Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Volume 142, issue C, 2021

Machine learning for occupant-behavior-sensitive cooling energy consumption prediction in office buildings

Kadir Amasyali and Nora El-Gohary

A practical approach to wave energy modeling and control

Ryan G. Coe, Giorgio Bacelli and Dominic Forbush

The role of vacuum based technologies in solid oxide fuel cell development to utilize industrial waste carbon for power production

Waqas Hassan Tanveer, Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem, Ben W. Kolosz, Hegazy Rezk, John Andresen, Suk Won Cha and Enas Taha Sayed

A comprehensive review of recent developments in falling-film, spray, bubble and microchannel absorbers for absorption systems

Shitiz Sehgal, Jorge L. Alvarado, Ibrahim G. Hassan and Sambhaji T. Kadam

Understanding the multidimensional linkages among renewable energy, pollution, economic growth and urbanization in contemporary economies: Quantitative assessments across different income countries’ groups

Daniel Stefan Armeanu, Camelia Catalina Joldes, Ştefan Gherghina and Jean Vasile Andrei

Solar stills and evaporators for the treatment of agro-industrial liquid wastes: A review

Joel Nadal-Bach, Joan Carles Bruno, Joan Farnós and Miquel Rovira

A grade point average assessment of analytical and numerical methods for parameter extraction of a practical PV device

Muhammad Adeel, Ahmad Kamal Hassan, Hadeed Ahmed Sher and Ali Faisal Murtaza

Ecological impacts of run-of-river hydropower plants—Current status and future prospects on the brink of energy transition

Alban Kuriqi, António N. Pinheiro, Alvaro Sordo-Ward, María D. Bejarano and Luis Garrote

Data requirements and performance evaluation of model predictive control in buildings: A modeling perspective

Sicheng Zhan and Adrian Chong

Assessing the renewable energy policy paradox: A scenario analysis for the Italian electricity market

A. Cieplinski, Simone D'Alessandro and F. Marghella

Energy and maintenance management systems in the context of industry 4.0. Implementation in a real case

Mariano Alarcón, Fernando Manuel Martínez-García and Félix Cesáraeo Gómez de León Hijes

Benchmarking the practice of validation and uncertainty analysis of building energy models

K.E. Anders Ohlsson and Thomas Olofsson

Comprehensive assessment and multi-objective optimization of a green concept based on a combination of hydrogen and compressed air energy storage (CAES) systems

Seyed Mojtaba Alirahmi, Amir Reza Razmi and Ahmad Arabkoohsar

Modeling, simulation and control tools for nZEB: A state-of-the-art review

J.M. Santos-Herrero, J.M. Lopez-Guede and I. Flores-Abascal

An overview of sustainability of heat exchangers and solar thermal applications with nanofluids: A review

Mariana S. Bretado-de los Rios, Carlos I. Rivera-Solorio and K.D.P. Nigam

Internalization of external congestion and CO2emissions costs related to road transport: The case of Tunisia

Jalel Euchi and Ahmed Kallel

Residential net-zero energy buildings: Review and perspective

Wu Wei and Harrison M. Skye

Techno-economic assessment of advanced fuels and propulsion systems in future fossil-free ships

A.D. Korberg, S. Brynolf, M. Grahn and I.R. Skov

Effects of street geometries on building cooling demand in Nanjing, China

Ji-Yu Deng, Nyuk Hien Wong and Xin Zheng

Tapping hydrogen fuel from the ocean: A review on photocatalytic, photoelectrochemical and electrolytic splitting of seawater

Fons Dingenen and Sammy W. Verbruggen

Effects of biomass energy consumption on environmental quality: The role of education and technology in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation countries

Muhammad Wasif Zafar, Avik Sinha, Zahoor Ahmed, Quande Qin and Syed Anees Haider Zaidi

Critical review of ribbed solar air heater and performance evaluation of various V-rib configuration

