Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	1076
Suns-Vmp method for health monitoring of 110 PV modules	980
Flexibility chart 2.0: An accessible visual tool to evaluate flexibility resources in power systems	624
Optimizing renewable energy utilization with high gain converters	618
A critical review of Madhuca indica as an efficient biodiesel producer: Towards sustainability	613
Editorial Board	538
Hard carbon from wood and its constituents: Toward sustainable sodium and potassium-ion battery anodes	486
Cellulose-based thermal management composites: An emerging material for multi-industry sustainability	467
Employee energy-saving behaviors: Review of theories, influencing factors, and interventions	466
Corrigendum to “Emerging business models in local energy markets: A systematic review of peer-to-peer, community self-consumption, and transactive energy models” [Renew Sustain Energy Rev 179 (2023) 1	464
Comparative analysis of metaheuristic optimization approaches for multisource heat pump operation	405
Assuring the integrity of offshore carbon dioxide storage	399
Novel textured surfaces for superior corrosion mitigation in molten carbonate salts for concentrating solar power	399
Advanced applications of triboelectric sensors across human body regions	397
Improving material selection in shopping centres through a parametric life cycle embodied flow and material cost analysis model	394
Deactivation mechanisms and anti-deactivation strategies of copper-based catalysts in selective catalytic reduction reactions: A review	379
Optimizing methodologies of hybrid renewable energy systems powered reverse osmosis plants	366
Multi-level collaborative fault diagnosis and self-healing framework for proton exchange membrane fuel cell	357
A review of the materials utilized in the design and fabrication of biogas digesters	341
Biowaste biorefineries in South Africa: Current status, opportunities, and research and development needs	340
A factor analysis and self-organizing map based evaluation approach for the renewable energy heating potentials at county level: A case study in China	339
An investigation of the recent advances of the integration of solar thermal energy systems to the dairy processes	319
Bioinspired spiking spatiotemporal attention framework for lithium-ion batteries state-of-health estimation	306
Direct ammonia fuel cells: A review	304
Quantifying gender in energy poverty: A critical review of data, methodologies and contextual constraints	302

A critical review of bamboo construction materials for sustainability	286
Building 100 % inverter-based distributed restart zone to assist system restoration	286
Advancing thermal control in buildings with innovative cementitious mortar and recycled expanded glass/n-octadecane phase change material composites	284
Advances in hydrogel-based materials for improving building energy efficiency	275
A review on renewable energy-based chemical engineering design and optimization	263
Solar photovoltaic cooling using Paraffin phase change material: Comprehensive assessment	259
Does the environmental Kuznets curve hold across sectors? Evidence from developing and emerging economies	258
Prioritising Positive Energy Districts to achieve carbon neutral cities: Delphi-DANP approach	257
Urban solar harvesting: The importance of diffuse shadows in complex environments	254
Measuring energy transition away from fossil fuels: A new index	246
Challenges in large-scale application of phase change materials with shallow geothermal energy system for building heating/cooling: A systematic review	239
A review of the photothermal-photovoltaic energy supply system for building in solar energy enrichment zones	237
Technology standards for direct current microgrids in buildings: A review	233
Data-driven wind farm flow control and challenges towards field implementation: A review	230
Technical, economic and environmental assessment towards the sustainable goals of photovoltaic systems	230
Enhancing double-slope solar still performance through integrated channel shape variations: An experimental and numerical simulation investigation	227
From knowledge gaps to technological maturity: A comparative review of pathways to deep emission reduction for energy-intensive industries	226
Energy transition governance models and uncertainty: Comparative examination of the World Energy Council ETI framework	224
Quantitative fault detection and diagnosis methods for vapour compression chillers: Exploring the potential for field-implementation	217
Techno-economic analysis and network design for CO₂ conversion to jet fuels in the United States	214
Power system resilience during 2001–2022: A bibliometric and correlation analysis	212
Solar drying technologies: A review of design, efficiency, and environmental impacts	210
Ruminant methane mitigation: microbiological mechanisms and integrated strategies for sustainable livestock production in the context of climate change	207
Agrivoltaics for sustainable land use: A critical review of synergistic and antagonistic effects	207
Convection heat transfer in enclosures with inner bodies: A review on single and two-phase nanofluid models	205
Control technologies of wastewater treatment plants: The state-of-the-art, current challenges, and future directions	203
