Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Volume 73, issue C, 2017

Photovoltaic agriculture - New opportunity for photovoltaic applications in China pp. 1-9

Jinlin Xue

Recent advances and challenges of fuel cell based power system architectures and control – A review pp. 10-18

Vipin Das, Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, Karthikeyan Venkitusamy, Rajasekar Selvamuthukumaran, Frede Blaabjerg and Pierluigi Siano

A comparison of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission trends among provinces in China pp. 19-25

Kerui Du, Chunping Xie and Xiaoling Ouyang

Prospective analysis for a long-term optimal energy mix planning in Algeria: Towards high electricity generation security in 2062 pp. 26-43

Saiah Bekkar Djelloul Saiah and Amine Boudghene Stambouli

On environmental impacts of market-based reforms: Evidence from the European and Central Asian transition economies pp. 44-52

Rabindra Nepal, Tooraj Jamasb and Clement Tisdell

Review of defrosting methods pp. 53-74

Mohammed Amer and Chi-Chuan Wang

Sustainable power generation from bacterio-algal microbial fuel cells (MFCs): An overview pp. 75-84

Beenish Saba, Ann D. Christy, Zhongtang Yu and Anne C. Co

An Overview of the driving forces behind energy demand in China's construction industry: Evidence from 1990 to 2012 pp. 85-94

Jingke Hong, Clyde Zhengdao Li, Qiping Shen, Fan Xue, Bingxia Sun and Wei Zheng

Energy model – A tool for preventing energy dysfunction pp. 95-114

Priyanka Laha and Basab Chakraborty

The drive of renewable energy in Tamilnadu: Status, barriers and future prospect pp. 115-124

J. Jeslin Drusila Nesamalar, P. Venkatesh and S. Charles Raja

Challenges with renewable energy sources and storage in practical distribution systems pp. 125-134

B. Muruganantham, R. Gnanadass and N.P. Padhy

Evaluating the embodied environmental impacts of major building tasks and materials of apartment buildings in Korea pp. 135-144

Seungjun Roh, Sungho Tae, Sung Joon Suk and George Ford

Adaptability research on phase change materials based technologies in China pp. 145-158

Cheng Zeng, Shuli Liu and Ashish Shukla

Combining an accelerated deployment of bioenergy and land use strategies: Review and insights for a post-conflict scenario in Colombia pp. 159-177

Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Salazar, Mauro Venturini, Witold-Roger Poganietz, Matthias Finkenrath and Manoel Regis L.V. Leal

Ignition delay, combustion and emission characteristics of Diesel engine fueled with rapeseed biodiesel – A literature review pp. 178-186

Mohanad Aldhaidhawi, Radu Chiriac and Viorel Badescu

Full thermal-hydraulic and solar modeling to study low-cost solar collectors based on a single long LDPE hose pp. 187-195

Luis E. Juanicó, Nicolás Di Lalla and Alejandro D. González

Reasons for delay in selected hydro-power projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan pp. 196-204

Aysha Batool and Faisal Abbas

Utilization of bioresources for sustainable biofuels: A Review pp. 205-214

N. Gaurav, S. Sivasankari, Gs Kiran, A. Ninawe and J. Selvin

Techno-economic analysis of innovative production and application of solar thermal chilled water for agricultural soil cooling pp. 215-224

RasaqAdekunle Olabomi, A. Bakar Jaafar, Md Nor Musa, Shamsul Sarip and Azrin Ariffin

Environmental influence and countermeasures for high humidity flue gas discharging from power plants pp. 225-235

Ma Shuangchen, Chai Jin, Jiao Kunling, Ma Lan, Zhu Sijie and Wu Kai

Mini-review: Anode modification for improved performance of microbial fuel cell pp. 236-248

Y. Hindatu, M.S.M. Annuar and A.M. Gumel

Gamification and serious games within the domain of domestic energy consumption: A systematic review pp. 249-264

Daniel Johnson, Ella Horton, Rory Mulcahy and Marcus Foth

An integrated assessment system for managing life cycle CO2 emissions of a building pp. 265-275

Seungjun Roh and Sungho Tae

Multiple ecosystem services provision and biomass logistics management in bioenergy buffers: A state-of-the-art review pp. 277-290

Andrea Ferrarini, Paolo Serra, María Almagro, Marco Trevisan and Stefano Amaducci

Diversity in technology competition: The link between platforms and sociotechnical transitions pp. 291-306

George Papachristos

The effect of combustion management on diesel engine emissions fueled with biodiesel-diesel blends pp. 307-331

S.S. Hoseini, G. Najafi, B. Ghobadian, Rizalman Mamat, Nor Azwadi Che Sidik and W.H. Azmi

