A Systematic Review of Optimization Studies Used in Renewable Energy Systems

Abstract

This study presents a literature review of recent studies on renewable energy systems. Due to the large number of studies, this study has been limited to some keywords. When only the word “renewable energy systems” is searched, there are more than 14,343 studies in the literature between 2017 and 2024. A systematic search was conducted for the studies in which “optimization” or “mathematical model” was mentioned as a solution methodology. A total of 755 studies were identified in the “Scopus database” and analyzed for these studies. A detailed examination was carried out for the type of studies (research article, review, conference paper, etc.), countries where the studies were carried out, authors who carried out the studies and their statistics with each other, and so on. With this study, an overview of the literature will be provided and it will be a guiding study for researchers on the direction of the studies. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2026.