Publications

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

• 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

• 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

•  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

• Ram, M., Bogdanov, D., Aghahosseini, A., Gulagi, A., Oyewo, A. S., Child, M., ... & Breyer, C. (2019). ´Global energy system based on 100% renewable energy–power, heat, transport and desalination sectors.´ Study by Lappeenranta University of Technology and Energy Watch Group, Lappeenranta, Berlin.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Ferraro, G., Pecori, G., Rosi, L., ...Rizzo, A.M., Chiaramonti, D.: Biochar from lab-scale pyrolysis: influence of feedstock and operational temperature, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2024, 14(5), pp. 5901–5911

• Noussan, M., Negro, V., Prussi, M., Chiaramonti, D.: The potential role of biomethane for the decarbonization of transport: An analysis of 2030 scenarios in Italy, Applied Energy, 2024, 355, 122322

• 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

• Casini, D., Barsali, T., Rizzo, A.M., Chiaramonti, D.: Production and characterization of co-composted biochar and digestate from biomass anaerobic digestion, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2021, 11(6), pp. 2271–2279

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Peña-Lévano, L. M., Taheripour, F., & Tyner, W. E. (2019).: Climate change interactions with agriculture, forestry sequestration, and food security. Environmental and Resource Economics, 74, 653-675.

• 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

• 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

• Chepeliev, M., & van der Mensbrugghe, D. (2020). Global fossil-fuel subsidy reform and Paris Agreement. Energy Economics, 85, 104598.

• Koder A., Schwanzer P., Zacherl F., Rabl H.P., Mayer W., Gruber G., Dotzer T., Combustion and emission characteristics of a 2.2L common-rail diesel engine fueled with jatropha oil, soybean oil, and diesel fuel at various EGR-rates, Fuel 228, 23–29,(2018).

• Chepeliev, M., Osorio-Rodarte, I., & van Der Mensbrugghe, D., Distributional impacts of carbon pricing policies under the Paris Agreement: Inter and intra-regional perspectives. Energy Economics, 102, 105530. (2021)

• 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, 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

• Mirkarimi, S.M.R., Bensaid, S., Negro, V., Chiaramonti, D., Review of methane cracking over carbon-based catalyst for energy and fuels, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023, 187, 113747

• 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

• Dalheimer, B., Parikoglou, I., Brambach, F., Yanita, M., Kreft, H., & Brümmer, B. (2024). On the palm oil-biodiversity trade-off: Environmental performance of smallholder producers. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 102975.

• Schillaci, C., Perego, A., Acutis, M., ...Chiaramonti, D., Jones, A.: Assessing marginality of Camelina (C. sativa L. Crantz) in rotation with barley production in Southern Europe: A modelling approach, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 2023, 357, 108677

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

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

• Premchand, P., Demichelis, F., Chiaramonti, D., Bensaid, S., Fino, D.: Biochar production from slow pyrolysis of biomass under CO2 atmosphere: A review on the effect of CO2 medium on biochar production, characterisation, and environmental applications, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023, 11(3), 110009

• 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

• 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)

• 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

• Chen, J., Chepeliev, M., Garcia-Macia, D., Iakova, D. M., Roaf, J., Shabunina, A., ... & Wingender, P. . EU climate mitigation policy. Departmental Papers, 2020(013).(2020)

• 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

• Testa, L., Morese, M.M., Miller, C., ...Colangeli, M., Chiaramonti, D.: Bioenergy and nutrition: Positive linkages for the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, WIREs Energy and Environment, 2023

• 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

• Salimbeni, A., Lombardi, G., Rizzo, A.M., Chiaramonti: Techno-Economic feasibility of integrating biomass slow pyrolysis in an EAF steelmaking site: A case study, D., Applied Energy, 2023, 339, 120991

• Panoutsou, C., Giarola, S., Ibrahim, D., ...Salimbeni, A., Chiaramonti, D.: Opportunities for Low Indirect Land Use Biomass for Biofuels in Europe, Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 2022, 12(9), 4623

• Barrera, E. L., & Hertel, T. (2021). Global food waste across the income spectrum: Implications for food prices, production and resource use. Food Policy, 98, 101874.

