Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Volume 54, issue C, 2016

A review on fatigue damage mechanism in hydro turbines pp. 1-14

Xin Liu, Yongyao Luo and Zhengwei Wang

Energy-related greenhouse gas emission features in China’s energy supply region: the case of Xinjiang pp. 15-24

Bin Guo, Yong Geng, Huijuan Dong and Yaxuan Liu

Biogas potential for electric power generation in Pakistan: A survey pp. 25-33

Waqar Uddin, B. Khan, Neelofar Shaukat, Muhammad Majid, G. Mujtaba, Arshad Mehmood, S.M. Ali, U. Younas, Muhammad Anwar and Abdullah M. Almeshal

Electric vehicles charging using photovoltaic: Status and technological review pp. 34-47

Abdul Rauf Bhatti, Zainal Salam, Mohd Junaidi Bin Abdul Aziz, Kong Pui Yee and Ratil H. Ashique

Factors influencing farmers׳ adoption of energy-based water pumps and impacts on crop productivity and household income in Pakistan pp. 48-57

Akhter Ali, Dil Rahut and Bhagirath Behera

Energy crops in sustainable phytoremediation pp. 58-73

Vimal Chandra Pandey, Omesh Bajpai and Nandita Singh

The Used Cooking Oil-to-biodiesel chain in Europe assessment of best practices and environmental performance pp. 74-83

T.D. Tsoutsos, S. Tournaki, O. Paraíba and S.D. Kaminaris

The most suitable prediction model of the solar intensity, on horizontal plane, at various weather conditions in a specified location in Morocco pp. 84-98

Y. El Mghouchi, T. Ajzoul, D. Taoukil and A. El Bouardi

Potential application of solar water heaters for hot water production in Turkey pp. 99-109

Hüseyin Benli

Wind tunnel experimental analysis of a complex terrain micrositing pp. 110-119

J.M.L. Mattuella, A.M. Loredo-Souza, M.G.K. Oliveira and A.P. Petry

Recent development in studies of alternative jet fuel combustion: Progress, challenges, and opportunities pp. 120-138

Chi Zhang, Xin Hui, Yuzhen Lin and Chih-Jen Sung

Economic sizing of a hybrid (PV–WT–FC) renewable energy system (HRES) for stand-alone usages by an optimization-simulation model: Case study of Iran pp. 139-150

Ramin Hosseinalizadeh, Hamed Shakouri G, Mohsen Sadegh Amalnick and Peyman Taghipour

Identifying the determinants of community acceptance of renewable energy technologies: The case study of a wind energy project from Tunisia pp. 151-160

Samiha Mjahed Hammami, Sahar Chtourou and Abdelfattah Triki

Can African countries efficiently build their economies on renewable energy? pp. 161-173

Presley K. Wesseh and Boqiang Lin

Cost-effectiveness analysis of alternative water heater systems operating with unreliable water supplies pp. 174-183

Arif Yurtsev and Glenn Jenkins

Evolution of the Brazilian residential carbon footprint based on direct energy consumption pp. 184-201

Alessandro Sanches-Pereira, Luís Gustavo Tudeschini and Suani Teixeira Coelho

Environmental sustainability of bioethanol production from rice straw in India: A review pp. 202-216

Renu Singh, Monika Srivastava and Ashish Shukla

Combination of fungal and physicochemical processes for lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment – A review pp. 217-234

Ehsan Shirkavand, Saeid Baroutian, Daniel J. Gapes and Brent R. Young

Review on hybrid energy systems for wastewater treatment and bio-energy production pp. 235-246

Pei Fang Tee, Mohammad Omar Abdullah, Ivy Ai Wei Tan, Nur Khairunnisa Abdul Rashid, Mohamed Afizal Mohamed Amin, Cirilo Nolasco-Hipolito and Kopli Bujang

Advances on the processing of Jatropha curcas towards a whole-crop biorefinery pp. 247-269

Freddy S. Navarro-Pineda, Sergio A. Baz-Rodríguez, Robert Handler and Julio C. Sacramento-Rivero

Recent developments in integrated collector storage (ICS) solar water heaters: A review pp. 270-298

Ramkishore Singh, Ian J. Lazarus and Manolis Souliotis

The potential of agrivoltaic systems pp. 299-308

Harshavardhan Dinesh and Joshua Pearce

Drivers of greenhouse gas emissions in the Baltic states: decomposition analysis related to the implementation of Europe 2020 strategy pp. 309-317

