galina Dobele, Anna Andersone, Barbara Gawdzik, Mikael E. Lindström and Olena Sevastyanova

Socio-technical evolution of Decentralized Energy Systems: A critical review and implications for urban planning and policy pp. 1025-1037

Ali M. Adil and Yekang Ko

Geothermal source potential for water desalination – Current status and future perspective pp. 1038-1065

Veera Gnaneswar Gude

Low-carbon neighborhood planning technology and indicator system pp. 1066-1076

Xiaoming Wang, Guochao Zhao, Chenchen He, Xu Wang and Wenjun Peng

A comprehensive review on uncertainty modeling techniques in power system studies pp. 1077-1089

Morteza Aien, Ali Hajebrahimi and Mahmud Fotuhi-Firuzabad

Volumetric expanders for low grade heat and waste heat recovery applications pp. 1090-1109

Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Usman, Byung-Sik Park and Dong-Hyun Lee

A review on methodology for complete elimination of diesel from CI engines using mixed feedstock pp. 1110-1125

Paramvir Singh, Varun,, S.R. Chauhan and Niraj Kumar

Lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis: A review of product properties and effects of pyrolysis parameters pp. 1126-1140

Tao Kan, Vladimir Strezov and Tim J. Evans

Innovation in flat solar thermal collectors: A review of the last ten years experimental results pp. 1141-1159

Gianpiero Colangelo, Ernani Favale, Paola Miglietta and Arturo de Risi

Characteristics of urban households׳ electrical energy consumption in Indonesia and its saving potentials pp. 1160-1173

Hakimul Batih and Chumnong Sorapipatana

Computational fluid dynamics, a building simulation tool for achieving sustainable buildings pp. 1174-1185

Y. Anand, A. Gupta, S.K. Tyagi and S. Anand

Flexibility in future power systems with high renewable penetration: A review pp. 1186-1193

M.I. Alizadeh, M. Parsa Moghaddam, N. Amjady, P. Siano and M.K. Sheikh-El-Eslami

Could Key Engine, as a new open-source for RES technology development, start the third industrial revolution? pp. 1194-1209

Zvonimir Glasnovic, Karmen Margeta and Krunoslav Premec

Residential energy demand for space heating in the Nordic countries: Accounting for interfuel substitution pp. 1210-1226

Reza Fazeli, Brynhildur Davidsdottir and Jonas Hlynur Hallgrimsson

Economic analysis and energy valorization of by-products of the olive oil process: “Valdemone DOP” extra virgin olive oil pp. 1227-1236

Maurizio Lanfranchi, Carlo Giannetto and Angelina De Pascale

Clean energy-growth nexus in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from cross-sectionally dependent heterogeneous panel with structural breaks pp. 1237-1244

Mahamat Hamit-Haggar

Hydrokinetic energy conversion: Technology, research, and outlook pp. 1245-1259

Nicholas D. Laws and Brenden P. Epps

Ghanaian energy economy: Inter-production factors and energy substitution pp. 1260-1269

Boqiang Lin, Philip Atsagli and Kingsley Dogah

Survey of the most influential parameters on the wind farm net present value (NPV) by adaptive neuro-fuzzy approach pp. 1270-1278

Dalibor Petković, Shahaboddin Shamshirband, Amirrudin Kamsin, Malrey Lee, Obrad Anicic and Vlastimir Nikolić

Assessment of social, economic, and environmental aspects of woody biomass energy utilization: Direct burning and wood pellets pp. 1279-1286

Sho Nishiguchi and Tomohiro Tabata

Environmental sustainability assessment of using forest wood for heat energy in Ireland pp. 1287-1295

John J. Fitzpatrick

Analysis of energy status in Iran for designing sustainable energy roadmap pp. 1296-1306

Ali.A. Tofigh and Maryam Abedian

Semiconductor nanoparticles sensitized TiO2 nanotubes for high efficiency solar cell devices pp. 1307-1321

S. Ananthakumar, J. Ramkumar and S. Moorthy Babu

Power systems without fuel pp. 1322-1336

Josh A. Taylor, Sairaj V. Dhople and Duncan S. Callaway

Sustainability; as a combination of parametric patterns and bionic strategies pp. 1337-1346

Pooya Lotfabadi, Halil Zafer Alibaba and Aref Arfaei

Proton-conducting electrolytes for direct methanol and direct urea fuel cells – A state-of-the-art review pp. 1347-1358

Nikdalila Radenahmad, Ahmed Afif, Pg Iskandar Petra, Seikh M.H. Rahman, Sten-G. Eriksson and Abul K. Azad

Wind power reliability valuation in a Hydro-Dominated power market: The Colombian case pp. 1359-1372

Felipe Isaza Cuervo and Sergio Botero Botero

Current status, challenges, and perspectives of Sichuan׳s renewable energy development in Southwest China pp. 1373-1385

Yanlong Hu, Weibin Huang, Jing Wang, Shijun Chen and Jie Zhang

Investigation of earth building and earth architecture according to interest and involvement levels in various countries pp. 1390-1397

Hamed Niroumand, Juan Antonio Barceló Álvarez and Maryam Saaly

Improving woodfuel governance in Burkina Faso: The experts׳ assessment pp. 1398-1408

Javier Arevalo

Renewable-to-total electricity consumption ratio: Estimating the permanent or transitory fluctuations based on flexible Fourier stationarity and unit root tests pp. 1409-1427

Aviral Tiwari and Claudiu Albulescu

A review study of instantaneous electric energy transport theories and their novel implementations pp. 1428-1439

Y. Beck, N. Calamaro and D. Shmilovitz

Effect of alcohol blend and fumigation on regulated and unregulated emissions of IC engines—A review pp. 1440-1495

Meisam Ahmadi Ghadikolaei

How to reduce CO2 emissions in China׳s iron and steel industry pp. 1496-1505

Xiaolei Wang and Boqiang Lin

A review on modeling, design methodology and size optimization of photovoltaic based water pumping, standalone and grid connected system pp. 1506-1519

Rahul Rawat, S.C. Kaushik and Ravita Lamba

Uniform cooling of photovoltaic panels: A review pp. 1520-1544

Haitham M.S. Bahaidarah, Ahmer A.B. Baloch and Palanichamy Gandhidasan

Power production and environmental opinions – Environmentally motivated resistance to wind power in Sweden pp. 1545-1555

Jonas Anshelm and Haikola Simon

Socio-economic determinants of energy consumption: An empirical survey for Greece pp. 1556-1567

Muhammad Azam, Abdul Khan, Eleni Zafeiriou and Garyfallos Arabatzis

Estimating the global waste heat potential pp. 1568-1579

Clemens Forman, Ibrahim Kolawole Muritala, Robert Pardemann and Bernd Meyer

Impacts of ICT on the natural ecosystem: A grassroot analysis for promoting socio-environmental sustainability pp. 1580-1595

Girish Bekaroo, Chandradeo Bokhoree and Colin Pattinson

Challenges in the design and operation of processes for catalytic fast pyrolysis of woody biomass pp. 1596-1610

Güray Yildiz, Frederik Ronsse, Ruben van Duren and Wolter Prins

Genetic algorithm for impact assessment of optimally placed distributed generations with different load models from minimum total MVA intake viewpoint of main substation pp. 1611-1636

Bindeshwar Singh, V. Mukherjee and Prabhakar Tiwari

Model-based assessment of demand-response measures—A comprehensive literature review pp. 1637-1656

Tobias Boßmann and Eike Johannes Eser