Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews

Papers
(The TQCC of Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews is 44. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board1237
Technology standards for direct current microgrids in buildings: A review840
Data-driven wind farm flow control and challenges towards field implementation: A review827
Integrating sustainability across the lifecycle of electric vehicle batteries: Circular supply chain challenges, innovations, and global policy impacts823
Polymeric membranes for sustainable gas separation: A comprehensive review with challenges, innovations and future perspectives521
Multiscale study on thermal insulating effect of a hollow silica-coated polycarbonate window for residential buildings514
Enhancing solar PV output forecast by integrating ground and satellite observations with deep learning512
Optimizing methodologies of hybrid renewable energy systems powered reverse osmosis plants454
Defining characteristics of peer-to-peer energy trading, transactive energy, and community self-consumption: A review of literature and expert perspectives425
Hydrogen and syngas production by hybrid filtration combustion: Progress and challenges418
Employee energy-saving behaviors: Review of theories, influencing factors, and interventions399
China's onshore wind energy potential in the context of climate change376
Solar photovoltaic cooling using Paraffin phase change material: Comprehensive assessment360
The role of internet of things adoption on the sustainability performance of the renewable energy supply chain: A conceptual framework356
The “Fresnel Equations” for Diffuse radiation on Inclined photovoltaic Surfaces (FEDIS)346
A critical review of bamboo construction materials for sustainability344
The carbon reduction potential of hydrogen in the low carbon transition of the iron and steel industry: The case of China340
Advancements in methane pyrolysis: A comprehensive review of parameters and molten catalysts in bubble column reactors333
Cellulose-based thermal management composites: An emerging material for multi-industry sustainability330
Exergoeconomic assessment of a high-efficiency compressed air energy storage system321
A critical review of Madhuca indica as an efficient biodiesel producer: Towards sustainability320
Control technologies of wastewater treatment plants: The state-of-the-art, current challenges, and future directions310
Salt hydrate–based gas-solid thermochemical energy storage: Current progress, challenges, and perspectives309
Energy balancing and storage in climate-neutral smart energy systems304
Lifecycle assessment and environmental impacts of hybrid electric vehicles fuelled by bioethanol and biogas291
Suns-Vmp method for health monitoring of 110 PV modules284
Recent progress in microwave-assisted lignin conversion283
Review on the production of renewable biofuel: Solvent-free deoxygenation278
Measuring energy transition away from fossil fuels: A new index273
Responses of hydroelectricity generation to streamflow drought under climate change264
Energy optimal design of servo-actuated systems: A concurrent approach based on scaling rules261
Direct ammonia fuel cells: A review260
Energy generation in the canal irrigation network in India: Integrated spatial planning framework on the Upper Ganga Canal corridor253
Lignin valorization reshapes sustainable biomass refining252
Enhancing double-slope solar still performance through integrated channel shape variations: An experimental and numerical simulation investigation252
Energy mix diversification in emerging economies: An econometric analysis of determinants252
Does the environmental Kuznets curve hold across sectors? Evidence from developing and emerging economies250
Green hydrogen techno-economic assessments from simulated and measured solar photovoltaic power profiles246
A review of the materials utilized in the design and fabrication of biogas digesters245
Hard carbon from wood and its constituents: Toward sustainable sodium and potassium-ion battery anodes240
MXene based composite phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications: Featuring bio-mimic approaches238
A comprehensive review of energy extraction from low-temperature geothermal resources in hydrocarbon fields237
Review and analysis of advances in functionalized, smart, and multifunctional asphalt mixtures236
Photo-driven enzymatic decarboxylation of fatty acids for bio-aviation fuels production in a continuous microfluidic reactor236
The impact of landfill operation factors on improving biogas generation in Brazil235
Ex-post analysis of energy subsidy removal through integrated energy systems modelling230
Novel textured surfaces for superior corrosion mitigation in molten carbonate salts for concentrating solar power227
A factor analysis and self-organizing map based evaluation approach for the renewable energy heating potentials at county level: A case study in China222
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) 1221
Quantitative fault detection and diagnosis methods for vapour compression chillers: Exploring the potential for field-implementation220
Technical, economic and environmental assessment towards the sustainable goals of photovoltaic systems220
