Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Volume 49, issue C, 2015

African perspective on cellulosic ethanol production pp. 1-11

Edem Cudjoe Bensah, Francis Kemausuor, Kodwo Miezah, Zsófia Kádár and Moses Mensah

Highly cited articles in biomass research: A bibliometric analysis pp. 12-20

Huaqi Chen and Yuh-Shan Ho

Anaerobic methanogenesis of fresh leachate from municipal solid waste: A brief review on current progress pp. 21-28

Jinghuan Luo, Guangren Qian, Jianyong Liu and Zhi Ping Xu

Economic aspects of the use of deep geothermal heat in district heating in Poland pp. 29-40

Maciej Huculak, Wojciech Jarczewski and Magdalena Dej

“Let׳s do it ourselves” Individual motivations for investing in renewables at community level pp. 41-50

Gabriella Dóci and Eleftheria Vasileiadou

Ontology of ground source heat pump pp. 51-59

Kenan Zhang and Pin-Chao Liao

Barriers to the adoption of photovoltaic systems: The state of the art pp. 60-66

Emrah Karakaya and Pranpreya Sriwannawit

A review on versatile ejector applications in refrigeration systems pp. 67-90

Jianyong Chen, Sad Jarall, Hans Havtun and Björn Palm

Pumped-storage project: A short to long term investment analysis including climate change pp. 91-99

Ludovic Gaudard

Power system integration of wind farms and analysis of grid code requirements pp. 100-107

Berk Rona and Önder Güler

An application of multivariate statistical techniques to partial equilibrium models outputs: The analysis of the NEEDS-TIMES Pan European model results pp. 108-120

Senatro Di Leo, Carmelina Cosmi and Maria Ragosta

Advances and challenges in grid tied photovoltaic systems pp. 121-131

SeyedMohsen Mirhassani, Hwai Chyuan Ong, W.T. Chong and K.Y. Leong

Biomass energy and economic growth nexus in G7 countries: Evidence from dynamic panel data pp. 132-138

Faik Bilgili and Ilhan Ozturk

LEDs for energy efficient greenhouse lighting pp. 139-147

Devesh Singh, Chandrajit Basu, Merve Meinhardt-Wollweber and Bernhard Roth

Temporal-spatial analysis and improvement measures of Chinese power system for wind power curtailment problem pp. 148-168

Wei Pei, Yanning Chen, Kun Sheng, Wei Deng, Yan Du, Zhiping Qi and Li Kong

Life cycle assessment of food waste-based biogas generation pp. 169-177

Changqing Xu, Wenxiao Shi, Jinglan Hong, Fangfang Zhang and Wei Chen

Taiwan’s 2050 low carbon development roadmap: An evaluation with the MARKAL model pp. 178-191

Miao-Shan Tsai and Ssu-Li Chang

Performance enhancement of solar collectors—A review pp. 192-210

Siddharth Suman, Mohd. Kaleem Khan and Manabendra Pathak

Accounting for the utilisation of geothermal energy resources within the genuine progress indicator—A methodological review pp. 211-220

David Cook, Brynhildur Davidsdottir and Jón Geir Petursson

Major issues and solutions in the management system of space heating system in North China pp. 221-231

Lanbin Liu

Reduction of CO2 emission and non-environmental co-benefits of bicycle infrastructure provision: the case of the University of Novi Sad, Serbia pp. 232-242

Vladimir Mrkajic, Djordje Vukelic and Andjelka Mihajlov

The historical evolution of the energy efficient buildings pp. 243-253

Constantin Ionescu, Tudor Baracu, Gabriela-Elena Vlad, Horia Necula and Adrian Badea

China׳s carbon-emissions trading: Overview, challenges and future pp. 254-266

Liwei Liu, Chuxiang Chen, Yufei Zhao and Erdong Zhao

Balancing demand-pull and supply-push measures to support renewable electricity in Europe pp. 267-277

Johan Albrecht, Ruben Laleman and Elien Vulsteke

Renewable energy generation for the rural electrification of isolated communities in the Amazon Region pp. 278-290

A.S. Sánchez, E.A. Torres and R.A. Kalid

Solar energy potential assessment: An overview and a fast modeling approach with application to Italy pp. 291-296

Alberto Bocca, Eliodoro Chiavazzo, Alberto Macii and Pietro Asinari

Potential applications for small scale wave energy installations pp. 297-305

Nerijus Blažauskas, Aleksas Pašilis and Audrius Knolis

PV glazing technologies pp. 306-322

Nikolaos Skandalos and Dimitris Karamanis

An overview of renewable electric power capacity and progress in new technologies in the world pp. 323-334