Genovaitė Liobikienė, Mindaugas Butkus and Jurga Bernatonienė

Development of biodiesel industry in China: Upon the terms of production and consumption pp. 318-330

Yang-Jie Xu, Guo-Xiu Li and Zuo-Yu Sun

Diversity in solar photovoltaic energy: Implications for innovation and policy pp. 331-340

Juliana Subtil Lacerda and Jeroen van den Bergh

The exploitation of electricity production projects from Renewable Energy Sources for the social and economic development of remote communities. The case of Greece: An example to avoid pp. 341-349

Dimitris Al. Katsaprakakis and Dimitris G. Christakis

Giant reed: A competitive energy crop in comparison with miscanthus pp. 350-362

Xumeng Ge, Fuqing Xu, Juliana Vasco-Correa and Yebo Li

Attenuation of the solar energy by aerosol particles: A review and case study pp. 363-375

Samy A. Khalil and A.M. Shaffie

From wood pellets to wood chips, risks of degradation and emissions from the storage of woody biomass – A short review pp. 376-383

Esa Alakoski, Miia Jämsén, David Agar, Elina Tampio and Margareta Wihersaari

Electricity generation potential from biogas produced from organic waste in Mexico pp. 384-395

Mario Rios and Martin Kaltschmitt

A survey on the critical issues in smart grid technologies pp. 396-405

Ilhami Colak, Seref Sagiroglu, Gianluca Fulli, Mehmet Yesilbudak and Catalin-Felix Covrig

Environmental Kuznets curve and financial development in Pakistan pp. 406-414

Muhammad Javid and Fatima Sharif

Outline of the economic and technical problems associated with the co-combustion of biomass in Poland pp. 415-420

Arkadiusz Piwowar and Maciej Dzikuć

Plastics to fuel: a review pp. 421-428

Bidhya Kunwar, H.N. Cheng, Sriram R Chandrashekaran and Brajendra K Sharma

Inclined solar still designs: A review pp. 429-451

Ajay Kumar Kaviti, Akhilesh Yadav and Amit Shukla

Full-scale, wind tunnel and CFD analysis methods of wind loads on heliostats: A review pp. 452-472

H. Bendjebbas, A. Abdellah-ElHadj and M. Abbas

A review of macroalgae production, with potential applications in biofuels and bioenergy pp. 473-481

Mohsen Ghadiryanfar, Kurt A. Rosentrater, Alireza Keyhani and Mahmoud Omid

Spatial patterns and influencing factors of China׳s wind turbine manufacturing industry: A review pp. 482-496

Xiao-chao Fan and Wei-qing Wang

A review of solar thermochemical processes pp. 497-532

Deepak Yadav and Rangan Banerjee

Recent developments in sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) based biocomposites and their potential industrial applications: A review pp. 533-549

M.L. Sanyang, S.M. Sapuan, M. Jawaid, M.R. Ishak and J. Sahari

A review of CFD methodology used in literature for predicting thermo-hydraulic performance of a roughened solar air heater pp. 550-605

Vipin B. Gawande, A.S. Dhoble, D.B. Zodpe and Sunil Chamoli

Outdoor test cells for building envelope experimental characterisation – A literature review pp. 606-625

G. Cattarin, F. Causone, A. Kindinis and L. Pagliano

Performance analysis of the standing wave thermoacoustic refrigerator: A review pp. 626-634

Nor Atiqah Zolpakar, Normah Mohd-Ghazali and Mawahib Hassan El-Fawal

Thermohydraulic performance of rectangular ducts with different multiple V-rib roughness shapes: A comprehensive review and comparative study pp. 635-652

Anil Kumar and Man-Hoe Kim

Seawater greenhouse in Oman: A sustainable technique for freshwater conservation and production pp. 653-664

Abdulrahim M. Al-Ismaili and Hemanatha Jayasuriya

Upgrading biomass fuels via wet torrefaction: A review and comparison with dry torrefaction pp. 665-677

Quang-Vu Bach and Øyvind Skreiberg

Determinants of biofuel-oriented land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 678-687

Giorgia Giovannetti and Elisa Ticci

A stochastic model for a macroscale hybrid renewable energy system pp. 688-703

Ayse Selin Kocaman, Carlos Abad, Tara J. Troy, Woonghee Tim Huh and Vijay Modi

An overview of electricity prepayment experiences and the Brazilian new regulatory framework pp. 704-722

