Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Volume 95, issue C, 2018

Thermoelectric materials and heat exchangers for power generation – A review pp. 1-22

Dipak S. Patil, Rachayya R. Arakerimath and Pramod V. Walke

Uses of industrial energy benchmarking with reference to the pulp and paper industries pp. 23-37

John Geoffrey Rogers, Samuel J. Cooper and Jon B. Norman

Wind farms and payments to landowners: Opportunities for rural development for the case of Galicia pp. 38-47

Damián Copena and Xavier Simón Fernández

Environmental sustainability of corn (Zea mays L.) production on the basis of nitrogen fertilizer application: The case of Lahijan, Iran pp. 48-55

Seyyed Mustafa Sadeghi, Seyyed Ali Noorhosseini and Christos A. Damalas

Willingness to accept energy-saving measures and adoption barriers in the residential sector: An empirical analysis in Beijing, China pp. 56-73

Jun-Jun Jia, Jin-Hua Xu, Ying Fan and Qiang Ji

A multi-criteria decision support tool for the assessment of household biogas digester programmes in rural areas. A case study in Peru pp. 74-83

Laia Ferrer-Martí, Ivet Ferrer, Elena Sánchez and Marianna Garfí

Impact pathways of small-scale energy projects in the global south – Findings from a systematic evaluation pp. 84-94

Julia Terrapon-Pfaff, Marie-Christine Gröne, Carmen Dienst and Willington Ortiz

Formative evaluation of sustainability in rural electrification programs from a management perspective: A case study from Venezuela pp. 95-109

A. López-González, B. Domenech and L. Ferrer-Martí

A review on recent development for the design and packaging of hybrid photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar systems pp. 110-129

Ahmed S. Abdelrazik, Fa Al-Sulaiman, R. Saidur and R. Ben-Mansour

Various additives for improving dark fermentative hydrogen production: A review pp. 130-146

Guang Yang and Jianlong Wang

A review on the microwave heating as a sustainable technique for environmental remediation/detoxification applications pp. 147-170

Pietro P. Falciglia, Paolo Roccaro, Lorenzo Bonanno, Guido De Guidi, Federico G.A. Vagliasindi and Stefano Romano

The challenging paradigm of interrelated energy systems towards a more sustainable future pp. 171-193

N. Soares, A.G. Martins, A.L. Carvalho, C. Caldeira, C. Du, É. Castanheira, E. Rodrigues, G. Oliveira, G.I. Pereira, J. Bastos, J.P. Ferreira, L.A. Ribeiro, N.C. Figueiredo, N. Šahović, P. Miguel and R. Garcia

Mining experts' perspectives on the determinants of solar technologies adoption in the Chilean mining industry pp. 194-202

Shahriyar Nasirov and Claudio Agostini

The economic effects of renewable energy expansion in the electricity sector: A CGE analysis for Malaysia pp. 203-216

Fatemeh Chatri, Masoud Yahoo and Jamal Othman

Generating a framework to facilitate decision making in renewable energy investments pp. 217-226

Beliz Ozorhon, Arda Batmaz and Semih Caglayan

Co-electrolysis for power-to-methanol applications pp. 227-241

Riezqa Andika, Asep Bayu Dani Nandiyanto, Zulfan Adi Putra, Muhammad Roil Bilad, Young Kim, Choa Mun Yun and Moonyong Lee

Public preferences for biomass electricity in China pp. 242-253

Xiaoli Zhao, Qiong Cai, Shujie Li and Chunbo Ma

Optimal planning of hybrid renewable energy infrastructure for urban sustainability: Green Vancouver pp. 254-264

Mehdi Bagheri, Navid Shirzadi, Elahe Bazdar and Christopher A. Kennedy

Negative-CO2-emissions ocean thermal energy conversion pp. 265-272

Greg H. Rau and Jim R. Baird

A review of latest developments, progress, and applications of heat pipe solar collectors pp. 273-304

Abdellah Shafieian, Mehdi Khiadani and Ataollah Nosrati

International experiences with tender procedures for renewable energy – A comparison of current developments in Brazil, France, Italy and South Africa pp. 305-327

Benjamin Bayer, Dominik Schäuble and Michele Ferrari

The economics of CCS: Why have CCS technologies not had an international breakthrough? pp. 328-340

Tunç Durmaz

Energy efficiency, demand side management and energy storage technologies – A critical analysis of possible paths of integration in the built environment pp. 341-353