Mehmet Bilgili, Arif Ozbek, Besir Sahin and Ali Kahraman

Current states and prospects of organic waste utilization for biorefineries pp. 335-349

Xiaoguang Yang, Han Suk Choi, Chulhwan Park and Seung Wook Kim

Emerging insights on the dynamic drivers of international low-carbon technology transfer pp. 350-364

Varun Rai and Erik Funkhouser

A review on the state-of-the-art technologies of electric vehicle, its impacts and prospects pp. 365-385

Jia Ying Yong, Vigna K. Ramachandaramurthy, Kang Miao Tan and N. Mithulananthan

The impacts of provincial energy and environmental policies on air pollution control in China pp. 386-394

Shiming Zheng, Hongtao Yi and Hui Li

Development forecast and technology roadmap analysis of renewable energy in buildings in China pp. 395-402

Wenjie Zhang, Shan Liu, Nianping Li, Hui Xie and Xuanqi Li

Economic evaluation of biogas plant size utilizing giant reed pp. 403-409

Filippo Sgroi, Mario Foderà, Anna Maria Di Trapani, Salvatore Tudisca and Riccardo Testa

An integrated multi-objective optimization model for establishing the low-carbon scenario 2020 to achieve the national carbon emissions reduction target for residential buildings pp. 410-425

Choongwan Koo, Taehoon Hong, Jimin Kim and Hyunjoong Kim

Study of the new Spanish legislation applied to an insular system that has achieved grid parity on PV and wind energy pp. 426-436

Ricardo Guerrero-Lemus, Benjamín González-Díaz, Gerardo Ríos and Ramzi N. Dib

Impacts of wind energy on environment: A review pp. 437-443

Shifeng Wang and Sicong Wang

Review of heat transfer enhancement methods: Focus on passive methods using swirl flow devices pp. 444-469

Mohsen Sheikholeslami, Mofid Gorji-Bandpy and Davood Domiri Ganji

Review of the small wind turbine sector in Kenya: Status and bottlenecks for growth pp. 470-480

Linda M. Kamp and Lynn F.I. Vanheule

Future research directions for the wind turbine generator system pp. 481-489

Md Maruf Hossain and Mohd. Hasan Ali

Employment of renewable energy in Jordan: Current status, SWOT and problem analysis pp. 490-499

J.O. Jaber, Fawwaz Elkarmi, Emil Alasis and Anagnostopoulos Kostas

Purification of crude biodiesel obtained by heterogeneously-catalyzed transesterification pp. 500-516

Vlada B. Veljković, Ivana B. Banković-Ilić and Olivera S. Stamenković

Solar domestic hot water systems using latent heat energy storage medium: A review pp. 517-533

Saeid Seddegh, Xiaolin Wang, Alan D. Henderson and Ziwen Xing

Artificial neural networks applications in wind energy systems: a review pp. 534-562

Rasit Ata

Effect of dispersion of various nanoadditives on the performance and emission characteristics of a CI engine fuelled with diesel, biodiesel and blends—A review pp. 563-573

T. Shaafi, K. Sairam, A. Gopinath, G. Kumaresan and R. Velraj

Technologies for measurement and mitigation of particulate emissions from domestic combustion of biomass: A review pp. 574-584

Mook Tzeng Lim, Anh Phan, Dermot Roddy and Adam Harvey

Parameters influencing the productivity of solar stills – A review pp. 585-609

P. Prakash and V. Velmurugan

Profitable climate change mitigation: The case of greenhouse gas emission reduction benefits enabled by solar photovoltaic systems pp. 610-628

Christian Breyer, Otto Koskinen and Philipp Blechinger

Energy and economic benefits of LED adoption in Malaysia pp. 629-637

Hasti Khorasanizadeh, Jussi Parkkinen, Rajendran Parthiban and Joel David Moore

Decomposition analysis of Cuban energy production and use: Analysis of energy transformation for sustainability pp. 638-645

Luis Vazquez, Jyrki Luukkanen, Hanna Kaisti, Mira Käkönen and Yrjö Majanne

The barriers to renewable energy use in Croatia pp. 646-654

Lidija Runko Luttenberger

Assessing the need for critical minerals to shift the German energy system towards a high proportion of renewables pp. 655-671