Biowaste biorefineries in South Africa: Current status, opportunities, and research and development needs218
Accurately forecasting solar radiation distribution at both spatial and temporal dimensions simultaneously with fully-convolutional deep neural network model218
Bioinspired spiking spatiotemporal attention framework for lithium-ion batteries state-of-health estimation214
Power system resilience during 2001–2022: A bibliometric and correlation analysis214
Assuring the integrity of offshore carbon dioxide storage212
Hydrogen production via anaerobic digestion of coal modified by white-rot fungi and its application benefits analysis212
Editorial Board210
Urban solar harvesting: The importance of diffuse shadows in complex environments208
Improving material selection in shopping centres through a parametric life cycle embodied flow and material cost analysis model207
Comparative analysis of metaheuristic optimization approaches for multisource heat pump operation205
Integrated application of morphological, anatomical, biochemical and physico-chemical methods to identify superior, lignocellulosic grass feedstocks for bioenergy purposes204
Ecosystem services and climate action from a circular bioeconomy perspective200
Efficient reduction of CO2 to high value-added compounds via photo-thermal catalysis: Mechanisms, catalysts and apparatuses195
Enhanced solar photovoltaic power prediction using diverse machine learning algorithms with hyperparameter optimization193
Energy transition governance models and uncertainty: Comparative examination of the World Energy Council ETI framework192
Convection heat transfer in enclosures with inner bodies: A review on single and two-phase nanofluid models192
Two-phase operation for coordinated charging of electric vehicles in a market environment: From electric vehicle aggregators’ perspective190
Thinking green with 2-D and 3-D MXenes: Environment friendly synthesis and industrial scale applications and global impact190
Green roofs as a nature-based solution for improving urban sustainability: Progress and perspectives189
A review of the photothermal-photovoltaic energy supply system for building in solar energy enrichment zones189
Recent advance in electrochemically activated supercapacitors: Activation mechanisms, electrode materials and prospects188
Rutile TiO2's odyssey into the post-lithium ion battery horizon187
The effectiveness of green roofs in reducing building energy consumptions across different climates. A summary of literature results187
Application of graphene and graphene derivatives in cooling of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels: A review184
Hydrothermal liquefaction of algal feedstocks: The effect of biomass characteristics and extraction solvents183
An efficient process for sustainable and scalable hydrogen production from green ammonia183
Biobased phase change materials in energy storage and thermal management technologies183
Optimizing renewable energy utilization with high gain converters181
Ruminant methane mitigation: microbiological mechanisms and integrated strategies for sustainable livestock production in the context of climate change181
Resilience assessment and planning in power distribution systems: Past and future considerations181
Applications of blockchain and artificial intelligence technologies for enabling prosumers in smart grids: A review180
An investigation of the recent advances of the integration of solar thermal energy systems to the dairy processes180
Photocatalytic hydrogen production using graphitic carbon nitride (GCN): A precise review179
Flexibility chart 2.0: An accessible visual tool to evaluate flexibility resources in power systems179
Advancing thermal control in buildings with innovative cementitious mortar and recycled expanded glass/n-octadecane phase change material composites178
Research progress of enhancing battery safety with phase change materials178
Wind tunnel tests for wind turbines: A state-of-the-art review177
A review of advanced ground source heat pump control: Artificial intelligence for autonomous and adaptive control177
Developing a framework to assess the long-term adoption of renewable energy technologies in the electric power sector: The effects of carbon price and economic incentives176
End-of-life management of solar PV waste in India: Situation analysis and proposed policy framework175
Building 100 % inverter-based distributed restart zone to assist system restoration175
Navigating the future of flow-induced vibration-based piezoelectric energy harvesting175
Decarbonizing the glass industry: A critical and systematic review of developments, sociotechnical systems and policy options175
A review on renewable energy-based chemical engineering design and optimization175
Building renovations and life cycle assessment - A scoping literature review172
Optimizing mechanisms for promoting low-carbon manufacturing industries towards carbon neutrality172
High-efficiency heating and cooling technology with embedded pipes in buildings and underground structures: A review169
Prioritising Positive Energy Districts to achieve carbon neutral cities: Delphi-DANP approach169
