Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Volume 43, issue C, 2015

Performance measurement and indicators for water supply management: Review and international cases pp. 1-12

Mateus Ricardo Nogueira Vilanova, Paulo Magalhães Filho and José Antônio Perrella Balestieri

A review of promising candidate reactions for chemical heat storage pp. 13-31

T. Yan, R.Z. Wang, T.X. Li, L.W. Wang and Ishugah T. Fred

Ghana׳s bioenergy policy: Is 20% biofuel integration achievable by 2030? pp. 32-39

Insah Iddrisu and Subhes C. Bhattacharyya

Operation, performance and economic analysis of low head micro-hydropower turbines for rural and remote areas: A review pp. 40-50

A.H. Elbatran, O.B. Yaakob, Yasser M. Ahmed and H.M. Shabara

Power-quality issues and the need for reactive-power compensation in the grid integration of wind power pp. 51-64

Muhammad A. Saqib and Ali Z. Saleem

Review of the network environmental efficiencies of listed petroleum enterprises in China pp. 65-71

Malin Song, Jie Zhang and Shuhong Wang

Hydrokinetic energy conversion systems: A technology status review pp. 72-82

M. Ishak Yuce and Abdullah Muratoglu

Carbon free energy development and the role of small modular reactors: A review and decision framework for deployment in developing countries pp. 83-94

Geoffrey Black, Meredith A. Taylor Black, David Solan and David Shropshire

Biogas: A boon for sustainable energy development in India׳s cold climate pp. 95-101

Shiv Kumar Lohan, Jagvir Dixit, Rohitashw Kumar, Yogesh Pandey, Junaid Khan, Mohd. Ishaq, Sheikh Modasir and Dinesh Kumar

Solar PV array reconfiguration under partial shading conditions for maximum power extraction using genetic algorithm pp. 102-110

Shubhankar Niranjan Deshkar, Sumedh Bhaskar Dhale, Jishnu Shekar Mukherjee, T. Sudhakar Babu and N. Rajasekar

Energy consumption of China’s crop production system and the related emissions pp. 111-125

XiaoHong Zhang, HengYu Pan, Jun Cao and JinRong Li

Waste to energy analysis of shakarganj sugar mills; biogas production from the spent wash for electricity generation pp. 126-132

Abdullah Yasar, Aleena Ali, Amtul Bari Tabinda and Aleena Tahir

Behavior of Chinese enterprises in evaluating wind power projects: A review based on survey pp. 133-142

Zhongqun Wu and Hongxia Sun

Review of micro- and small-scale technologies to produce electricity and heat from Mediterranean forests׳ wood chips pp. 143-155

Arnau González, Jordi-Roger Riba, Rita Puig and Pere Navarro

Sustainable photovoltaic technology development: step-by-step guidance for countries facing PV proliferation turmoil under the feed-in tariff scheme pp. 156-163

Anton Ming-Zhi Gao, Chien-Te Fan, Ji-Jung Kai and Chao-Ning Liao

A review on hybrid nanofluids: Recent research, development and applications pp. 164-177

Jahar Sarkar, Pradyumna Ghosh and Arjumand Adil

A quantitative analysis of Low Carbon Society (LCS) measures in Thai industrial sector pp. 178-195

Sujeetha Selvakkumaran, Bundit Limmeechokchai, Toshihiko Masui, Tatsuya Hanaoka and Yuzuru Matsuoka

Low-cost low-enthalpy geothermal heat for freshwater production: Innovative applications using thermal desalination processes pp. 196-206

Jochen Bundschuh, Noreddine Ghaffour, Hacene Mahmoudi, Mattheus Goosen, Shahbaz Mushtaq and Jan Hoinkis

Consumer knowledge, information sources used and predisposition towards the adoption of wood pellets in domestic heating systems pp. 207-215

I. García-Maroto, A. García-Maraver, Francisco Muñoz-Leiva and M. Zamorano

Solar energy resource assessment in Mexican states along the Gulf of Mexico pp. 216-238

Q. Hernández-Escobedo, E. Rodríguez-García, R. Saldaña-Flores, A. Fernández-García and F. Manzano-Agugliaro

The future of nuclear safety: vital role of geoscientists? pp. 239-243

Qiang Wang, Awadhesh N. Jha, Xi Chen, Jie-fang Dong and Xing-min Wang

Biorefining in the prevailing energy and materials crisis: a review of sustainable pathways for biorefinery value chains and sustainability assessment methodologies pp. 244-263

