Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Volume 74, issue C, 2017

A comprehensive review on vibration energy harvesting: Modelling and realization pp. 1-18

Chongfeng Wei and Xingjian Jing

Design structure model and renewable energy technology for rechargeable battery towards greener and more sustainable electric vehicle pp. 19-25

Yong Li, Jie Yang and Jian Song

Heat transfer enhancement of phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications: A critical review pp. 26-50

Nasiru I. Ibrahim, Fahad A. Al-Sulaiman, Saidur Rahman, Bekir S. Yilbas and Ahmet Z. Sahin

Polish energy policy 2050 – An instrument to develop a diversified and sustainable electricity generation mix in coal-based energy system pp. 51-70

Michal Wierzbowski, Izabela Filipiak and Wojciech Lyzwa

Modelling approaches to biomass gasification: A review with emphasis on the stoichiometric method pp. 71-88

M. La Villetta, M. Costa and N. Massarotti

Ethanol steam reforming for hydrogen production: Latest and effective catalyst modification strategies to minimize carbonaceous deactivation pp. 89-103

Yogesh Chandra Sharma, Ashutosh Kumar, Ram Prasad and Siddh Nath Upadhyay

Investigation of graphene-based systems for hydrogen storage pp. 104-109

Hamid Ghorbani Shiraz and Omid Tavakoli

The impact of sources of energy production on globalization: Evidence from panel data analysis pp. 110-115

Syed Mahbubur Rahman and Md. Miah

Short-term scheduling of hydro-based power plants considering application of heuristic algorithms: A comprehensive review pp. 116-129

M. Nazari-Heris, B. Mohammadi-Ivatloo and G. B. Gharehpetian

Solar tracking methods to maximize PV system output – A review of the methods adopted in recent decade pp. 130-138

Vijayan Sumathi, R. Jayapragash, Abhinav Bakshi and Praveen Kumar Akella

Molecular challenges in microalgae towards cost-effective production of quality biodiesel pp. 139-144

Young-Soo Chung, Jin-Woo Lee and Chung-Han Chung

An international review of the most productive and cost effective forest biomass recovery technologies and supply chains pp. 145-158

Mohammad Reza Ghaffariyan, Mark Brown, Mauricio Acuna, John Sessions, Tom Gallagher, Martin Kühmaier, Raffaele Spinelli, Rien Visser, Ger Devlin, Lars Eliasson, Juha Laitila, Ruben Laina, Maria Iwarsson Wide and Gustaf Egnell

Microbial enhanced oil recovery, a critical review on worldwide implemented field trials in different countries pp. 159-172

Milad Safdel, Mohammad Amin Anbaz, Amin Daryasafar and Mohammad Jamialahmadi

PV sector in the European Union countries – Clusters and efficiency pp. 173-177

Florinda Martins

Introducing ocean energy industries to a busy marine environment pp. 178-185

Linus Hammar, Martin Gullström, Thomas G. Dahlgren, Maria E. Asplund, Ines Braga Goncalves and Sverker Molander

Study on the practice of public participation in environmental impact assessment by environmental non-governmental organizations in China pp. 186-200

Jing Wu, I-Shin Chang, Qimanguli Yilihamu and Yu Zhou

Chronic overheating in low carbon urban developments in a temperate climate pp. 201-220

Robert S. McLeod and Michael Swainson

Economic review of different designs of biogas plants at household level in Pakistan pp. 221-229

Abdullah Yasar, Saba Nazir, Rizwan Rasheed, Amtul Bari Tabinda and Masooma Nazar

Recent advances in catalytic transformation of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural into the innovative fuels and chemicals pp. 230-257

Lei Hu, Lu Lin, Zhen Wu, Shouyong Zhou and Shijie Liu

The relationships among energy consumption, economic output and energy intensity of countries at different stage of development pp. 258-264

Zhang Lan-yue, Li Yao, Zhang Jing, Luo Bing, He Ji-min, Deng Shi-huai, Huang Xin, Luo Ling, Shen Fei, Xiao Hong, Zhang Yan-zong, Li Yuan-wei, Wang Li-lin, Yao Xue-Ping and Zhang Ya-qi

Review of state-of-the-art: Inverter-to-array power ratio for thin – Film sizing technique pp. 265-277

M.Z. Hussin, A.M. Omar, S. Shaari and N.D. Md Sin

Expanded polystyrene waste application for improving biodiesel environmental performance parameters from life cycle assessment point of view pp. 278-298

Mohammad Ali Rajaeifar, Reza Abdi and Meisam Tabatabaei

Driving forces for low carbon technology innovation in the building industry: A critical review pp. 299-315

Xiaodong Lai, Jixian Liu, Qian Shi, Georgi Georgiev and Guangdong Wu

Life Cycle Assessment of building stocks from urban to transnational scales: A review pp. 316-332