Magnetic solid catalysts for sustainable and cleaner biodiesel production: A comprehensive review166
Making the internet globally sustainable: Technical and policy options for improved energy management, governance and community acceptance of Nordic datacenters164
From knowledge gaps to technological maturity: A comparative review of pathways to deep emission reduction for energy-intensive industries163
The impact of the green technology on the renewable energy innovation: Fresh pieces of evidence under the role of research & development and digital economy163
Techno-economic analysis and network design for CO₂ conversion to jet fuels in the United States163
A review of the pre-chamber ignition system applied on future low-carbon spark ignition engines162
Recent trends in photovoltaic technologies for sustainable transportation in passenger vehicles – A review161
Assessing the electricity potential from agricultural residues in Western Macedonia, Greece159
Editorial Board159
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]157
Factorial equilibrium analyses for socio-economic implications of emission trading156
Status and perspectives of the hydrate technology for carbon sequestration in permafrost region: A review156
Embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater reuse strategies in Indian Himalayan region156
Fuel prices connectedness across Brazilian capitals: The case of ethanol and gasoline155
The logic of policies for energy price regulation in the future: A synergistic developmental perspective based on energy and carbon markets155
Advanced coatings and structures for enhancing concentrating solar power efficiency154
Climate change cognition and biodiversity conservation awareness facilitate household clean energy consumption: Evidence from a biodiversity hotspot153
Dynamically distributed district heating for an existing system153
Managing carbon emissions in construction: Current status and emerging trends153
Inorganic nanoparticles to overcome efficiency inhibitors of organic photovoltaics: An in-depth review152
Siting considerations for floating solar photovoltaic energy: A systematic review152
Unveiling the impact of internal structure on boil-off gas generation in moving liquid hydrogen (LH2) transport trailer152
On the design and analysis of long-term low-carbon roadmaps: A review and evaluation of available energy-economy-environment models152
Thermochemical conversion processes of Dichrostachys cinerea as a biofuel: A review of the Cuban case148
Extremophiles and extremozymes in lignin bioprocessing148
A review of publicly available data sources for models to study renewables integration in China's power system148
Editorial Board147
Embarking on the Asia Supergrid: Trade impact of carbon pricing on regional sustainability in northeast Asia147
Facilitating solid-state anaerobic digestion of food waste via bio-electrochemical treatment146
Editorial Board146
Online reliability assessment of energy systems based on a high-order extended-state-observer with application to nuclear reactors146
Low-carbon and cost-efficient hydrogen optimisation through a grid-connected electrolyser: The case of GreenLab skive145
Order-disorder transition mechanism for high-capacity amorphous anodes of lithium-ion batteries143
Low temperature heating methods for lithium-ion batteries: A state-of-art review based on knowledge graph142
Code exposed: Review of five open-source frameworks for modeling renewable energy systems142
Predicting the effects of solar energy development on plants and wildlife in the Desert Southwest, United States142
Understanding the impact of interprovincial trade on forest resources in China142
Distributed local energy: Assessing the determinants of domestic-scale solar photovoltaic uptake at the local level across England and Wales141
A general energy-aware framework with multi-modal information and multi-task coordination for smart management towards net-zero emissions in energy system141
Prioritizing industrial wastes and technologies for bioenergy production: Case study141
Complementary and competitive dynamics of CO2 and N2 in CH4 – Flue gas replacement within natural gas hydrates141
Energy security challenges and opportunities in the carbon neutrality context: A hierarchical model through systematic data-driven analysis140
Dynamic analysis of an adiabatic compressed air energy storage system with temperature-regulated in air tanks140
A review of the effects of morphology and surface characteristics of mixed metal oxide nanostructures on electrochemical hydrogen storage capacity139
Integrating lived experience: Qualitative methods for addressing energy poverty139
Process design and utilisation strategy for CO2 capture in flue gases. Technical assessment and preliminary economic approach for steel mills139
Oil price distortion and its impact on green economic efficiency in China’s transportation: A spatial effect perspective139
Unlocking European biogas and biomethane: Policy insights from comparative analysis138
Increasing the fatigue life of offshore wind turbine jacket structures using yaw stiffness and damping137
Factors influencing the adoption of zero-emission buses: A review-based framework137
