Renewable energy and sustainable power systems
Renewable energy and sustainable power systems is a research topic within Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 3.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the transition towards renewable energy sources, integration of carbon capture technologies in coal-fired power plants, energy efficiency improvements, utilization of biomass, restructuring of electricity markets, implementation of smart grids, and the economic analysis of these energy transition initiatives.
- Renewable Energy Sources
- Carbon Capture
- Coal-fired Power Plants
- Energy Efficiency
- Biomass Utilization
- Electricity Market Restructuring
- Smart Grids
- Climate Change Mitigation
- Natural Gas Supply
- Economic Analysis
- Research works
- 12k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 475 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 3.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -55% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Renewable energy and sustainable power systems research?
By volume, Poland and China publish the most (426 and 52 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Poland 426 works
- 2 China 52 works
- 3 United States 50 works
- 4 Russia 40 works
- 5 Germany 37 works
- 6 Ukraine 32 works
- 7 Romania 25 works
- 8 France 24 works
- 9 United Kingdom 23 works
- 10 Italy 23 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Renewable energy and sustainable power systems research?
By volume in 2022–2025, AGH University of Krakow publishes the most Renewable energy and sustainable power systems research, followed by Silesian University of Technology and Jagiellonian University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 AGH University of KrakowPoland 23 works
- 2 Silesian University of TechnologyPoland 23 works
- 3 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 14 works
- 4 Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of SciencesPoland 13 works
- 5 Technical University of SofiaBulgaria 10 works
- 6 Wroclaw University of Economics and BusinessPoland 10 works
- 7 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 10 works
- 8 University of SzczecinPoland 9 works
- 9 University of WrocławPoland 9 works
- 10 SGH Warsaw School of EconomicsPoland 8 works
Who are the leading researchers in Renewable energy and sustainable power systems?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Renewable energy and sustainable power systems include Goran Štrbac.
- 1 Goran Štrbac United Kingdom 2.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Renewable energy and sustainable power systems research done?
The largest centres of Renewable energy and sustainable power systems research in 2022–2025 are Krakow (Poland), Warsaw (Poland), Wrocław (Poland) and Poznań (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gliwice, Krakow and Wrocław.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- GliwicePL · 24.0 works81×
- KrakowPL · 87.9 works49×
- WrocławPL · 35.3 works45×
- PoznańPL · 30.8 works29×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Renewable energy and sustainable power systems than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Renewable energy and sustainable power systems?
Among universities, judged by research, Silesian University of Technology, AGH University of Krakow and Jagiellonian University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silesian University of TechnologyPoland | 66.9 | 12.0% | 87.1× | 23 | +19.1% |
| 2 | AGH University of KrakowPoland | 53.0 | 3.3% | 56.6× | 23 | +70.8% |
| 3 | Jagiellonian UniversityPoland | 47.9 | 10.2% | 20.0× | 14 | +7.4% |
| 4 | Warsaw University of TechnologyPoland | 32.6 | 7.2% | 29.2× | 8 | +19.9% |
| 5 | University of SzczecinPoland | 31.5 | 9.8% | 61.5× | 9 | -16.5% |
| 6 | Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland | 21.1 | 1.7% | 23.1× | 10 | +38.2% |
| 7 | SGH Warsaw School of EconomicsPoland | 20.1 | 3.6% | 126.9× | 8 | +4.9% |
| 8 | Wrocław University of Science and TechnologyPoland | 19.3 | 1.3% | 47.4× | 8 | -7.1% |
| 9 | Krakow University of EconomicsPoland | 15.6 | 5.3% | 127.8× | 8 | -54.1% |
| 10 | Technical University of SofiaBulgaria | 11.2 | 0.0% | 69.8× | 10 | — |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Renewable energy and sustainable power systems research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 55% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2014. The fastest-growing topics are Renewable energy and sustainable power systems.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.