Alessio Mastrucci, Antonino Marvuglia, Ulrich Leopold and Enrico Benetto

Evaluating expected and comparing with observed risks on a large-scale solar photovoltaic construction project: A case for reducing the regulatory burden pp. 333-348

Turlough F. Guerin

Energy efficiency in the Romanian residential building stock: A literature review pp. 349-363

Adina Ana Muresan and Shady Attia

An overview of modelling techniques employed for performance simulation of low–grade heat operated adsorption cooling systems pp. 364-376

Ramesh P. Sah, Biplab Choudhury, Ranadip K. Das and Anirban Sur

A comparison of different global MPPT techniques based on meta-heuristic algorithms for photovoltaic system subjected to partial shading conditions pp. 377-386

Hegazy Rezk, Ahmed Fathy and Almoataz Y. Abdelaziz

A review on recent developments and progress in the kinetics and deactivation of catalytic acetylation of glycerol—A byproduct of biodiesel pp. 387-401

P.U. Okoye, A.Z. Abdullah and B.H. Hameed

Progress of microalgae biofuel’s commercialization pp. 402-411

Yujie Su, Kaihui Song, Peidong Zhang, Yuqing Su, Jing Cheng and Xiao Chen

Are renewable energy subsidies effective? Evidence from Europe pp. 412-423

Marcella Nicolini and Massimo Tavoni

Hot-spots of large wave energy resources in relatively sheltered sections of the Baltic Sea coast pp. 424-437

Olga Kovaleva, Maris Eelsalu and Tarmo Soomere

The way forward for the modification of dye-sensitized solar cell towards better power conversion efficiency pp. 438-452

Uyi Sulaeman and Ahmad Zuhairi Abdullah

Direct steam generation in parabolic-trough collectors: A review about the technology and a thermo-economic analysis of a hybrid system pp. 453-473

Andrea Giglio, Andrea Lanzini, Pierluigi Leone, Margarita M. Rodríguez García and Eduardo Zarza Moya

Sustainable energy development in Nigeria: Wind, hydropower, geothermal and nuclear (Vol. 1) pp. 474-490

Ayoola T. Brimmo, Ahmed Sodiq, Samuel Sofela and Isa Kolo

Selection based on differences between cogeneration and trigeneration in various prime mover technologies pp. 491-511

Houssein Al Moussawi, Farouk Fardoun and Hasna Louahlia

Statistic linear parametric techniques for residential electric energy demand forecasting. A review and an implementation to Chile pp. 512-521

Humberto Verdejo, Almendra Awerkin, Cristhian Becker and Gabriel Olguin

Evolution and projection of CO2 emissions for China's cement industry from 1980 to 2020 pp. 522-537

Tianming Gao, Lei Shen, Ming Shen, Litao Liu, Fengnan Chen and Li Gao

Assessing the driving factors for energy management program adoption pp. 538-547

Aida Sa, Patrik Thollander and Enrico Cagno

Financial risk reduction in photovoltaic projects through ocean-atmospheric oscillations modeling pp. 548-568

Cristian Bustos, David Watts and Marysol Ayala

Indoor thermal comfort predictions: Selected issues and trends pp. 569-580

Harimi Djamila

Photovoltaic solar energy: Conceptual framework pp. 590-601

Priscila Gonçalves Vasconcelos Sampaio and Mario Orestes Aguirre González

Risk-based methods for sustainable energy system planning: A review pp. 602-615

Anastasia Ioannou, Andrew Angus and Feargal Brennan

Meteorological Radiation Model (MRM v6.1): Improvements in diffuse radiation estimates and a new approach for implementation of cloud products pp. 616-637

H.D. Kambezidis, B.E. Psiloglou, D. Karagiannis, U.C. Dumka and D.G. Kaskaoutis

A review on thermophysical properties of nanofluids and heat transfer applications pp. 638-670

Munish Gupta, Vinay Singh, Rajesh Kumar and Z. Said

Feasibility of using kitchen waste as future substrate for bioethanol production: A review pp. 671-686

Halimatun Saadiah Hafid, Rahman, Nor’ Aini Abdul, Umi Kalsom Md Shah, Azhari Samsu Baharuddin and Arbakariya B. Ariff

Prospects and potential of fatty acid methyl esters of some non-edible seed oils for use as biodiesel in Pakistan pp. 687-702

Rozina,, Saira Asif, Mushtaq Ahmad, Muhammad Zafar and Nsir Ali

Review of the methods for evaluation of renewable energy sources penetration and ramping used in the Scenario Outlook and Adequacy Forecast 2015. Case study for Poland pp. 703-714

