Renewable Energy

Editor-in-Chief: A.A.M. Sayigh WREN, World Renewable Energy Network, PO Box 362, Brighton, BN2 1YH, UK, Executive Editor: L. Sayigh WREN, World Renewable Energy Network, PO Box 362, Brighton, BN2 1YH, UK, Associate Editors: J. Boland CIAM School of Mathematics, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Boulevard, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia, D.A. Elliott Fac. of Mathematics, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK, D. Fulford Engineering Department, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AY, UK, Editorial Board Members , Biomass J. Baeyens Belgium, R. Dewil Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium, R.O. Dunn U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Peoria, IL, USA, G. Knothe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Peoria, IL, USA, G.A. Leeke University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, J.D. Murphy University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, S. Wongwises King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand, S.-S. Yang China University of Science and Technology, Nankang, Taiwan, ROC, P. Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shinan District of Qingdao City,Shandong Province, China, Desalination S.A. Kalogirou Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus, Energy Meteorology R. Aguiar LNEG, Lisboa, Portugal, I. Grant Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, P. Lauret Université de La Réunion, Saint-Denis, France, Geothermal L. Lamarche École de Technologie Supérieure, Montréal, QC, Canada, D. Marcotte Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, D. Mottaghy Geophysica Beratungsgesellschaft mbH, Aachen, Germany, L. Rybach GEOWATT AG, Zürich, Switzerland, U. Schmidtchen German Hydrogen Association (DMV), Berlin, Germany, U. Serpen Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, Hydrogen and Fuel Cells J. Dawody Volvo Technology Corporation, Göteborg, Sweden, J.L. Gong Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, D.O. Northwood University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada, P. Tsiakaras University of Thessaly, Leoforos Athinon - Pedion Areos, Greece, Hydrotechnology A.G.H. Lejeune Beaufays, Belgium, Low Energy Architecture and Building H.B. Awbi University of Reading, Reading, UK, M. Bojic University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac Serbia, D.G. Couret , M.C. Guedes Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal, I. Guiliani Henley-On-Thames, UK, A. Miller University of Brighton, Brighton, UK, R. Yao University of Reading, Reading, UK, Y.G. Yohanis University of Ulster, Belfast, UK, Ocean Technology C. Crawford University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, L. Duckers Coventry University, Coventry, UK, A.F. de O. Falcão Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, C. Guedes Soares Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, M. Leijon Uppsala Universitet, UPPSALA, Sweden, Photovoltaics V. Badescu Candida Oancea Institute, Bucharest, Romania, K. Emery National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO, USA, R. Hanitsch Technische Universität Berlin (TUB), Berlin, Germany, E. Koutroulis Technical University of Crete, Crete, Greece, F.C. Krebs Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Roskilde, Denmark, F.C. Morabito Università degli Studi Mediterranea, Via Grazielle, Italy, N.H. Reich Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany, M. Souliotis University of Patras, Patras, Greece, W.G.J.H.M van Sark Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, G. Will Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, Policy M. Dicorato Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy, M. Fischedick University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany, R. Hinrichs-Rahlwes Berlin, Germany, L. Kurdgelashvili Wilmington, DE, USA, H. Lund Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, A. Stoppato Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy, Thermal Technology J. Doell Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Freiburg, Germany, K. Gottschalk Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik Potsdam-Bornim e.V. (ATB), Potsdam, Germany, A. Hasan Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, K. Mahkamov Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, B. Norton Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland, M. Smyth University of Ulster, Belfast, UK, Wind Energy M.B. Blarke Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, B. Francois