RENEWABLE ENERGY

Official Journal of the World Renewable Energy Network

Editor-in-Chief
S.A. Kalogirou
Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus, E-mail: rene-editor@cut.ac.cy
Editorial Assistant
G. Panayiotou
Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus
Founding Editor
A.A.M. Sayigh
World Renewable Energy Network, Brighton, UK
Associate Editors
Biomass Photovoltaics Wind
D. Fulford V. Badescu J.K. Kaldellis
Kingdom Bioenergy Ltd, Reading, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Technological Education Institute of
UK, England Bucharest, Romania Piraeus, Egaleo, Greece
Biomass and Solar Thermal
S. Karellas
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA),
Zografou, Greece
Subject Editors
Energy Storage and Geothermal Systems Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Ocean Energy and Offshore Wind
L.F. Cabeza J.L. Gong Y.-H. Lee
Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain Tianjin University, Tianjin, China Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan, Korea

Policy Wind and PV Systems – Control and Grid Integration C.G. Soares
E. Kondili G.A. Putrus Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Technological Education Institute of Piraeus, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne,
Aegaleo, Greece UK, England
Editorial Board Members
Biomass D. Mottaghy S.P. Neill
R. Dewil Aachen University of Applied Sciences (FH Aachen), Jülich, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, UK, Wales
KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium Germany
W. Sheng
R.O. Dunn L. Rybach University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Zurich,
Service (ARS), Peoria, Illinois, USA P.K. Stansby
Switzerland
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, England
G.A. Leeke U. Schmidtchen
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK D. Vicinanza
German Hydrogen Association (DMV), Berlin, Germany
Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Aversa (CE), Italy
J.D. Murphy U. Serpen
University College Cork, Cork, Ireland Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey Ocean Energy Systems
H. Su Z. Yang
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Seattle,
J. Dawody
S.-S. Yang Volvo Technology Corporation, Göteborg, Sweden Washington, USA
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), D.O. Northwood Photovoltaics
Nankang, Taiwan, ROC University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada, Ontario D. Chemisana
Desalination P. Tsiakaras Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain
D.-C. Alarcón-Padilla University of Thessaly, Leoforos Athinon - Pedion Areos, Greece K. Emery
CIEMAT, Tabernas, Spain S. Wang National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden,
V. Belessiotis Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Haidian, Beijing, China Colorado, USA
N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, Agia Paraskevi, Greece
Hydrotechnology R. Hanitsch
P.D. Christofides A.G.H. Lejeune Technische Universität Berlin (TUB), Berlin, Germany
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium E. Koutroulis
California, USA
Low Energy Architecture and Building Technical University of Crete, Crete, Greece
V.G. Gude
M. Eftekhari F.C. Krebs
Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA
Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK, England Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Roskilde, Denmark
E. Mathioulakis M.C. Guedes A. Mellit
N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”, Agia Paraskevi, Greece
Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal University of Jijel, Ouled Aissa, Jijel, Algeria
Energy Meteorology N. Hamza F.C. Morabito
C.F.M. Coimbra Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, England Università degli Studi Mediterranea, Via Grazielle, Italy
University of California at San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla,
D. Kolokotsa N.H. Reich
California, USA
Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg,
I. Grant
R. Yao Germany
Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, Victoria
University of Reading, Reading, UK W.G.J.H.M van Sark
H. Kambezidis
National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece Ocean Energy and Offshore Wind Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
K.K. Ahn Policy
P. Lauret
University of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea M. Dicorato
Université de La Réunion, Saint-Denis, France
S. Michaelides A.F. de O. Falcão Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
Meteorological Service, Nicosia, Cyprus Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon), Lisboa, Portugal D. Escudié
Geothermal J.P. Kofoed INSA de Lyon, Lyon, France
M. Bouazza Aalborg University, Aalborg SV, Denmark R. Hinrichs-Rahlwes
Monash University, Clayton, Australia, Victoria Y. Li BBE German Renewable Energy Federation, Berlin, Germany
G. Cáceres Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China L. Kurdgelashvili
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Las Condes - Santiago, Chile T. Moan University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
D. Marcotte Norwegian University of Science & Technology NTNU, H. Lund
École Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, Canada, Quebec Trondheim, Norway Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

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