Kottayat Nidhul, Ajay Kumar Yadav, S. Anish and Sachin Kumar

Electric vehicles and consumer choices

F. Mandys

Volume 141, issue C, 2021

Review of the use of additives to mitigate operational problems associated with the combustion of biomass with high content in ash-forming species

José Luis Míguez, Jacobo Porteiro, Frank Behrendt, Diana Blanco, David Patiño and Alba Dieguez-Alonso

An overview of enhanced polymer solar cells with embedded plasmonic nanoparticles

Muheeb Ahmad Alkhalayfeh, Azlan Abdul Aziz and Mohd Zamir Pakhuruddin

A review of reactive power sharing control techniques for islanded microgrids

A. Rosini, A. Labella, A. Bonfiglio, R. Procopio and Josep M. Guerrero

Effects of depth-cycling on nutrient uptake and biomass production in the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera

Ignacio A. Navarrete, Diane Y. Kim, Cindy Wilcox, Daniel C. Reed, David W. Ginsburg, Jessica M. Dutton, John Heidelberg, Yubin Raut and Brian Howard Wilcox

A novel adaptive dynamic photovoltaic reconfiguration system to mitigate mismatch effects

G. Sai Krishna and Tukaram Moger

Sorption enhanced gasification (SEG) of biomass for tailored syngas production with in-situ CO2 capture: Current status, process scale-up experiences and outlook

Ashak Mahmud Parvez, Selina Hafner, Matthias Hornberger, Max Schmid and Günter Scheffknecht

Absorption heat transformer - state-of-the-art of industrial applications

Falk Cudok, Niccolò Giannetti, José L. Corrales Ciganda, Jun Aoyama, P. Babu, Alberto Coronas, Tatsuo Fujii, Naoyuki Inoue, Kiyoshi Saito, Seiichi Yamaguchi and Felix Ziegler

Climate change and industrial F-gases: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options for reducing synthetic greenhouse gas emissions

Benjamin K. Sovacool, Steve Griffiths, Jinsoo Kim and Morgan Bazilian

Analysis of refueling behavior of hydrogen fuel vehicles through a stochastic model using Markov Chain Process

N. Isaac and A.K. Saha

A joint test of policy contagion with application to the solar sector

Cody Yu-Ling Hsiao, Xinyang Wei, Ni Sheng and Chengwu Shao

An enterprise control assessment case study of the energy–water nexus for the ISO New England system

Steffi Olesi Muhanji, Clayton Barrows, Jordan Macknick and Amro M. Farid

Ocean wave energy converters: Technical principle, device realization, and performance evaluation

Yongxing Zhang, Yongjie Zhao, Wei Sun and Jiaxuan Li

Systemic sustainability and resilience assessment of health systems, addressing global societal priorities: Learnings from a top nonprofit hospital in a bioclimatic building in Africa

S. Cristiano, S. Ulgiati and F. Gonella

Preferences for energy sustainability: Different effects of gender on knowledge and importance

Janaki Imbulana Arachchi and Shunsuke Managi

Public transportation with electric traction: Experiences and challenges in an Andean city

L.G. González, Daniel Cordero-Moreno and J.L. Espinoza

Two sides of biogas: Review of ten dichotomous argumentation lines of sustainable energy systems

Jari Lyytimäki, Timo Assmuth, Riikka Paloniemi, Jarkko Pyysiäinen, Salla Rantala, Pasi Rikkonen, Petri Tapio, Annukka Vainio and Erika Winquist

Sustainable energy development: History of the concept and emerging themes

I. Gunnarsdottir, B. Davidsdottir, E. Worrell and S. Sigurgeirsdottir

A review of membranes in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Transport phenomena, performance and durability

Mingzhang Pan, Chengjie Pan, Chao Li and Jian Zhao

Distributed solar photovoltaic development potential and a roadmap at the city level in China

Yu Wang, Jijiang He and Wenying Chen

Energy efficiency and economy-wide rebound effects: A review of the evidence and its implications

Paul E. Brockway, Steve Sorrell, Gregor Semieniuk, Matthew Kuperus Heun and Victor Court

