Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	1045
Editorial Board	1028
Recent trends in photovoltaic technologies for sustainable transportation in passenger vehicles – A review	960
Urban solar harvesting: The importance of diffuse shadows in complex environments	613
Agrivoltaics for sustainable land use: A critical review of synergistic and antagonistic effects	606
Challenges in large-scale application of phase change materials with shallow geothermal energy system for building heating/cooling: A systematic review	605
Does the environmental Kuznets curve hold across sectors? Evidence from developing and emerging economies	601
Prioritising Positive Energy Districts to achieve carbon neutral cities: Delphi-DANP approach	521
Solar drying technologies: A review of design, efficiency, and environmental impacts	513
Agricultural mechanization in agrivoltaic systems: Challenges, adaptation, and possible advancements	470
Technology standards for direct current microgrids in buildings: A review	457
Employee energy-saving behaviors: Review of theories, influencing factors, and interventions	456
China's onshore wind energy potential in the context of climate change	449
Local flexibility markets in the energy transition: A comparative review and framework for future development	449
Measuring energy transition away from fossil fuels: A new index	396
Application of graphene and graphene derivatives in cooling of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels: A review	389
A review of the photothermal-photovoltaic energy supply system for building in solar energy enrichment zones	389
The role of internet of things adoption on the sustainability performance of the renewable energy supply chain: A conceptual framework	387
Biobased phase change materials in energy storage and thermal management technologies	384
Assuring the integrity of offshore carbon dioxide storage	375
Flexibility chart 2.0: An accessible visual tool to evaluate flexibility resources in power systems	354
A critical review of Madhuca indica as an efficient biodiesel producer: Towards sustainability	350
Novel textured surfaces for superior corrosion mitigation in molten carbonate salts for concentrating solar power	334
Optimizing renewable energy utilization with high gain converters	332
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	324

Comparative analysis of metaheuristic optimization approaches for multisource heat pump operation	311
Solar photovoltaic cooling using Paraffin phase change material: Comprehensive assessment	301
A review on renewable energy-based chemical engineering design and optimization	296
Lifecycle assessment and environmental impacts of hybrid electric vehicles fuelled by bioethanol and biogas	294
An investigation of the recent advances of the integration of solar thermal energy systems to the dairy processes	291
Integrating sustainability across the lifecycle of electric vehicle batteries: Circular supply chain challenges, innovations, and global policy impacts	283
Marine renewable energy for hydrogen production: Advancing towards a sustainable future through technological, economic, and environmental frontiers– a review	278
Recent advance in electrochemically activated supercapacitors: Activation mechanisms, electrode materials and prospects	270
Optimizing mechanisms for promoting low-carbon manufacturing industries towards carbon neutrality	266
Wind tunnel tests for wind turbines: A state-of-the-art review	258
The carbon reduction potential of hydrogen in the low carbon transition of the iron and steel industry: The case of China	256
Accurately forecasting solar radiation distribution at both spatial and temporal dimensions simultaneously with fully-convolutional deep neural network model	252
Defining characteristics of peer-to-peer energy trading, transactive energy, and community self-consumption: A review of literature and expert perspectives	251
Advancing thermal control in buildings with innovative cementitious mortar and recycled expanded glass/n-octadecane phase change material composites	247
Efficient reduction of CO2 to high value-added compounds via photo-thermal catalysis: Mechanisms, catalysts and apparatuses	240
Advances in hydrogel-based materials for improving building energy efficiency	238
Resilience assessment and planning in power distribution systems: Past and future considerations	233
Calcium-based CO2 indirect mineralization of alkaline industrial solid wastes: State-of-the-art technologies	230
Photocatalytic hydrogen production using graphitic carbon nitride (GCN): A precise review	226
Responses of hydroelectricity generation to streamflow drought under climate change	226
Building 100 % inverter-based distributed restart zone to assist system restoration	225
Magnetic solid catalysts for sustainable and cleaner biodiesel production: A comprehensive review	225
Photo-driven enzymatic decarboxylation of fatty acids for bio-aviation fuels production in a continuous microfluidic reactor	221
Enhanced solar photovoltaic power prediction using diverse machine learning algorithms with hyperparameter optimization	218
Polymeric membranes for sustainable gas separation: A comprehensive review with challenges, innovations and future perspectives	212
