Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Volume 67, issue C, 2017

A review of photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) heat utilisation with low temperature desiccant cooling and dehumidification pp. 1-14

Jinyi Guo, Simao Lin, Jose I. Bilbao, Stephen D. White and Alistair B. Sproul

A review and future directions in techno-economic modeling and optimization of upstream forest biomass to bio-oil supply chains pp. 15-35

Amin Mirkouei, Karl R. Haapala, John Sessions and Ganti S. Murthy

Practical battery size optimization of a PV system by considering individual customer damage function pp. 36-50

Mahmoud Mehrabankhomartash, Mohammad Rayati, Aras Sheikhi and Ali Mohammad Ranjbar

Examining the driving factors of energy related carbon emissions using the extended STIRPAT model based on IPAT identity in Xinjiang pp. 51-61

Changjian Wang, Fei Wang, Xinlin Zhang, Yu Yang, Yongxian Su, Yuyao Ye and Hongou Zhang

Is Brazilian wind power development sustainable? Insights from a review of conflicts in Ceará state pp. 62-71

Christian Brannstrom, Adryane Gorayeb, Jocicléa de Sousa Mendes, Caroline Loureiro, Antonio Jeovah de Andrade Meireles, Edson Vicente da Silva, Ana Larissa Ribeiro de Freitas and Rafael Fialho de Oliveira

Microalgal biodiesel: A possible solution for India’s energy security pp. 72-88

Yogesh Chandra Sharma and Veena Singh

Minimizing energy consumption in refrigerated vehicles through alternative external wall pp. 89-93

Oludaisi Adekomaya, Tamba Jamiru, Rotimi Sadiku and Zhongie Huan

Systematic assessment of the availability and utilization potential of biomass in Bangladesh pp. 94-105

Md. Mosaddek Hossen, A.H.M. Sazedur Rahman, Afsana Sara Kabir, M.M. Faruque Hasan and Shoeb Ahmed

Control, power and electrical components in wave energy conversion systems: A review of the technologies pp. 106-115

Emre Ozkop and Ismail H. Altas

A review of energy storage technologies with a focus on adsorption thermal energy storage processes for heating applications pp. 116-125

Dominique Lefebvre and F. Handan Tezel

Modeling and simulation of solar water heater: A TRNSYS perspective pp. 126-143

R.L. Shrivastava, Vinod Kumar, and S.P. Untawale

A review on maximum power point tracking for photovoltaic systems with and without shading conditions pp. 144-159

Makbul A.M. Ramli, Ssennoga Twaha, Kashif Ishaque and Yusuf A. Al-Turki

Structure models and nano energy system design for proton exchange membrane fuel cells in electric energy vehicles pp. 160-172

Yong Li, Jie Yang and Jian Song

Dams turning devils: An insight into the public safety aspects in operational run of the river hydropower projects in western Himalayas pp. 173-183

Deepak Kumar and S.S. Katoch

Household biogas CDM project development in rural China pp. 184-191

Yu Chen, Wei Hu, Paul Chen and Roger Ruan

Sustainable perspectives on energy consumption, EMRF, environment, health and accident risks associated with the use of mobile phones pp. 192-206

Manivannan Senthil Velmurugan

Evolution of dispatchable photovoltaic system integration with the electric power network for smart grid applications: A review pp. 207-224

Michael Emmanuel and Ramesh Rayudu

Reviewing and critiquing published approaches to the sustainability assessment of hydropower pp. 225-234

Samiha Tahseen and Bryan W. Karney

Application of load monitoring in appliances’ energy management – A review pp. 235-245

I. Abubakar, S.N. Khalid, M.W. Mustafa, Hussain Shareef and M. Mustapha

An overview of energy efficiency standards in China's transport sector pp. 246-256

Han Hao, Zongwei Liu and Fuquan Zhao

Synthesis of magnetic biochar from agricultural waste biomass to enhancing route for waste water and polymer application: A review pp. 257-276

K.R. Thines, E.C. Abdullah, N.M. Mubarak and M. Ruthiraan

Environmental impact and sustainability study on biofuels for transportation applications pp. 277-288

Wei-Ru Chang, Jenn-Jiang Hwang and Wei Wu

An investigation of small scale hydropower plants using the geographic information system pp. 289-294

Yıldırım Bayazıt, Recep Bakış and Cengiz Koç

Wastes and biomass materials as sustainable-renewable energy resources for Jordan pp. 295-314