Vision for wind energy with a smart grid in Izmir pp. 332-345

G. Köktürk and A. Tokuç

Thermochemical routes for the valorization of waste polyolefinic plastics to produce fuels and chemicals. A review pp. 346-368

Gartzen Lopez, Maite Artetxe, Maider Amutio, Javier Bilbao and Martin Olazar

Review of energy-growth nexus: A panel analysis for ten Eurasian oil exporting countries pp. 369-386

Fakhri Hasanov, Cihan Bulut and Elchin Suleymanov

Classification Standard Skies: The use of horizontal sky illuminance pp. 387-392

K.A. Alshaibani

Review of low-carbon refurbishment solutions for residential buildings with particular reference to multi-story buildings in Hong Kong pp. 393-407

Jun Li, S. Thomas Ng and Martin Skitmore

A review of materials selection for optimized efficiency in quantum dot sensitized solar cells: A simplified approach to reviewing literature data pp. 408-422

Ijaz A. Rauf and Pouya Rezai

Impact and significance of microbial contamination during fermentation for bioethanol production pp. 423-434

Ramon Peres Brexó and Sant’Ana, Anderson S.

Analysis and optimization of carbon trading mechanism for renewable energy application in buildings pp. 435-451

Zhaoxia Wang, Jing Zhao and Meng Li

Renewable energy education in faculties of engineering in Jordan: Relationship between demographics and level of knowledge of senior students’ pp. 452-459

Jamal O. Jaber, Wael Awad, Taieseer Abu Rahmeh, Aiman A. Alawin, Suleiman Al-Lubani, Sameh Abu Dalu, Ali Dalabih and Adnan Al-Bashir

Photovoltaic potential of the City of Požarevac pp. 460-467

Dejan Doljak, Dragana Popović and Dragana Kuzmanović

The influence of catalysts in biomass steam gasification and catalytic potential of coal bottom ash in biomass steam gasification: A review pp. 468-476

Muhammad Shahbaz, Suzana Yusup, Abrar Inayat, David Onoja Patrick and Muhammad Ammar

Monolithic interconnected modules (MIM) for high irradiance photovoltaic energy conversion: A comprehensive review pp. 477-495

A. Datas and P.G. Linares

Investigation of feasibility study of solar farms deployment using hybrid AHP-TOPSIS analysis: Case study of India pp. 496-511

Sonal Sindhu, Vijay Nehra and Sunil Luthra

Do investors pay a premium for going green? Evidence from alternative energy mutual funds pp. 512-520

Juan Reboredo, Miguel Quintela and Luis A. Otero

Thermal performance and exergy analysis of solar stills – A review pp. 521-544

S.W. Sharshir, A.H. Elsheikh, Guilong Peng, Nuo Yang, M.O.A. El-Samadony and A.E. Kabeel

Effect of reaction pathway and operating parameters on the deoxygenation of vegetable oils to produce diesel range hydrocarbon fuels: A review pp. 545-557

Bhabani Prasanna Pattanaik and Rahul Dev Misra

Phase equilibrium in the design of phase change materials for thermal energy storage: State-of-the-art pp. 558-581

Saman Nimali Gunasekara, Viktoria Martin and Justin Ningwei Chiu

The reform of the natural gas industry in the PR of China pp. 582-593

Xiucheng Dong, Guanglin Pi, Zhengwei Ma and Cong Dong

Renewable energy integrated desalination: A sustainable solution to overcome future fresh-water scarcity in India pp. 594-609

S. Manju and Netramani Sagar

Biological valorization strategies for converting lignin into fuels and chemicals pp. 610-621

Zhu Chen and Caixia Wan

Status of Solar Technology Implementation in the Southern African Developing Community (SADC) Region pp. 622-631

Atul S. Jadhav, Dickson K. Chembe, Johann M. Strauss and Johannes L. Van Niekerk

Potential of biofuels from algae: Comparison with fossil fuels, ethanol and biodiesel in Europe and Brazil through life cycle assessment (LCA) pp. 632-653

Maria Luisa N.M. Carneiro, Florian Pradelle, Sergio L. Braga, Marcos Sebastião P. Gomes, Ana Rosa F.A. Martins, Franck Turkovics and Renata N.C. Pradelle

Utilization of lignocellulosic biomass by oleaginous yeast and bacteria for production of biodiesel and renewable diesel pp. 654-671

Dipesh Kumar, Bhaskar Singh and John Korstad

Improved biomass cookstoves for sustainable development: A review pp. 672-687

Sonam A. Mehetre, N.L. Panwar, Deepak Sharma and Himanshu Kumar

Energy landscape in Mauritius pp. 688-694

Dinesh Surroop and Pravesh Raghoo

Green science: Independent building technology to mitigate energy, environment, and climate change pp. 695-705

