Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Volume 132, issue C, 2020

Efficient and robust hydropower system design under uncertainty - A demonstration in Nepal

A.P. Hurford, J.J. Harou, L. Bonzanigo, P.A. Ray, P. Karki, L. Bharati and P. Chinnasamy

An application of ultrasonication in lignocellulosic biomass valorisation into bio-energy and bio-based products

Victor Zhenquan Ong and Ta Yeong Wu

Assessing technology portfolios of clean energy-driven desalination-irrigation systems with interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets

Kejia Hu, Qian Tan, Tianyuan Zhang and Shuping Wang

Control of power generated by a floating offshore wind turbine perturbed by sea waves

L. Pustina, C. Lugni, G. Bernardini, J. Serafini and M. Gennaretti

Towards a transactive energy system for integration of distributed energy resources: Home energy management, distributed optimal power flow, and peer-to-peer energy trading

Jaysson Guerrero, Daniel Gebbran, Sleiman Mhanna, Archie C. Chapman and Gregor Verbič

The expansion of China's solar energy: Challenges and policy options

Jianglong Li and Jiashun Huang

Near real-time significant wave height forecasting with hybridized multiple linear regression algorithms

Mumtaz Ali, Ramendra Prasad, Yong Xiang and Ravinesh C. Deo

A systematic approach for selecting suitable wave energy converters for potential wave energy farm sites

D.V. Bertram, A.H. Tarighaleslami, M.R.W. Walmsley, M.J. Atkins and G.D.E. Glasgow

The energy-climate-health nexus in energy planning: A case study in Brazil

D.B. Howard, R. Soria, J. Thé, R. Schaeffer and J.-D. Saphores

Fuzzy optimization of carbon management networks based on direct and indirect biomass co-firing

K.B. Aviso, C.L. Sy, R.R. Tan and A.T. Ubando

Upscaling of spatial energy planning, phases, methods, and techniques: A systematic review through meta-analysis

M. Gholami, A. Barbaresi, D. Torreggiani and P. Tassinari

Recent advances in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution with high-performance catalysts without precious metals

Wan Zhao, Zhi Chen, Xiuru Yang, Xiaoxiao Qian, Chunxi Liu, Dantong Zhou, Tao Sun, Ming Zhang, Guoying Wei, Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake and Yong Sik Ok

Algae based microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment and recovery of value-added products

S. Arun, Arindam Sinharoy, Kannan Pakshirajan and Piet N.L. Lens

A review of full-scale wind-field measurements of the wind-turbine wake effect and a measurement of the wake-interaction effect

Haiying Sun, Xiaoxia Gao and Hongxing Yang

Place meaning and consistency with offshore wind: An island and coastal tale

Aaron Russell, Jeremy Firestone, David Bidwell and Meryl Gardner

Evaluation of the life cycle of hydrothermally carbonized biomass for energy and horticulture application

Poritosh Roy, Animesh Dutta and Jim Gallant

A practical review of alternatives to the steady pressurisation method for determining building airtightness

Xiaofeng Zheng, Edward Cooper, Mark Gillott and Christopher Wood

Research challenges in real-time classification of power quality disturbances applicable to microgrids: A systematic review

R. Igual and C. Medrano

Energy demand science for a decarbonized society in the context of the residential sector

Yoshiyuki Shimoda, Yohei Yamaguchi, Yumiko Iwafune, Kazuyoshi Hidaka, Alan Meier, Yoshie Yagita, Hisaki Kawamoto and Soichi Nishikiori

Quantitative models in emission trading system research: A literature review

Ling Tang, Haohan Wang, Ling Li, Kaitong Yang and Zhifu Mi

Implementing miscanthus into farming systems: A review of agronomic practices, capital and labour demand

Bastian Winkler, Anja Mangold, Moritz von Cossel, John Clifton-Brown, Marta Pogrzeba, Iris Lewandowski, Yasir Iqbal and Andreas Kiesel

Feasibility of dry cooling in supercritical CO2 power cycle in concentrated solar power application: Review and a case study