Lamberto Tronchin, Massimiliano Manfren and Benedetto Nastasi

Volume 94, issue C, 2018

Converter topologies in photovoltaic applications – A review pp. 1-14

R. Reshma Gopi and S. Sreejith

Factors affecting CO2 emissions in China's agriculture sector: A quantile regression pp. 15-27

Boqiang Lin and Bin Xu

Bioenergy potential from agriculture residues for energy generation in Egypt pp. 28-37

Salah Kamel, Hoda Abd El-Sattar, David Vera and Francisco Jurado

Technical and economic assessment of food waste valorization through a biorefinery chain pp. 38-48

Francesca Demichelis, Silvia Fiore, Daniel Pleissner and Joachim Venus

Production of biofuels from microalgae - A review on cultivation, harvesting, lipid extraction, and numerous applications of microalgae pp. 49-68

Manoj Kumar Enamala, Swapnika Enamala, Murthy Chavali, Jagadish Donepudi, Rajasri Yadavalli, Bhulakshmi Kolapalli, Tirumala Vasu Aradhyula, Jeevitha Velpuri and Chandrasekhar Kuppam

Economic analysis of a customer-installed energy storage system for both self-saving operation and demand response program participation in South Korea pp. 69-83

Byung O. Kang, Munsu Lee, Youngil Kim and Jaesung Jung

A comprehensive review on 2D and 3D models of vertical ground heat exchangers pp. 84-114

Yuanlong Cui, Jie Zhu, Ssennoga Twaha and Saffa Riffat

A review of sustainability indicators for biobased chemicals pp. 115-126

Sophie Van Schoubroeck, Miet Van Dael, Steven Van Passel and Robert Malina

Biodiesel as alternative fuel for marine diesel engine applications: A review pp. 127-142

C.W. Mohd Noor, M.M. Noor and R. Mamat

Efficiency and acceptance angle of High Concentrator Photovoltaic modules: Current status and indoor measurements pp. 143-153

Pedro Pérez-Higueras, Juan P. Ferrer-Rodríguez, Florencia Almonacid and Eduardo F. Fernández

Environmental impact profile of electricity generation in Chile: A baseline study over two decades pp. 154-167

Mabel Vega-Coloma and Claudio A. Zaror

Evaluation of sunshine-based models for predicting diffuse solar radiation in China pp. 168-182

Lan Feng, Aiwen Lin, Lunche Wang, Wenmin Qin and Wei Gong

Community energy – benefits and barriers: A comparative literature review of Community Energy in the UK, Germany and the USA, the benefits it provides for society and the barriers it faces pp. 187-196

Vasco Brummer

High dimensional dependence in power systems: A review pp. 197-213

Edgar Nuño Martinez, Nicolaos Cutululis and Poul Sørensen

A review of photovoltaic poverty alleviation projects in China: Current status, challenge and policy recommendations pp. 214-223

Yan Li, Qi Zhang, Ge Wang, Benjamin McLellan, Xue Fei Liu and Le Wang

Economic policy instruments and market uncertainty: Exploring the impact on renewables adoption pp. 224-233

Jorge Blazquez, Nora Nezamuddin and Tamim Zamrik

How do policies help to increase the uptake of carbon reduction measures in the EU residential sector? Evidence from recent studies pp. 234-250

Erik Laes, Inge Mayeres, Nele Renders, Pieter Valkering and Stijn Verbeke

Probabilistic mid- and long-term electricity price forecasting pp. 251-266

Florian Ziel and Rick Steinert

Assessment of small-scale solar PV systems in Iran: Regions priority, potentials and financial feasibility pp. 267-274

Khalil Gorgani Firouzjah

The influence of energy considerations on decision making by institutional real estate owners in the U.S pp. 275-284

Pernille H. Christensen, Spenser J. Robinson and Robert A. Simons

Future power transmission: Visions, technologies and challenges pp. 285-301

Guadalupe Arcia-Garibaldi, Pedro Cruz-Romero and Antonio Gómez-Expósito

A review on performance and environmental effects of conventional and nanofluid-based thermal photovoltaics pp. 302-316

Zafar Said, Sahil Arora and Evangelos Bellos

Status review and the future prospects of CZTS based solar cell – A novel approach on the device structure and material modeling for CZTS based photovoltaic device pp. 317-329