Zayed Al-Hamamre, Motasem Saidan, Muhanned Hararah, Khaled Rawajfeh, Hussam E. Alkhasawneh and Mohammad Al-Shannag

Influence of demographic variables on uptake of domestic solar photovoltaic technology pp. 315-323

Jeff Sommerfeld, Laurie Buys, Kerrie Mengersen and Desley Vine

Developing an Iranian green building assessment tool using decision making methods and geographical information system: Case study in Mashhad city pp. 324-340

Rouzbeh Shad, Mohammad Khorrami and Marjan Ghaemi

A comprehensive review on microgrid and virtual power plant concepts employed for distributed energy resources scheduling in power systems pp. 341-363

Seyyed Mostafa Nosratabadi, Rahmat-Allah Hooshmand and Eskandar Gholipour

Life cycle assessment of a medium commercial scale biogas plant and nutritional assessment of effluent slurry pp. 364-371

Abdullah Yasar, Rizwan Rasheed, Amtul Bari Tabinda, Aleena Tahir and Friha Sarwar

Decomposition analysis for assessing the United States 2025 emissions target: How big is the challenge? pp. 372-383

Md Shahiduzzaman and Allan Layton

Sustainable development of sewage sludge-to-energy in China: Barriers identification and technologies prioritization pp. 384-396

Jingzheng Ren, Hanwei Liang, Liang Dong, Zhiqiu Gao, Chang He, Ming Pan and Lu Sun

Conflicts between decentralized renewable electricity production and landscape services – A spatially-explicit quantitative assessment for Switzerland pp. 397-407

Felix Kienast, Nica Huber, Rico Hergert, Janine Bolliger, Lorena Segura Moran and Anna M. Hersperger

Recent developments, future challenges and new research directions in LCA of buildings: A critical review pp. 408-416

Chirjiv Kaur Anand and Mourad Amor

Review of district heating and cooling systems for a sustainable future pp. 417-425

Andrew Lake, Behanz Rezaie and Steven Beyerlein

Short-term boosting of biomass energy sources – Determination of biomass potential for prevention of regional crisis situations pp. 426-436

Kamila Vávrová, Jaroslav Knápek and Jan Weger

Portfolio optimization under lower partial moments in emerging electricity markets: Evidence from Turkey pp. 437-449

Fazıl Gökgöz and Mete Emin Atmaca

Recent progress in solar thermal energy storage using nanomaterials pp. 450-460

Sumair Faisal Ahmed, M. Khalid, W. Rashmi, A. Chan and Kaveh Shahbaz

Do greenhouse gas emission calculations from energy crop cultivation reflect actual agricultural management practices? – A review of carbon footprint calculators pp. 461-476

Christiane Peter, Katharina Helming and Claas Nendel

A comprehensive review of Flywheel Energy Storage System technology pp. 477-490

S.M. Mousavi G, Faramarz Faraji, Abbas Majazi and Kamal Al-Haddad

The environmental impact of Li-Ion batteries and the role of key parameters – A review pp. 491-506

Jens Peters, Manuel Baumann, Benedikt Zimmermann, Jessica Braun and Marcel Weil

Exergoeconomic and exergoenvironmental analyses of an integrated solar combined cycle system pp. 507-519

Eduardo José Cidade Cavalcanti

A review of the bandwidth and environmental discourses of future energy scenarios: Shades of green and gray pp. 520-530

Gideon A.H. Laugs and Henri C. Moll

Review of distributed generation (DG) system planning and optimisation techniques: Comparison of numerical and mathematical modelling methods pp. 531-573

Wai Lip Theo, Jeng Shiun Lim, Wai Shin Ho, Haslenda Hashim and Chew Tin Lee

The applications and prospect of fuel cells in medical field: A review pp. 574-580

Qian Xu, Feihu Zhang, Li Xu, Puiki Leung, Chunzhen Yang and Huaming Li

Review of current state of research on energy storage, toxicity, health hazards and commercialization of phase changing materials pp. 581-596

S.S. Chandel and Tanya Agarwal

A comparative overview of hydrogen production processes pp. 597-611

Pavlos Nikolaidis and Andreas Poullikkas

Climate change effects of forestry and substitution of carbon-intensive materials and fossil fuels pp. 612-624

Leif Gustavsson, Sylvia Haus, Mattias Lundblad, Anders Lundström, Carina A. Ortiz, Roger Sathre, Nguyen Le Truong and Per-Erik Wikberg