The “Fresnel Equations” for Diffuse radiation on Inclined photovoltaic Surfaces (FEDIS)	201
Multi-energy load forecasting incorporating AI algorithms: research status and trends in integrated energy systems	201
Lifecycle assessment and environmental impacts of hybrid electric vehicles fuelled by bioethanol and biogas	199
Hydrogen and syngas production by hybrid filtration combustion: Progress and challenges	199
Agricultural mechanization in agrivoltaic systems: Challenges, adaptation, and possible advancements	198
Integrated application of morphological, anatomical, biochemical and physico-chemical methods to identify superior, lignocellulosic grass feedstocks for bioenergy purposes	198
Advancements in methane pyrolysis: A comprehensive review of parameters and molten catalysts in bubble column reactors	198
A review on condensation enhancement techniques for accelerating the evaporation performance of solar desalination system	197
Local flexibility markets in the energy transition: A comparative review and framework for future development	194
Rutile TiO2's odyssey into the post-lithium ion battery horizon	193
Review on the production of renewable biofuel: Solvent-free deoxygenation	192
Wind tunnel tests for wind turbines: A state-of-the-art review	191
Lignin valorization reshapes sustainable biomass refining	191
Power-to-Hydrogen-to-Power as a pathway for wind and solar renewable energy utilization in China: Opportunities and challenges	191
Comprehensive thermal assessment of anaerobic digestion process in biogas plants	189
Exergoeconomic assessment of a high-efficiency compressed air energy storage system	188
Two-phase operation for coordinated charging of electric vehicles in a market environment: From electric vehicle aggregators’ perspective	188
Optimizing mechanisms for promoting low-carbon manufacturing industries towards carbon neutrality	187
Towards high-performance fuel cell systems: Comprehensive review of methods for modeling, control, and optimization	186
Application of graphene and graphene derivatives in cooling of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels: A review	186
Thinking green with 2-D and 3-D MXenes: Environment friendly synthesis and industrial scale applications and global impact	185
Navigating the future of flow-induced vibration-based piezoelectric energy harvesting	184
Magnetic solid catalysts for sustainable and cleaner biodiesel production: A comprehensive review	182
Integrating sustainability across the lifecycle of electric vehicle batteries: Circular supply chain challenges, innovations, and global policy impacts	180

Recent advance in electrochemically activated supercapacitors: Activation mechanisms, electrode materials and prospects	180
Recent trends in photovoltaic technologies for sustainable transportation in passenger vehicles – A review	177
Defining characteristics of peer-to-peer energy trading, transactive energy, and community self-consumption: A review of literature and expert perspectives	176
Enhancing solar PV output forecast by integrating ground and satellite observations with deep learning	174
Applications of blockchain and artificial intelligence technologies for enabling prosumers in smart grids: A review	173
Building renovations and life cycle assessment - A scoping literature review	171
Photocatalytic hydrogen production using graphitic carbon nitride (GCN): A precise review	171
Energy mix diversification in emerging economies: An econometric analysis of determinants	170
The impact of the green technology on the renewable energy innovation: Fresh pieces of evidence under the role of research & development and digital economy	170
Green roofs as a nature-based solution for improving urban sustainability: Progress and perspectives	169
Research progress of enhancing battery safety with phase change materials	169
Marine renewable energy for hydrogen production: Advancing towards a sustainable future through technological, economic, and environmental frontiers– a review	169
Photo-driven enzymatic decarboxylation of fatty acids for bio-aviation fuels production in a continuous microfluidic reactor	167
Efficient reduction of CO2 to high value-added compounds via photo-thermal catalysis: Mechanisms, catalysts and apparatuses	167
Recent progress in microwave-assisted lignin conversion	166
Ecosystem services and climate action from a circular bioeconomy perspective	165
Enhanced solar photovoltaic power prediction using diverse machine learning algorithms with hyperparameter optimization	164
Accurately forecasting solar radiation distribution at both spatial and temporal dimensions simultaneously with fully-convolutional deep neural network model	163
Calcium-based CO2 indirect mineralization of alkaline industrial solid wastes: State-of-the-art technologies	162
The role of internet of things adoption on the sustainability performance of the renewable energy supply chain: A conceptual framework	162
Green hydrogen techno-economic assessments from simulated and measured solar photovoltaic power profiles	161
MXene based composite phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications: Featuring bio-mimic approaches	161
The carbon reduction potential of hydrogen in the low carbon transition of the iron and steel industry: The case of China	160
High-efficiency heating and cooling technology with embedded pipes in buildings and underground structures: A review	159
