Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Volume 143, issue C, 2021

Development of enthalpy-based climate indicators for characterizing building cooling and heating energy demand under climate change

Chuyin Tian, Guohe Huang, Chen Lu, Xiong Zhou and Ruixin Duan

Investing into third generation nuclear power plants - Review of recent trends and analysis of future investments using Monte Carlo Simulation

B. Wealer, S. Bauer, C.v. Hirschhausen, Claudia Kemfert and L. Göke

Analysis of the innovation strategies for green supply chain management in the energy industry using the QFD-based hybrid interval valued intuitionistic fuzzy decision approach

Cui Haiyun, Huang Zhixiong, Serhat Yüksel and Hasan Dinçer

A review of CO2 emissions reduction technologies and low-carbon development in the iron and steel industry focusing on China

Lei Ren, Sheng Zhou, Tianduo Peng and Xunmin Ou

Progress on suspended nanostructured engineering materials powered solar distillation- a review

Siva Ram Akkala, Ajay Kumar Kaviti, T. ArunKumar and Vineet Singh Sikarwar

Heteroatom-doped graphene-based materials for sustainable energy applications: A review

Seung Jun Lee, Jayaraman Theerthagiri, Palaniyandy Nithyadharseni, Prabhakarn Arunachalam, Dhandapani Balaji, Arumugam Madan Kumar, Jagannathan Madhavan, Vikas Mittal and Myong Yong Choi

Prospects of renewable energy as a non-rivalry energy alternative in Libya

Mohamed Almaktar and Mohamed Shaaban

Optimal site selection for photovoltaic power plants using a GIS-based multi-criteria decision making and spatial overlay with electric load

S. Zambrano-Asanza, J. Quiros-Tortos and John F. Franco

Decarbonizing the food and beverages industry: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options

Benjamin K. Sovacool, Morgan Bazilian, Steve Griffiths, Jinsoo Kim, Aoife Foley and David Rooney

Grid versus off-grid electricity access options: A review on the economic and environmental impacts

P. Ortega-Arriaga, O. Babacan, J. Nelson and A. Gambhir

Modeling of wind turbine generators for power system stability studies: A review

Xiuqiang He, Hua Geng and Gang Mu

Potential substitutes for critical materials in white LEDs: Technological challenges and market opportunities

Pierre Gaffuri, Elena Stolyarova, Daniel Llerena, Estelle Appert, Marianne Consonni, Stéphane Robin and Vincent Consonni

A PESTLE analysis of solar home systems in refugee camps in Rwanda

P.J.M. Thomas, P. Sandwell, S.J. Williamson and P.W. Harper

Who drives green innovations? Characteristics and policy implications for green building collaborative innovation networks in China

Ge Wang, Yang Li, Jian Zuo, Wenbo Hu, Qingwei Nie and Heqian Lei

Reductive amination of levulinic acid or its derivatives to pyrrolidones over heterogeneous catalysts in the batch and continuous flow reactors: A review

M.V. Bukhtiyarova and G.A. Bukhtiyarova

Techno-economic viability of on grid micro-hybrid PV/wind/Gen system for an educational building in Iran

Hadi Taghavifar and Zahra Sadat Zomorodian

Sustainable MXenes-based membranes for highly energy-efficient separations

Mashallah Rezakazemi, Ahmad Arabi Shamsabadi, Haiqing Lin, Patricia Luis, Seeram Ramakrishna and Tejraj M. Aminabhavi

Degradation types of reflector materials used in concentrating solar thermal systems

A. García-Segura, F. Sutter, L. Martínez-Arcos, T.J. Reche-Navarro, F. Wiesinger, J. Wette, F. Buendía-Martínez and A. Fernández-García

Techno-Economic Analysis of decentralized preprocessing systems for fast pyrolysis biorefineries with blended feedstocks in the southeastern United States

Kai Lan, Longwen Ou, Sunkyu Park, Stephen S. Kelley, Burton English, Tun-hsiang Yu, James Larson and Yuan Yao

Investigation of possible solid waste power potential for distributed generation development to overcome the power crises of Karachi city

Krishan Lal Khatri, Amir Raza Muhammad, Shakir Ali Soomro, Nadeem Ahmed Tunio and Muhammad Mubarak Ali

Pollution control of wastewater from the coal chemical industry in China: Environmental management policy and technical standards

Jingxin Shi, Wenping Huang, Hongjun Han and Chunyan Xu

Impact of demand response on escalating energy access with affordable solar photovoltaic generation in the Global South

Manojit Ray and Basab Chakraborty

Wind energy's bycatch: Offshore wind deployment impacts on hydropower operation and migratory fish

Olivia Pfeiffer, Destenie Nock and Erin Baker

A review and appraisal of Nigeria's solar energy policy objectives and strategies against the backdrop of the renewable energy policy of the Economic Community of West African States