Optical degradation impact on the spectral performance of photovoltaic technology

Álvaro Fernández-Solas, Leonardo Micheli, Florencia Almonacid and Eduardo F. Fernández

A critical review of plant-based insulating fluids for transformer: 30-year development

Zijia Shen, Feipeng Wang, Zhiqing Wang and Jian Li

Potential of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) for bioenergy production in Canada: Status, challenges and outlook

Ashak Mahmud Parvez, Jonathan David Lewis and Muhammad T. Afzal

Progress in full spectrum solar energy utilization by spectral beam splitting hybrid PV/T system

Huaxu Liang, Fuqiang Wang, Luwei Yang, Ziming Cheng, Yong Shuai and Heping Tan

Review of energy efficiency in controlled environment agriculture

Nicholas Engler and Moncef Krarti

A review on solar photovoltaic thermal integrated desalination technologies

B. Anand, R. Shankar, S. Murugavelh, W. Rivera, K. Midhun Prasad and R. Nagarajan

A review on available energy saving strategies for heating, ventilation and air conditioning in underground metro stations

Yanzhe Yu, Shijun You, Huan Zhang, Tianzhen Ye, Yaran Wang and Shen Wei

Critical hydrogen concentration of hydrogen-natural gas blends in clathrate hydrates for blue hydrogen storage

Seokyoon Moon, Yunseok Lee, Dongju Seo, Seungin Lee, Sujin Hong, Yun-Ho Ahn and Youngjune Park

Internal short circuit mechanisms, experimental approaches and detection methods of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles: A review

Guangxu Zhang, Xuezhe Wei, Xuan Tang, Jiangong Zhu, Siqi Chen and Haifeng Dai

A critical review of literature on the nexus between central grid and off-grid solutions for expanding access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

S.C. Bhattacharyya and D. Palit

Adoption rationales and effects of off-grid renewable energy access for African youth: A case study from Tanzania

Nicholas Philip Simpson, Colton James Rabenold, Merle Sowman and Clifford D. Shearing

3D printing in the construction industry - A systematic review of the thermal performance in buildings

S. Pessoa, A.S. Guimarães, S.S. Lucas and N. Simões

A critical review of combined natural ventilation techniques in sustainable buildings

Haihua Zhang, Dong Yang, Vivian W.Y. Tam, Yao Tao, Guomin Zhang, Sujeeva Setunge and Long Shi

Photofermentative hydrogen production by immobilized photosynthetic bacteria: Current perspectives and challenges

Emrah Sagir and Siamak Alipour

Improving understanding of energy autonomy: A systematic review

Jouni K. Juntunen and Mari Martiskainen

Energy storage in metal cobaltite electrodes: Opportunities & challenges in magnesium cobalt oxide

Syam G. Krishnan, Arunachalam Arulraj, Mohammad Khalid, M.V. Reddy and Rajan Jose

Carbon allotrope hybrids advance thermoelectric development and applications

Wei-Di Liu, Yao Yu, Matthew Dargusch, Qingfeng Liu and Zhi-Gang Chen

Towards the future of smart electric vehicles: Digital twin technology

Ghanishtha Bhatti, Harshit Mohan and R. Raja Singh

Air-cooled adsorption-based device for harvesting water from island air

Wenwen Wang, Sitao Xie, Quanwen Pan, Yanjun Dai, Ruzhu Wang and Tianshu Ge

Selection parameters and synthesis of multi-input converters for electric vehicles: An overview

Shaik Reddi Khasim and C. Dhanamjayulu

Perspectives under uncertainties and risk in wind farms investments based on Omega-LCOE approach: An analysis in São Paulo state, Brazil

Giancarlo Aquila, Wilson Toshiro Nakamura, Paulo Rotella Junior, Luiz Celio Souza Rocha and Edson de Oliveira Pamplona