Ranjan Parajuli, Tommy Dalgaard, Uffe Jørgensen, Anders Peter S. Adamsen, Marie Trydeman Knudsen, Morten Birkved, Morten Gylling and Jan Kofod Schjørring

A critical analysis of factors affecting photovoltaic-green roof performance pp. 264-280

Chr. Lamnatou and D. Chemisana

Chars as carbonaceous adsorbents/catalysts for tar elimination during biomass pyrolysis or gasification pp. 281-295

Yafei Shen

Application of solar energy in the oil industry—Current status and future prospects pp. 296-314

M. Absi Halabi, A. Al-Qattan and A. Al-Otaibi

Urban air pollution and urban daily mobility in large Tunisia׳s cities pp. 315-320

Rafaa Mraihi, Riadh Harizi, Talel Mraihi and Mohamed Taoufik Bouzidi

The role of Portuguese electricity generation regimes and industrial production pp. 321-330

António Marques and José Alberto Fuinhas

Prospect of biofuels as an alternative transport fuel in Australia pp. 331-351

A.K. Azad, M.G. Rasul, M.M.K. Khan, Subhash C. Sharma and M.A. Hazrat

Current scenario and prospects of use of liquid biofuels in South America pp. 352-362

Paulo André Cremonez, Michael Feroldi, Armin Feiden, Joel Gustavo Teleken, Diego José Gris, Jonathan Dieter, Eduardo de Rossi and Jhonatas Antonelli

An overview on thermal and fluid flow characteristics in a plain plate finned and un-finned tube banks heat exchanger pp. 363-380

Tahseen Ahmad Tahseen, M. Ishak and M.M. Rahman

Variation of the wave energy and significant wave height in the China Sea and adjacent waters pp. 381-387

Chong Wei Zheng and Chong Yin Li

Amorphous silicon thin-film: Behaviour of light-induced degradation pp. 388-402

M.Z. Hussin, S. Shaari, A.M. Omar and Z.M. Zain

Energy balance analysis of the Brazilian alcohol for flex fuel production pp. 403-414

Melissa Mandaloufas, Wendell de Queiroz Lamas, Scott Brown and Anamari Irizarry Quintero

Microgrid architectures for low voltage distributed generation pp. 415-424

Iván Patrao, Emilio Figueres, Gabriel Garcerá and Raúl González-Medina

Experimental study of geometrical and climate effects on the performance of a small solar chimney pp. 425-431

Mehran Ghalamchi, Alibakhsh Kasaeian and Mehrdad Ghalamchi

The public’s value for developing ocean energy technology in the Republic of Korea: A contingent valuation study pp. 432-439

So-Yoon Kwak and Seung-Hoon Yoo

A critical review on potential and current status of wind energy in Vietnam pp. 440-448

Nguyen Duc Luong

Melting and convection of phase change materials in different shape containers: A review pp. 449-477

Nabeel S. Dhaidan and J.M. Khodadadi

Life-cycle analysis of flow-assisted nickel zinc-, manganese dioxide-, and valve-regulated lead-acid batteries designed for demand-charge reduction pp. 478-494

Constantine Spanos, Damon E. Turney and Vasilis Fthenakis

An expatiate review of neem, jatropha, rubber and karanja as multipurpose non-edible biodiesel resources and comparison of their fuel, engine and emission properties pp. 495-520

Mohammed Takase, Ting Zhao, Min Zhang, Yao Chen, Hongyang Liu, Liuqing Yang and Xiangyang Wu

Comparing meshless local Petrov–Galerkin and artificial neural networks methods for modeling heat transfer in cisterns pp. 521-529

M. Razavi, A.R. Dehghani-sanij, M.R. Khani and M.R. Dehghani

Mathematical modeling of production and biorefinery of energy crops pp. 530-544

Lijun Wang, Samuel A. Agyemang, Hossein Amini and Abolghasem Shahbazi

Sustainable bioenergy options for Mexico: GHG mitigation and costs pp. 545-552

Carlos A. García, Enrique Riegelhaupt, Adrián Ghilardi, Margaret Skutsch, Jorge Islas, Fabio Manzini and Omar Masera