Quantifying gender in energy poverty: A critical review of data, methodologies and contextual constraints	210
Research progress of enhancing battery safety with phase change materials	208
Ecosystem services and climate action from a circular bioeconomy perspective	205
Navigating the future of flow-induced vibration-based piezoelectric energy harvesting	204
A review on condensation enhancement techniques for accelerating the evaporation performance of solar desalination system	202
A critical review of bamboo construction materials for sustainability	200
From knowledge gaps to technological maturity: A comparative review of pathways to deep emission reduction for energy-intensive industries	197
The impact of the green technology on the renewable energy innovation: Fresh pieces of evidence under the role of research & development and digital economy	197
MXene based composite phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications: Featuring bio-mimic approaches	196
Biowaste biorefineries in South Africa: Current status, opportunities, and research and development needs	194
Data-driven wind farm flow control and challenges towards field implementation: A review	194
Lignin valorization reshapes sustainable biomass refining	193
Bioinspired spiking spatiotemporal attention framework for lithium-ion batteries state-of-health estimation	192
Green roofs as a nature-based solution for improving urban sustainability: Progress and perspectives	192
Technical, economic and environmental assessment towards the sustainable goals of photovoltaic systems	191
Applications of blockchain and artificial intelligence technologies for enabling prosumers in smart grids: A review	191
The “Fresnel Equations” for Diffuse radiation on Inclined photovoltaic Surfaces (FEDIS)	191
Building renovations and life cycle assessment - A scoping literature review	191
Ruminant methane mitigation: microbiological mechanisms and integrated strategies for sustainable livestock production in the context of climate change	191
Direct ammonia fuel cells: A review	191
A comprehensive review of AI-driven approaches for smart grid stability and reliability	189
Thinking green with 2-D and 3-D MXenes: Environment friendly synthesis and industrial scale applications and global impact	188
A factor analysis and self-organizing map based evaluation approach for the renewable energy heating potentials at county level: A case study in China	186
Power-to-Hydrogen-to-Power as a pathway for wind and solar renewable energy utilization in China: Opportunities and challenges	183
Enhancing solar PV output forecast by integrating ground and satellite observations with deep learning	182

Enhancing double-slope solar still performance through integrated channel shape variations: An experimental and numerical simulation investigation	181
Quantitative fault detection and diagnosis methods for vapour compression chillers: Exploring the potential for field-implementation	181
Suns-Vmp method for health monitoring of 110 PV modules	180
Integrated application of morphological, anatomical, biochemical and physico-chemical methods to identify superior, lignocellulosic grass feedstocks for bioenergy purposes	180
Rutile TiO2's odyssey into the post-lithium ion battery horizon	179
Hard carbon from wood and its constituents: Toward sustainable sodium and potassium-ion battery anodes	178
Hydrogen and syngas production by hybrid filtration combustion: Progress and challenges	178
Towards high-performance fuel cell systems: Comprehensive review of methods for modeling, control, and optimization	177
Cellulose-based thermal management composites: An emerging material for multi-industry sustainability	176
Comprehensive thermal assessment of anaerobic digestion process in biogas plants	173
Energy mix diversification in emerging economies: An econometric analysis of determinants	173
Green hydrogen techno-economic assessments from simulated and measured solar photovoltaic power profiles	171
Optimizing methodologies of hybrid renewable energy systems powered reverse osmosis plants	170
Multi-energy load forecasting incorporating AI algorithms: research status and trends in integrated energy systems	170
Deactivation mechanisms and anti-deactivation strategies of copper-based catalysts in selective catalytic reduction reactions: A review	168
Advanced applications of triboelectric sensors across human body regions	167
Convection heat transfer in enclosures with inner bodies: A review on single and two-phase nanofluid models	167
Exergoeconomic assessment of a high-efficiency compressed air energy storage system	166
Energy transition governance models and uncertainty: Comparative examination of the World Energy Council ETI framework	165
Advancements in methane pyrolysis: A comprehensive review of parameters and molten catalysts in bubble column reactors	165
Improving material selection in shopping centres through a parametric life cycle embodied flow and material cost analysis model	165
Power system resilience during 2001–2022: A bibliometric and correlation analysis	163
Review on the production of renewable biofuel: Solvent-free deoxygenation	163
