Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Volume 76, issue C, 2017

Community energy and emissions planning for tidal current turbines: A case study of the municipalities of the Southern Gulf Islands Region, British Columbia pp. 1-8

Stephen Joseph Sangiuliano

Electricity consumption, oil price and economic growth: Global perspective pp. 9-18

Suleman Sarwar, Wei Chen and Rida Waheed

Corrosion effect of phase change materials in solar thermal energy storage application pp. 19-33

Anusuiah Vasu, Ftwi Y. Hagos, M.M. Noor, R. Mamat, W.H. Azmi, Abdul A. Abdullah and Thamir K. Ibrahim

Economic evaluation of the replacement of sugar cane bagasse by vinasse, as a source of energy in a power plant in the state of Paraná, Brazil pp. 34-42

Felix Augusto Pazuch, Carlos Eduardo Camargo Nogueira, Samuel Nelson Melegari Souza, Viviane Cavaler Micuanski, Leandro Friedrich and Anderson Miguel Lenz

Integrated building life-cycle assessment model to support South Korea's green building certification system (G-SEED) pp. 43-50

Nayoon Lee, Sungho Tae, Yuri Gong and Seungjun Roh

Table-based DPC for grid connected VSC under unbalanced and distorted grid voltages: Review and optimal method pp. 51-61

Sze Sing Lee and Yeh En Heng

The relationship amongst energy consumption (renewable and non-renewable), and GDP in Algeria pp. 62-71

Fethi Amri

Climate change mitigation and renewable energy for sustainable development in Nigeria: A discourse approach pp. 72-80

Z.A. Elum and A.S. Momodu

Plant microbial fuel cells: A promising biosystems engineering pp. 81-89

Rachnarin Nitisoravut and Roshan Regmi

Mechanised harvesting of short-rotation coppices pp. 90-104

Stefan P.P. Vanbeveren, Raffaele Spinelli, Mark Eisenbies, Janine Schweier, Blas Mola-Yudego, Natascia Magagnotti, Mauricio Acuna, Ioannis Dimitriou and Reinhart Ceulemans

A review for phase change materials (PCMs) in solar absorption refrigeration systems pp. 105-137

Mohammed Mumtaz A. Khan, R. Saidur and Fahad A. Al-Sulaiman

The impact of economic development and social-political factors on ecological footprint: A panel data analysis for 15 MENA countries pp. 138-154

Lanouar Charfeddine and Zouhair Mrabet

Assess and prognosticate green house gas emissions from agricultural production of EU countries, by implementing, DEA Window analysis and artificial neural networks pp. 155-162

G. Vlontzos and P.M. Pardalos

Review of performance studies of direct coupled photovoltaic water pumping systems and case study pp. 163-175

S.S. Chandel, M. Nagaraju Naik and Rahul Chandel

Building life cycle assessment research: A review by bibliometric analysis pp. 176-184

Shengnan Geng, Yuan Wang, Jian Zuo, Zhihua Zhou, Huibin Du and Guozhu Mao

Review of and comparative assessment of energy security in Baltic States pp. 185-192

Shouzhen Zeng, Dalia Streimikiene and Tomas Baležentis

Realization for low cost and energy efficient ceiling fans in the developing countries pp. 193-201

Tauseef Tauqeer, Muhammad Afnan Ansari and Ammar Hasan

A review of the use of exergy to evaluate the sustainability of fossil fuels and non-fuel mineral depletion pp. 202-211

Kai Whiting, Luis Gabriel Carmona and Tânia Sousa

Titanium dioxide nanotubes (TNT) in energy and environmental applications: An overview pp. 212-225

M. Abdullah and S.K. Kamarudin

Metal oxide nanofluids: Review of formulation, thermo-physical properties, mechanisms, and heat transfer performance pp. 226-255

K.S. Suganthi and K.S. Rajan

Comparison of methods for controllers design of single phase inverter operating in island mode in a microgrid: Review pp. 256-267

