Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Volume 140, issue C, 2021

Converting waste cooking oil to biodiesel in China: Environmental impacts and economic feasibility

Yuanhao Zhao, Changbo Wang, Lixiao Zhang, Yuan Chang and Yan Hao

Combining food and energy production: Design of an agrivoltaic system applied in arable and vegetable farming in Germany

Max Trommsdorff, Jinsuk Kang, Christian Reise, Stephan Schindele, Georg Bopp, Andrea Ehmann, Axel Weselek, Petra Högy and Tabea Obergfell

How to achieve a low-carbon transition in the heavy industry? A nonlinear perspective

Bin Xu and Jianbao Chen

Optimisation of renewable energy powered reverse osmosis desalination systems: A state-of-the-art review

Ewaoche John Okampo and Nnamdi Nwulu

Advanced exergy analyses and optimization of a cogeneration system for ceramic industry by considering endogenous, exogenous, avoidable and unavoidable exergies under different environmental conditions

Hasan Caglayan and Hakan Caliskan

Combined capacity and operation optimisation of lithium-ion battery energy storage working with a combined heat and power system

Dacheng Li, Songshan Guo, Wei He, Marcus King and Jihong Wang

Post-processing in solar forecasting: Ten overarching thinking tools

Dazhi Yang and Dennis van der Meer

Who is willing to pay for solar lamps in rural India? A longitudinal study

Rohit Sharma, Deepak Choudhary, Sayli Shiradkar, Praveen Kumar, Jayendran Venkateswaran, Chetan Singh Solanki and Gautam N. Yadama

Comparative analysis of user comfort and thermal performance of six types of vernacular dwellings as the first step towards climate resilient, sustainable and bioclimatic architecture in western sub-Saharan Africa

Barbara Widera

Melting heat transportation in radiative flow of nanomaterials with irreversibility analysis

Sohail A. Khan, T. Hayat, A. Alsaedi and B. Ahmad

Unconventional uranium in China's phosphate rock: Review and outlook

Delei Shang, Bernhard Geissler, Michael Mew, Liliya Satalkina, Lukas Zenk, Harikrishnan Tulsidas, Lee Barker, Adil El-Yahyaoui, Ahmed Hussein, Mohamed Taha, Yanhua Zheng, Menglai Wang, Yuan Yao, Xiaodong Liu, Huidong Deng, Jun Zhong, Ziying Li, Gerald Steiner, Martin Bertau and Nils Haneklaus

Projecting global water footprints diminution of a dew-point cooling system: Sustainability approach assisted with energetic and economic assessment

Rasikh Tariq, Nadeem Ahmed Sheikh, A. Livas-García, J. Xamán, A. Bassam and Valeriy Maisotsenko

Techno-economic and environmental characterization of industrial technologies for transparent bottom-up energy modeling

D. Lerede, C. Bustreo, F. Gracceva, M. Saccone and L. Savoldi

The role of flexibility in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: Contributing to a sustainable and resilient energy future in Europe

Raphael Heffron, Marc-Fabian Körner, Michael Schöpf, Jonathan Wagner and Martin Weibelzahl

Advanced power inverter topologies and modulation techniques for common-mode voltage elimination in electric motor drive systems

Endika Robles, Markel Fernandez, Jon Andreu, Edorta Ibarra and Unai Ugalde

Practical approaches for implementation of energy piles in Iran based on the lessons learned from the developed countries experiences

Davood Yazdani Cherati and Omid Ghasemi-Fare

Pairing geothermal technology and solar photovoltaics for net-zero energy homes

Rebecca Neves, Heejin Cho and Jian Zhang

Environmental, economic, and social impacts of geothermal energy systems

M. Soltani, Farshad Moradi Kashkooli, Mohammad Souri, Behnam Rafiei, Mohammad Jabarifar, Kobra Gharali and Jatin S. Nathwani

Phase change materials integrated into building walls: An updated review

B. Lamrani, K. Johannes and F. Kuznik

Energy performance, environmental impact and cost of a range of insulation materials

T. Dickson and S. Pavía

Critical analysis of the limitations and validity of the assumptions with the analytical methods commonly used to determine the photovoltaic cell parameters

Firoz Khan, Amir Al-Ahmed and Fahad A. Al-Sulaiman

A systematic review of the smart energy conservation system: From smart homes to sustainable smart cities

Hakpyeong Kim, Heeju Choi, Hyuna Kang, Jongbaek An, Seungkeun Yeom and Taehoon Hong

An insight to pretreatment, enzyme adsorption and enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass: Experimental and modeling studies

Haiyan Zhang, Lujia Han and Hongmin Dong

Volume 139, issue C, 2021

An estimation of the European industrial heat pump market potential

A. Marina, S. Spoelstra, H.A. Zondag and A.K. Wemmers

Biobased economy for Brazil: Impacts and strategies for maximizing socioeconomic benefits