Energy balancing and storage in climate-neutral smart energy systems	158
China's onshore wind energy potential in the context of climate change	158
Biobased phase change materials in energy storage and thermal management technologies	157
A review of alkaline electrolyzer technology modeling and applications for decision-making optimization in energy systems	157
Polymeric membranes for sustainable gas separation: A comprehensive review with challenges, innovations and future perspectives	155
Resilience assessment and planning in power distribution systems: Past and future considerations	155
Responses of hydroelectricity generation to streamflow drought under climate change	155
Editorial Board	154
A comprehensive review of AI-driven approaches for smart grid stability and reliability	154
Progress in CO2 hydrate formation and feasibility analysis for cold thermal energy harvesting application	154
Fuel prices connectedness across Brazilian capitals: The case of ethanol and gasoline	153
Hydrogen supply chain modelling at energy system scale: A review	152
Comprehensive energy analysis and environmental sustainability of industrial grain drying	151
Integrating life cycle assessment in multi-objective optimization of green hydrogen systems: a review of literature and methodological challenges	150
A comprehensive analysis of time-dependent performance of a solar chimney power plant equipped with a thermal energy storage system	150
Complementary and competitive dynamics of CO2 and N2 in CH4 – Flue gas replacement within natural gas hydrates	150
Nickel manganite-based materials for electrochemical supercapacitors: An overview	149
Near-term infrastructure rollout and investment strategies for net-zero hydrogen supply chains	148
Optical-thermal modeling and geographic analysis of dusty radiative cooling surfaces	147
Prioritizing industrial wastes and technologies for bioenergy production: Case study	147
Editorial Board	147
Factorial equilibrium analyses for socio-economic implications of emission trading	146
Oil price distortion and its impact on green economic efficiency in China’s transportation: A spatial effect perspective	145
Process design and utilisation strategy for CO2 capture in flue gases. Technical assessment and preliminary economic approach for steel mills	145
A review of blockchain consensus mechanisms for Peer-to-Peer electricity trading	145
Status and perspectives of the hydrate technology for carbon sequestration in permafrost region: A review	144
Engineering Ru-based nanomaterials for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction: A review	144
Advanced coatings and structures for enhancing concentrating solar power efficiency	143
Cross-border effects on electricity spot prices - a meta-study	142
Promising biorefinery products from marine macro and microalgal biomass: A review	142
Decoding the synergies of sustainable development goals in household energy transitions: A global knowledge network analysis	142
Global trading of renewable electricity-based fuels and chemicals to enhance the energy transition across all sectors towards sustainability	142
A review of the effects of morphology and surface characteristics of mixed metal oxide nanostructures on electrochemical hydrogen storage capacity	141
Parametric resonance in wave energy converters and offshore wind turbines: A review	139
Low temperature heating methods for lithium-ion batteries: A state-of-art review based on knowledge graph	139
A comprehensive review of thermal management strategies in PEM fuel cells: From conventional cooling methods to advanced passive and hybrid solutions for sustainable energy application	139
Drone endurance in hydrogen fuel cell hybrid technologies: Power architectures and design strategies	138
Embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater reuse strategies in Indian Himalayan region	138
Circularity and landscape experience of agrivoltaics: A systematic review of literature and built systems	138
A general energy-aware framework with multi-modal information and multi-task coordination for smart management towards net-zero emissions in energy system	138
Machine learning-based digital district heating/cooling with renewable integrations and advanced low-carbon transition	137
Analysis method for the design of long submarine cables	137
Processes, models and the influencing factors for enhanced boiling heat transfer in porous structures	136
Bubble behavior in electrocatalytic processes	135
The effects of reducing renewable power intermittency through portfolio diversification	135
Code exposed: Review of five open-source frameworks for modeling renewable energy systems	134
Modification schemes of efficient sorbents for trace CO2 capture	133
Understanding the impact of interprovincial trade on forest resources in China	133
Digital financial inclusion and energy and environment: Global positioning of Sub-Saharan African countries	133
Incentive policies in biomethane production toward circular economy	132
Unveiling the impact of internal structure on boil-off gas generation in moving liquid hydrogen (LH2) transport trailer	132
Microchannel heat sinks for cold plate liquid cooling in data centers: Advances, evaluations and prospects	132