Virgilio Vásquez, Luis Mauro Ortega, David Romero, Rubén Ortega, Oscar Carranza and Jaime J. Rodríguez

Fuel cell hybrid electric vehicles: A review on power conditioning units and topologies pp. 268-291

Himadry Shekhar Das, Chee Wei Tan and A.H.M. Yatim

Sustainable and Integrated Bioenergy Assessment for Latin America, Caribbean and Africa (SIByl-LACAf): The path from feasibility to acceptability pp. 292-308

Luiz Augusto Horta Nogueira, Luiz Gustavo Antonio de Souza, Luís Augusto Barbosa Cortez and Manoel Regis Lima Verde Leal

Review of physicochemical properties and analytical characterization of lignocellulosic biomass pp. 309-322

Junmeng Cai, Yifeng He, Xi Yu, Scott W. Banks, Yang Yang, Xingguang Zhang, Yang Yu, Ronghou Liu and Anthony V. Bridgwater

Performance of nanofluid-based photovoltaic/thermal systems: A review pp. 323-352

Farideh Yazdanifard, Mehran Ameri and Ehsan Ebrahimnia-Bajestan

On electricity consumption and economic growth in China pp. 353-368

Chi Zhang, Kaile Zhou, Shanlin Yang and Zhen Shao

Medium temperature application of concentrated solar thermal technology: Indian perspective pp. 369-378

Hardik Naik, Prashant Baredar and Anil Kumar

Biological CO2 fixation with production of microalgae in wastewater – A review pp. 379-390

Shaikh Abdur Razzak, Saad Aldin M. Ali, Mohammad Mozahar Hossain and Hugo deLasa

A review on state of art development of model predictive control for renewable energy applications pp. 391-406

W. Razia Sultana, Sarat Kumar Sahoo, Sukruedee Sukchai, S. Yamuna and D. Venkatesh

Economics of grid-tied household solar panel systems versus grid-only electricity pp. 407-424

Ahmad F. Ghaith, Francis Epplin and R. Scott Frazier

Challenges in the wind turbines location process in Central Europe – The use of spatial decision support systems pp. 425-433

Jan Kazak, Joost van Hoof and Szymon Szewranski

Management of electrical and electronic waste: A comparative evaluation of China and India pp. 434-447

Abhishek Kumar Awasthi and Jinhui Li

The decomposition of CO2 emissions from energy use in Greece before and during the economic crisis and their decoupling from economic growth pp. 448-459

Argiro Roinioti and Christopher Koroneos

Optimization strategies for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) application: A literature survey pp. 460-484

F. Ramadhani, M.A. Hussain, H. Mokhlis and S. Hajimolana

Geothermal energy in Turkey and around the World: A review of the literature and an analysis based on Turkey's Vision 2023 energy targets pp. 485-492

Mehmet Melikoglu

Microalgae biomass production for a biorefinery system: Recent advances and the way towards sustainability pp. 493-506

L. Moreno-Garcia, K. Adjallé, S. Barnabé and G.S.V. Raghavan

Average economic performance of solar water heaters for low density dwellings across South Africa pp. 507-515

Philippe Alberto Friedrich Ferrer

Review and qualitative analysis of submodule-level distributed power electronic solutions in PV power systems pp. 516-528

O. Khan and W. Xiao

A review on distributed generation planning pp. 529-544

Bindeshwar Singh and Janmejay Sharma

The incentive announcement effect of demand response on market power mitigation in the electricity market pp. 545-554

Tae-Hyun Yoo, Woong Ko, Chang-Ho Rhee and Jong-Keun Park

Climate change: The game changer in the Gulf Cooperation Council Region pp. 555-576

Hilal M.S. Al-Maamary, Hussein A. Kazem and Miqdam T. Chaichan

Techno economic feasibility analysis of different combinations of PV-Wind-Diesel-Battery hybrid system for telecommunication applications in different cities of Punjab, India pp. 577-607

