Publications

A list of relevant, high-quality related publications by the scientists of the Holocene Project

• Earth Abbott, B.W. et al. (2023) ‘Accelerating the Renewable Energy Revolution to Get Back to the Holocene’, Earth’s Future, 11(9), p. e2023EF003639

• Breyer, C. et al. (2023) ‘Proposing a 1.0°C climate target for a safer future’, PLOS Climate. Edited by J. Males, 2(6), p. e0000234

• Caldera, U. and Breyer, C. (2023) ‘Afforesting arid land with renewable electricity and desalination to mitigate climate change’, Nature Sustainability, 6(5), pp. 526–538

• Keiner, D. et al. (2023) ‘Techno-economic assessment of atmospheric CO2-based carbon fiber production enabling negative emissions’, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 28(8), p. 52

• Mühlbauer, A. et al. (2024) ‘Analysis of production routes for silicon carbide using air as carbon source empowering negative emissions’, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 29(1), p. 4

• Mühlbauer, A. et al. (2023) ‘Assessment of technologies and economics for carbon dioxide removal from a portfolio perspective’, submitted

• Linow, Sven et al. (2022) ‘Kurzimpuls – Perspektiven auf negative CO₂-Emissionen’

• Tremmel, J. et al. (2023) ‘Negative Emissionen: Eine neue Phase der Klimapolitik zur langfristigen Reduktion der globalen Erwärmung auf 1°C über vorindustriellen Niveau', submitted

• Yanguas Parra, P./ Malz, N./ Oei, P.-Y./ Furnaro, A./ Hauenstein, C./ Quiceno, G./ Corral Montoya, F./ Mitterecker, T./ Hanto, J. (2023): Perspective: How a short-term relapse to coal could put exporting countries and just transition processes at risk. Energy Research & Social Science, Vol. 97

• Malz, N./ Corral Montoya, F./ Yanguas Parra, P./ Oei, P.-Y. (2023): China’s climate and energy policy paradox revisited – domestic and international implications of a carbon lock-in ‘with Chinese characteristics’. Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy, Vol. 18

• Hanto, J./ Schroth, A./ Krawielicki, L./ Oei, P.-Y./ Burton, J. (2022): South Africa's energy transition – Unraveling its political economy. Energy for Sustainable Development, Vol. 69 (August), Pages 164-178

• Löffler, K./ Burandt, T./ Hanisch, K./ Oei, P.-Y./ Seehaus, F./ Wejda, F. (2022): "Chances and barriers for Germany's low carbon transition - Quantifying uncertainties in key influential factors". Energy, Volume 239, Part A

• Hanto, J./ Krawielicki, L./ Krumm, A./ Moskalenko, N./ Löffler, K./ Hauenstein, C./ Oei, P.-Y. (2021): Effects of Decarbonization on the Energy System and Related Employment Effects in South Africa. Environmental Science & Policy, 124 (October): 73–84

• Walk, P./ Braunger, I./ Semb, J./ Brodtmann, C./ Oei, P./Kemfert, C. (2021): Strengthening Gender Justice in a Just Transition: A Research Agenda Based on a Systematic Map of Gender in Coal Transitions. Energies 14: 5985

• Yanguas Parra, P. / Hauenstein, C. / Oei, P.-Y. (2021): The Death Valley of Coal – Modelling COVID-19 Recovery Scenarios for Steam Coal Markets; in Applied Energy 288 (April): 116564

• Hainsch, K. / Burandt, T. / Löffler, K. / Kemfert, C. / Oei, P. / Hirschhausen, C.  (2020): Emission Pathways Towards a Low-Carbon Energy System for Europe: A Model-Based Analysis of Decarbonization Scenarios. The Energy Journal 42 (5)

• Brauers, H. / Oei, P.-Y. / Walk P. (2020): Comparing Coal Phase-out Pathways: The United Kingdom’s and Germany’s Diverging Transitions. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 37