M. Ravindiran and C. Praveenkumar

Total-factor carbon emission efficiency of China's provincial industrial sector and its dynamic evolution pp. 330-339

Zhonghua Cheng, Lianshui Li, Jun Liu and Huiming Zhang

From lignocellulosic biomass to levulinic acid: A review on acid-catalyzed hydrolysis pp. 340-362

Shimin Kang, Jinxia Fu and Gang Zhang

Energy, performance and cost efficient datacenters: A survey pp. 363-385

Muhammad Zakarya

Climate change mitigation targets set by global firms: Overview and implications for renewable energy pp. 386-398

Derek D. Wang and Toshiyuki Sueyoshi

Unstable behaviour of pump-turbines and its effects on power regulation capacity of pumped-hydro energy storage plants pp. 399-409

Giovanna Cavazzini, Jean-Bernard Houdeline, Giorgio Pavesi, Olivier Teller and Guido Ardizzon

Stimulating urban transition and transformation to achieve sustainable and resilient cities pp. 410-418

Maddalen Mendizabal, Oliver Heidrich, Efren Feliu, Gemma García-Blanco and Alaitz Mendizabal

Does natural gas consumption mitigate CO2 emissions: Testing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis for 14 Asia-Pacific countries pp. 419-429

Kangyin Dong, Renjin Sun, Hui Li and Hua Liao

Looking towards policies supporting biofuels and technological change: Evidence from France pp. 430-439

Virginie Doumax-Tagliavini and Cristina Sarasa

Review of the energy potential of the residual biomass for the distributed generation in Brazil pp. 440-455

L.R.A. Ferreira, R.B. Otto, F.P. Silva, S.N.M. De Souza, S.S. De Souza and O.H. Ando Junior

Effect of stopping hydroelectric power generation on the dynamics of electricity prices: An event study approach pp. 456-467

Stephania Mosquera-López, Jorge Uribe and Diego F. Manotas-Duque

Challenges of integrating wind power plants into the electric power system: Lithuanian case pp. 468-475

Audrius Jonaitis, Saulius Gudzius, Alfonsas Morkvenas, Mindaugas Azubalis, Inga Konstantinaviciute, Audrius Baranauskas and Vidmantas Ticka

Agro-industrial waste to biobutanol production: Eco-friendly biofuels for next generation pp. 476-485

Nurhamieza Md Huzir, Md Maniruzzaman A. Aziz, S.B. Ismail, Bawadi Abdullah, Nik Azmi Nik Mahmood, N.A. Umor and Syed Muhammad, Syed Anuar Faua’ad

Demand Response Modeling in Microgrid Operation: a Review and Application for Incentive-Based and Time-Based Programs pp. 486-499

Mahmood Hosseini Imani, M. Jabbari Ghadi, Sahand Ghavidel and Li Li

Factors influencing the economics of public charging infrastructures for EV – A review pp. 500-509

Qi Zhang, Hailong Li, Lijing Zhu, Pietro Elia Campana, Huihui Lu, Fredrik Wallin and Qie Sun

Interactions between electric mobility and photovoltaic generation: A review pp. 510-522

Quentin Hoarau and Yannick Perez

Photovoltaic development in Romania. Reviewing what has been done pp. 523-535

Gabriel Năstase, Alexandru Șerban, George Dragomir, Alin Ionuț Brezeanu and Irina Bucur

Equilibrium and kinetic aspects for catalytic methanation focusing on CO2 derived Substitute Natural Gas (SNG) pp. 536-550

Efthymia Ioanna Koytsoumpa and Sotirios Karellas

Review of baseline studies on energy policies and indicators in Malaysia for future sustainable energy development pp. 551-564

M.A. Hannan, R.A. Begum, M.G. Abdolrasol, M.S. Hossain Lipu, A. Mohamed and M.M. Rashid

Analysis of energy efficiency in China's transportation sector pp. 565-575

Chao Feng and Miao Wang

A review on recent developments in physisorption thermal energy storage for building applications pp. 576-586

Frédéric Kuznik, Kevyn Johannes, Christian Obrecht and Damien David

Biomass logistics: A review of important features, optimization modeling and the new trends pp. 587-599

Krishna Teja Malladi and Taraneh Sowlati

Towards the achievement of SDG 7 in sub-Saharan Africa: Creating synergies between Power Africa, Sustainable Energy for All and climate finance in-order to achieve universal energy access before 2030 pp. 600-608