Mateusz Andrychowicz, Blazej Olek and Jakub Przybylski

Research status of shale gas: A review pp. 715-720

Qiang Wang and Rongrong Li

An analytical approach to study partial shading effects on PV array supported by literature pp. 721-732

R. Ahmad, Ali F. Murtaza, Hadeed Ahmed Sher, Umar Tabrez Shami and Saheed Olalekan

Solar energy under cold climatic conditions: A review pp. 733-745

Maxime Mussard

A review: Natural ventilation performance of office buildings in Japan pp. 746-754

Mika Nomura and Kyosuke Hiyama

A review on exergy analysis of solar electricity production pp. 755-770

Fatih Bayrak, Nidal Abu-Hamdeh, Khaled A. Alnefaie and Hakan F. Öztop

Bionic building energy efficiency and bionic green architecture: A review pp. 771-787

Yanping Yuan, Xiaoping Yu, Xiaojiao Yang, Yimin Xiao, Bo Xiang and Yi Wang

Assessing the impacts of climate change on hydropower generation and the power sector in Portugal: A partial equilibrium approach pp. 788-799

Carla Teotónio, Patrícia Fortes, Peter Roebeling, Miguel Rodriguez and Margarita Robaina-Alves

Vision 2023: Status quo and future of biomass and coal for sustainable energy generation in Turkey pp. 800-808

Mehmet Melikoglu

A review of thermochemical processes and technologies to use steelworks off-gases pp. 809-823

Wilmar Uribe-Soto, Jean-François Portha, Jean-Marc Commenge and Laurent Falk

Why does the combination of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme and a renewable energy target makes economic sense? pp. 824-834

Pablo del Río

Exploring economy of small communities and households by investing on harnessing wind energy in the province of Sistan-Baluchestan in Iran pp. 835-847

Ali Minaeian, Ahmad Sedaghat, Ali Mostafaeipour and Ali Akbar Alemrajabi

Turning off the DRIP (‘Data-rich, information-poor’) – rationalising monitoring with a focus on marine renewable energy developments and the benthos pp. 848-859

Thomas A. Wilding, Andrew B. Gill, Arjen Boon, Emma Sheehan, Dauvin, Jean–Claude, Jean-Philippe Pezy, O’Beirn, Francis, Urszula Janas, Liis Rostin and Ilse De Mesel

A review of renewable energy investment in the BRICS countries: History, models, problems and solutions pp. 860-872

Shihong Zeng, Yuchen Liu, Chao Liu and Xin Nan

Membranes as a tool to support biorefineries: Applications in enzymatic hydrolysis, fermentation and dehydration for bioethanol production pp. 873-890

Koel Saha, Uma Maheswari R, Jaya Sikder, Sudip Chakraborty, Silvio Silverio da Silva and Julio Cesar dos Santos

Comprehensive overview on diesel additives to reduce emissions, enhance fuel properties and improve engine performance pp. 891-901

Ahmad Fayyazbakhsh and Vahid Pirouzfar

A review on time series forecasting techniques for building energy consumption pp. 902-924

Chirag Deb, Fan Zhang, Junjing Yang, Siew Eang Lee and Kwok Wei Shah

Comparative analysis of selected energy storage technologies for prosumer-owned microgrids pp. 925-937

Marcin Jarnut, Szymon Wermiński and Bartosz Waśkowicz

Performance and emission characteristics of biodiesel–diesel blend and environmental and economic impacts of biodiesel production: A review pp. 938-948

M.M. Hasan and M.M. Rahman

Fault location and detection techniques in power distribution systems with distributed generation: A review pp. 949-958

S.S. Gururajapathy, H. Mokhlis and H.A. Illias

A review of daylighting design and implementation in buildings pp. 959-968

Ing Liang Wong

Efficient energy utilization through proper design of microchannel heat exchanger manifolds: A comprehensive review pp. 969-1002

Osman K. Siddiqui and Syed M. Zubair

Selection of sustainable alternative energy source for shipping: Multi-criteria decision making under incomplete information pp. 1003-1019

Jingzheng Ren and Marie Lützen

Modelling of electric and parallel-hybrid electric vehicle using Matlab/Simulink environment and planning of charging stations through a geographic information system and genetic algorithms pp. 1020-1027

Susana Alegre, Juan V. Míguez and José Carpio

Present trends and future prospects of asynchronous machines in renewable energy systems pp. 1028-1041

C. Carunaiselvane and Thanga Raj Chelliah

Impact of operation strategies of large scale battery systems on distribution grid planning in Germany pp. 1042-1063

Matthias Resch, Jochen Bühler, Mira Klausen and Andreas Sumper

A review of dendritic growth during solidification: Mathematical modeling and numerical simulations pp. 1064-1079