A comprehensive analysis of time-dependent performance of a solar chimney power plant equipped with a thermal energy storage system136
Efficient two-phase liquid cooling and optimization technology on the chip side based on high-power data centers: Summary and prospects136
Analysis method for the design of long submarine cables136
Emerging catalysis in solvent-free hydrodeoxygenation of waste lipids under mild conditions: A review135
Nickel manganite-based materials for electrochemical supercapacitors: An overview135
Recent advances on CO2-assisted synthesis of metal nanoparticles for the upgrading of biomass-derived compounds134
The evolution of circular economy performance assessment: A systematic literature review134
Battery management system for zinc-based flow batteries: A review133
Comprehensive energy analysis and environmental sustainability of industrial grain drying133
A review on the energy retrofit policies and improvements of the UK existing buildings, challenges and benefits133
Optimization of a syngas-fueled SOFC-based multigeneration system: Enhanced performance with biomass and gasification agent selection133
Modification schemes of efficient sorbents for trace CO2 capture133
Principles and support technologies of low-carbon ironmaking for blast furnace132
A review of domestic land use change attributable to U.S. biofuel policy132
Electric vehicles: To what extent are environmentally friendly and cost effective? – Comparative study by european countries131
State-of-the-art sustainable approaches for deeper decarbonization in Europe – An endowment to climate neutral vision131
Repurposing coal plants—regional economic impacts from low carbon generation131
Environmental assessment of smart energy management systems at distribution level — A review131
A review of micro hydro systems in urban areas: Opportunities and challenges130
Digital financial inclusion and energy and environment: Global positioning of Sub-Saharan African countries130
Demand response-integrated investment and operational planning of renewable and sustainable energy systems considering forecast uncertainties: A systematic review130
Quantifying the influence of nature-based solutions on building cooling and heating energy demand: A climate specific review130
Review on eco-driving control for connected and automated vehicles130
Mapping of the levelised cost of energy for floating offshore wind in the European Atlantic129
A review on the deployment of demand response programs with multiple aspects coexistence over smart grid platform128
Renewable and sustainable energy challenges to face for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals128
Optical-thermal modeling and geographic analysis of dusty radiative cooling surfaces128
The effects of reducing renewable power intermittency through portfolio diversification127
A review on flow field design for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Challenges to increase the active area for MW applications127
Empowering metal oxide photoanodes via zeolitic imidazolate frameworks for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting: Current advances and future perspectives127
Implication of electrification and power decarbonization in low-carbon transition pathways for China, the U.S. and the EU127
Assessing the sustainability of bioenergy pathways through a land-water-energy nexus approach127
Hydrogen supply chain modelling at energy system scale: A review127
Integrating life cycle assessment in multi-objective optimization of green hydrogen systems: a review of literature and methodological challenges126
Multi-criteria decision-making in hydrogen production, storage, and transportation: An overview126
Incentive policies in biomethane production toward circular economy126
A review of blockchain consensus mechanisms for Peer-to-Peer electricity trading126
Review of the potentials for implementation of floating solar panels on lakes and water reservoirs125
Circularity and landscape experience of agrivoltaics: A systematic review of literature and built systems125
A review of operations and maintenance modelling with considerations for novel wind turbine concepts125
Honeycomb-like carbon for electrochemical energy storage and conversion124
Thermostable cellulases: Structure, catalytic mechanisms, directed evolution and industrial implementations124
Wind turbine nacelle testing: State-of-the-art and development trends124
Parametric resonance in wave energy converters and offshore wind turbines: A review124
The carbon sequestration potential of vegetation over the Tibetan Plateau124
Recent advances in black box and white-box models for urban heat island prediction: Implications of fusing the two methods123
Estimating microbial growth and hydrogen consumption in hydrogen storage in porous media123
Policy design for green hydrogen123
Current status and opportunities for fruit processing waste biorefineries123
Continuous cultivation of microalgae in photobioreactors as a source of renewable energy: Current status and future challenges122
A systematic review on optimal analysis of horizontal heat exchangers in ground source heat pump systems122
Perceptions to connections: A multidimensional investigation of hydrogen acceptance121
