Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	1299
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	904
Biowaste biorefineries in South Africa: Current status, opportunities, and research and development needs	899
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Agrivoltaics for sustainable land use: A critical review of synergistic and antagonistic effects	553
Responses of hydroelectricity generation to streamflow drought under climate change	550
Photo-driven enzymatic decarboxylation of fatty acids for bio-aviation fuels production in a continuous microfluidic reactor	541
Technology standards for direct current microgrids in buildings: A review	506
Energy transition governance models and uncertainty: Comparative examination of the World Energy Council ETI framework	461
Solar drying technologies: A review of design, efficiency, and environmental impacts	444
A review on condensation enhancement techniques for accelerating the evaporation performance of solar desalination system	415
Building 100 % inverter-based distributed restart zone to assist system restoration	406
Suns-Vmp method for health monitoring of 110 PV modules	393
A factor analysis and self-organizing map based evaluation approach for the renewable energy heating potentials at county level: A case study in China	390
Ex-post analysis of energy subsidy removal through integrated energy systems modelling	388
Lifecycle assessment and environmental impacts of hybrid electric vehicles fuelled by bioethanol and biogas	375
Assuring the integrity of offshore carbon dioxide storage	363
End-of-life management of solar PV waste in India: Situation analysis and proposed policy framework	360
Quantifying gender in energy poverty: A critical review of data, methodologies and contextual constraints	351
Ecosystem services and climate action from a circular bioeconomy perspective	348
The “Fresnel Equations” for Diffuse radiation on Inclined photovoltaic Surfaces (FEDIS)	334
Improving material selection in shopping centres through a parametric life cycle embodied flow and material cost analysis model	333
A critical review of bamboo construction materials for sustainability	328
Ruminant methane mitigation: microbiological mechanisms and integrated strategies for sustainable livestock production in the context of climate change	327
Technical, economic and environmental assessment towards the sustainable goals of photovoltaic systems	314

A review of alkaline electrolyzer technology modeling and applications for decision-making optimization in energy systems	313
Multi-level collaborative fault diagnosis and self-healing framework for proton exchange membrane fuel cell	310
Urban solar harvesting: The importance of diffuse shadows in complex environments	292
Enhancing solar PV output forecast by integrating ground and satellite observations with deep learning	290
Magnetic solid catalysts for sustainable and cleaner biodiesel production: A comprehensive review	280
Novel textured surfaces for superior corrosion mitigation in molten carbonate salts for concentrating solar power	276
Direct ammonia fuel cells: A review	269
Energy balancing and storage in climate-neutral smart energy systems	268
A comprehensive review of energy extraction from low-temperature geothermal resources in hydrocarbon fields	267
High-efficiency heating and cooling technology with embedded pipes in buildings and underground structures: A review	263
Green hydrogen techno-economic assessments from simulated and measured solar photovoltaic power profiles	262
Energy optimal design of servo-actuated systems: A concurrent approach based on scaling rules	260
Advances in hydrogel-based materials for improving building energy efficiency	260
China's onshore wind energy potential in the context of climate change	259
A comprehensive review of AI-driven approaches for smart grid stability and reliability	256
Enhancing double-slope solar still performance through integrated channel shape variations: An experimental and numerical simulation investigation	253
Defining characteristics of peer-to-peer energy trading, transactive energy, and community self-consumption: A review of literature and expert perspectives	252
Calcium-based CO2 indirect mineralization of alkaline industrial solid wastes: State-of-the-art technologies	246
The carbon reduction potential of hydrogen in the low carbon transition of the iron and steel industry: The case of China	246
Photocatalytic hydrogen production using graphitic carbon nitride (GCN): A precise review	243
Review on the production of renewable biofuel: Solvent-free deoxygenation	240
Applications of blockchain and artificial intelligence technologies for enabling prosumers in smart grids: A review	240
Flexibility chart 2.0: An accessible visual tool to evaluate flexibility resources in power systems	239
Comprehensive thermal assessment of anaerobic digestion process in biogas plants	238
A review of the materials utilized in the design and fabrication of biogas digesters	237
Optimizing renewable energy utilization with high gain converters	233
Cellulose-based thermal management composites: An emerging material for multi-industry sustainability	232
Polymeric membranes for sustainable gas separation: A comprehensive review with challenges, innovations and future perspectives	231