Recent progress in microwave-assisted lignin conversion	161
Two-phase operation for coordinated charging of electric vehicles in a market environment: From electric vehicle aggregators’ perspective	161
Control technologies of wastewater treatment plants: The state-of-the-art, current challenges, and future directions	160
Techno-economic analysis and network design for CO₂ conversion to jet fuels in the United States	160
High-efficiency heating and cooling technology with embedded pipes in buildings and underground structures: A review	160
Multi-level collaborative fault diagnosis and self-healing framework for proton exchange membrane fuel cell	160
A review of the materials utilized in the design and fabrication of biogas digesters	159
A review of alkaline electrolyzer technology modeling and applications for decision-making optimization in energy systems	158
Energy balancing and storage in climate-neutral smart energy systems	157
Editorial Board	156
Fuel prices connectedness across Brazilian capitals: The case of ethanol and gasoline	156
Switching over-voltages and mitigation methods in sustainable power systems with renewable energy integration	155
Hydrogen supply chain modelling at energy system scale: A review	155
A review of publicly available data sources for models to study renewables integration in China's power system	154
Embarking on the Asia Supergrid: Trade impact of carbon pricing on regional sustainability in northeast Asia	154
Promising biorefinery products from marine macro and microalgal biomass: A review	153
Wind turbine nacelle testing: State-of-the-art and development trends	151
Complementary and competitive dynamics of CO2 and N2 in CH4 – Flue gas replacement within natural gas hydrates	151
Nickel manganite-based materials for electrochemical supercapacitors: An overview	151
A comprehensive review on hydrogen production, purification, storage, and utilization: Challenges and future directions	151
Bubble behavior in electrocatalytic processes	151
Energy security challenges and opportunities in the carbon neutrality context: A hierarchical model through systematic data-driven analysis	151
A review on the deployment of demand response programs with multiple aspects coexistence over smart grid platform	150
Modification schemes of efficient sorbents for trace CO2 capture	149
Code exposed: Review of five open-source frameworks for modeling renewable energy systems	149
Factors influencing the adoption of zero-emission buses: A review-based framework	149
A review of blockchain consensus mechanisms for Peer-to-Peer electricity trading	149
Analysis method for the design of long submarine cables	148
Decoding the synergies of sustainable development goals in household energy transitions: A global knowledge network analysis	148
Process design and utilisation strategy for CO2 capture in flue gases. Technical assessment and preliminary economic approach for steel mills	147
Editorial Board	147
Assessing the electricity potential from agricultural residues in Western Macedonia, Greece	147
Optical-thermal modeling and geographic analysis of dusty radiative cooling surfaces	147
Order-disorder transition mechanism for high-capacity amorphous anodes of lithium-ion batteries	146
Oil price distortion and its impact on green economic efficiency in China’s transportation: A spatial effect perspective	146
Factorial equilibrium analyses for socio-economic implications of emission trading	146
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]	145
Progress in CO2 hydrate formation and feasibility analysis for cold thermal energy harvesting application	144
Low-carbon and cost-efficient hydrogen optimisation through a grid-connected electrolyser: The case of GreenLab skive	144
Siting considerations for floating solar photovoltaic energy: A systematic review	144
The evolution of circular economy performance assessment: A systematic literature review	144
A review on flow field design for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Challenges to increase the active area for MW applications	144
Embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater reuse strategies in Indian Himalayan region	143
Circularity and landscape experience of agrivoltaics: A systematic review of literature and built systems	143
Unlocking European biogas and biomethane: Policy insights from comparative analysis	141
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	141
Low temperature heating methods for lithium-ion batteries: A state-of-art review based on knowledge graph	141
The effects of reducing renewable power intermittency through portfolio diversification	140
Policy design for green hydrogen	140
Optimization of a syngas-fueled SOFC-based multigeneration system: Enhanced performance with biomass and gasification agent selection	140
Managing carbon emissions in construction: Current status and emerging trends	140
Distributed local energy: Assessing the determinants of domestic-scale solar photovoltaic uptake at the local level across England and Wales	140
A comprehensive analysis of time-dependent performance of a solar chimney power plant equipped with a thermal energy storage system	138