Techno-economic evaluation of various hybrid power systems for rural telecom pp. 553-561

W. Margaret Amutha and V. Rajini

Overview of wind energy in the world and assessment of current wind energy policies in Turkey pp. 562-568

Yusuf Alper Kaplan

Local steady-state and quasi steady-state impact studies of high photovoltaic generation penetration in power distribution circuits pp. 569-583

Jaesung Jung, Ahmet Onen, Kevin Russell and Robert P. Broadwater

A review on the applications of nanofluids in solar energy systems pp. 584-598

Alibakhsh Kasaeian, Amin Toghi Eshghi and Mohammad Sameti

Hydrogen from photo-catalytic water splitting process: A review pp. 599-610

H. Ahmad, S.K. Kamarudin, L.J. Minggu and M. Kassim

Encouraging the environmentally sound management of C&D waste in China: An integrative review and research agenda pp. 611-620

Huabo Duan, Jiayuan Wang and Qifei Huang

A study on global solar PV energy developments and policies with special focus on the top ten solar PV power producing countries pp. 621-634

Bikash Kumar Sahu

ANNs-based modeling and prediction of hourly flow rate of a photovoltaic water pumping system: Experimental validation pp. 635-643

S. Haddad, M. Benghanem, A. Mellit and K.O. Daffallah

The industrial performance of wind power industry in China pp. 644-655

Yuanxin Liu, Lingzhi Ren, Yanbin Li and Xin-gang Zhao

Reducing computational effort in the calculation of annual energy produced in wind farms pp. 656-665

Angel G. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Manuel Burgos-Payan, Jesus Riquelme-Santos and Javier Serrano-Gonzalez

Power to the people: Local community initiatives and the transition to sustainable energy pp. 666-675

Tineke van der Schoor and Bert Scholtens

Energy conservation of electrolytic aluminum industry in China pp. 676-686

Boqiang Lin and Lin Xu

Why small-scale fuel ethanol production in Brazil does not take off? pp. 687-701

Flávio Dias Mayer, Liliana Amaral Feris, Nilson Romeu Marcilio and Ronaldo Hoffmann

Comprehensive investigations of life cycle climate performance of packaged air source heat pumps for residential application pp. 702-710

Gang Li

Review of renewable energy industry in Beijing: Development status, obstacles and proposals pp. 711-725

Hongze Li, Sen Guo, Liuyang Cui, Jiaojiao Yan, Jiaojiao Liu and Bao Wang

AC and DC technology in microgrids: A review pp. 726-749

Estefanía Planas, Jon Andreu, José Ignacio Gárate, Iñigo Martínez de Alegría and Edorta Ibarra

Spotlight on available optical properties and models of nanofluids: A review pp. 750-762

Mohammad Sajid Hossain, R. Saidur, Mohd Faizul Mohd Sabri, Z. Said and Samir Hassani

Worldwide overview of solar thermal cooling technologies pp. 763-774

Abdul Ghafoor and Anjum Munir

The status of the hydrogen and fuel cell innovation system in Iran pp. 775-783

Masoud Nasiri, Reza Ramazani Khorshid-Doust and Nasser Bagheri Moghaddam

Real time hybrid modeling for ocean wave energy converters pp. 784-795

Thomas Börner and Mohammad-Reza Alam

Wind energy deployment in the U.S.: An empirical analysis of the role of federal and state policies pp. 796-806

Gireesh Shrimali, Melissa Lynes and Joe Indvik

Evaluating the potential of the use of biodiesel for power generation in Brazil pp. 807-817

Márcio de Almeida D´Agosto, Marcelino Aurélio Vieira da Silva, Cíntia Machado de Oliveira, Luíza Santana Franca, Luiz Guilherme da Costa Marques, Aurélio Lamare Soares Murta and Marcos Aurelio Vasconcelos de Freitas

A futuristic review for evaluation of geothermal potentials using fuzzy logic and binary index overlay in GIS environment pp. 818-831

Behnam Sadeghi and Masoumeh Khalajmasoumi

Performance analysis of combined cycle power plants: A case study pp. 832-842

Erdem Ersayin and Leyla Ozgener

A global review of energy consumption, CO2 emissions and policy in the residential sector (with an overview of the top ten CO2 emitting countries) pp. 843-862