A review of air conditioning energy performance in data centers pp. 625-640

Jiacheng Ni and Xuelian Bai

A review on analysis and development of solar flat plate collector pp. 641-650

Krishna Murari Pandey and Rajesh Chaurasiya

Outdoor performance analysis of different PV panel types pp. 651-661

Erdem Elibol, Özge Tüzün Özmen, Nedim Tutkun and Oğuz Köysal

Decoupling analysis on energy consumption, embodied GHG emissions and economic growth — The case study of Macao pp. 662-672

B. Chen, Q. Yang, J.S. Li and G.Q. Chen

Electrospinning in solid oxide fuel cells – A review pp. 673-682

S.T. Aruna, L.S. Balaji, S. Senthil Kumar and B. Shri Prakash

Complementarity and substitutability: A review of state level renewable energy policy instrument interactions pp. 683-691

Quan Cheng and Hongtao Yi

How plants inspire façades. From plants to architecture: Biomimetic principles for the development of adaptive architectural envelopes pp. 692-703

Marlén López, Ramón Rubio, Santiago Martín and Ben Croxford,

Power-line communications for smart grid: Progress, challenges, opportunities and status pp. 704-751

Konark Sharma and Lalit Mohan Saini

The interdependent relationship between sectoral productivity and disaggregated energy consumption in Malaysia: Markov Switching approach pp. 752-759

M.S. Rahman, Farihana Shahari, Mahfuzur Rahman and Abu Hanifa Md Noman

A review of nanogrid topologies and technologies pp. 760-775

Daniel Burmester, Ramesh Rayudu, Winston Seah and Daniel Akinyele

European smart grid prospects, policies, and challenges pp. 776-790

Nur IqtiyaniIlham, M. Hasanuzzaman and M. Hosenuzzaman

Research progress of pollutants removal from coal-fired flue gas using non-thermal plasma pp. 791-810

Siming Ma, Yongchun Zhao, Jianping Yang, Shibo Zhang, Junying Zhang and Chuguang Zheng

Life cycle energy efficiency in building structures: A review of current developments and future outlooks based on BIM capabilities pp. 811-825

Stathis Eleftheriadis, Dejan Mumovic and Paul Greening

A comprehensive review on solar PV maximum power point tracking techniques pp. 826-847

J. Prasanth Ram, T. Sudhakar Babu and N. Rajasekar

Efficiency of second-generation biofuel crop subsidy schemes: Spatial heterogeneity and policy design pp. 848-862

Bo Andree, Vasco Diogo and Eric Koomen

Evaluating ecosystem service trade-offs with wind electricity production in Switzerland pp. 863-875

Thomas Egli, Janine Bolliger and Felix Kienast

Performance degradation of photovoltaic power system: Review on mitigation methods pp. 876-891

Wan Juzaili Jamil, Hasimah Abdul Rahman, Sulaiman Shaari and Zainal Salam

The “German Paradox” in the balancing power markets pp. 892-898

Fabian Ocker and Karl-Martin Ehrhart

A review of sludge characteristics in Lithuania's wastewater treatment plants and perspectives of its usage in thermal processes pp. 899-907

M. Praspaliauskas and N. Pedišius

Calculation of levelized costs of electricity for various electrical energy storage systems pp. 908-920

Manasseh Obi, S.M. Jensen, Jennifer B. Ferris and Robert B. Bass

Carbon, water and land use accounting: Consumption vs production perspectives pp. 921-934

Yousaf Ali

A review of compressed-air hybrid technology in vehicle system pp. 935-953

F. Wasbari, R.A. Bakar, L.M. Gan, M.M. Tahir and A.A. Yusof

A review on solar chimney systems pp. 954-987

A.B. Kasaeian, Sh. Molana, K. Rahmani and D. Wen

A review on issues and approaches for microgrid protection pp. 988-997

Belwin J. Brearley and R. Raja Prabu

Regional differentiation of rural household biogas development and related driving factors in China pp. 1008-1018

Dongxue Yin, Wei Liu, Ningning Zhai, Yandong Wang, Chengjie Ren and Gaihe Yang

Design analysis factors and specifications of solar dish technologies for different systems and applications pp. 1019-1036

A.Z. Hafez, Ahmed Soliman, K.A. El-Metwally and I.M. Ismail

Emerging green-tech specializations and clusters – A network analysis on technological innovation at the metropolitan level pp. 1037-1046