Integrating life cycle assessment in multi-objective optimization of green hydrogen systems: a review of literature and methodological challenges	138
Anaerobic digestion site-wide optimisation and decision-making: An industrial perspective and review	136
Status and perspectives of the hydrate technology for carbon sequestration in permafrost region: A review	136
Review on eco-driving control for connected and automated vehicles	135

Quantifying the influence of nature-based solutions on building cooling and heating energy demand: A climate specific review	134
Predicting the effects of solar energy development on plants and wildlife in the Desert Southwest, United States	134
Implication of electrification and power decarbonization in low-carbon transition pathways for China, the U.S. and the EU	134
Concrete-based thermal energy storage (CTES) for concentrated solar power plants and built environment	133
Dynamic analysis of an adiabatic compressed air energy storage system with temperature-regulated in air tanks	133
Comprehensive energy analysis and environmental sustainability of industrial grain drying	133
The carbon sequestration potential of vegetation over the Tibetan Plateau	133
A review on the energy retrofit policies and improvements of the UK existing buildings, challenges and benefits	132
On the design and analysis of long-term low-carbon roadmaps: A review and evaluation of available energy-economy-environment models	132
A review on optimization of district energy systems	131
Machine learning-based digital district heating/cooling with renewable integrations and advanced low-carbon transition	131
Near-term infrastructure rollout and investment strategies for net-zero hydrogen supply chains	131
A review of the effects of morphology and surface characteristics of mixed metal oxide nanostructures on electrochemical hydrogen storage capacity	130
Global trading of renewable electricity-based fuels and chemicals to enhance the energy transition across all sectors towards sustainability	130
Advanced coatings and structures for enhancing concentrating solar power efficiency	129
Parametric resonance in wave energy converters and offshore wind turbines: A review	129
Increasing the fatigue life of offshore wind turbine jacket structures using yaw stiffness and damping	129
Perceptions to connections: A multidimensional investigation of hydrogen acceptance	128
The logic of policies for energy price regulation in the future: A synergistic developmental perspective based on energy and carbon markets	128
Emerging catalysis in solvent-free hydrodeoxygenation of waste lipids under mild conditions: A review	127
Integrating lived experience: Qualitative methods for addressing energy poverty	127
Thermochemical conversion processes of Dichrostachys cinerea as a biofuel: A review of the Cuban case	126
Honeycomb-like carbon for electrochemical energy storage and conversion	126
Prioritizing industrial wastes and technologies for bioenergy production: Case study	126
Repurposing coal plants—regional economic impacts from low carbon generation	125
Digital financial inclusion and energy and environment: Global positioning of Sub-Saharan African countries	125
Recent advances in black box and white-box models for urban heat island prediction: Implications of fusing the two methods	124
Inorganic nanoparticles to overcome efficiency inhibitors of organic photovoltaics: An in-depth review	124
Incentive policies in biomethane production toward circular economy	124
Dynamically distributed district heating for an existing system	124
Recent advances in chloride molten salt-based thermal energy storage: Melting behavior, modification, and corrosion mitigation strategies	124
Recent advances on CO2-assisted synthesis of metal nanoparticles for the upgrading of biomass-derived compounds	124
Climate change cognition and biodiversity conservation awareness facilitate household clean energy consumption: Evidence from a biodiversity hotspot	124
Facilitating solid-state anaerobic digestion of food waste via bio-electrochemical treatment	123
Review of transformers applied to wind turbine data: Exploring the potential of transformers in revolutionizing wind turbine data analysis	123
A review of domestic land use change attributable to U.S. biofuel policy	123
Cross-border effects on electricity spot prices - a meta-study	123
Multi-criteria decision-making in hydrogen production, storage, and transportation: An overview	122
Understanding the impact of interprovincial trade on forest resources in China	122
Condition-based maintenance of wind turbine structures: A state-of-the-art review	122
Battery management system for zinc-based flow batteries: A review	121
Comprehensive review on recent progress in renewable and sustainable energy applications in shipping industry, and suggestions for future developments	121
Processes, models and the influencing factors for enhanced boiling heat transfer in porous structures	120
Microchannel heat sinks for cold plate liquid cooling in data centers: Advances, evaluations and prospects	120
A general energy-aware framework with multi-modal information and multi-task coordination for smart management towards net-zero emissions in energy system	120