Gheisa Roberta Telles Esteves, Fernando Luiz Cyrino Oliveira, Carlos Henggeler Antunes and Reinaldo Castro Souza

Overall review of peak shaving for coal-fired power units in China pp. 723-731

Yujiong Gu, Jing Xu, Dongchao Chen, Zhong Wang and Qianqian Li

Cogeneration through bagasse: A renewable strategy to meet the future energy needs pp. 732-737

Muhammad Arshad and Sibtain Ahmed

Design and development of advanced fuzzy logic controllers in smart buildings for institutional buildings in subtropical Queensland pp. 738-744

Yazeed Yasin Ghadi, M.G. Rasul and M.M.K. Khan

Constructing environment-friendly return road of metals from e-waste: Combination of physical separation technologies pp. 745-760

Jujun Ruan and Zhenming Xu

Inorganic composite sorbents for water vapor sorption: A research progress pp. 761-776

Yanping Yuan, Haiquan Zhang, Fan Yang, Nan Zhang and Xiaoling Cao

Modeling the fluctuations of wind speed data by considering their mean and volatility effects pp. 777-784

Nurulkamal Masseran

A review of the effect of hydrogen addition on the performance and emissions of the compression – Ignition engine pp. 785-796

Hayder A. Alrazen, A.R. Abu Talib, R. Adnan and K.A. Ahmad

Downwind offshore wind turbines: Opportunities, trends and technical challenges pp. 797-808

J.H. Koh and E.Y.K. Ng

Waste to energy technologies for municipal solid waste management in Gaziantep pp. 809-815

Alperen Tozlu, Emrah Özahi and Ayşegül Abuşoğlu

A sustainable electrical interface to mitigate emissions due to power supply in ports pp. 816-823

T. Coppola, M. Fantauzzi, D. Lauria, C. Pisani and F. Quaranta

Exploring the bi-directional long run relationship between energy consumption and life quality pp. 824-837

Usama Al-mulali

The dynamic impact of renewable energy consumption on CO2 emissions: A revisited Environmental Kuznets Curve approach pp. 838-845

Faik Bilgili, Emrah Koçak and Umit Bulut

Power quality techniques research worldwide: A review pp. 846-856

Francisco G. Montoya, Amós García-Cruz, Maria G. Montoya and Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro

A review of methane production from agricultural residues in China pp. 857-865

Kun Li, Ronghou Liu and Chen Sun

Overview of the initiatives in renewable energy sector under the national action plan on climate change in India pp. 866-873

S.S. Chandel, Rajnish Shrivastva, Vikrant Sharma and P. Ramasamy

E-waste in India and developed countries: Management, recycling, business and biotechnological initiatives pp. 874-881

Vijay Kumar Garlapati

A review of emergy theory, its application and latest developments pp. 882-888

Luís P. Amaral, Nélson Martins and Joaquim B. Gouveia

Open solid desiccant cooling air systems: A review and comparative study pp. 889-917

Ahlem Zouaoui, Leila Zili-Ghedira and Sassi Ben Nasrallah

An overview on energy inputs and environmental emissions of grape production in West Azerbayjan of Iran pp. 918-924

Aref Mardani and Hamid Taghavifar

Impact of cheaper oil on economic system and climate change: A SWOT analysis pp. 925-931

Qiang Wang and Rongrong Li

Assessment of the production potentials of Miscanthus on marginal land in China pp. 932-943

Shuai Xue, Iris Lewandowski, Xiaoyu Wang and Zili Yi

The role of communications and standardization in wind power applications – A review pp. 944-958

S.M. Alizadeh and C. Ozansoy

Patterns of attention to renewable energy in the British farming press from 1980 to 2013 pp. 959-973

Melf-Hinrich Ehlers and Lee-Ann Sutherland

A review on solid biofuel usage in Lithuania after the decommission of Ignalina NPP and compliance with the EU policy pp. 974-988

Vygandas Gaigalis and Romualdas Skema

Advanced applications of solar energy in agricultural greenhouses pp. 989-1001

Reda Hassanien Emam Hassanien, Ming Li and Wei Dong Lin

Review on the impact of urban geometry and pedestrian level greening on outdoor thermal comfort pp. 1002-1017

Elmira Jamei, Priyadarsini Rajagopalan, Mohammadmehdi Seyedmahmoudian and Yashar Jamei

Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) techniques: Recapitulation in solar photovoltaic systems pp. 1018-1034