Peter Viebahn, Ole Soukup, Sascha Samadi, Jens Teubler, Klaus Wiesen and Michael Ritthoff

Comprehensive analysis on the role of array size and configuration on energy yield of photovoltaic systems under shaded conditions pp. 672-679

S. Malathy and R. Ramaprabha

The plight of the biomass power generation industry in China – A supply chain risk perspective pp. 680-692

Liwei Liu, Junhong Ye, Yufei Zhao and Erdong Zhao

A holistic approach to sustainable energy development at regional level: The RENERGY self-assessment methodology pp. 693-707

Carmelina Cosmi, Jolanta Dvarionenė, Isabel Marques, Senatro Di Leo, Giedrius Gecevičius, Inga Gurauskienė, Gisela Mendes and Catarina Selada

Feasibility of marine renewable energy to the Feed-in Tariff system in Malaysia pp. 708-719

Xin-Le Lim, Wei-Haur Lam and Roslan Hashim

Performance analysis of smart metering for smart grid: An overview pp. 720-735

Konark Sharma and Lalit Mohan Saini

Review of bioclimatic architecture strategies for achieving thermal comfort pp. 736-755

Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro, Francisco G. Montoya, Andrés Sabio-Ortega and Amós García-Cruz

A review on the Spanish Method of visual impact assessment of wind farms: SPM2 pp. 756-767

Cristina Manchado, Valentin Gomez-Jauregui and César Otero

A review of large-scale wind integration studies pp. 768-794

Jonathan Dowds, Paul Hines, Todd Ryan, William Buchanan, Elizabeth Kirby, Jay Apt and Paulina Jaramillo

Appraisal of Strouhal number in wind turbine engineering pp. 795-804

F. Trivellato and M. Raciti Castelli

Development of energy storage industry in China: A technical and economic point of review pp. 805-812

Yun Li, Yanbin Li, Pengfei Ji and Jing Yang

A review of turbocompounding as a waste heat recovery system for internal combustion engines pp. 813-824

Habib Aghaali and Hans-Erik Ångström

Solar radiation forecasting with multiple parameters neural networks pp. 825-835

Yashwant Kashyap, Ankit Bansal and Anil K. Sao

The evaluation of electric energy consumption in the Brazilian residential sector: A technological improvement proposal in order to increase its efficiency pp. 836-844

Mario Henrique da Fonseca Oliveira and Daisy Aparecida do Nascimento Rebelatto

Application of wastewater treatment in sustainable design of green built environments: A review pp. 845-856

Hamidreza Rashidi, Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, Nik Meriam Nik Sulaiman, John Tookey and Nur Awanis Hashim

Renewable micro-generation of heat and electricity—Review on common and missing socio-technical configurations pp. 857-870

Jouni K. Juntunen and Sampsa Hyysalo

Recent innovations in analytical methods for the qualitative and quantitative assessment of lignin pp. 871-906

Jason S. Lupoi, Seema Singh, Ramakrishnan Parthasarathi, Blake A. Simmons and Robert J. Henry

Efficiency optimization of a DSP-based standalone PV system using a stable single input fuzzy logic controller pp. 907-920

Maissa Farhat, Oscar Barambones and Lassaâd Sbita

From a rise in B to a fall in C? SVAR analysis of environmental impact of biofuels pp. 921-930

Giuseppe Piroli, Miroslava Rajcaniova, Pavel Ciaian and d'Artis Kancs

Solar energy in Iran: Current state and outlook pp. 931-942

G. Najafi, B. Ghobadian, R. Mamat, T. Yusaf and W.H. Azmi

The political economy of pollution markets: Historical lessons for modern energy and climate planners pp. 943-953

Benjamin K. Sovacool

Polymer fuel cell components modified by graphene: Electrodes, electrolytes and bipolar plates pp. 954-967

Agnieszka Iwan, Marek Malinowski and Grzegorz Pasciak

The application of the Typical Day Concept in flat plate solar collector models pp. 968-974

David James Wojcicki

A systematic literature review on electricity management systems pp. 975-989

Ghulam Rasool, Farrukh Ehsan and Muhammad Shahbaz

Thermochemical conversion of microalgal biomass for biofuel production pp. 990-999

Abdul Raheem, W.A.K.G. Wan Azlina, Y.H. Taufiq Yap, Michael K. Danquah and Razif Harun

Quantitative analysis of the divergence in energy losses allowed through building envelopes pp. 1000-1008