Md. Faruque Hossain

Life cycle assessment of magnetized fly-ash compound fertilizer production: A case study in China pp. 706-713

Ping Wang, Jinman Wang, Qian Qin and Hongdan Wang

Energy-saving analysis for the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago and green city strategies pp. 714-729

Xiaoxiao Wang, Nan Wang, Xiangfeng Liu and Ruiting Shi

A review of the state of the science on wearable thermoelectric power generators (TEGs) and their existing challenges pp. 730-744

Abu Raihan Mohammad Siddique, Shohel Mahmud and Bill Van Heyst

GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis for site selection of hybrid offshore wind and wave energy systems in Greece pp. 745-757

Margarita Vasileiou, Eva Loukogeorgaki and Dimitra G. Vagiona

Is the supply chain ready for the green transformation? The case of offshore wind logistics pp. 758-771

Thomas Poulsen and Rasmus Lema

Reconfiguration of distribution networks with optimal placement of distributed generations in the presence of remote voltage controlled bus pp. 772-781

Sangeeta Das, Debapriya Das and Amit Patra

Renewable energy investment risk evaluation model based on system dynamics pp. 782-788

Ximei Liu and Ming Zeng

Reverse osmosis desalination powered by photovoltaic and solar Rankine cycle power systems: A review pp. 789-797

S.M. Shalaby

Status of availability of lignocellulosic feed stocks in India: Biotechnological strategies involved in the production of Bioethanol pp. 798-820

Gentela Jahnavi, Govumoni Sai Prashanthi, Koti Sravanthi and Linga Venkateswar Rao

Quantum-sized nanomaterials for solar cell applications pp. 821-839

Sandeep Kumar, Monika Nehra, Akash Deep, Deepak Kedia, Neeraj Dilbaghi and Ki-Hyun Kim

Evaluation of approaches used for optimization of stand-alone hybrid renewable energy systems pp. 840-853

Tuba Tezer, Ramazan Yaman and Gülşen Yaman

Optimal reconfiguration of distribution system connected with distributed generations: A review of different methodologies pp. 854-867

Ola Badran, Saad Mekhilef, Hazlie Mokhlis and Wardiah Dahalan

Preparing hydropower projects for the post-Paris regime: An econometric analysis of the main drivers for registration in the Clean Development Mechanism pp. 868-877

Bonsang Koo

Evaluation and development of empirical models for estimating daily solar radiation pp. 878-891

Babak Jahani, Y. Dinpashoh and Atefeh Raisi Nafchi

Recent advancement in biogas enrichment and its applications pp. 892-903

Rahul Kadam and N.L. Panwar

Performance enhancements on vertical axis wind turbines using flow augmentation systems: A review pp. 904-921

Kok Hoe Wong, Wen Tong Chong, Nazatul Liana Sukiman, Sin Chew Poh, Yui-Chuin Shiah and Chin-Tsan Wang

A comprehensive literature review on slip power recovery drives pp. 922-934

Sita Ram, O.P. Rahi and Veena Sharma

Radiative heat transfer in solar thermochemical particle reactor: A comprehensive review pp. 935-949

Wang Fuqiang, Ma Lanxin, Cheng Ziming, Tan Jianyu, Huang Xing and Liu Linhua

A review of technical issues on the development of solar photovoltaic systems pp. 950-965

C. Lupangu and R.C. Bansal

Integration of Demand and Supply Side Management strategies in Generation Expansion Planning pp. 966-982

K. Karunanithi, S. Saravanan, B.R. Prabakar, S. Kannan and C. Thangaraj

A review on encapsulation techniques for inorganic phase change materials and the influence on their thermophysical properties pp. 983-999

Yanio E. Milián, Andrea Gutiérrez, Mario Grágeda and Svetlana Ushak

Investigation of organic Rankine cycles with zeotropic mixtures as a working fluid: Advantages and issues pp. 1000-1013

Gholamreza Bamorovat Abadi and Kyung Chun Kim

Optical properties of various nanofluids used in solar collector: A review pp. 1014-1030

S.H.A. Ahmad, R. Saidur, I.M. Mahbubul and F.A. Al-Sulaiman

Current software barriers to advanced model-based control design for energy-efficient buildings pp. 1031-1040

Ercan Atam

100GW solar power in India by 2022 – A critical review pp. 1041-1050

Manish Kumar Hairat and Sajal Ghosh

Recent progress on emergy research: A bibliometric analysis pp. 1051-1060

Wei Chen, Wenjing Liu, Yong Geng, Mark T. Brown, Cuixia Gao and Rui Wu

Review, analysis and improving the utilization factor of a PV-grid connected system via HERIC transformerless approach pp. 1061-1069