Advancements in methane pyrolysis: A comprehensive review of parameters and molten catalysts in bubble column reactors	231
Measuring energy transition away from fossil fuels: A new index	229
The impact of landfill operation factors on improving biogas generation in Brazil	227
Energy mix diversification in emerging economies: An econometric analysis of determinants	226
From knowledge gaps to technological maturity: A comparative review of pathways to deep emission reduction for energy-intensive industries	226
An investigation of the recent advances of the integration of solar thermal energy systems to the dairy processes	226
Does the environmental Kuznets curve hold across sectors? Evidence from developing and emerging economies	214
Recent progress in microwave-assisted lignin conversion	212
Hydrogen and syngas production by hybrid filtration combustion: Progress and challenges	210
Optimizing mechanisms for promoting low-carbon manufacturing industries towards carbon neutrality	209
Integrated application of morphological, anatomical, biochemical and physico-chemical methods to identify superior, lignocellulosic grass feedstocks for bioenergy purposes	205
Power-to-Hydrogen-to-Power as a pathway for wind and solar renewable energy utilization in China: Opportunities and challenges	202
Recent trends in photovoltaic technologies for sustainable transportation in passenger vehicles – A review	201
A review on renewable energy-based chemical engineering design and optimization	201
Rutile TiO2's odyssey into the post-lithium ion battery horizon	200
Salt hydrate–based gas-solid thermochemical energy storage: Current progress, challenges, and perspectives	200
Control technologies of wastewater treatment plants: The state-of-the-art, current challenges, and future directions	198
The impact of the green technology on the renewable energy innovation: Fresh pieces of evidence under the role of research & development and digital economy	198
Green roofs as a nature-based solution for improving urban sustainability: Progress and perspectives	197
Decarbonizing the glass industry: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options	196
Hydrothermal liquefaction of algal feedstocks: The effect of biomass characteristics and extraction solvents	195
Optimizing methodologies of hybrid renewable energy systems powered reverse osmosis plants	194

Towards high-performance fuel cell systems: Comprehensive review of methods for modeling, control, and optimization	194
Employee energy-saving behaviors: Review of theories, influencing factors, and interventions	193
Comparative analysis of metaheuristic optimization approaches for multisource heat pump operation	192
Efficient reduction of CO2 to high value-added compounds via photo-thermal catalysis: Mechanisms, catalysts and apparatuses	191
Lignin valorization reshapes sustainable biomass refining	190
Bioinspired spiking spatiotemporal attention framework for lithium-ion batteries state-of-health estimation	187
Research progress of enhancing battery safety with phase change materials	186
Exergoeconomic assessment of a high-efficiency compressed air energy storage system	185
The role of internet of things adoption on the sustainability performance of the renewable energy supply chain: A conceptual framework	185
A review of the photothermal-photovoltaic energy supply system for building in solar energy enrichment zones	183
Convection heat transfer in enclosures with inner bodies: A review on single and two-phase nanofluid models	182
Application of graphene and graphene derivatives in cooling of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels: A review	180
Integrating sustainability across the lifecycle of electric vehicle batteries: Circular supply chain challenges, innovations, and global policy impacts	179
Hydrogen production via anaerobic digestion of coal modified by white-rot fungi and its application benefits analysis	177
Accurately forecasting solar radiation distribution at both spatial and temporal dimensions simultaneously with fully-convolutional deep neural network model	176
Two-phase operation for coordinated charging of electric vehicles in a market environment: From electric vehicle aggregators’ perspective	176
A review of advanced ground source heat pump control: Artificial intelligence for autonomous and adaptive control	176
Recent advance in electrochemically activated supercapacitors: Activation mechanisms, electrode materials and prospects	175
Solar photovoltaic cooling using Paraffin phase change material: Comprehensive assessment	174
Data-driven wind farm flow control and challenges towards field implementation: A review	174
A review of the pre-chamber ignition system applied on future low-carbon spark ignition engines	172
Resilience assessment and planning in power distribution systems: Past and future considerations	172
Navigating the future of flow-induced vibration-based piezoelectric energy harvesting	172
Thinking green with 2-D and 3-D MXenes: Environment friendly synthesis and industrial scale applications and global impact	171
MXene based composite phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications: Featuring bio-mimic approaches	170