Mohamad Ali Jaafar, Daniel R. Rousse, Stéphane Gibout and Jean-Pierre Bédécarrats

Genome engineering for breaking barriers in lignocellulosic bioethanol production pp. 1080-1107

Kandasamy Ulaganathan, Sravanthi Goud, Madhavi Reddy and Ulaganathan Kayalvili

Contribution of national guidelines in industry growth of earth architecture and earth buildings as a vernacular architecture pp. 1108-1118

Hamed Niroumand, Charles J. Kibert, Juan Antonio Barcelo and Maryam Saaly

Energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions and economic development: Evaluating alternative and plausible environmental hypothesis for sustainable growth pp. 1119-1130

Khalid Zaman and Mitwali Abd-el. Moemen

Biodiversity impacts of bioenergy production: Microalgae vs. first generation biofuels pp. 1131-1146

Diego F. Correa, Hawthorne L. Beyer, Hugh P. Possingham, Skye R. Thomas-Hall and Peer M. Schenk

A new MPPT scheme based on a novel fuzzy approach pp. 1147-1169

M. Nabipour, M. Razaz, S.gh Seifossadat and S.S. Mortazavi

Short rotation coppice for bioenergy: From biomass characterization to establishment – A review pp. 1170-1180

S. Pereira and M. Costa

Physicochemical properties of ethanol with the addition of biodiesel for use in Otto cycle internal combustion engines: Results and revision pp. 1181-1188

Edson Vanzela, Willian Cézar Nadaleti, Reinaldo Aparecido Bariccatti, Paulo André Cremonez, Eduardo de Rossi, Paulo Belli Filho, Robson Andreazza, Maurizio Silveira Quadro and Samuel Nelson de Souza

Electricity planning and implementation in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review pp. 1189-1209

Philipp A. Trotter, Marcelle C. McManus and Roy Maconachie

Modelling and control of hybrid electric vehicles (A comprehensive review) pp. 1210-1239

Wisdom Enang and Chris Bannister

Review and simulation of leakage current in transformerless microinverters for PV applications pp. 1240-1256

Ahmad Khan, Lazhar Ben-Brahim, Adel Gastli and Mohieddine Benammar

First Report on Malaysia’s experiences and development in biogas capture and utilization from palm oil mill effluent under the Economic Transformation Programme: Current and future perspectives pp. 1257-1274

S.K. Loh, A.B. Nasrin, S. Mohamad Azri, B. Nurul Adela, N. Muzzammil, T. Daryl Jay, R.A. Stasha Eleanor, W.S. Lim, Y.M. Choo and M. Kaltschmitt

Policy options to promote energy efficient electric motors and drives in the EU pp. 1275-1286

Anibal T. de Almeida, Joao Fong, Hugh Falkner and Paolo Bertoldi

Understanding the diffusion of domestic biogas technologies. Systematic conceptualisation of existing evidence from developing and emerging countries pp. 1287-1299

Willington Ortiz, Julia Terrapon-Pfaff and Carmen Dienst

Ocean wave energy in the United States: Current status and future perspectives pp. 1300-1313

Marcus Lehmann, Farid Karimpour, Clifford A. Goudey, Paul T. Jacobson and Mohammad-Reza Alam

Mapping research on carbon emissions trading: a co-citation analysis pp. 1314-1322

Dejian Yu and Chao Xu

Scenarios for regional waste management pp. 1323-1335

Gulgun Kayakutlu, Tugrul Daim, Meltem Kunt, Ayca Altay and Yulianto Suharto

Income distribution and CO2 emission: A comparative analysis for China and India pp. 1336-1345

Yemane Wolde-Rufael and Samuel Idowu

Advances in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques for the investigation of clathrate hydrates pp. 1346-1360

Mingjun Yang, Zheng Rong Chong, Jianan Zheng, Yongchen Song and Praveen Linga

Barriers to empowerment: Assessment of community-led local development organizations in Pakistan pp. 1361-1370

Abdul Wahid, Muhammad Shakil Ahmad, Noraini Bt. Abu Talib, Iqtidar Ali Shah, Muhammad Tahir, Farzand Ali Jan and Muhammad Qaiser Saleem

The impact of biogas technology adoption for farm households – Empirical evidence from mixed crop and livestock farming systems in Indonesia pp. 1371-1378

R. Ahmad Romadhoni Surya Putra, Zhen Liu and Mogens Lund

Revisiting the techno-economic analysis process for building-mounted, grid-connected solar photovoltaic systems: Part one – Review pp. 1379-1393

Nelson Sommerfeldt and Hatef Madani

Revisiting the techno-economic analysis process for building-mounted, grid-connected solar photovoltaic systems: Part two - Application pp. 1394-1404

Nelson Sommerfeldt and Hatef Madani