M. Monjurul Ehsan, Zhiqiang Guan, Hal Gurgenci and Alexander Klimenko

Power-to-methane, coupling CO2 capture with fuel production: An overview

D. Hidalgo and J.M. Martín-Marroquín

Legislation-induced planning of waste processing infrastructure: A case study of the Czech Republic

Jakub Kůdela, Veronika Smejkalová, Radovan Šomplák and Vlastimír Nevrlý

Interaction between balancing market design and market behaviour of wind power producers in China

Zhaoyuan Wu, Ming Zhou, Gengyin Li, Tong Zhao, Yan Zhang and Xiaojuan Liu

On the path toward day and night continuous solar high temperature thermochemical processes: A review

Sylvain Rodat, Stéphane Abanades, Houssame Boujjat and Srirat Chuayboon

Novel geothermal gradient map of the Croatian part of the Pannonian Basin System based on data interpretation from 154 deep exploration wells

M. Macenić, T. Kurevija and I. Medved

Current trends in strategies to improve photocatalytic performance of perovskites materials for solar to hydrogen production

Sehar Tasleem and Muhammad Tahir

On the potential contribution of rooftop PV to a sustainable electricity mix: The case of Spain

Antonio Gomez-Exposito, Angel Arcos-Vargas and Francisco Gutierrez-Garcia

Development and key technologies of pure electric construction machinery

Tianliang Lin, Yuanzheng Lin, Haoling Ren, Haibin Chen, Qihuai Chen and Zhongshen Li

A review of multi-energy hybrid power system for ships

Yupeng Yuan, Jixiang Wang, Xinping Yan, Boyang Shen and Teng Long

Does emission trading lead to carbon leakage in China? Direction and channel identifications

Bo Zhou, Cheng Zhang, Qunwei Wang and Dequn Zhou

Overview of methods to control the liquid distribution in distillation columns with structured packing: Improving separation efficiency

A.N. Pavlenko, N.I. Pecherkin, V.E. Zhukov, G. Meski and P. Houghton

Mould growth in energy efficient buildings: Causes, health implications and strategies to mitigate the risk

Arianna Brambilla and Alberto Sangiorgio

Impact of wind penetration in electricity markets on optimal power-to-heat capacities in a local district heating system

Hrvoje Dorotić, Marko Ban, Tomislav Pukšec and Neven Duić

Relationships between agricultural energy and farming indicators

V.J.P.D. Martinho

Energy efficiency of latent heat storage systems in residential buildings: Coupled effects of wall assembly and climatic conditions

J. Kočí, J. Fořt and R. Černý

Techno-economic analysis of a low carbon back-up power system using chemical looping

M.E. Diego and J.C. Abanades

Transition of China's power sector consistent with Paris Agreement into 2050: Pathways and challenges

Haonan Zhang, Xingping Zhang and Jiahai Yuan

Modelling the renewable transition: Scenarios and pathways for a decarbonized future using pymedeas, a new open-source energy systems model

J. Solé, R. Samsó, E. García-Ladona, A. García-Olivares, J. Ballabrera-Poy, T. Madurell, A. Turiel, O. Osychenko, D. Álvarez, U. Bardi, M. Baumann, K. Buchmann, Í. Capellán-Pérez, M. Černý, Óscar Carpintero, I. De Blas, C. De Castro, J.-D. De Lathouwer, C. Duce, L. Eggler, J.M. Enríquez, S. Falsini, K. Feng, N. Ferreras, F. Frechoso, K. Hubacek, A. Jones, R. Kaclíková, C. Kerschner, Christian Kimmich, L.F. Lobejón, P.L. Lomas, G. Martelloni, M. Mediavilla, L.J. Miguel, D. Natalini, J. Nieto, A. Nikolaev, G. Parrado, S. Papagianni, I. Perissi, C. Ploiner, L. Radulov, P. Rodrigo, L. Sun and M. Theofilidi

High yield and high concentration glucose production from corncob residues after tetrahydrofuran + H2O co-solvent pretreatment and followed by enzymatic hydrolysis

Fengpei Yao, Fei Shen, Xue Wan and Changwei Hu

Influence of alternative fuels on the particulate matter micro and nano-structures, volatility and oxidation reactivity in a compression ignition engine