A critical review of Madhuca indica as an efficient biodiesel producer: Towards sustainability	169
Hard carbon from wood and its constituents: Toward sustainable sodium and potassium-ion battery anodes	168
Techno-economic analysis and network design for CO₂ conversion to jet fuels in the United States	168
Power system resilience during 2001–2022: A bibliometric and correlation analysis	168
Enhanced solar photovoltaic power prediction using diverse machine learning algorithms with hyperparameter optimization	167
Building renovations and life cycle assessment - A scoping literature review	167
Advancing thermal control in buildings with innovative cementitious mortar and recycled expanded glass/n-octadecane phase change material composites	167
Wind tunnel tests for wind turbines: A state-of-the-art review	167
Quantitative fault detection and diagnosis methods for vapour compression chillers: Exploring the potential for field-implementation	165
Marine renewable energy for hydrogen production: Advancing towards a sustainable future through technological, economic, and environmental frontiers– a review	164
Prioritising Positive Energy Districts to achieve carbon neutral cities: Delphi-DANP approach	164
Biobased phase change materials in energy storage and thermal management technologies	163
Making the internet globally sustainable: Technical and policy options for improved energy management, governance and community acceptance of Nordic datacenters	162
Editorial Board	161
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]	161
Land use for bioenergy: Synergies and trade-offs between sustainable development goals	160
Understanding the impact of interprovincial trade on forest resources in China	160
Prioritizing industrial wastes and technologies for bioenergy production: Case study	159
Parametric resonance in wave energy converters and offshore wind turbines: A review	158
Dynamic analysis of an adiabatic compressed air energy storage system with temperature-regulated in air tanks	156
A review of publicly available data sources for models to study renewables integration in China's power system	155
Unveiling the impact of internal structure on boil-off gas generation in moving liquid hydrogen (LH2) transport trailer	155
Status and perspectives of the hydrate technology for carbon sequestration in permafrost region: A review	154
The logic of policies for energy price regulation in the future: A synergistic developmental perspective based on energy and carbon markets	153
Multi-criteria decision-making in hydrogen production, storage, and transportation: An overview	152
Critical review of the latest advances in thermal management techniques for PEM fuel cells	152
Drone endurance in hydrogen fuel cell hybrid technologies: Power architectures and design strategies	152
Factorial equilibrium analyses for socio-economic implications of emission trading	151
Complementary and competitive dynamics of CO2 and N2 in CH4 – Flue gas replacement within natural gas hydrates	151
Process design and utilisation strategy for CO2 capture in flue gases. Technical assessment and preliminary economic approach for steel mills	150
Cross-border effects on electricity spot prices - a meta-study	150
Embarking on the Asia Supergrid: Trade impact of carbon pricing on regional sustainability in northeast Asia	150
Perceptions to connections: A multidimensional investigation of hydrogen acceptance	150
Assessing the electricity potential from agricultural residues in Western Macedonia, Greece	150
Oil price distortion and its impact on green economic efficiency in China’s transportation: A spatial effect perspective	149
Comprehensive review on recent progress in renewable and sustainable energy applications in shipping industry, and suggestions for future developments	149
Modification schemes of efficient sorbents for trace CO2 capture	149
Quantifying the influence of nature-based solutions on building cooling and heating energy demand: A climate specific review	149
Environmental assessment of smart energy management systems at distribution level — A review	148
Optical-thermal modeling and geographic analysis of dusty radiative cooling surfaces	148
A review of blockchain consensus mechanisms for Peer-to-Peer electricity trading	147
Predicting the effects of solar energy development on plants and wildlife in the Desert Southwest, United States	145
Current status and opportunities for fruit processing waste biorefineries	145
The carbon sequestration potential of vegetation over the Tibetan Plateau	145
Digital financial inclusion and energy and environment: Global positioning of Sub-Saharan African countries	144
Circularity and landscape experience of agrivoltaics: A systematic review of literature and built systems	143
Factors influencing the adoption of zero-emission buses: A review-based framework	143
Promising biorefinery products from marine macro and microalgal biomass: A review	143
Battery management system for zinc-based flow batteries: A review	143
Efficient two-phase liquid cooling and optimization technology on the chip side based on high-power data centers: Summary and prospects	142
Policy design for green hydrogen	142
Review of the potentials for implementation of floating solar panels on lakes and water reservoirs	142