Chigbogu G. Ozoegwu and Patrick U. Akpan

Review analysis of COVID-19 impact on electricity demand for residential buildings

Moncef Krarti and Mohammad Aldubyan

Artificial intelligence and internet of things to improve efficacy of diagnosis and remote sensing of solar photovoltaic systems: Challenges, recommendations and future directions

Adel Mellit and Soteris Kalogirou

A new model for ex-post quantification of the effects of local actions for climate change mitigation

I. Azevedo and V. Leal

No real option for solar in Ireland: A real option valuation of utility scale solar investment in Ireland

Martina Assereto and Julie Byrne

Integrating high share of renewable energy into power system using customer-sited energy storage

Siyuan Chen, Zheng Li and Weiqi Li

Photovoltaics in Sweden – Success or failure?

Johnn Andersson, Hans Hellsmark and Björn Sandén

Getting your hands dirty: A data digging exercise to unearth the EU's bio-based chemical sector

Edoardo Baldoni, George Philippidis, Jurjen Spekreijse, Patricia Gurría, Tijs Lammens, Claudia Parisi, Tévécia Ronzon, Martijn Vis and Robert M'Barek

How landscape-technology fit affects public evaluations of renewable energy infrastructure scenarios. A hybrid choice model

B. Salak, K. Lindberg, F. Kienast and M. Hunziker

Environmental sustainability and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa: A modified EKC hypothesis

Dagmawe Tenaw and Abebe D. Beyene

Improvement of harmonic conditions in the AC/DC microgrids with the presence of filter compensation modules

N. Khosravi, H.R. Abdolmohammadi, S. Bagheri and M.R. Miveh

Review on modeling approaches for packed-bed thermal storage systems

Ignacio Calderón-Vásquez, Eduardo Cortés, Jesús García, Valentina Segovia, Alejandro Caroca, Cristóbal Sarmiento, Rodrigo Barraza and José M. Cardemil

Peer-to-peer energy trading in a microgrid leveraged by smart contracts

Guilherme Vieira and Jie Zhang

Examining the impact of factor price distortions and social welfare on innovation efficiency from the microdata of Chinese renewable energy industry

Sen Qiao, Hsing Hung Chen and Rong Rong Zhang

A critical review of ammonia recovery from anaerobic digestate of organic wastes via stripping

Advait Palakodeti, Samet Azman, Barbara Rossi, Raf Dewil and Lise Appels

Power outages and bill savings: A choice experiment on residential demand response acceptability in Delhi

A. Srivastava, S. Van Passel, P. Valkering and E.J.W. Laes

Fossil or bioenergy? Global fuel market trends

Diana Londoño-Pulgarin, Giovanny Cardona-Montoya, Juan C. Restrepo and Francisco Muñoz-Leiva

Applicability evaluation of cast-in-place energy piles based on two-year heating and cooling operation

Sangwoo Park, Seokjae Lee, Chihun Sung and Hangseok Choi

Yeasts as microbial cell factories for sustainable production of biofuels

Zihe Liu, Hamideh Moradi, Shuobo Shi and Farshad Darvishi

Business strategies for flexibility aggregators to steer clear of being “too small to bid”

Merla Kubli and Patrizio Canzi

Restoration of smart grids: Current status, challenges, and opportunities

Dongming Fan, Yi Ren, Qiang Feng, Yiliu Liu, Zili Wang and Jing Lin

Land use for United States power generation: A critical review of existing metrics with suggestions for going forward

Elizabeth Wachs and Bernard Engel

Hybrid sorption-vapor compression cooling systems: A comprehensive overview

Mohamed G. Gado, Shinichi Ookawara, Sameh Nada and Ibrahim I. El-Sharkawy

Electric vehicles and charging infrastructure in Turkey: An overview

Ömer Gönül, A. Can Duman and Önder Güler

Prospects and restraints in biogas fed SOFC for rural energization: A critical review in indian perspective

N. Kamalimeera and V. Kirubakaran

Social influence and economic intervention policies to save energy at home: Critical questions for the new decade and evidence from air-condition use

Constantine Spandagos, Erik Baark, Tze Ling Ng and Masaru Yarime

A consolidated MCDM framework for performance assessment of battery electric vehicles based on ranking strategies

Fatih Ecer

A comparative state-of-technology review and future directions for rare earth element separation

Emmanuel Ohene Opare, Ethan Struhs and Amin Mirkouei

Air electrodes and related degradation mechanisms in solid oxide electrolysis and reversible solid oxide cells

M.S. Khan, X. Xu, R. Knibbe and Z. Zhu

Policy mixes to achieve sustainable mobility after the COVID-19 crisis

S. Griffiths, D. Furszyfer Del Rio and B. Sovacool

Dual injection: An effective and efficient technology to use renewable fuels in spark ignition engines