Microfluidic fuel cells with different types of fuels: A prospective review

Yifei Wang, Shijing Luo, Holly Y.H. Kwok, Wending Pan, Yingguang Zhang, Xiaolong Zhao and Dennis Y.C. Leung

The state of solar PV and performance analysis of different PV technologies grid-connected installations in Hungary

Divine Atsu, Istvan Seres and Istvan Farkas

A review on integration and design of desiccant air-conditioning systems for overall performance improvements

D.C. Gao, Y.J. Sun, Z. Ma and H. Ren

Solid sorbents for CO2 and CH4 adsorption: The effect of metal organic framework hybridization with graphene-like layers on the gas sorption capacities at high pressure

M. Alfe, A. Policicchio, L. Lisi and V. Gargiulo

Effects of enhanced fuel with Mg-doped Fe3O4 nanoparticles on combustion of a compression ignition engine: Influence of Mg cation concentration

Nasrin Sabet Sarvestani, Mohammad Tabasizadeh, Mohammad Hossein Abbaspour Fard, Hamed Nayebzadeh, Thuy Chu Van, Mohammad Jafari, Timothy A. Bodisco, Zoran Ristovski and Richard J. Brown

Is there a link between cognitive abilities and renewable energy adoption: Evidence from Uzbekistan using micro data

Bahtiyor Eshchanov, Dilnovoz Abdurazzakova, Oybek Yuldashev, Raufhon Salahodjaev, Farkhod Ahrorov, Asliddin Komilov and Ruzumboy Eshchanov

Designing a sustainable closed-loop supply chain network for walnut industry

Amirhossein Salehi-Amiri, Ali Zahedi, Navid Akbapour and Mostafa Hajiaghaei-Keshteli

The importance of high crop residue demand on biogas plant site selection, scaling and feedstock allocation – A regional scale concept in a Hungarian study area

Tamás Soha, Luca Papp, Csaba Csontos and Béla Munkácsy

Life cycle energy consumption by roads and associated interpretative analysis of sustainable policies

Fusong Wang, Jun Xie, Shaopeng Wu, Jiashuo Li, Diego Maria Barbieri and Lei Zhang

A review of solar-driven short-term low temperature heat storage systems

Yongliang Shen, Shuli Liu, Abdur Rehman Mazhar, Xiaojing Han, Liu Yang and Xiu'e Yang

A comprehensive survey on meta-heuristic algorithms for parameter extraction of photovoltaic models

Shuijia Li, Wenyin Gong and Qiong Gu

Installing PV: Barriers and enablers experienced by non-residential property owners

K. Reindl and J. Palm

Performance evaluation and microbial community analysis of mesophilic and thermophilic sludge fermentation processes coupled with thermal hydrolysis

E. Hosseini Koupaie, L. Lin, A.A. Bazyar Lakeh, A. Azizi, B.R. Dhar, H. Hafez and E. Elbeshbishy

Secondary heat transfer enhancement design of variable cross-section microchannels based on entransy analysis

Pingnan Huang and Minqiang Pan

Essential infrastructures and relevant policies for renewable energy developments in oil-rich developing countries: Case of Iran

Amir Hossein Ghorashi and Hadi Maranlou

A systematic investigation into the methodological variables of embodied carbon assessment of buildings

W. Pan and Y. Teng

Energy education: Reflections over the last fifteen years

Rubens Alves Dias, Marília Rios de Paula, Paloma Maria Silva Rocha Rizol, José Alexandre Matelli, Cristiano Rodrigues de Mattos and José Antonio Perrella Balestieri

Thermal comfort maintenance in demand response programs: A critical review

André L.A. da Fonseca, Karin M.S. Chvatal and Ricardo A.S. Fernandes

A review of the role of spatial resolution in energy systems modelling: Lessons learned and applicability to the North Sea region

R. Martínez-Gordón, G. Morales-España, J. Sijm and A.P.C. Faaij

Advancing the multiscale understanding on solid oxide electrolysis cells via modelling approaches: A review

Zheng Li, Hao Zhang, Haoran Xu and Jin Xuan