Dumisani Chirambo

Recent theoretical progress in the organic/metal-organic sensitizers as the free dyes, dye/TiO2 and dye/electrolyte systems; Structural modifications and solvent effects on their performance pp. 609-655

Foroogh Arkan and Mohammad Izadyar

Electrotechnologies applied to microalgal biotechnology – Applications, techniques and future trends pp. 656-668

Pedro Geada, Rui Rodrigues, Luís Loureiro, Ricardo Pereira, Bruno Fernandes, José A. Teixeira, Vítor Vasconcelos and António A. Vicente

Sustainability of non-residential buildings and relevance of main environmental impact contributors' variability. A case study of food retail stores buildings pp. 669-681

Beatriz Gimeno-Frontera, María Dolores Mainar-Toledo, Aitana Sáez de Guinoa, David Zambrana-Vasquez and Ignacio Zabalza-Bribián

Reform and renewables in China: The architecture of Yunnan's hydropower dominated electricity market pp. 682-693

Chuntian Cheng, Fu Chen, Gang Li, Bora Ristić, Ali Mirchi, Tu Qiyu and Kaveh Madani

Methodological analysis of palm oil biodiesel life cycle studies pp. 694-704

Sophie A. Archer, Richard J. Murphy and Robert Steinberger-Wilckens

Smart homes and the control of indoor air quality pp. 705-718

Alexandra Schieweck, Erik Uhde, Tunga Salthammer, Lea C. Salthammer, Lidia Morawska, Mandana Mazaheri and Prashant Kumar

Policy mechanisms to accelerate electric vehicle adoption: A qualitative review from the Nordic region pp. 719-731

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

Evaluating the effect of air pollution on global and diffuse solar radiation prediction using support vector machine modeling based on sunshine duration and air temperature pp. 732-747

Junliang Fan, Lifeng Wu, Fucang Zhang, Huanjie Cai, Xiukang Wang, Xianghui Lu and Youzhen Xiang

Changes in energy-related carbon dioxide emissions of the agricultural sector in China from 2005 to 2013 pp. 748-761

Jiandong Chen, Shulei Cheng and Malin Song

Renewable energy in the Pacific Islands: Its role and status pp. 762-771

Tony Weir

Biodiesel derived from corn oil – A fuel substitute for diesel pp. 772-778

T. Balamurugan, A. Arun and G.B. Sathishkumar

A review of transparent solar photovoltaic technologies pp. 779-791

Alaa A.F. Husain, Wan Zuha W. Hasan, Suhaidi Shafie, Mohd N. Hamidon and Shyam Sudhir Pandey

Optical simulation of a central receiver system: Comparison of different software tools pp. 792-803

David Jafrancesco, Joao P. Cardoso, Amaia Mutuberria, Erminia Leonardi, Iñigo Les, Paola Sansoni, Franco Francini and Daniela Fontani

Energy storage for electricity generation and related processes: Technologies appraisal and grid scale applications pp. 804-821

Maria C. Argyrou, Paul Christodoulides and Soteris A. Kalogirou

Assessment and comparison of the solar radiation distribution inside the main commercial photovoltaic greenhouse types in Europe pp. 822-834

Marco Cossu, Andrea Cossu, Paola A. Deligios, Luigi Ledda, Zhi Li, Hicham Fatnassi, Christine Poncet and Akira Yano

Concentrated photovoltaic: A review of thermal aspects, challenges and opportunities pp. 835-852

Ahmed Hasan, Jawad Sarwar and Ali Hasan Shah

A decision-making model for the analysis of offshore wind farm projects under climate uncertainties: A case study of South Korea pp. 853-860

Kyeongseok Kim, Byungil Kim and Hyoungkwan Kim

Worldwide application of aquifer thermal energy storage – A review pp. 861-876

Paul Fleuchaus, Bas Godschalk, Ingrid Stober and Philipp Blum

Linking electricity consumption of home appliances and standard of living: A comparison between Brazilian and French households pp. 877-888

Carolina Grottera, Carine Barbier, Alessandro Sanches-Pereira, Mariana Weiss de Abreu, Christiane Uchôa, Luís Gustavo Tudeschini, Jean-Michel Cayla, Franck Nadaud, Amaro Olimpio Pereira , Claude Cohen and Suani Teixeira Coelho

Geothermal energy: Power plant technology and direct heat applications pp. 889-901