Dongxu Mao, Meisam Ahmadi Ghadikolaei, Chun Shun Cheung, Zhaojie Shen, Wenzheng Cui and Pak Kin Wong

Direct conversion of glyceride-based oil into renewable jet fuels

Cheng-Han Lin and Wei-Cheng Wang

Blockchain-empowered sustainable manufacturing and product lifecycle management in industry 4.0: A survey

Jiewu Leng, Guolei Ruan, Pingyu Jiang, Kailin Xu, Qiang Liu, Xueliang Zhou and Chao Liu

A chronological review of advances in solar assisted heat pump technology in 21st century

A. Badiei, Y. Golizadeh Akhlaghi, X. Zhao, S. Shittu, X. Xiao, J. Li, Y. Fan and G. Li

On the integration of phase change materials with evacuated tube solar thermal collectors

M. Aramesh and B. Shabani

Optimizing wind/solar combinations at finer scales to mitigate renewable energy variability in China

Laibao Liu, Zheng Wang, Yang Wang, Jun Wang, Rui Chang, Gang He, Wenjun Tang, Ziqi Gao, Jiangtao Li, Changyi Liu, Lin Zhao, Dahe Qin and Shuangcheng Li

Volume 131, issue C, 2020

Mapping of research lines on circular economy practices in agriculture: From waste to energy

Murillo Vetroni Barros, Rodrigo Salvador, Antonio Carlos de Francisco and Cassiano Moro Piekarski

Actors, business models, and innovation activity systems for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology: A comprehensive review

Benjamin K. Sovacool, Johannes Kester, Lance Noel and Gerardo Zarazua de Rubens

Advancement in valorization technologies to improve utilization of bio-based waste in bioeconomy context

Zeba Usmani, Minaxi Sharma, Yevgen Karpichev, Ashok Pandey, Ramesh Chander Kuhad, Rajeev Bhat, Rajesh Punia, Mortaza Aghbashlo, Meisam Tabatabaei and Vijai Kumar Gupta

Comparison of metaheuristic optimisation methods for grid-edge technology that leverages heat pumps and thermal energy storage

C. Schellenberg, J. Lohan and L. Dimache

Potential of unsubsidized distributed solar PV to replace coal-fired power plants, and profits classification in Chinese cities

Ying Yang, Pietro Elia Campana and Jinyue Yan

Waste Pd/Fish-Collagen as anode for energy storage

Tareque Odoom-Wubah, Saúl Rubio, José L. Tirado, Gregorio F. Ortiz, Bior James Akoi, Jiale Huang and Qingbiao Li

Feature extraction and genetic algorithm enhanced adaptive deep neural network for energy consumption prediction in buildings

X.J. Luo, Lukumon O. Oyedele, Anuoluwapo O. Ajayi, Olugbenga O. Akinade, Hakeem A. Owolabi and Ashraf Ahmed

Integrated sustainability analysis of combustion engines (ISACE) as an alternative to classical combustion analysis

Meisam Tabatabaei, Homa Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha, Mortaza Aghbashlo and Abdul-Sattar Nizami

The equivalence of stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric methods for modeling gasification and other reaction equilibria

Sahar Safarian, Runar Unnthorsson and Christiaan Richter

Degradation and transformation of furfural derivatives from hydrothermal pre-treated algae and lignocellulosic biomass during hydrogen fermentation

Chihe Sun, Qiang Liao, Ao Xia, Qian Fu, Yun Huang, Xianqing Zhu, Xun Zhu and Zhengxin Wang

Review of modeling and simulation strategies for unstructured packing bed photoreactors with CFD method

Kai Tong, Lijun Yang, Xiaoze Du and Yongping Yang

Heat demand mapping and district heating assessment in data-pour areas

T. Novosel, T. Pukšec, N. Duić and J. Domac

Sustainable energy transition readiness: A multicriteria assessment index

H. Neofytou, A. Nikas and H. Doukas

A pinch-based method for defining pressure manipulation routes in work and heat exchange networks

Leandro V. Pavão, José A. Caballero, Mauro A.S.S. Ravagnani and Caliane B.B. Costa