Advanced coatings and structures for enhancing concentrating solar power efficiency	141
Managing carbon emissions in construction: Current status and emerging trends	141
The effects of reducing renewable power intermittency through portfolio diversification	140

Integrating life cycle assessment in multi-objective optimization of green hydrogen systems: a review of literature and methodological challenges	139
On the design and analysis of long-term low-carbon roadmaps: A review and evaluation of available energy-economy-environment models	139
Low temperature heating methods for lithium-ion batteries: A state-of-art review based on knowledge graph	139
Siting considerations for floating solar photovoltaic energy: A systematic review	139
Inorganic nanoparticles to overcome efficiency inhibitors of organic photovoltaics: An in-depth review	139
Recent advances in black box and white-box models for urban heat island prediction: Implications of fusing the two methods	139
Emerging catalysis in solvent-free hydrodeoxygenation of waste lipids under mild conditions: A review	139
Editorial Board	138
Editorial Board	138
A comprehensive review on hydrogen production, purification, storage, and utilization: Challenges and future directions	137
Embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater reuse strategies in Indian Himalayan region	137
Online reliability assessment of energy systems based on a high-order extended-state-observer with application to nuclear reactors	137
Switching over-voltages and mitigation methods in sustainable power systems with renewable energy integration	136
Beyond automation: Unveiling the potential of agentic intelligence	136
Order-disorder transition mechanism for high-capacity amorphous anodes of lithium-ion batteries	135
Adsorption hybrid cooling systems: Material innovations, system integration, and future perspectives	135
Low-carbon and cost-efficient hydrogen optimisation through a grid-connected electrolyser: The case of GreenLab skive	135
Integrating lived experience: Qualitative methods for addressing energy poverty	135
A review on optimization of district energy systems	134
Bubble behavior in electrocatalytic processes	134
Fuel prices connectedness across Brazilian capitals: The case of ethanol and gasoline	134
Recent advances on CO2-assisted synthesis of metal nanoparticles for the upgrading of biomass-derived compounds	134
Thermochemical conversion processes of Dichrostachys cinerea as a biofuel: A review of the Cuban case	133
Increasing the fatigue life of offshore wind turbine jacket structures using yaw stiffness and damping	133
Honeycomb-like carbon for electrochemical energy storage and conversion	133
Energy security challenges and opportunities in the carbon neutrality context: A hierarchical model through systematic data-driven analysis	131
A review of operations and maintenance modelling with considerations for novel wind turbine concepts	131
Facilitating solid-state anaerobic digestion of food waste via bio-electrochemical treatment	131
Global trading of renewable electricity-based fuels and chemicals to enhance the energy transition across all sectors towards sustainability	130
A review of domestic land use change attributable to U.S. biofuel policy	130
Empowering metal oxide photoanodes via zeolitic imidazolate frameworks for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting: Current advances and future perspectives	130
Decoding the synergies of sustainable development goals in household energy transitions: A global knowledge network analysis	129
The evolution of circular economy performance assessment: A systematic literature review	129
Nickel manganite-based materials for electrochemical supercapacitors: An overview	129
Principles and support technologies of low-carbon ironmaking for blast furnace	129
Wind turbine nacelle testing: State-of-the-art and development trends	129
Anaerobic digestion site-wide optimisation and decision-making: An industrial perspective and review	129
A general energy-aware framework with multi-modal information and multi-task coordination for smart management towards net-zero emissions in energy system	128
Comprehensive energy analysis and environmental sustainability of industrial grain drying	128
Distributed local energy: Assessing the determinants of domestic-scale solar photovoltaic uptake at the local level across England and Wales	128
A review on the deployment of demand response programs with multiple aspects coexistence over smart grid platform	127
Implication of electrification and power decarbonization in low-carbon transition pathways for China, the U.S. and the EU	127
Dynamically distributed district heating for an existing system	127
Repurposing coal plants—regional economic impacts from low carbon generation	126
Assessing the sustainability of bioenergy pathways through a land-water-energy nexus approach	126
Hydrogen supply chain modelling at energy system scale: A review	126
State-of-the-art sustainable approaches for deeper decarbonization in Europe – An endowment to climate neutral vision	126
Renewable and sustainable energy challenges to face for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals	125
Near-term infrastructure rollout and investment strategies for net-zero hydrogen supply chains	125