Payam Nejat, Fatemeh Jomehzadeh, Mohammad Mahdi Taheri, Mohammad Gohari and Muhd Zaimi Abd. Majid

A thermodynamic review of solar air heaters pp. 863-890

Abhishek Saxena, Varun, and A.A. El-Sebaii

A review of survivability and remedial actions of tidal current turbines pp. 891-900

Long Chen and Wei-Haur Lam

The socio-economic, dwelling and appliance related factors affecting electricity consumption in domestic buildings pp. 901-917

Rory V. Jones, Alba Fuertes and Kevin J. Lomas

A review on development of photovoltaic water pumping system pp. 918-925

Packiam Periasamy, N.K. Jain and I.P. Singh

Future perspectives of international bioenergy trade pp. 926-941

Julian Matzenberger, Lukas Kranzl, Eric Tromborg, Martin Junginger, Vassilis Daioglou, Chun Sheng Goh and Kimon Keramidas

Lessons from the use of a long-term energy model for consequential life cycle assessment: The BTL case pp. 942-960

Fabio Menten, Stephane Tchung-Ming, Daphné Lorne and Frédérique Bouvart

Biogas production from algal biomass: A review pp. 961-972

M.E. Montingelli, S. Tedesco and A.G. Olabi

Recent development of graphene materials applied in polymer solar cell pp. 973-980

Youyi Sun, Wenhui Zhang, HuiJun Chi, Yaqing Liu, Chu Ling Hou and Daining Fang

Advances in data center thermal management pp. 981-996

Yogesh Fulpagare and Atul Bhargav

Design of two axes sun tracking controller with analytically solar radiation calculations pp. 997-1005

Saban Yilmaz, Hasan Riza Ozcalik, Osman Dogmus, Furkan Dincer, Oguzhan Akgol and Muharrem Karaaslan

The role of soil properties and it’s interaction towards quality plant fiber: A review pp. 1006-1015

H.P.S. Abdul Khalil, Md. Sohrab Hossain, Enih Rosamah, N.A. Azli, N. Saddon, Y. Davoudpoura, Md. Nazrul Islam and Rudi Dungani

Thermodynamic and environmental analyses of biomass, solar and electrical energy options based building heating applications pp. 1016-1034

Hakan Caliskan

Improving electricity supply security in Ghana—The potential of renewable energy pp. 1035-1045

Samuel Gyamfi, Mawufemo Modjinou and Sinisa Djordjevic

A review of estimation of effective wind speed based control of wind turbines pp. 1046-1062

Debashisha Jena and Saravanakumar Rajendran

Biofuels in Brazilian aviation: Current scenario and prospects pp. 1063-1072

Paulo André Cremonez, Michael Feroldi, Amanda Viana de Araújo, Maykon Negreiros Borges, Thompson Weiser Meier, Armin Feiden and Joel Gustavo Teleken

Theoretical limits of photovoltaics efficiency and possible improvements by intuitive approaches learned from photosynthesis and quantum coherence pp. 1073-1089

Fahhad H. Alharbi and Sabre Kais

Motivators for adoption of photovoltaic systems at grid parity: A case study from Southern Germany pp. 1090-1098

Emrah Karakaya, Antonio Hidalgo and Cali Nuur

Decision support system for operation, scheduling and optimization of hydro power plant in Jammu and Kashmir region pp. 1099-1113

R.N. Sharma, Narottam Chand, Veena Sharma and Deepika Yadav

Design and simulation of a solar supplied multifunctional active power filter and a comparative study on the current-detection algorithms pp. 1114-1126

Yahia Bouzelata, Erol Kurt, Necmi Altın and Rachid Chenni

Adoption of low-cost energy efficiency measures in the tertiary sector—An empirical analysis based on energy survey data pp. 1127-1133

Barbara Schlomann and Joachim Schleich

Feasibility study and sensitivity analysis of a stand-alone photovoltaic–diesel–battery hybrid energy system in the north of Algeria pp. 1134-1150

H. Rezzouk and A. Mellit

Hydrogen the future transportation fuel: From production to applications pp. 1151-1158