A review of approaches to low-carbon transition of high-rise residential buildings in China

Y. Wang, D. Mauree, Q. Sun, H. Lin, J.L. Scartezzini and R. Wennersten

Sugar transporters from industrial fungi: Key to improving second-generation ethanol production

Karoline Maria Vieira Nogueira, Vanessa Mendes, Cláudia Batista Carraro, Iasmin Cartaxo Taveira, Letícia Harumi Oshiquiri, Vijai K. Gupta and Roberto N. Silva

Challenges of planning for high renewable futures: Experience in the U.S. midcontinent electricity market

Chen-Hao Tsai, Armando Figueroa-Acevedo, Maire Boese, Yifan Li, Nihal Mohan, James Okullo, Brandon Heath and Jordan Bakke

Multiphysical modeling for life analysis of lithium-ion battery pack in electric vehicles

Quan Xia, Dezhen Yang, Zili Wang, Yi Ren, Bo Sun, Qiang Feng and Cheng Qian

Combined internal resistance and state-of-charge estimation of lithium-ion battery based on extended state observer

Li Sun, Guanru Li and Fengqi You

Low-emission pre-combustion gas-to-wire via ionic-liquid [Bmim][NTf2] absorption with high-pressure stripping

Hudson Bolsoni Carminati, José Luiz de Medeiros, Gustavo Torres Moure, Lara Costa Barbosa and Ofélia de Queiroz F. Araújo

Mitigating climate change by global timber carbon stock: Accounting, flow and allocation

Lulu Zhang, Chang Yu, Baodong Cheng, Chao Yang and Yuan Chang

Dynamic analysis of sustainable biogas-combined-cycle plant: Time-varying demand and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage

Israel Bernardo S. Poblete, Ofélia de Queiroz F. Araujo and José Luiz de Medeiros

Energy transition for the low-carbon pulp and paper industry in China

Yi Man, Jigeng Li, Mengna Hong and Yulin Han

Viability of pressure-retarded osmosis for harvesting energy from salinity gradients

Khaled Touati and Md. Saifur Rahaman

Recent advances and development in optimal design and control of ground source heat pump systems

Zhenjun Ma, Lei Xia, Xuemei Gong, Georgios Kokogiannakis, Shugang Wang and Xinlei Zhou

Constructing a gridded direct normal irradiance dataset in China during 1981–2014

WenminQin,, Lunche Wang, Christian A. Gueymard, Muhammad Bilal, Aiwen Lin, Jing Wei, Ming Zhang and Xuefang Yang

A review on flocculation as an efficient method to harvest energy microalgae: Mechanisms, performances, influencing factors and perspectives

Shuangxi Li, Tianyi Hu, Yanzhe Xu, Jingyi Wang, Ruoyu Chu, Zhihong Yin, Fan Mo and Liandong Zhu

Review of the solubility, monitoring, and purification of impurities in molten salts for energy storage in concentrated solar power plants

Teng-Cheong Ong, Madjid Sarvghad, Kaleb Lippiatt, Lewis Griggs, Hollie Ryan, Geoffrey Will and Theodore A. Steinberg

Added-value molecules recovery and biofuels production from spent coffee grounds

Federico Battista, Elli Maria Barampouti, Sofia Mai, David Bolzonella, Dimitris Malamis, Konstantinos Moustakas and Maria Loizidou

Application of phase change material foam composites in the built environment: A critical review

Charles A. Ikutegbe and Mohammed M. Farid

Improving the feasibility of household and community energy storage: A techno-enviro-economic study for the UK

Siyuan Dong, Enrique Kremers, Maria Brucoli, Rachael Rothman and Solomon Brown

Carbon recycling – An immense resource and key to a smart climate engineering: A survey of technologies, cost and impurity impact

Honglin Wang, Yanrong Liu, Aatto Laaksonen, Anna Krook-Riekkola, Zhuhong Yang, Xiaohua Lu and Xiaoyan Ji

Well-to-wheel greenhouse gas implications of mid-level ethanol blend deployment in Canada's light-duty fleet

Alexandre Milovanoff, I. Daniel Posen, Bradley A. Saville and Heather L. MacLean

Assessment of the energy efficiency of a hybrid wind-photovoltaic system for Cascavel, PR

Gilson Debastiani, Carlos Eduardo Camargo Nogueira, Jeferson Manenti Acorci, Vander Fabio Silveira, Jair Antonio Cruz Siqueira and Luiz Carlos Baron

Is geothermal heating environmentally superior than coal fired heating in China?

