The journal, Renewable Energy, seeks to promote and disseminate knowledge on the various topics and technologies of renewable energy systems and components. The journal aims to serve researchers, engineers, economists, manufacturers, NGOs, associations and societies to help them keep abreast of new developments in their specialist fields and to apply alternative energy solutions to current practices.

Renewable Energy is an international, multi-disciplinary journal in renewable energy engineering and research. The journal aims to be a leading peer-reviewed platform and an authoritative source of original research and reviews related to renewable energy.

Renewable Energy covers research in the following areas:
Biomass Conversion
Photovoltaic Technology Conversion
Solar Thermal Applications
Wind Energy Technology
Desalination
Solar and Low Energy Architecture
Climatology and Meteorology
Geothermal Technology
Wave, Tide and Ocean Thermal Energies
Hydro Power
Hydrogen Production Technology and Fuel Cells
Socio-economic and Policy Issues


The journal also welcomes papers on other related topics provided that such topics are within the context of the broader multi-disciplinary scope of Renewable Energy. It should be noted, however, that papers are within scope only if they are concerned with power generation and that the power is generated in a renewable or sustainable way. For instance, a paper concerning development and characterisation of a material for use in a renewable energy system, without any measure of the energy that this new material will convert, would be out of scope.

Renewable Energy accepts original research papers and review papers (the latter by invitation of the Editor-in-Chief only). Interested authors of review papers need to send the outline of the review together with a short CV of the main author/s to the Editor-in-Chief before submission of the paper.

This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy) and SDG 13 (Climate Action)

original scientific
engineering research papers 

Editor-in-Chief
Soteris Kalogirou
Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus Email Soteris Kalogirou
Editorial Assistant
Gregoris Panayiotou
Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus
Associate Editors
Biomass
Robert O. Dunn
USDA-ARS National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, Illinois, United States
Photovoltaics
Viorel Badescu
Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Bucuresti, Romania
Solid Biomass and Thermodynamics
Sotirios Karellas
National Technical University Of Athens Laboratory of Steam Boilers and Thermal Plants, Zografou, Greece
Wind
John K. Kaldellis
University of West Attica Soft Energy Applications and Environmental Protection Laboratory, Egaleo, Greece
Wind and PV Systems – Control and Grid Integration
Ghanim Putrus
Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Subject Editors
Biomass
Lise Appels
KU Leuven Science and Technology Group Department of Chemical Engineering, Heverlee, Belgium
Energy Storage and Geothermal Systems
Luisa F. Cabeza
University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen
Gary Leeke
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Hydro Systems
Wang Zhengwei
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Ocean Energy
Young-Ho Lee
Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan, Korea, Republic of
Policy
Emilia Kondili
University of West Attica, Aegaleo, Greece
Solar Thermal Systems
Gilles Notton
Wind Systems
Mingming Zhang
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Executive Editorial Board Members
Panagiotis Tsiakaras
University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
Editorial Board Members
Biomass
Federico Battista
University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Chin Kui Cheng
University Malaysia Pahang Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering, Kuantan, Malaysia
Raf Dewil
KU Leuven Science and Technology Group Department of Chemical Engineering, Heverlee, Belgium
Xiaobo Liu
University of Hong Kong School of Biological Sciences, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Haijia Su
Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
Christoph Wieland
Technical University of Munich, Munchen, Germany
Shang-Shyng Yang
China University of Science and Technology Department of Food Science, Taipei, Taiwan
Desalination
Vassilios Belessiotis
Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection, Athens, Greece
V.G. Gude
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States
E. Mathioulakis
Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection, Athens, Greece
Energy Meteorology
Ian Grant
Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia
Harry Kambezidis
National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece
Philippe Lauret
Reunion University Laboratory for Physics and Engineering Mathematics for Energy and Environment and Construction, Saint-Denis, France
Silas Michaelides
The Cyprus Institute, Lefkosia, Cyprus
Geothermal
Malek Bouazza
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, AustraliaDarius Mottaghy
Aachen University of Applied Sciences Department of Energy Technology, Jülich, Germany
Ulrich Schmidtchen
German Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, Berlin, Germany
Umran Serpen
Istanbul Technical University, İstanbul, Turkey
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
Derek Northwood
University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Shudong Wang
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian, China
Hydro-technology
Arindam Banerjee
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Petra Amparo López-Jiménez
Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Low Energy Architecture and Building
Mahroo Eftekhari
Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
Manuel Correia Guedes
University of Lisbon Higher Technical Institute, Lisboa, Portugal
Neveen Hamza
Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Dionysia (Denia) Kolokotsa
Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
Runming Yao
University of Reading, Reading, UK; Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
Ocean Energy Systems
Kyoung Kwan Ahn
University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea, Republic of
Torgeir Moan
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Simon P. Neill
Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences, Menai Bridge, United Kingdom
Wanan Sheng
SW Mare Marine Technology and Consultation
Peter Kenneth Stansby
The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Diego Vicinanza
University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli Department of Civil Engineering Construction and Environment, Aversa, Italy
Zhaoqing Yang
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Marine Sciences Laboratory, Sequim, Washington, United States
Photovoltaics
Giorgio Graditi
ENEA National Agency for New Technologies Energy and Economic Sustainable Development, Roma, Italy
Rolf Hanitsch
Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Eftichios Koutroulis
Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
Adel Mellit
Jijel University, Jijel, Algeria
Francesco Morabito
Universita degli Studi Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria Department of Information Engineering of Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy, Reggio Calabria, Italy
Nils Reich
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany
Policy
Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes
German Renewable Energy Federation, Berlin, Germany
Lado Kurdgelashvili
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States
Henrik Lund
Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
Angeliki Menegaki
Greek Agriculture Social Security, Komotini, Greece; Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece
Solar Thermal Systems
Xudong Zhao
University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom
Thermal Technology
Giorgio Besagni
Ricerca Sul Sistema Energetico, Power System Development Department, Milan, Italy
Annamaria Buonomano
University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
Christian Cristofari
Environmental Sciences, Corte, France
Klaus Gottschalk
Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Potsdam, Germany
Afif Hasan
Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestinian Territory, Occupied
Brian Norton
Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Mervyn Smyth
University of Ulster School of the Built Environment, Newtownabbey, United Kingdom
Manolis Souliotis
Panepistemio Dytikes Makedonias, Kozani, Greece
Aggelos Zacharopoulos
Ulster University, Coleraine, United Kingdom
Wind Energy
Morten Blarke
Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
Aoife M. Foley
Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
David (Zhiwei) Gao
Northumbria University Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Carlos Labriola
National University of the Comahue, Neuquen, Argentina
David Lindley
Woodfield House, Farm Lane, Beaconsfield, Bucks, United Kingdom
Hua Ouyang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Fahua Campus, Shanghai, China
Athanasios Sfetsos
Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection, Athens, Greece
Founding Editor
A.A.M. Sayigh
World Renewable Energy Congress Network, Brighton, United Kingdom