P.G. Machado, M. Cunha, A. Walter, A. Faaij and Joaquim Guilhoto

Solar integrated hydrothermal processes: A review

Alejandro Ayala-Cortés, Pedro Arcelus-Arrillaga, Marcos Millan, Camilo A. Arancibia-Bulnes, Patricio J. Valadés-Pelayo and Heidi Isabel Villafán-Vidales

Installation of offshore wind turbines: A technical review

Zhiyu Jiang

Evaluation and optimization of district energy network performance: Present and future

Yang Wang, Shanhong Zhang, David Chow and Jens M. Kuckelkorn

Exploring the effects of California's COVID-19 shelter-in-place order on household energy practices and intention to adopt smart home technologies

C. Zanocco, J. Flora, R. Rajagopal and H. Boudet

Biogas production from small-scale anaerobic digestion plants on European farms

S. O'Connor, E. Ehimen, S.C. Pillai, A. Black, D. Tormey and J. Bartlett

Hybrid electrochemical energy storage systems: An overview for smart grid and electrified vehicle applications

Lei Zhang, Xiaosong Hu, Zhenpo Wang, Jiageng Ruan, Chengbin Ma, Ziyou Song, David G. Dorrell and Michael G. Pecht

An Eulerian-Lagrangian method for wet biomass carbonization in rotary kiln reactors

Salar Tavakkol, Thorsten Zirwes, Jordan A. Denev, Farshid Jamshidi, Niklas Weber, Henning Bockhorn and Dimosthenis Trimis

Technical and economic assessment of thermal energy storage in concentrated solar power plants within a spot electricity market

Imane Khamlich, Kuo Zeng, Gilles Flamant, Jan Baeyens, Chongzhe Zou, Jun Li, Xinyi Yang, Xiao He, Qingchuan Liu, Haiping Yang, Qing Yang and Hanping Chen

Is renewable energy acceptable with power grid expansion? A quantitative study of South Korea's renewable energy acceptance

Hyunggeun Kim, Sangkyu Park and Jongsu Lee

Biogas-to-biomethane upgrading: A comparative review and assessment in a life cycle perspective

F. Ardolino, G.F. Cardamone, F. Parrillo and U. Arena

Electricity generation influenced by nitrogen transformations in a microbial fuel cell: assessment of temperature and external resistance

Vitor Cano, Julio Cano, Sabrina C. Nunes and Marcelo A. Nolasco

A review of geometry optimisation of wave energy converters

A. Garcia-Teruel and D.I.M. Forehand

Which factors influence large households’ decision to join a time-of-use program? The interplay between demand flexibility, personal benefits and national benefits

Yael Parag

Life cycle assessment of power batteries used in electric bicycles in China

Wenqiu Liu, He Liu, Wei Liu and Zhaojie Cui

Covid-19 shock: Development of strategic management framework for global energy

Abdoulmohammad Gholamzadeh Chofreh, Feybi Ariani Goni, Jiří Jaromír Klemeš, Seyed Mohsen Seyed Moosavi, Mehdi Davoudi and Masoomeh Zeinalnezhad

The rise of science in low-carbon energy technologies

Kerstin Hötte, Anton Pichler and François Lafond

Utility-transit nexus: Leveraging intelligently charged electrified transit to support a renewable energy grid

T.K. Wellik, J.R. Griffin, K.M. Kockelman and M. Mohamed

Urban form and building energy use: A systematic review of measures, mechanisms, and methodologies

Steven Jige Quan and Chaosu Li

A review on fabrication and applications of textile envelope integrated flexible photovoltaic systems

Qingxiang Li and Alessandra Zanelli

A reality check on long-term thermochemical heat storage for household applications

N’Tsoukpoe, Kokouvi Edem and Frédéric Kuznik

Heat transfer intensification of jet impingement using exciting jets - A comprehensive review

Hussein M. Maghrabie

A comprehensive review on thermal management systems for power lithium-ion batteries

Wang Zichen and Du Changqing

A framework for the design and analysis of integrated multi-product biorefineries from agricultural and forestry wastes

Nicolás M. Clauser, Fernando E. Felissia, María C. Area and María E. Vallejos

A review on co-cultivation of microalgae with filamentous fungi: Efficient harvesting, wastewater treatment and biofuel production

Ruoyu Chu, Shuangxi Li, Liandong Zhu, Zhihong Yin, Dan Hu, Chenchen Liu and Fan Mo

Bio-based flocculants for sustainable harvesting of microalgae for biofuel production. A review

Christiana N. Ogbonna and Emeka G. Nwoba

Biomass for a sustainable bioeconomy: An overview of world biomass production and utilization

Mohammed Antar, Dongmei Lyu, Mahtab Nazari, Ateeq Shah, Xiaomin Zhou and Donald L. Smith