Deepak Verma, Savita Nema, A.M. Shandilya and Soubhagya K. Dash

Micro-scale energy harvesting devices: Review of methodological performances in the last decade pp. 1035-1047

Krishna Veni Selvan and Mohamed Sultan Mohamed Ali

Recent advances in the TiO2/CdS nanocomposite used for photocatalytic hydrogen production and quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells pp. 1048-1059

Dan Zhao and Chun-Feng Yang

Interactions among energy consumption, economic development and greenhouse gas emissions in Japan after World War II pp. 1060-1072

Hong-fang Lu, Bin-le Lin, Daniel E. Campbell, Masayuki Sagisaka and Hai Ren

Effects of financial development, economic growth and trade on electricity consumption: Evidence from post-Fukushima Japan pp. 1073-1084

Abdulrashid Rafindadi and Ilhan Ozturk

A review of solar parabolic trough collector pp. 1085-1091

V.K. Jebasingh and G.M. Joselin Herbert

The development of an attitude scale to assess the attitudes of high school students towards renewable energy sources pp. 1092-1098

Dilek Çelikler and Zeynep Aksan

Combustion noise radiation during dynamic diesel engine operation including effects of various biofuel blends: A review pp. 1099-1113

Evangelos G. Giakoumis, Dimitrios C. Rakopoulos and Constantine D. Rakopoulos

The GCC countries RE-readiness: Strengths and gaps for development of renewable energy technologies pp. 1114-1128

Md. Alam Hossain Mondal, Diala Hawila, Scott Kennedy and Toufic Mezher

Carbon distribution of algae-based alternative aviation fuel obtained by different pathways pp. 1129-1147

Xiaoyi Yang, Fang Guo, Song Xue and Xin Wang

A review of potential innovations for production, conditioning and utilization of biogas with multiple-criteria assessment pp. 1148-1171

Wojciech M. Budzianowski

Energy demands and renewable energy resources in the Middle East pp. 1172-1181

Omid Nematollahi, Hadi Hoghooghi, Mehdi Rasti and Ahmad Sedaghat

Is there an Environmental Kuznets Curve for SO2 emissions? A semi-parametric panel data analysis for China pp. 1182-1188

Yuan Wang, Rong Han and Jumpei Kubota

Review on the production methods and fundamental combustion characteristics of furan derivatives pp. 1189-1211

Nan Xu, Jing Gong and Zuohua Huang

Numerical study of convective heat transfer of nanofluids: A review pp. 1212-1239

Sh.M. Vanaki, P. Ganesan and H.A. Mohammed

A state of the art review of evaporative cooling systems for building applications pp. 1240-1249

Pinar Mert Cuce and Saffa Riffat

Nano-energy system coupling model and failure characterization of lithium ion battery electrode in electric energy vehicles pp. 1250-1261

Yong Li, Jie Yang and Jian Song

Biotechnology for Jatropha improvement: A worthy exploration pp. 1262-1277

M. Moniruzzaman, Zahira Yaakob and Rahima Khatun

The design and development of solar flat mirror (Solarux) system pp. 1278-1284

Evren M. Toygar, Tufan Bayram, Oğuzhan Daş and Ali Demir

Application of livestock waste compost to cultivate microalgae for bioproducts production: A feasible framework pp. 1285-1290

L.-D. Zhu and E. Hiltunen

Review of life cycle assessment for biogas production in Europe pp. 1291-1300

O. Hijazi, S. Munro, B. Zerhusen and M. Effenberger

Techno-economic analysis of solar-assisted air-conditioning systems for commercial buildings in Saudi Arabia pp. 1301-1310

A.A. Al-Ugla, M.A.I. El-Shaarawi, S.A.M. Said and A.M. Al-Qutub

Load forecasting, dynamic pricing and DSM in smart grid: A review pp. 1311-1322

Ahsan Raza Khan, Anzar Mahmood, Awais Safdar, Zafar A. Khan and Naveed Ahmed Khan

A comprehensive review on the applications of waste tire rubber in cement concrete pp. 1323-1333

Blessen Skariah Thomas and Ramesh Chandra Gupta

Rectifier topologies for permanent magnet synchronous generator on wind energy conversion systems: A review pp. 1334-1344

Tiara R.S. de Freitas, Paulo J.M. Menegáz and Domingos S.L. Simonetti

Vacuum glazing for highly insulating windows: Recent developments and future prospects pp. 1345-1357

Erdem Cuce and Pinar Mert Cuce

Interspecies electron transfer in syntrophic methanogenic consortia: From cultures to bioreactors pp. 1358-1367