• Dalheimer, B., Kubitza, C., & Brümmer, B. (2022). Technical efficiency and farmland expansion: Evidence from oil palm smallholders in Indonesia. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 104(4), 1364-1387.

• 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

• G. Gruber: Pure Jatropha Oil for Power Generation on Floreana Island/Galapagos: Four Years’ Experience on Engine Operation and Fuel Quality, Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, 8, May 2014, p. 929-938)

• Noussan, M., Negro, V., Prussi, M., Chiaramonti, D.: The potential role of biomethane for the decarbonization of transport: An analysis of 2030 scenarios in Italy, Applied Energy, 2024, 355, 122322

• Maniatis, K., Chiaramonti, D., van den Heuvel, E.: Post covid-19 recovery and 2050 climate change targets: Changing the emphasis from promotion of renewables to mandated curtailment of fossil fuels in the eu policies,  Energies, 2021, 14(5), 1347

• Pena Levano, L. M., Taheripour, F., & Tyner, W. (2015). Development of the GTAP land use data base for 2011 (No. 4844). Center for Global Trade Analysis, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University.

• 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

• Chiaramonti, D., Talluri, G., Vourliotakis, G., ...Prussi, M., Scarlat, N.: Can lower carbon aviation fuels (Lcaf) really complement sustainable aviation fuel (saf) towards eu aviation decarbonization?, Energies, 2021, 14(19), 6430

• 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

• Salimbeni, A., Di Bianca, M., Lombardi, G., Rizzo, A.M., Chiaramonti, D.: Opportunities of Integrating Slow Pyrolysis and Chemical Leaching for Extraction of Critical Raw Materials from Sewage Sludge, Water (Switzerland), 2023, 15(6), 1060

• 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

• Fritsche, U., Brunori, G., Chiaramonti, D., ...Matthews, R., Panoutsou, C.: Bioeconomy Opportunities for a Green Recovery and Enhanced System Resilience, Industrial Biotechnology, 2021, 17(3), pp. 134–150

• Galanakis, C.M., Brunori, G., Chiaramonti, D., ...Panoutsou, C., Fritsche, U.R.: Bioeconomy and green recovery in a post-COVID-19 era, Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 808, 152180

• Prussi, M., Chiaramonti, D.: Alternative fuels for hard-to-abate sectors: A carbon intensity assessment, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2022, 2385(1), 012044

• Gruber G. Dalheimer B. : Energy Storage And Balancing Power For 100% Renewable Energy Hybrid Systems: The Potential Of Jatropha For Rural Electrification In Hot Semi-Arid Areas, in: Proceedings of 26th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Copenhagen May 2018

• Gruber G. et al.: 2nd Generation Pure Plant Oils from Decentralized Oil Mills as Future Fuel for Flex-Fuel Common-Rail Engines in Rural Electrification and Agricultural Transport, in: Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSR-JMCE), Volume 14, Feb. 2017, p. 1-12.

• Lopez Barrera, E., & Hertel, T. (2023). Solutions to the double burden of malnutrition also generate health and environmental benefits. Nature Food, 4(7), 616-624.

• 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

• Chiaramonti, D., Talluri, G., Scarlat, N., Prussi, M.: The challenge of forecasting the role of biofuel in EU transport decarbonisation at 2050: A meta-analysis review of published scenarios, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021, 139, 110715

• Koder A., Schwanzer P., Zacherl F., Rabl H.P., Mayer W., Gruber G., Dotzer T: Jatropha Oil as an Alternative Fuel for Modern Diesel Engines Injection Characteristics and EGR-Compatibility. SAE technical papers, page 1-12. 

• Galanakis, C.M., Brunori, G., Chiaramonti, D., ...Panoutsou, C., Fritsche, U.R: Bioeconomy and green recovery in a post-COVID-19 era, Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 808, 152180

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

• Tremmel, J. et al. (2023) ‘Negative Emissionen: Eine neue Phase der Klimapolitik zur langfristigen Reduktion der globalen Erwärmung auf 1°C über vorindustriellen Niveau, ZENEDO 2024.

• Gruber Georg, Fell Hans-Josef: Das von Teilen der Bundesregierung geplante Ende der Biokraftstoffproduktion schadet dem Regenwald und der Sicherung von Energie und Nahrung, Politikpapier Energy Watch Group, Berlin, Mai 2022