S.A. Zaid and Ahmed M. Kassem

A survey on modeling, biofuels, control and supervision systems applied in internal combustion engines pp. 1070-1085

D.A. Carbot-Rojas, R.F. Escobar-Jiménez, J.F. Gómez-Aguilar and A.C. Téllez-Anguiano

Parametric design and daylighting: A literature review pp. 1086-1103

Ahmad Eltaweel and Yuehong Su

A review and analysis of regression and machine learning models on commercial building electricity load forecasting pp. 1104-1122

B. Yildiz, J.I. Bilbao and A.B. Sproul

A review on energy systems and GHG emissions reduction plan and policy of the Republic of Korea: Past, present, and future pp. 1123-1130

Sagar Kafle, Ranjan Parajuli, Sujala Bhattarai, Seung Hee Euh and Dae Hyun Kim

Assessing the determinants of household electricity prices in the EU: a system-GMM panel data approach pp. 1131-1137

Patricia Silva and Pedro Cerqueira

Design and overview of maximum power point tracking techniques in wind and solar photovoltaic systems: A review pp. 1138-1159

J.Prasanth Ram, N. Rajasekar and Masafumi Miyatake

Energy management systems aggregators: A literature survey pp. 1160-1172

Andreia M. Carreiro, Humberto M. Jorge and Carlos Henggeler Antunes

Enhancing the tracking techniques for the global maximum power point under partial shading conditions pp. 1173-1183

Yasser E. Abu Eldahab, Naggar H. Saad and Abdalhalim Zekry

Development of renewable energy sector in Bangladesh: Current status and future potentials pp. 1184-1197

Md. Abdullah Hil Baky, Md. Mustafizur Rahman and A.K.M. Sadrul Islam

A review on the applications of porous materials in solar energy systems pp. 1198-1210

Saman Rashidi, Javad Abolfazli Esfahani and Abbas Rashidi

Carbon debt and payback time – Lost in the forest? pp. 1211-1217

Niclas Scott Bentsen

Is biomass power a good choice for governments in China? pp. 1218-1230

Boqiang Lin and Jiaxin He

Analysis of the long-term solar potential for electricity generation in Qatar pp. 1231-1246

Luis Martín-Pomares, Diego Martínez, Jesús Polo, Daniel Perez-Astudillo, Dunia Bachour and Antonio Sanfilippo

Hydrocarbons and their mixtures as alternatives to environmental unfriendly halogenated refrigerants: An updated overview pp. 1247-1264

K. Harby

Waste bio-refineries for the cassava starch industry: New trends and review of alternatives pp. 1265-1275

Antonio Santos Sánchez, Yuri Lopes Silva, Ricardo Araújo Kalid, Eduardo Cohim and Ednildo Andrade Torres

Thermal modeling, exergy analysis, performance of BIPV and BIPVT: A review pp. 1276-1288

Mary Debbarma, K. Sudhakar and Prashant Baredar

An overview of effect of process parameters on hydrothermal carbonization of biomass pp. 1289-1299

Sabzoi Nizamuddin, Humair Ahmed Baloch, G.J. Griffin, N.M. Mubarak, Abdul Waheed Bhutto, Rashid Abro, Shaukat Ali Mazari and Brahim Si Ali

Solar collectors and adsorption materials aspects of cooling system pp. 1300-1312

A. Mahesh

Combined bioheat and biopower: A technology review and an assessment for Turkey pp. 1313-1332

Guner Eksi and Filiz Karaosmanoglu

Attributes of design for construction waste minimization: A case study of waste-to-energy project pp. 1333-1341

Saheed O. Ajayi, Lukumon O. Oyedele, Olugbenga O. Akinade, Muhammad Bilal, Hafiz A. Alaka, Hakeem A. Owolabi and Kabir O. Kadiri

Review of cooling techniques using phase change materials for enhancing efficiency of photovoltaic power systems pp. 1342-1351

S.S. Chandel and Tanya Agarwal

A review on insulation materials for energy conservation in buildings pp. 1352-1365

L. Aditya, T.M.I. Mahlia, B. Rismanchi, H.M. Ng, M.H. Hasan, H.S.C. Metselaar, Oki Muraza and H.B. Aditiya

An overview of feed-in tariffs, premiums and tenders to promote electricity from biogas in the EU-28 pp. 1366-1379

Maria Pablo-Romero, Antonio Sánchez-Braza, Jesús Salvador-Ponce and Natalia Sánchez-Labrador

Renewable energy deployment policy: A transition management perspective pp. 1380-1388

Kwok L. Shum