Liang Shen, Qingchuan Zhao, Xuee Wu, Xiangzhen Li, Qingbiao Li and Yuanpeng Wang

Enterprise framework for renewable energy pp. 1368-1381

A. Seetharaman, Lourdu Leo Sandanaraj, M. Krishna Moorthy and A.S. Saravanan

Jerusalem artichoke: A sustainable biomass feedstock for biorefinery pp. 1382-1388

Xiao-Hua Long, Hong-Bo Shao, Ling Liu, Li-Ping Liu and Zhao-Pu Liu

Wind energy assessment considering wind speed correlation in Malaysia pp. 1389-1400

H.H. Goh, S.W. Lee, Q.S. Chua, K.C. Goh and K.T.K. Teo

A review of the effect of the composition of biodiesel on NOx emission, oxidative stability and cold flow properties pp. 1401-1411

R.D. Lanjekar and D. Deshmukh

A comprehensive review on densified solid biofuel industry in China pp. 1412-1428

Yuguang Zhou, Zongxi Zhang, Yixiang Zhang, Yungang Wang, Yang Yu, Fang Ji, Riaz Ahmad and Renjie Dong

A multi-objective interactive approach to assess economic-energy-environment trade-offs in Brazil pp. 1429-1442

Ariovaldo Lopes de Carvalho, Carlos Henggeler Antunes, Fausto Freire and Carla Henriques

Review of energy efficiency initiatives and regulations for residential buildings in India pp. 1443-1458

S.S. Chandel, Aniket Sharma and Bhanu M. Marwaha

Customer economics of residential photovoltaic systems: Sensitivities to changes in wholesale market design and rate structures pp. 1459-1469

Naïm R. Darghouth, Ryan H. Wiser and Galen Barbose

Modeling energy demand: Some emerging issues pp. 1470-1480

Afees Salisu and Taofeek Ayinde

A review of heat recovery technology for passive ventilation applications pp. 1481-1493

O’Connor, Dominic, John Kaiser S. Calautit and Ben Richard Hughes

Assessing the short-term revenue impacts of residential PV systems on electricity customers, retailers and network service providers pp. 1494-1505

Sebastian Oliva H., Iain MacGill and Rob Passey

Energy consumption and economic growth in Vietnam pp. 1506-1514

Chor Foon Tang, Bee Wah Tan and Ilhan Ozturk

Renewable energy technology diffusion model for techno-economics feasibility pp. 1515-1524

Rajesh Kumar and Arun Agarwala

Energy performance of Double-Skin Façades in temperate climates: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1525-1536

Francesco Pomponi, Poorang A.E. Piroozfar, Ryan Southall, Philip Ashton and Eric. R.P. Farr

Exploring marginal and degraded lands for biomass and bioenergy production: An Indian scenario pp. 1537-1551

Sheikh Adil Edrisi and P.C. Abhilash

Cyber-security in substation automation systems pp. 1552-1562

Naiara Moreira, Elías Molina, Jesús Lázaro, Eduardo Jacob and Armando Astarloa

Exploring the relationship between urbanization, energy consumption, and CO2 emissions in different provinces of China pp. 1563-1579

Qiang Wang, Shi-dai Wu, Yue-e Zeng and Bo-wei Wu

The potential of biogas production in Uruguay pp. 1580-1591

Iván López Moreda

Control techniques for three-phase four-leg voltage source inverters in autonomous microgrids: A review pp. 1592-1610

Mohammad Reza Miveh, Mohd Fadli Rahmat, Ali Asghar Ghadimi and Mohd Wazir Mustafa

Online engagement for sustainable energy projects: A systematic review and framework for integration pp. 1611-1621

Barrios-O’Neill, Danielle and Geertje Schuitema

The investigation of environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis in the advanced economies: The role of energy prices pp. 1622-1631

Usama Al-mulali and Ilhan Ozturk

Energy valorisation of food processing residues and model compounds by hydrothermal liquefaction pp. 1632-1652

Maxime Déniel, Geert Haarlemmer, Anne Roubaud, Elsa Weiss-Hortala and Jacques Fages

Ground-coupled heat pumps: Part 1 – Literature review and research challenges in modeling and optimal control pp. 1653-1667

Ercan Atam and Lieve Helsen

Ground-coupled heat pumps: Part 2—Literature review and research challenges in optimal design pp. 1668-1684

Ercan Atam and Lieve Helsen