Mohammad Junaid Khan, Amit Kumar Yadav and Lini Mathew

Sustainable oil palm industry: The possibilities pp. 608-619

Rahima Khatun, Mohammad Imam Hasan Reza, M. Moniruzzaman and Zahira Yaakob

Renewable energy consumption, International trade, oil price and economic growth inter-linkages: The case of Tunisia pp. 620-627

Riadh Brini, Amara Mohamed and Hatem Jemmali

State of the art review of the environmental assessment and risks of underground geo-energy resources exploitation pp. 628-644

Wen Liu and Andrea Ramirez

A review on recent advancements in photovoltaic thermal techniques pp. 645-672

Tushar M. Sathe and A.S. Dhoble

Model selection for continuous commissioning of HVAC-systems in office buildings: A review pp. 673-686

Verhelst J.,, G., Van Ham, Saelens D., and Helsen L.,

Evolution of transformer health index in the form of mathematical equation pp. 687-700

A. Azmi, J. Jasni, N. Azis and M.Z.A. Ab. Kadir

Comparison study of tidal stream and wave energy technology development between China and some Western Countries pp. 701-716

Yijin Liu, Ye Li, Fenglan He and Haifeng Wang

A review of droop control techniques for microgrid pp. 717-727

Usman Bashir Tayab, Mohd Azrik Bin Roslan, Leong Jenn Hwai and Muhammad Kashif

A review of solar driven absorption cooling with photovoltaic thermal systems pp. 728-742

Mohammad Alobaid, Ben Hughes, John Kaiser Calautit, O’Connor, Dominic and Andrew Heyes

A review on methane transformation to hydrogen and nanocarbon: Relevance of catalyst characteristics and experimental parameters on yield pp. 743-767

U.P.M. Ashik, W.M.A. Wan Daud and Jun-ichiro Hayashi

Overall review of the overcapacity situation of China’s thermal power industry: Status quo, policy analysis and suggestions pp. 768-774

Zeng Ming, Zhang Ping, Yu Shunkun and Liu Hui

Evaluation of future sustainable electricity generation alternatives: The case of a Greek island pp. 775-787

Eleni Strantzali, Konstantinos Aravossis and Georgios A. Livanos

A review on symmetric, asymmetric, hybrid and single DC sources based multilevel inverter topologies pp. 788-812

J. Venkataramanaiah, Y. Suresh and Anup Kumar Panda

Impact of flexibility in public R&D funding: How real options could avoid the crowding-out effect pp. 813-823

Gonzalo Martín-Barrera, Constancio Zamora-Ramírez and José M. González-González

Integrating short term variations of the power system into integrated energy system models: A methodological review pp. 839-856

Seán Collins, John Paul Deane, Kris Poncelet, Evangelos Panos, Robert C. Pietzcker, Erik Delarue and Brian Pádraig Ó Gallachóir

Decreasing desired opportunity for energy supply of a globally acclaimed biofuel crop in a changing climate pp. 857-864

Junhua Hu

Present situation and future prospect of renewable energy in China pp. 865-871

Dahai Zhang, Jiaqi Wang, Yonggang Lin, Yulin Si, Can Huang, Jing Yang, Bin Huang and Wei Li

Review of PV soiling particle mechanics in desert environments pp. 872-881

Benjamin Figgis, Ahmed Ennaoui, Said Ahzi and Yves Rémond

Design optimization of photovoltaic solar fields-insight and methodology pp. 882-893

A. Aronescu and J. Appelbaum

Biometric and biotechnology strategies in Jatropha genetic breeding for biodiesel production pp. 894-904

Bruno Galvêas Laviola, Erina Vitório Rodrigues, Paulo Eduardo Teodoro, Leonardo de Azevedo Peixoto and Leonardo Lopes Bhering

A comprehensive study of classical and hybrid multilevel inverter topologies for renewable energy applications pp. 905-931

Peeyush Kala and Sudha Arora

Residential energy efficiency and distributed generation - Natural partners or competition? pp. 932-940

Sebastian Oliva H.