Diego Moya, Clay Aldás and Prasad Kaparaju

Is renewable energy a cost-effective mitigation resource? An application to the Spanish electricity market pp. 902-914

Maria Paz Espinosa and Cristina Pizarro-Irizar

A spatial analysis of biogas potential from manure in Europe pp. 915-930

Nicolae Scarlat, Fernando Fahl, Jean-François Dallemand, Fabio Monforti and Vicenzo Motola

Current trends in surface tension and wetting behavior of nanofluids pp. 931-944

Patrice Estellé, David Cabaleiro, Gawel Żyła, Luis Lugo and S.M. Sohel Murshed

Electricity crisis and the effect of CO2 emissions on infrastructure-growth nexus in Sub Saharan Africa pp. 945-958

Chengete Chakamera and Imhotep Alagidede

Estimation of renewable energy and built environment-related variables using neural networks – A review pp. 959-988

Eugénio Rodrigues, Álvaro Gomes, Adélio Rodrigues Gaspar and Carlos Henggeler Antunes

Probabilistic energy flow for multi-carrier energy systems pp. 989-997

Hosein Khorsand and Ali Reza Seifi

Biomass gasification in fluidized beds: A review of biomass moisture content and operating pressure effects pp. 998-1023

Ingrid Lopes Motta, Nahieh Toscano Miranda, Rubens Maciel Filho and Maria Regina Wolf Maciel

Economic and environmental analysis of a residential PV system: A profitable contribution to the Paris agreement pp. 1024-1035

Angel Arcos-Vargas, José M. Cansino and Rocío Román-Collado

The emergence of renewable energy cooperatives in Spain: A review pp. 1036-1043

Iñaki Heras-Saizarbitoria, Lucía Sáez, Erlantz Allur and Jon Morandeira

Activity of chars and activated carbons for removal and decomposition of tar model compounds – A review pp. 1044-1056

Giulia Ravenni, Zsuzsa Sárossy, Jesper Ahrenfeldt and Ulrik Birk Henriksen

An economic analysis of residential photovoltaic systems with lithium ion battery storage in the United States pp. 1057-1066

Eric Tervo, Kenechi Agbim, Freddy DeAngelis, Jeffrey Hernandez, Hye Kyung Kim and Adewale Odukomaiya

Surface modification of activated carbon for adsorption of SO2 and NOX: A review of existing and emerging technologies pp. 1067-1085

A.A. Abdulrasheed, A.A. Jalil, S. Triwahyono, M.A.A. Zaini, Y. Gambo and M. Ibrahim

Preparation, modification and development of Ni-based catalysts for catalytic reforming of tar produced from biomass gasification pp. 1086-1109

Zhikun Zhang, Lina Liu, Boxiong Shen and Chunfei Wu

The characteristics and influencing factors of the attached microalgae cultivation: A review pp. 1110-1119

Lin-Lan Zhuang, Dawei Yu, Jian Zhang, Fei-fei Liu, Yin-Hu Wu, Tian-Yuan Zhang, Guo-Hua Dao and Hong-Ying Hu

A comprehensive review on inverter topologies and control strategies for grid connected photovoltaic system pp. 1120-1141

Kamran Zeb, Waqar Uddin, Muhammad Adil Khan, Zunaib Ali, Muhammad Umair Ali, Nicholas Christofides and H.J. Kim

The carbon footprint of buildings: A review of methodologies and applications pp. 1142-1152

Andriel Evandro Fenner, Charles Joseph Kibert, Junghoon Woo, Shirley Morque, Mohamad Razkenari, Hamed Hakim and Xiaoshu Lu

Reducing industrial energy demand in the UK: A review of energy efficiency technologies and energy saving potential in selected sectors pp. 1153-1178

Jahedul Islam Chowdhury, Yukun Hu, Ismail Haltas, Nazmiye Balta-Ozkan, George Matthew and Liz Varga

Carbon sequestration potential for mitigating the carbon footprint of green stormwater infrastructure pp. 1179-1191

Emad Kavehei, G.A. Jenkins, M.F. Adame and C. Lemckert

Analysing the potential of integrating wind and solar power in Europe using spatial optimisation under various scenarios pp. 1192-1216

William Zappa and Machteld van den Broek

Renewable methanol as a fuel for the shipping industry pp. 1217-1228

Martin Svanberg, Joanne Ellis, Joakim Lundgren and Ingvar Landälv