Microgrid decision-making by public power utilities in the United States: A critical assessment of adoption and technological profiles

Stephanie Lenhart and Kathleen Araújo

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on waste-to-energy and waste-to-material industry in China

Chuanbin Zhou, Guang Yang, Shijun Ma, Yijie Liu and Zhilan Zhao

Renewable energy generation from livestock waste for a sustainable circular economy in Bangladesh

KM Nazmul Islam, Tapan Sarker, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Anashuwa Chowdhury Atri and Mohammad Shafiul Alam

Scenarios for the integration of renewable gases into the German natural gas market – A simulation-based optimisation approach

Sebastian Kolb, Thomas Plankenbühler, Jonas Frank, Johannes Dettelbacher, Ralf Ludwig, Jürgen Karl and Marius Dillig

Aerodynamic design and performance parameters of a lift-type vertical axis wind turbine: A comprehensive review

Brian Hand, Ger Kelly and Andrew Cashman

Global energy networks: Geographies of mergers and acquisitions of worldwide oil companies

Yue Guo, Yu Yang and Chang Wang

Aggregator’s business models in residential and service sectors: A review of operational and financial aspects

Özge Okur, Petra Heijnen and Zofia Lukszo

The Demand Response Technology Cluster: Accelerating UK residential consumer engagement with time-of-use tariffs, electric vehicles and smart meters via digital comparison tools

R. Carmichael, R. Gross, R. Hanna, A. Rhodes and T. Green

Decarbonizing household heating: Reviewing demographics, geography and low-carbon practices and preferences in five European countries

Benjamin K. Sovacool, Luisa F. Cabeza, Anna Laura Pisello, Andrea Fronzetti Colladon, Hatef Madani Larijani, Belal Dawoud and Mari Martiskainen

A comparative study of irrigation techniques for energy flow and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in wheat agroecosystems under contrasting environments in south of Iran

Mohsen Jamali, Saeid Soufizadeh, Bijan Yeganeh and Yahya Emam

Overview of current compressed air energy storage projects and analysis of the potential underground storage capacity in India and the UK

Marcus King, Anjali Jain, Rohit Bhakar, Jyotirmay Mathur and Jihong Wang

A critical review of recent advances in the production of furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from lignocellulosic biomass through homogeneous catalytic hydrothermal conversion

Yuan Zhao, Kaifeng Lu, Hao Xu, Lingjun Zhu and Shurong Wang

Catalytic fast pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass: Critical role of zeolite catalysts

Jie Liang, Guangcun Shan and Yifei Sun

Polymer electrolyte electrolysis: A review of the activity and stability of non-precious metal hydrogen evolution reaction and oxygen evolution reaction catalysts

J.P. Hughes, J. Clipsham, H. Chavushoglu, S.J. Rowley-Neale and C.E. Banks

Soot formation during biomass gasification: A critical review

Qing He, Qinghua Guo, Kentaro Umeki, Lu Ding, Fuchen Wang and Guangsuo Yu

A taxonomy of systems that combine utility-scale renewable energy and energy storage technologies

C.A. Murphy, A. Schleifer and K. Eurek

Advances in rigid porous high temperature filters

Shuo Li, Jan Baeyens, Raf Dewil, Lise Appels, Huili Zhang and Yimin Deng

The challenge of forecasting the role of biofuel in EU transport decarbonisation at 2050: A meta-analysis review of published scenarios

David Chiaramonti, Giacomo Talluri, Nicolae Scarlat and Matteo Prussi

Review of waste biorefinery development towards a circular economy: From the perspective of a life cycle assessment

Yang Liu, Yizheng Lyu, Jinping Tian, Jialing Zhao, Ning Ye, Yongming Zhang and Lujun Chen

Thermal runaway and fire behaviors of a 300 Ah lithium ion battery with LiFePO4 as cathode

Binbin Mao, Chaoqun Liu, Kai Yang, Shi Li, Pengjie Liu, Mingjie Zhang, Xiangdong Meng, Fei Gao, Qiangling Duan, Qingsong Wang and Jinhua Sun

A hybrid method for scenario-based techno-economic-environmental analysis of off-grid renewable energy systems

Muhammad Shahzad Javed, Tao Ma, Jakub Jurasz and Jerzy Mikulik

Improved battery capacity and cycle life in iron-air batteries with ionic liquid

M.A. Deyab and Q. Mohsen

Seasonal thermal energy storage: A techno-economic literature review

Tianrun Yang, Wen Liu, Gert Jan Kramer and Qie Sun

Development of process performance simulator (PPS) and parametric optimization for sustainable machining considering carbon emission, cost and energy aspects

A.M. Khan, L. Liang, M. Mia, M.K. Gupta, Z. Wei, M. Jamil and H. Ning