Poultry litter as biomass energy: A review and future perspectives pp. 941-949

Felipe Santos Dalólio, Jadir Nogueira da Silva, Angélica Cássia Carneiro de Oliveira, Ilda de Fátima Ferreira Tinôco, Rúben Christiam Barbosa, Michael de Oliveira Resende, Luiz Fernando Teixeira Albino and Suani Teixeira Coelho

Flags as vortex generators for heat transfer enhancement: Gaps and challenges pp. 950-962

Ralph Kristoffer B. Gallegos and Rajnish N. Sharma

Trends and advances in conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to biobutanol: Microbes, bioprocesses and industrial viability pp. 963-973

Lalitha Devi Gottumukkala, Kate Haigh and Johann Görgens

Large-scale integration of distributed generation into distribution networks: Study objectives, review of models and computational tools pp. 974-988

A.S.N. Huda and R. Živanović

Small-scale downdraft gasifiers for biomass gasification: A review pp. 989-1003

A.A.P. Susastriawan, Harwin Saptoadi and Purnomo,

The influence of electricity production, permanent cropland, high technology exports, and health expenditures on air pollution in Latin America and the Caribbean Countries pp. 1004-1010

Khalid Zaman and Mitwali Abd-el Moemen

Technical losses computation for short-term predictive management enhancement of grid-connected distributed generations pp. 1011-1021

Nisrine Kebir and Mohamed Maaroufi

Third generation in bio-electrochemical system research – A systematic review on mechanisms for recovery of valuable by-products from wastewater pp. 1022-1031

Dipak A. Jadhav, Sreemoyee Ghosh Ray and Makarand M. Ghangrekar

Hydrogen production from reforming of biogas: Review of technological advances and an Indian perspective pp. 1032-1052

Gaurav Nahar, Dhananjay Mote and Valerie Dupont

Electricity generation from renewables in Madagascar: Opportunities and projections pp. 1066-1079

Jean Philippe Praene, Mamy Harimisa Radanielina, Vanessa Rolande Rakotoson, Ando Ludovic Andriamamonjy, Frantz Sinama, Dominique Morau and Hery Tiana Rakotondramiarana

Carbon capture by absorption – Path covered and ahead pp. 1080-1107

I. Sreedhar, Tanisha Nahar, A. Venugopal and B. Srinivas

Design and development of compound parabolic concentrating for photovoltaic solar collector: Review pp. 1108-1121

Ahed Hameed Jaaz, Husam Abdulrasool Hasan, Kamaruzzaman Sopian, Mohd Hafidz Bin Haji Ruslan and Saleem Hussain Zaidi

Burden of proof: A comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems pp. 1122-1133

B.P. Heard, B.W. Brook, T.M.L. Wigley and C.J.A. Bradshaw

A state of the art review on viscosity of nanofluids pp. 1134-1152

S.M. Sohel Murshed and Patrice Estellé

Environment-adjusted operational performance evaluation of solar photovoltaic power plants: A three stage efficiency analysis pp. 1153-1162

Zhaohua Wang, Yi Li, Ke Wang and Zhimin Huang

Bio-mitigation of carbon dioxide using microalgal systems: Advances and perspectives pp. 1163-1175

Wenguang Zhou, Jinghan Wang, Paul Chen, Chengcheng Ji, Qiuyun Kang, Bei Lu, Kun Li, Jin Liu and Roger Ruan

A Review on energy management schemes in energy harvesting wireless sensor networks pp. 1176-1184

Aliyu Aliyu Babayo, Mohammad Hossein Anisi and Ihsan Ali

A comprehensive state of the art literature survey on LFC mechanism for power system pp. 1185-1207

Ravi Shankar, S.R. Pradhan, Kalyan Chatterjee and Rajasi Mandal

Contemporary trends in thermo-hydraulic testing and modeling of automotive radiators deploying nano-coolants and aerodynamically efficient air-side fins pp. 1208-1229

Yagnavalkya Mukkamala

Selection of non-isolated DC-DC converters for solar photovoltaic system pp. 1230-1247