Corrigendum to ‘Photoelectrochemical pathways to green hydrogen. Analysis, overview, and foresight’ [Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 231 (2026) 116753]	131
Energy security challenges and opportunities in the carbon neutrality context: A hierarchical model through systematic data-driven analysis	131
Factors influencing the adoption of zero-emission buses: A review-based framework	131
Low-carbon and cost-efficient hydrogen optimisation through a grid-connected electrolyser: The case of GreenLab skive	130

Anaerobic digestion site-wide optimisation and decision-making: An industrial perspective and review	130
Adsorption hybrid cooling systems: Material innovations, system integration, and future perspectives	129
Recent advances in black box and white-box models for urban heat island prediction: Implications of fusing the two methods	128
Repurposing coal plants—regional economic impacts from low carbon generation	128
Increasing the fatigue life of offshore wind turbine jacket structures using yaw stiffness and damping	128
Dynamic analysis of an adiabatic compressed air energy storage system with temperature-regulated in air tanks	128
A comprehensive review on hydrogen production, purification, storage, and utilization: Challenges and future directions	127
Review of transformers applied to wind turbine data: Exploring the potential of transformers in revolutionizing wind turbine data analysis	127
Managing carbon emissions in construction: Current status and emerging trends	127
Efficient two-phase liquid cooling and optimization technology on the chip side based on high-power data centers: Summary and prospects	126
Recent advances in chloride molten salt-based thermal energy storage: Melting behavior, modification, and corrosion mitigation strategies	126
Inorganic nanoparticles to overcome efficiency inhibitors of organic photovoltaics: An in-depth review	126
Multi-criteria decision-making in hydrogen production, storage, and transportation: An overview	126
Recent advances on CO2-assisted synthesis of metal nanoparticles for the upgrading of biomass-derived compounds	126
Climate change cognition and biodiversity conservation awareness facilitate household clean energy consumption: Evidence from a biodiversity hotspot	126
Facilitating solid-state anaerobic digestion of food waste via bio-electrochemical treatment	126
Dynamically distributed district heating for an existing system	125
Switching over-voltages and mitigation methods in sustainable power systems with renewable energy integration	125
Wind turbine nacelle testing: State-of-the-art and development trends	124
Corrigendum to ‘Enhancing ecosystem services and biodiversity in agrivoltaics through habitat-enhancing strategies’ [Renew Sustain Energy Reviews, Volume 212, April 2025, start page–end page]	124
Embarking on the Asia Supergrid: Trade impact of carbon pricing on regional sustainability in northeast Asia	124
The logic of policies for energy price regulation in the future: A synergistic developmental perspective based on energy and carbon markets	124
Emerging catalysis in solvent-free hydrodeoxygenation of waste lipids under mild conditions: A review	124
Assessing the electricity potential from agricultural residues in Western Macedonia, Greece	124
Beyond automation: Unveiling the potential of agentic intelligence	123
Comprehensive review on recent progress in renewable and sustainable energy applications in shipping industry, and suggestions for future developments	123
Principles and support technologies of low-carbon ironmaking for blast furnace	123
Order-disorder transition mechanism for high-capacity amorphous anodes of lithium-ion batteries	123
Critical review of the latest advances in thermal management techniques for PEM fuel cells	123
Predicting the effects of solar energy development on plants and wildlife in the Desert Southwest, United States	123
Distributed local energy: Assessing the determinants of domestic-scale solar photovoltaic uptake at the local level across England and Wales	122
Integrating lived experience: Qualitative methods for addressing energy poverty	122
Assessing the sustainability of bioenergy pathways through a land-water-energy nexus approach	122
Battery management system for zinc-based flow batteries: A review	122
Land use for bioenergy: Synergies and trade-offs between sustainable development goals	121
Policy design for green hydrogen	121
Condition-based maintenance of wind turbine structures: A state-of-the-art review	121
Optimization of a syngas-fueled SOFC-based multigeneration system: Enhanced performance with biomass and gasification agent selection	121
Environmental assessment of smart energy management systems at distribution level — A review	121
Review on eco-driving control for connected and automated vehicles	121
On the design and analysis of long-term low-carbon roadmaps: A review and evaluation of available energy-economy-environment models	121
Concrete-based thermal energy storage (CTES) for concentrated solar power plants and built environment	120
Honeycomb-like carbon for electrochemical energy storage and conversion	120
Perceptions to connections: A multidimensional investigation of hydrogen acceptance	120
Implication of electrification and power decarbonization in low-carbon transition pathways for China, the U.S. and the EU	120