Ruirui Zhang, Guiling Wang, Xiaoxu Shen, Jinfeng Wang, Xianfeng Tan, Shoutao Feng and Jinglan Hong

A comprehensive review of battery modeling and state estimation approaches for advanced battery management systems

Yujie Wang, Jiaqiang Tian, Zhendong Sun, Li Wang, Ruilong Xu, Mince Li and Zonghai Chen

An evaluation study of different modelling techniques for calendar ageing prediction of lithium-ion batteries

Kailong Liu, T.R. Ashwin, Xiaosong Hu, Mattin Lucu and W. Dhammika Widanage

Techno-environmental analysis of battery storage for grid level energy services

Jahedul Islam Chowdhury, Nazmiye Balta-Ozkan, Pietro Goglio, Yukun Hu, Liz Varga and Leah McCabe

Upscaling smart local energy systems: A review of technical barriers

Callum Rae, Sandy Kerr and M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer

Effects of high solar photovoltaic penetration on distribution feeders and the economic impact

Vanika Sharma, Syed Mahfuzul Aziz, Mohammed H. Haque and Travis Kauschke

Review of optimal methods and algorithms for sizing energy storage systems to achieve decarbonization in microgrid applications

M.A. Hannan, M. Faisal, Pin Jern Ker, R.A. Begum, Z.Y. Dong and C. Zhang

Reviewing the potential of bio-hydrogen production by fermentation

Jan Baeyens, Huili Zhang, Jiapei Nie, Lise Appels, Raf Dewil, Renaud Ansart and Yimin Deng

Challenges and prospects for the photocatalytic liquefaction of methane into oxygenated hydrocarbons

Mohanned Mohamedali, Olumide Ayodele and Hussameldin Ibrahim

Learning strategies in sustainable energy demonstration projects: What organizations learn from sustainable energy demonstrations

Bart Bossink

A review of deterministic and data-driven methods to quantify energy efficiency savings and to predict retrofitting scenarios in buildings

Benedetto Grillone, Stoyan Danov, Andreas Sumper, Jordi Cipriano and Gerard Mor

Life-cycle cost assessments of different power system configurations to reduce the carbon footprint in the Croatian short-sea shipping sector

Maja Perčić, Ivica Ančić and Nikola Vladimir

The framing of a sustainable development goals assessment in decarbonizing the construction industry – Avoiding “Greenwashing”

Filip Johnsson, Ida Karlsson, Johan Rootzén, Anders Ahlbäck and Mathias Gustavsson

Determination of optimal thermal inertia of building materials for housing in different Chilean climate zones

Constanza Avendaño-Vera, Aner Martinez-Soto and Valentina Marincioni

Determination of the inhibitory concentration level of fat, oil, and grease (FOG) towards bacterial and archaeal communities in anaerobic digestion

Muhammad Usman, El-Sayed Salama, Muhammad Arif, Byong-Hun Jeon and Xiangkai Li

Recent progress in sustainable and energy-efficient technologies for sinter production in the iron and steel industry

Zhilong Cheng, Zhoutuo Tan, Zhigang Guo, Jian Yang and Qiuwang Wang

Review of biochar role as additive in anaerobic digestion processes

Marco Chiappero, Omid Norouzi, Mingyu Hu, Francesca Demichelis, Franco Berruti, Francesco Di Maria, Ondřej Mašek and Silvia Fiore

Comparative analysis of building insulation material properties and performance

Dileep Kumar, Morshed Alam, Patrick X.W. Zou, Jay G. Sanjayan and Rizwan Ahmed Memon

Lithium-ion battery aging mechanisms and diagnosis method for automotive applications: Recent advances and perspectives

Rui Xiong, Yue Pan, Weixiang Shen, Hailong Li and Fengchun Sun