Renewable Energy, Biomass & Sustainability (REB&S) supports open access and author self-archiving as part of its commitment to the dissemination and visibility of scientific knowledge.

Authors are permitted to deposit and share the following versions of their work:

• Preprint version
• Accepted manuscript
• Final published version

These versions may be deposited on personal websites, institutional repositories, thematic repositories, academic profiles, and non-commercial scholarly platforms.

Self-archiving may be carried out immediately after publication, without an embargo period.

When depositing or sharing the final published version, authors must properly acknowledge the original publication in REB&S and include the article DOI or a link to the published version on the journal website, whenever available.

This policy is consistent with the journal’s open access model and the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license, and aims to promote the dissemination, accessibility, preservation, and citation integrity of the research published in REB&S.