Review of the potentials for implementation of floating solar panels on lakes and water reservoirs	120
Unveiling the impact of internal structure on boil-off gas generation in moving liquid hydrogen (LH2) transport trailer	119
Principles and support technologies of low-carbon ironmaking for blast furnace	119
Environmental assessment of smart energy management systems at distribution level — A review	119
Efficient two-phase liquid cooling and optimization technology on the chip side based on high-power data centers: Summary and prospects	119
Beyond automation: Unveiling the potential of agentic intelligence	119
Empowering metal oxide photoanodes via zeolitic imidazolate frameworks for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting: Current advances and future perspectives	119
Assessing the sustainability of bioenergy pathways through a land-water-energy nexus approach	119
A review of micro hydro systems in urban areas: Opportunities and challenges	119
Critical review of the latest advances in thermal management techniques for PEM fuel cells	119
A review of operations and maintenance modelling with considerations for novel wind turbine concepts	118
State-of-the-art sustainable approaches for deeper decarbonization in Europe – An endowment to climate neutral vision	118
Household energy technologies in New South Wales, Australia: Regional differences and renewables adoption rates	118
Integrating power electronics-based energy storages to power systems: A review on dynamic modeling, analysis, and future challenges	118
Engineering Ru-based nanomaterials for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction: A review	118
Land use for bioenergy: Synergies and trade-offs between sustainable development goals	118
Meteorological and vegetation effects on the thermal analysis of slopes	118
Adsorption hybrid cooling systems: Material innovations, system integration, and future perspectives	118
Drone endurance in hydrogen fuel cell hybrid technologies: Power architectures and design strategies	118
Midterm perspectives on natural gas after the European gas crisis: Reviewing German energy transition studies	118
Comprehensive analysis of catalysts, reaction mechanisms, and efficiency factors in photocatalytic nitrate-to-ammonia conversion	117
Bio-inspired designing and fabricating hydrophobic functional surface for advanced fuel cell applications: A review	117
Environmental and economic performance assessment of integrated conventional solar photovoltaic and agrophotovoltaic systems	117
Improving the performance conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells through optimization of charge transport layers: A review	116
Advances in battery thermal management: Current landscape and future directions	115
Citizen participation gaps and challenges in the heating transition: Learning from Dutch community initiatives	115
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
Adjustable flow ejectors: research status and development trends	114
Coupled heat transfer mechanisms and performance optimisation between fluids with dissimilar thermophysical properties in CO2 heat exchangers: A review	114
Microbial fuel cells as a sustainable nexus of wastewater treatment and bioelectricity generation: Advances, challenges, and future directions in a circular bioeconomy	114
Field-driven multi-criteria sustainability assessment of last-mile rural electrification in Brazil	114
Synergy of green energy technologies through critical materials circularity	114
Africa's renewable energy sustainability: A spatiotemporal analysis using integrated projection pursuit and fuzzy clustering	113
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
Advances in non-intrusive load monitoring for the industrial domain: Challenges, insights, and path forward	112
Technical characteristics and developmental prospect of hydrogen storage in salt cavern: A perspective of layered salt rocks	112
A review of European low-voltage distribution networks	112
Predictive models for photosynthetic active radiation irradiance in temperate climates	112
Review of explicit models for photovoltaic cell electrical characterization	112
Scenario analysis of electricity pathways in Kenya using Low Emissions Analysis Platform and the Next Energy Modeling system for optimization	111
A diffusion model approach to forecast multi-sector demand growth for green hydrogen generated from offshore wind power	111
Passive solar heated buildings for enhancing sustainability in the Indian Himalayas	111
Reinforcement learning-based optimization framework for carbon emission reduction and circularity enhancement in buildings	110
Decarbonization potential of regional combined heat and power development	110
A review on low-load stable combustion technology for boiler in deep peak shaving of coal-fired power units	109
Editorial Board	109
Assessment of a cogeneration system for ceramic industry by using various exergy based economic approaches	109
The role of acoustic telemetry to assess the effects of offshore wind infrastructure on fish behaviour, populations and predation	108
Inverse modeling of wind turbine drivetrain from numerical data using Bayesian inference	108