Alessandro Marra, Paola Antonelli and Cesare Pozzi

A review of solar energy based heat and power generation systems pp. 1047-1064

Anish Modi, Fabian Bühler, Jesper Graa Andreasen and Fredrik Haglind

Grid-connected isolated PV microinverters: A review pp. 1065-1080

Rasedul Hasan, Saad Mekhilef, Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian and Ben Horan

Electrical energy demand efficiency efforts in Brazil, past, lessons learned, present and future: A critical review pp. 1081-1086

Hans H. Zurn, Daniel Tenfen, Jacqueline G. Rolim, André Richter and Ines Hauer

Approaches to overcome the barrier issues of passive direct methanol fuel cell – Review pp. 1087-1104

Seema S. Munjewar, Shashikant B. Thombre and Ranjan K. Mallick

Financial stability, energy consumption and environmental quality: Evidence from South Asian economies pp. 1105-1122

Samia Nasreen, Sofia Anwar and Ilhan Ozturk

Integrating water and energy models for policy driven applications. A review of contemporary work and recommendations for future developments pp. 1123-1138

Zarrar Khan, Pedro Linares and Javier García-González

Assessment of bioenergy development potential and its environmental impact for rural household energy consumption: A case study in Shandong, China pp. 1153-1161

Zhixiang Jiang, Yanhui Dai, Xianxiang Luo, Guocheng Liu, Hefang Wang, Hao Zheng and Zhenyu Wang

Current status, hurdles and future prospects of biogas digestion technology in Africa pp. 1162-1179

Ashira Roopnarain and Rasheed Adeleke

Monitoring system for photovoltaic plants: A review pp. 1180-1207

Siva Ramakrishna Madeti and S.N. Singh

Interpreting Turkish industry's perception on energy security: A national survey pp. 1208-1224

Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu, Tezer Yelkenci, Evrim Ozyorulmaz and Işık Özge Yumurtaci

A review on latest developments and future prospects of heterogeneous catalyst in biodiesel production from non-edible oils pp. 1225-1236

H. Haziratul Mardhiah, Hwai Chyuan Ong, H.H. Masjuki, Steven Lim and H.V. Lee

Towards lower gas turbine emissions: Flameless distributed combustion pp. 1237-1266

Kareem I. Khidr, Yehia A. Eldrainy and Mohamed M. EL-Kassaby

Effects of fuel injection parameters on emission characteristics of diesel engines operating on various biodiesel: A review pp. 1267-1281

P. Mohamed Shameer, K. Ramesh, R. Sakthivel and R. Purnachandran

A review on thermal stability and high temperature induced ageing mechanisms of solar absorber coatings pp. 1282-1299

Ke Zhang, Lei Hao, Miao Du, Jing Mi, Ji-Ning Wang and Jian-ping Meng

The situation analysis of shale gas development in China-based on Structural Equation Modeling pp. 1300-1307

Zhengwei Ma, Guanglin Pi, Xiucheng Dong and Chi Chen

Water desalination system using solar heat: A review pp. 1308-1330

Chandrashekara M and Avadhesh Yadav

Economic disparity and CO2 emissions: The domestic energy sector in Greater Bangalore, India pp. 1331-1344

T.V. Ramachandra, Vishnu Bajpai, Gouri Kulkarni, Bharath H. Aithal and Sun Sheng Han

Thermal performance of parabolic trough solar collectors pp. 1345-1359

L. Salgado Conrado, A. Rodriguez-Pulido and G. Calderón

Green retrofitting – A review of current status, implementations and challenges pp. 1360-1368

Rehmaashini Jagarajan, Mat Naim Abdullah Mohd Asmoni, Abdul Hakim Mohammed, Mohd Nadzri Jaafar, Janice Lee Yim Mei and Maizan Baba

A comprehensive sequential review study through the generation expansion planning pp. 1369-1394

Hadi Sadeghi, Masoud Rashidinejad and Amir Abdollahi

Review of propulsion systems on LNG carriers pp. 1395-1411

Ignacio Arias Fernández, Manuel Romero Gómez, Javier Romero Gómez and Álvaro Baaliña Insua

Rural energy planning remains out-of-step with contemporary paradigms of energy access and development pp. 1412-1419

M.J. Herington, E. van de Fliert, S. Smart, C. Greig and P.A. Lant

ASEAN power grid: A secure transmission infrastructure for clean and sustainable energy for South-East Asia pp. 1420-1435

Tofael Ahmed, Saad Mekhilef, Rakibuzzaman Shah, N. Mithulananthan, Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian and Ben Horan