A review on flow field design for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Challenges to increase the active area for MW applications	119
Unlocking European biogas and biomethane: Policy insights from comparative analysis	119
Quantifying the influence of nature-based solutions on building cooling and heating energy demand: A climate specific review	119
A review of operations and maintenance modelling with considerations for novel wind turbine concepts	119
The evolution of circular economy performance assessment: A systematic literature review	118
Empowering metal oxide photoanodes via zeolitic imidazolate frameworks for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting: Current advances and future perspectives	118
A review on the deployment of demand response programs with multiple aspects coexistence over smart grid platform	118
Siting considerations for floating solar photovoltaic energy: A systematic review	117
Review of the potentials for implementation of floating solar panels on lakes and water reservoirs	117
A review of micro hydro systems in urban areas: Opportunities and challenges	116
The carbon sequestration potential of vegetation over the Tibetan Plateau	116
Midterm perspectives on natural gas after the European gas crisis: Reviewing German energy transition studies	115
Meteorological and vegetation effects on the thermal analysis of slopes	115
A review on optimization of district energy systems	115
Africa's renewable energy sustainability: A spatiotemporal analysis using integrated projection pursuit and fuzzy clustering	114
Synergy of green energy technologies through critical materials circularity	114
Field-driven multi-criteria sustainability assessment of last-mile rural electrification in Brazil	114
Coupled heat transfer mechanisms and performance optimisation between fluids with dissimilar thermophysical properties in CO2 heat exchangers: A review	114
Advances in non-intrusive load monitoring for the industrial domain: Challenges, insights, and path forward	113
A review of European low-voltage distribution networks	113
A diffusion model approach to forecast multi-sector demand growth for green hydrogen generated from offshore wind power	113
Review of explicit models for photovoltaic cell electrical characterization	113
A review on low-load stable combustion technology for boiler in deep peak shaving of coal-fired power units	112
Inverse modeling of wind turbine drivetrain from numerical data using Bayesian inference	112
Reinforcement learning-based optimization framework for carbon emission reduction and circularity enhancement in buildings	112
Assessment of a cogeneration system for ceramic industry by using various exergy based economic approaches	112
A review of research progress in the compaction of major crop waste by mechanical equipment	112
Editorial Board	112
The role of acoustic telemetry to assess the effects of offshore wind infrastructure on fish behaviour, populations and predation	112
Driving change in agriculture (2020–2025): A global review of LCA findings and adoption factors for agricultural electric vehicles	111
Prospect of green hydrogen in Malaysian iron and steel industry: Techno-economic assessment and energy modelling using PyPSA-Earth	111
Editorial Board	111
Real-time capacity cost obligations design in high-renewables energy markets	110
Economic potential and barriers of small modular reactors in Europe	110
Rolling-out pioneering carbon dioxide capture and transport chains from inland European industrial facilities: A techno-economic, environmental, and regulatory evaluation	109
Seasonal thermal energy storage in smart energy systems: District-level applications and modelling approaches	109
Emulsion-derived porous carbon-based materials for energy and environmental applications	109
Photovoltaic system adoption in water related technologies – A review	109
Managing zero-marginal-cost, intermittent renewable energy: A survey of the engineering, economic, and policy challenges	108
Optimal operation of pumped hydro storage-based energy systems: A compendium of current challenges and future perspectives	108
Systematic review of the life cycle optimization literature, and recommendations for performance of life cycle optimization studies	108
Integrating power electronics-based energy storages to power systems: A review on dynamic modeling, analysis, and future challenges	108
Renewable hydrogen production from biomass derivatives or water on trimetallic based catalysts	108
Review on properties, physics, and fabrication of two-dimensional material-based metal-matrix composites (2DMMCs) for heat transfer systems	107
Lithium-ion battery digitalization: Combining physics-based models and machine learning	107
Resilience-economy-environment equilibrium based configuration interaction approach towards distributed energy system in energy intensive industry parks	107
Carbon capture through alkaline solvents coupled with conversion into bioplastics via microalgae: Towards a sustainable bioconversion pathway	107
Natural hydrogen in the energy transition: Fundamentals, promise, and enigmas	106
Ventilation systems balancing rapid pollutant removal and energy efficiency in the post-pandemic era: a literature review	106
A Review and Prospects of Research on Coordinated Optimization Operation of Energy Stations	106