Applied Energy

Editor: J. Yan KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, and Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden, Associate Editor: S.K. Chou National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, Singapore, U. Desideri Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy, Subject Editors: A.K. Gupta University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, H. Jin Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China, S.-T. Tu East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, Y.-M. Wei Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, H. Yang The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, K. Yoshikawa Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan, Editorial Board: M. Beer Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA, J. Bundschuh University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia, E. Dahlquist Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden, J. De Ruyck Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Bruxelles, Belgium, I. Dincer University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada, H. Frank Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) and ABB, Stockholm, Sweden, S.V. Garimella Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, J. Goldemberg Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, G. Hammond University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, UK, J. Hetland SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway, T.B. Johansson Lund University, Lund, Sweden, M.J. Kaiser Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, S.A. Kalogirou Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus, L. Kazmerski National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO, USA, A. Lecuona Neumann Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Y. C. Leung University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, X. Li University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Y. Li University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, H. Lund Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, R. Madlener Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH), Aachen, Germany, A.F. Massardo Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy, A. Meier Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA, M.J. Moran Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, J.R. Moreira National Centre of Biomass (CENBIO), São Paulo, Brazil, M. Obersteiner International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria, A.P. Roskilly Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK, J. Schoonman Technische Universiteit Delft, Delft, Netherlands, R. Span Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, B. Stigson World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Conches-Geneva, Switzerland, T. Tezuka Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, Y. Uchiyama University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Y. Yamagata National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki, Japan, J. Wang Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA, A.J. Conejo University of Castilla - La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain, N. Jenkins Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, P. Lund Aalto University, Espoo, Finland, Emeritus Editor: S.D. Probert Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford, UK