• Auer, H. et al. (2020): Development and modelling of different decarbonization scenarios of the European energy system until 2050 as a contribution to achieving the ambitious 1.5 °C climate target—establishment of open source/data modeling in the European H2020 project openENTRANCE. Elektrotech. Inftech. 137, 346–358

• Oei, P. / Burandt, T. / Hainsch, K. / Löffler, K. / Kemfert, C. (2020): Lessons from modeling 100% renewable scenarios using GENeSYS-MOD. Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy 9 (1)

• Oei, P.-Y. / Brauers, H. / Herpich, P. (2019): Lessons from Germany’s hard coal mining phase-out: policies and transition from 1950 to 2018; Climate Policy

• Löffler, K. / Burandt, T. / Hainsch, K. / Oei, P.-Y. (2019): Modeling the low-carbon transition of the European energy system - A quantitative assessment of the stranded assets problem. Energy Strategy Reviews 26, 100422

• Burandt, T. / Xiong, B. / Löffler, K. / Oei, P.-Y. (2019): Decarbonizing China’s energy system – Modeling the transformation of the electricity, transportation, heat, and industrial sectors. Applied Energy 255

• Oei, P. / Mendelevitch, R. (2018): Prospects for Steam Coal Exporters in the Era of Climate Policies - The Colombian Case. Climate Policy

• Löffler, K. / Hainsch, K. / Burandt, T. / Oei, P. / Kemfert, C. / von Hirschhausen, C. (2017): Designing a Model for the Global Energy System - GENeSYS-MOD: An Application of the Open-Source Energy Modeling System (OSeMOSYS). Energies 2017, 10(10), 1468

•  Bogdanov u. a., „Low-cost renewable electricity as the key driver of the global energy transition towards sustainability“, Energy, Bd. 227, S. 120467, Juli 2021

• D. Bogdanov, A. Gulagi, M. Fasihi, and C. Breyer, „Full energy sector transition towards 100% renewable energy supply: Integrating power, heat, transport and industry sectors including desalination“, Applied Energy, Bd. 283, S. 116273, Feb. 2021

• M. G. Prina, G. Manzolini, D. Moser, B. Nastasi, and W. Sparber, „Classification and challenges of bottom-up energy system models - A review“, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Bd. 129, S. 109917, Sep. 2020

• C. Breyer u. a., „Reflecting the energy transition from a European perspective and in the global context—Relevance of solar photovoltaics benchmarking two ambitious scenarios“, Progress in Photovoltaics, Bd. 31, Nr. 12, S. 1369–1395, Dez. 2023

• C. Breyer u. a., „On the History and Future of 100% Renewable Energy Systems Research“, IEEE Access, Bd. 10, S. 78176–78218, 2022

• M. Fasihi, R. Weiss, J. Savolainen, and C. Breyer, „Global potential of green ammonia based on hybrid PV-wind power plants“, Applied Energy, Bd. 294, S. 116170, Juli 2021

• G. Lopez, D. Keiner, M. Fasihi, T. Koiranen, and C. Breyer, „From fossil to green chemicals: sustainable pathways and new carbon feedstocks for the global chemical industry“, Energy Environ. Sci., Bd. 16, Nr. 7, S. 2879–2909, 2023

• G. Lopez, J. Farfan, and C. Breyer, “Trends in the global steel industry: Evolutionary projections and defossilisation pathways through power-to-steel”, J. of Clean Prod, 375, 134182, 2022

• D. Keiner, A. Gulagi, and C. Breyer, „Energy demand estimation using a pre-processing macro-economic modeling tool for 21st century transition analyses“, Energy, Bd. 272, S. 127199, Juni 2023

• C. Breyer, G. Lopez, D. Bogdanov, P. Laaksonen, “The role of electricity-based hydrogen in the emerging power-to-X economy”, Int. J. of Hydrogen Energy, 49, 351-359, 2024

• M. Fasihi, O. Efimova, and C. Breyer, „Techno-economic assessment of CO2 direct air capture plants“, Journal of Cleaner Production, Bd. 224, S. 957–980, Juli 2019