Progress in CO2 hydrate formation and feasibility analysis for cold thermal energy harvesting application121
Near-term infrastructure rollout and investment strategies for net-zero hydrogen supply chains120
Prospect of green hydrogen in Malaysian iron and steel industry: Techno-economic assessment and energy modelling using PyPSA-Earth120
Land use for bioenergy: Synergies and trade-offs between sustainable development goals120
Global trading of renewable electricity-based fuels and chemicals to enhance the energy transition across all sectors towards sustainability120
Condition-based maintenance of wind turbine structures: A state-of-the-art review120
Machine learning-based digital district heating/cooling with renewable integrations and advanced low-carbon transition120
Processes, models and the influencing factors for enhanced boiling heat transfer in porous structures120
Promising biorefinery products from marine macro and microalgal biomass: A review120
Africa's renewable energy sustainability: A spatiotemporal analysis using integrated projection pursuit and fuzzy clustering119
Carbon capture through alkaline solvents coupled with conversion into bioplastics via microalgae: Towards a sustainable bioconversion pathway118
Review on properties, physics, and fabrication of two-dimensional material-based metal-matrix composites (2DMMCs) for heat transfer systems117
Bio-inspired designing and fabricating hydrophobic functional surface for advanced fuel cell applications: A review117
A diffusion model approach to forecast multi-sector demand growth for green hydrogen generated from offshore wind power117
Morphing structural materials used in wind turbine blades116
Hydroclimate-coupled framework for assessing power system resilience under summer drought and climate change116
EV charging stations multipulse rectifiers based on passive harmonic reduction circuits: A critical survey116
Field-driven multi-criteria sustainability assessment of last-mile rural electrification in Brazil116
Midterm perspectives on natural gas after the European gas crisis: Reviewing German energy transition studies116
The role of acoustic telemetry to assess the effects of offshore wind infrastructure on fish behaviour, populations and predation116
Passive solar heated buildings for enhancing sustainability in the Indian Himalayas116
A review of research progress in the compaction of major crop waste by mechanical equipment115
Integrating power electronics-based energy storages to power systems: A review on dynamic modeling, analysis, and future challenges115
Review of the hydrogen supply chain and use in Africa115
Multi-objective optimization of integrated crop-livestock system for biofuels production: A life-cycle approach114
Meteorological and vegetation effects on the thermal analysis of slopes114
Environmental impacts of aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES)114
A comprehensive review of energy security in islanded regions: Challenges, strategies, and sustainable development pathways114
Assessment of a cogeneration system for ceramic industry by using various exergy based economic approaches113
Evaluation of green hydrogen carriers: A multi-criteria decision analysis tool113
Adjustable flow ejectors: research status and development trends113
An integrated Geographic Information System and Analytical Hierarchy process based approach for site suitability analysis of on-grid hybrid concentrated solar-biomass powerplant113
Data-driven building energy modelling – An analysis of the potential for generalisation through interpretable machine learning113
A critical analysis of the uncertainty in the production estimation of wind parks in complex terrains113
Reliable and precise evaluation energy-transfer and efficiency of super-capacitors113
Socioeconomic impacts of large hydroelectric power plants in Brazil: A synthetic control assessment of Estreito hydropower plant111
Photovoltaic system adoption in water related technologies – A review111
Driving conditions-driven energy management strategies for hybrid electric vehicles: A review111
Synergy of green energy technologies through critical materials circularity111
Negative CO2 emissions from flexible biofuel synthesis: Concepts, potentials, technologies111
Inverse modeling of wind turbine drivetrain from numerical data using Bayesian inference111
Recent advances in molecular dynamics research on nanoscale boiling heat transfer110
Review of internal carbon pricing and the development of a decision process for the identification of promising Internal Pricing Methods for an Organisation110
Renewable hydrogen production from biomass derivatives or water on trimetallic based catalysts110
Framework for improving agro-industrial efficiency in renewable energy: Examining Brazilian bioenergy companies110
Real-time capacity cost obligations design in high-renewables energy markets110
Emulsion-derived porous carbon-based materials for energy and environmental applications109
Integrated anaerobic co-digestion of municipal organic waste to biogas using geothermal and CHP plants: A comprehensive analysis109
The potential of lignin-functionalized metal catalysts - A systematic review109
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