Progress in CO2 hydrate formation and feasibility analysis for cold thermal energy harvesting application	125
Review on eco-driving control for connected and automated vehicles	124
Processes, models and the influencing factors for enhanced boiling heat transfer in porous structures	124
Optimization of a syngas-fueled SOFC-based multigeneration system: Enhanced performance with biomass and gasification agent selection	124
A systematic review on optimal analysis of horizontal heat exchangers in ground source heat pump systems	124
Analysis method for the design of long submarine cables	123
Mapping of the levelised cost of energy for floating offshore wind in the European Atlantic	123
Extremophiles and extremozymes in lignin bioprocessing	123
Unlocking European biogas and biomethane: Policy insights from comparative analysis	123
Code exposed: Review of five open-source frameworks for modeling renewable energy systems	122
A review on flow field design for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Challenges to increase the active area for MW applications	121
Continuous cultivation of microalgae in photobioreactors as a source of renewable energy: Current status and future challenges	121
A review of the effects of morphology and surface characteristics of mixed metal oxide nanostructures on electrochemical hydrogen storage capacity	121
Machine learning-based digital district heating/cooling with renewable integrations and advanced low-carbon transition	121
A comprehensive analysis of time-dependent performance of a solar chimney power plant equipped with a thermal energy storage system	121
A review on the energy retrofit policies and improvements of the UK existing buildings, challenges and benefits	121
Demand response-integrated investment and operational planning of renewable and sustainable energy systems considering forecast uncertainties: A systematic review	121
Condition-based maintenance of wind turbine structures: A state-of-the-art review	120
Incentive policies in biomethane production toward circular economy	120
A review of micro hydro systems in urban areas: Opportunities and challenges	119
Climate change cognition and biodiversity conservation awareness facilitate household clean energy consumption: Evidence from a biodiversity hotspot	119
EV charging stations multipulse rectifiers based on passive harmonic reduction circuits: A critical survey	118
Integrating power electronics-based energy storages to power systems: A review on dynamic modeling, analysis, and future challenges	118
Carbon capture through alkaline solvents coupled with conversion into bioplastics via microalgae: Towards a sustainable bioconversion pathway	118
A review of research progress in the compaction of major crop waste by mechanical equipment	117
Photovoltaic system adoption in water related technologies – A review	117
Improving the performance conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells through optimization of charge transport layers: A review	117
Negative CO2 emissions from flexible biofuel synthesis: Concepts, potentials, technologies	116
Quantifying social factors for onshore wind planning – A systematic review	116
Technical characteristics and developmental prospect of hydrogen storage in salt cavern: A perspective of layered salt rocks	116
Environmental impact and energy balance assessment in ethanol production from sugarcane molasses: A life cycle analysis in southern India	116
Upscaling scenarios for ocean thermal energy conversion with technological learning in Indonesia and their global relevance	116
Ventilation systems balancing rapid pollutant removal and energy efficiency in the post-pandemic era: a literature review	116
Fire safety requirements for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV): A cross-country comparison	116
From material design to functional implementation: Performance enhancement mechanisms and application advances in photothermal phase change materials	116
Estimating 1-min beam and diffuse irradiance from the global irradiance: A review and an extensive worldwide comparison of latest separation models at 126 stations	115
Morphing structural materials used in wind turbine blades	115
Real-time capacity cost obligations design in high-renewables energy markets	115
Managing zero-marginal-cost, intermittent renewable energy: A survey of the engineering, economic, and policy challenges	115
Evaluating smart grid investment drivers and creating effective policies via a fuzzy multi-criteria approach	114
Spatiotemporal dynamics and factors of renewable energy mismatch in China	114
Citizen participation gaps and challenges in the heating transition: Learning from Dutch community initiatives	114
Resilience-economy-environment equilibrium based configuration interaction approach towards distributed energy system in energy intensive industry parks	113
Evaluating the usability of open source frameworks in energy system modelling	113
Synergistic integration of green hydrogen in renewable power systems: A comprehensive review of key technologies, research landscape, and future perspectives	113
Scenario analysis of electricity pathways in Kenya using Low Emissions Analysis Platform and the Next Energy Modeling system for optimization	113