Dileep. G and S.N. Singh

A comprehensive review on reduced switch multilevel inverter topologies, modulation techniques and applications pp. 1248-1282

Natarajan Prabaharan and Kaliannan Palanisamy

Life cycle assessment demonstrates environmental co-benefits and trade-offs of low-carbon electricity supply options pp. 1283-1290

Thomas Gibon, Anders Arvesen and Edgar G. Hertwich

A methodology for maximizing the benefits of solar landfills on closed sites pp. 1291-1300

Sándor Szabó, Katalin Bódis, Ioannis Kougias, Magda Moner-Girona, Arnulf Jäger-Waldau, Gábor Barton and László Szabó

Nanoparticles based drilling muds a solution to drill elevated temperature wells: A review pp. 1301-1313

A. Aftab, A.R. Ismail, Z.H. Ibupoto, H. Akeiber and M.G.K. Malghani

Energy density and storage capacity cost comparison of conceptual solid and liquid sorption seasonal heat storage systems for low-temperature space heating pp. 1314-1331

Luca Scapino, Herbert A. Zondag, Johan Van Bael, Jan Diriken and Camilo C.M. Rindt

Feasibility analysis of hybrid photovoltaic/battery/fuel cell energy system for an indigenous residence in East Malaysia pp. 1332-1347

Himadry Shekhar Das, Chee Wei Tan, A.H.M. Yatim and Kwan Yiew Lau

Non-contact methods for thermal properties measurement pp. 1348-1370

B. Abad, D.-A. Borca-Tasciuc and M.S. Martin-Gonzalez

Ultraviolet radiation over China: Spatial distribution and trends pp. 1371-1383

H. Liu, Baiding Hu, L. Zhang, X.J. Zhao, K.Z. Shang, Y.S. Wang and J. Wang

TiO2/RGO composites: Its achievement and factors involved in hydrogen production pp. 1384-1392

Bhavana Gupta and Ambrose A. Melvin

Visible/solar light active photocatalysts for organic effluent treatment: Fundamentals, mechanisms and parametric review pp. 1393-1421

Leena V. Bora and Rajubhai K. Mewada

Renewable electricity support systems: Are feed-in systems taking the lead? pp. 1422-1439

Julieta Schallenberg-Rodriguez

An overview of Afghanistan's trends toward renewable and sustainable energies pp. 1440-1464

Raheleh Rostami, Seyed Meysam Khoshnava, Hasanuddin Lamit, Dalia Streimikiene and Abbas Mardani

Integrated value of shale gas development: A comparative analysis in the United States and China pp. 1465-1478

Yan Yang, Limao Wang, Yebing Fang and Chufu Mou

The evolution of the biofuel science pp. 1479-1484

Pooya Azadi, Robert Malina, Steven R.H. Barrett and Markus Kraft

Anaerobic co-digestion process for biogas production: Progress, challenges and perspectives pp. 1485-1496

Kiros Hagos, Jianpeng Zong, Dongxue Li, Chang Liu and Xiaohua Lu

Review: Progress in solar cells from hydrogenated amorphous silicon pp. 1497-1523

Michael Stuckelberger, Rémi Biron, Nicolas Wyrsch, Franz-Josef Haug and Christophe Ballif

Status of renewable capacity for electricity generation and future prospects in Korea: Global trends and domestic strategies pp. 1524-1533

Dongsu Han and Sanghoon Baek

The role of ionic liquids in desulfurization of fuels: A review pp. 1534-1549

Muna Hassan Ibrahim, Maan Hayyan, Mohd Ali Hashim and Adeeb Hayyan

Solar resource assessment for rural electrification and industrial development in the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) pp. 1550-1561

Q. Hernández-Escobedo, A. Fernández-García and F. Manzano-Agugliaro

Critical aspects of impedance spectroscopy in silicon solar cell characterization: A review pp. 1562-1578

Pankaj Yadav, Kavita Pandey, Vishwa Bhatt, Manoj Kumar and Joondong Kim