Sunita Sharma and Sib Krishna Ghoshal

Thermo-hydraulic performance due to relative roughness pitch in V-down rib with gap in solar air heater duct—Comparison with similar rib roughness geometries pp. 1159-1166

Sukhmeet Singh, Subhash Chander and J.S. Saini

Entropy generation analysis as a design tool—A review pp. 1167-1181

A. Sciacovelli, V. Verda and E. Sciubba

Review of heat transfer in nanofluids: Conductive, convective and radiative experimental results pp. 1182-1198

Mauro Lomascolo, Gianpiero Colangelo, Marco Milanese and Arturo de Risi

Seasonal thermal energy storage with heat pumps and low temperatures in building projects—A comparative review pp. 1199-1213

Arefeh Hesaraki, Sture Holmberg and Fariborz Haghighat

Review of development of artificial roughness in solar air heater and performance evaluation of different orientations for double arc rib roughness pp. 1214-1223

A.M. Lanjewar, J.L. Bhagoria and M.K. Agrawal

Is the “Sun” still hot in China? The study of the present situation, problems and trends of the photovoltaic industry in China pp. 1224-1237

Zeng Ming, Ouyang Shaojie, Shi Hui and Ge Yujian

Deterioration of automotive rubbers in liquid biofuels: A review pp. 1238-1248

Shahin Akhlaghi, Ulf W. Gedde, Mikael S. Hedenqvist, Maria T. Conde Braña and Martin Bellander

Smart meter communication standards in Europe – a comparison pp. 1249-1262

Sabine Erlinghagen, Bill Lichtensteiger and Jochen Markard

The challenging life of wave energy devices at sea: A few points to consider pp. 1263-1272

Roxana Tiron, Fionn Mallon, Frédéric Dias and Emmanuel G. Reynaud

Using phase change materials in photovoltaic systems for thermal regulation and electrical efficiency improvement: A review and outlook pp. 1273-1284

Tao Ma, Hongxing Yang, Yinping Zhang, Lin Lu and Xin Wang

Energy-saving power generation dispatching in China: Regulations, pilot projects and policy recommendations—A review pp. 1285-1300

Jun Dong, Guiyuan Xue, Mengmeng Dong and Xiaolin Xu

A study, analysis and power management schemes for fuel cells pp. 1301-1319

Rupendra Kumar Pachauri and Yogesh K. Chauhan

Review of energy and climate policy developments in Japan before and after Fukushima pp. 1320-1332

Takeshi Kuramochi

Review of China’s wind power firms internationalization: Status quo, determinants, prospects and policy implications pp. 1333-1342

Sufang Zhang, Wei Wang, Lu Wang and Xiaoli Zhao

Membrane processes and renewable energies pp. 1343-1398

M.G. Buonomenna and J. Bae

Unconventional experimental technologies available for phase change materials (PCM) characterization. Part 1. Thermophysical properties pp. 1399-1414

Luisa F. Cabeza, Camila Barreneche, Ingrid Martorell, Laia Miró, Sana Sari-Bey, Magali Fois, Halime O. Paksoy, Nurten Sahan, Robert Weber, Mariaella Constantinescu, Elena Maria Anghel, Marta Malikova, Igor Krupa, Mónica Delgado, Pablo Dolado, Piotr Furmanski, Maciej Jaworski, Thomas Haussmann, Stefan Gschwander and A. Inés Fernández

Unconventional experimental technologies used for phase change materials (PCM) characterization: part 2 – morphological and structural characterization, physico-chemical stability and mechanical properties pp. 1415-1426

A. Inés Fernández, Aran Solé, Jessica Giró-Paloma, Mònica Martínez, Mila Hadjieva, Abdel Boudenne, Mariaella Constantinescu, Elena Maria Anghel, Marta Malikova, Igor Krupa, Conchita Peñalosa, Ana Lázaro, Halime O. Paksoy, Kemal Cellat, Jana Vecstaudža, Diana Bajare, Bostjan Sumiga, Bojana Boh, Thomas Haussmann, Stefan Gschwander, Robert Weber, Piotr Furmanski, Maciej Jaworski and Luisa F. Cabeza

Opportunities, recent trends and challenges of integrated biorefinery: Part I pp. 1427-1445

Sunil K. Maity

Opportunities, recent trends and challenges of integrated biorefinery: Part II pp. 1446-1466

Sunil K. Maity