Yuhan Huang, Nic C. Surawski, Yuan Zhuang, John L. Zhou and Guang Hong

Potential applications based on the formation and dissociation of gas hydrates

Hongsheng Dong, Jiaqi Wang, Zhuoxue Xie, Bin Wang, Lunxiang Zhang and Quan Shi

Practical issues in implementing machine-learning models for building energy efficiency: Moving beyond obstacles

Zeyu Wang, Jian Liu, Yuanxin Zhang, Hongping Yuan, Ruixue Zhang and Ravi S. Srinivasan

Review on building energy model calibration by Bayesian inference

D. Hou, I.G. Hassan and L. Wang

Wave energy in the UK: Status review and future perspectives

Siya Jin and Deborah Greaves

Solutions to obstacles in the commercialization of room-temperature magnetic refrigeration

Yaokang Zhang, Jianghong Wu, Jing He, Kai Wang and Guoxin Yu

Investigating the embodied energy and carbon of buildings: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of life cycle assessments

Roberto Minunno, Timothy O'Grady, Gregory M. Morrison and Richard L. Gruner

Researchers perception regarding socio-technical approaches implementation in their own research. Thermal energy storage researchers as example

Ruth Carbajo and Luisa F. Cabeza

Which countries are prepared to green their coal-based steel industry with electricity? - Reviewing climate and energy policy as well as the implementation of renewable electricity

Marlene Arens, Max Åhman and Valentin Vogl

Upgrading biogas into syngas through dry reforming

Sungyup Jung, Jechan Lee, Deok Hyun Moon, Ki-Hyun Kim and Eilhann E. Kwon

A critical review on biofilm-based reactor systems for enhanced syngas fermentation processes

Burcu Gunes

Common strategies for improving the performances of tin and bismuth-based catalysts in the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to formic acid/formate

Xiaowei An, Shasha Li, Xiaoqiong Hao, Zhengkun Xie, Xiao Du, Zhongde Wang, Xiaogang Hao, Abuliti Abudula and Guoqing Guan

Demarketing strategies to rationalize electricity consumption in the Gaza Strip-Palestine

Mohammed Z. Salem, Myriam Ertz and Emine Sarigӧllü

Bibliometric analysis of renewable energy types using key performance indicators and multicriteria decision models

Mirian Bortoluzzi, Celso Correia de Souza and Marcelo Furlan

Cover shields for sub-ambient radiative cooling: A literature review

Ji Zhang, Jianjuan Yuan, Junwei Liu, Zhihua Zhou, Jiyuan Sui, Jincheng Xing and Jian Zuo

A perspective on catalytic hydropyrolysis of biomass

Magnus Zingler Stummann, Martin Høj, Jostein Gabrielsen, Lasse Røngaard Clausen, Peter Arendt Jensen and Anker Degn Jensen

Poplar wood torrefaction: Kinetics, thermochemistry and implications

Meiyun Chai, Li Xie, Xi Yu, Xingguang Zhang, Yang Yang, Md. Maksudur Rahman, Paula H. Blanco, Ronghou Liu, Anthony V. Bridgwater and Junmeng Cai

Which water electrolysis technology is appropriate?: Critical insights of potential water electrolysis for green ammonia production

Boreum Lee, Dongjun Lim, Hyunjun Lee and Hankwon Lim

The possibilities to improve ship's energy efficiency through the application of PV installation including cooled modules

Zbigniew Zapałowicz and Wojciech Zeńczak

Impact of lower and higher alcohols on the physicochemical properties of particulate matter from diesel engines: A review

Meisam Ahmadi Ghadikolaei, Pak Kin Wong, Chun Shun Cheung, Zhi Ning, Ka-Fu Yung, Jing Zhao, Nirmal Kumar Gali and Alireza Valipour Berenjestanaki

Valorization of volatile fatty acids from the dark fermentation waste Streams-A promising pathway for a biorefinery concept

Patrick T. Sekoai, Anish Ghimire, Obinna T. Ezeokoli, Subramanya Rao, Wing Y. Ngan, Olivier Habimana, Yuan Yao, Pu Yang, Aster Hei Yiu Fung, Kelvin O. Yoro, Michael O. Daramola and Chun-Hsiung Hung

A critical review on the development stage of biorefinery systems towards the management of apple processing-derived waste

Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, Jorge A. Ferreira, Ranjna Sirohi, Surendra Sarsaiya, Benyamin Khoshnevisan, Samin Baladi, Raveendran Sindhu, Parameswaran Binod, Ashok Pandey, Ankita Juneja, Deepak Kumar, Zengqiang Zhang and Mohammad J. Taherzadeh

The role of public energy R&D in energy conservation and transition: Experiences from IEA countries

Zhishuang Zhu, Hua Liao and Li Liu