Beatriz Rodríguez-Soria, Javier Domínguez-Hernández, José M. Pérez-Bella and Juan J. del Coz-Díaz

Influence of sewage treatment on China׳s energy consumption and economy and its performances pp. 1009-1018

XiaoHong Zhang, Jun Cao, JinRong Li, ShiHuai Deng, YanZong Zhang and Jun Wu

Modeling and analysis of the spatiotemporal variations of photosynthetically active radiation in China during 1961–2012 pp. 1019-1032

Lunche Wang, Wei Gong, Bo Hu, Aiwen Lin, Hui Li and Ling Zou

Exploring the depth of energy penetration in economic advancement: Perspective of Bangladesh pp. 1033-1047

Monir Ahmed, A. K. M. Nurul Hossain and Syed Hasanuzzaman

Various special designs of single basin passive solar still – A review pp. 1048-1060

P. Durkaieswaran and K. Kalidasa Murugavel

The potential of sustainable algal biofuel production using CO2 from thermal power plant in India pp. 1061-1074

Saroj S. Baral, Kaustub Singh and Prabudh Sharma

Application of fuzzy analytic hierarchy process to select the optimal heating facility for Korean horticulture and stockbreeding sectors pp. 1075-1083

Sangmin Cho, Jinsoo Kim and Eunnyeong Heo

Review of solar photovoltaic water pumping system technology for irrigation and community drinking water supplies pp. 1084-1099

S.S. Chandel, M. Nagaraju Naik and Rahul Chandel

Sediment erosion in hydro turbines and its effect on the flow around guide vanes of Francis turbine pp. 1100-1113

Biraj Singh Thapa, Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug and Bhola Thapa

Trends of offshore wind projects pp. 1114-1135

S. Rodrigues, C. Restrepo, E. Kontos, R. Teixeira Pinto and P. Bauer

A hybrid piezoelectric micro-power generator for use in low power applications pp. 1136-1144

M׳boungui, G., K. Adendorff, R. Naidoo, A.A. Jimoh and D.E. Okojie

Modelling and forecasting the demand for natural gas in Pakistan pp. 1145-1159

Muhammad Khan

The failure of China׳s Energy Development Strategy 2050 and its impact on carbon emissions pp. 1160-1170

Jie Fan, Qiang Wang and Wei Sun

A three-phase NPC grid-connected inverter for photovoltaic applications using neural network MPPT pp. 1171-1179

Houria Boumaaraf, Abdelaziz Talha and Omar Bouhali

Diversifying the Brazilian electricity mix: Income level, the endowment effect, and governance capacity pp. 1180-1189

Solange Kileber and Virginia Parente

Efficacy of integrated photovoltaics-air source heat pump systems for application in Central-south China pp. 1190-1197

Chenguang Wang, Guangcai Gong, Huan Su and Chuck Wah Yu

Advanced designs of solar desalination systems: A review pp. 1198-1212

A.A. El-Sebaii and E. El-Bialy

The prospects of using Acrocomia aculeata (macaúba) a non-edible biodiesel feedstock in Brazil pp. 1213-1220

Aldara da Silva César, Fabiano de Azedias Almeida, Raquel Pereira de Souza, Gilmar Clemente Silva and A.E. Atabani

Natural gas consumption and economic growth nexus: Is the 10th Malaysian plan attainable within the limits of its resource? pp. 1221-1232

Abdulrashid Rafindadi and Ilhan Ozturk

Present and future options for Miscanthus propagation and establishment pp. 1233-1246

Shuai Xue, Olena Kalinina and Iris Lewandowski

Variable step size modified P&O MPPT algorithm using GA-based hybrid offline/online PID controller pp. 1247-1260

Abdelghani Harrag and Sabir Messalti

A quantitative-based evaluation of the environmental impact and sustainability of a proposed onshore wind farm in the United Kingdom pp. 1261-1270

Jason Phillips

Measuring the regional availability of biomass for biofuels and the potential for microalgae pp. 1271-1285

Jana Kosinkova, Amar Doshi, Juliette Maire, Zoran Ristovski, Richard Brown and Thomas J. Rainey

Assessing the effectiveness of community-promoted environmental protection policy by using a Delphi-fuzzy method: A case study on solar power and plain afforestation in Taiwan pp. 1286-1295

Sung-Lin Hsueh

The potential of renewables versus natural gas with CO2 capture and storage for power generation under CO2 constraints pp. 1296-1322

Machteld van den Broek, Niels Berghout and Edward S. Rubin