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2026
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2026

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
108
Citations
46038
World Ranking
90
National Ranking
4

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
112
Citations
51247
World Ranking
180
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

André Faaij is affiliated with the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Engineering and Environmental Science with specific expertise in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's main topics of work include Integrated Energy Systems Optimization, Global Energy and Sustainability Research, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy, Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, Energy and Environment Impacts, and Biofuel production and bioconversion.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by André Faaij are the following:

  • A review of hybrid renewable energy systems in mini-grids for off-grid electrification in developing countries, 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • A systemic approach to analyze integrated energy system modeling tools: A review of national models, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Carbon capture and biomass in industry: A techno-economic analysis and comparison of negative emission options, 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • A review of the role of spatial resolution in energy systems modelling: Lessons learned and applicability to the North Sea region, 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • A Spatial Analysis of the Potentials for Offshore Wind Farm Locations in the North Sea Region: Challenges and Opportunities, 2020, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Frequent co-authors with whom André Faaij has collaborated include Jos Sijm, Hans Meerman, Christian Zuidema, Amirhossein Fattahi, and Laura Guşatu.

The scientist has published extensively in a variety of scholarly outlets, with the most frequent publication venues being:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Advances in Applied Energy
  • Applied Energy
  • International journal of greenhouse gas control

Best Publications

  • Mitigation from a cross-sectoral perspective

    Terry Barker;Igor Bashmakov;Awwad Alharthi;Markus Ammann

  • Ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass: techno-economic performance in short-, middle- and long-term

    Carlo N. Hamelinck;Geertje Van Hooijdonk;André P. C. Faaij

  • Exploration of the possibilities for production of Fischer Tropsch liquids and power via biomass gasification

    Michiel J.A. Tijmensen;André P.C. Faaij;Carlo N. Hamelinck;Martijn R.M. van Hardeveld

  • Exploration of the ranges of the global potential of biomass for energy

    Monique Hoogwijk;André Faaij;Richard van den Broek;Göran Berndes

  • Future prospects for production of methanol and hydrogen from biomass

    Carlo N Hamelinck;André P.C Faaij

  • Bioenergy and climate change mitigation: an assessment.

    Felix Creutzig;Nijavalli H. Ravindranath;Göran Berndes;Simon Bolwig

  • A bottom-up assessment and review of global bio-energy potentials to 2050

    Edward M.W. Smeets;André P.C. Faaij;Iris M. Lewandowski;Wim C. Turkenburg

  • Pre-treatment technologies, and their effect on international bioenergy supply chain logistics. Techno-economic evaluation of torrefaction, fast pyrolysis and pelletisation.

    Ayla Uslu;Ayla Uslu;André P.C. Faaij;André P.C. Faaij;P.C.A. Bergman;P.C.A. Bergman

  • Bio-energy in Europe: changing technology choices

    André P.C. Faaij

  • Production of FT transportation fuels from biomass; technical options, process analysis and optimisation, and development potential

    Carlo N. Hamelinck;André P.C. Faaij;Herman den Uil;Harold Boerrigter

  • A review at the role of storage in energy systems with a focus on Power to Gas and long-term storage

    Herib Blanco;André Faaij

  • Replacing fossil based PET with biobased PEF; process analysis, energy and GHG balance

    A. J. J. E. Eerhart;A. P. C. Faaij;Martin Kumar Patel

  • Outlook for advanced biofuels

    Carlo N Hamelinck;André P.C. Faaij

  • Exploring land use changes and the role of palm oil production in Indonesia and Malaysia

    Birka Wicke;Richard Sikkema;Veronika Dornburg;André Faaij

  • Potential of biomass energy out to 2100, for four IPCC SRES land-use scenarios

    M. Hoogwijk;M. Hoogwijk;A.P.C. Faaij;B. Eickhout;B. de Vries

  • Comparative assessment of CO2 capture technologies for carbon-intensive industrial processes

    Takeshi Kuramochi;Andrea Ramírez;Wim Turkenburg;André Faaij

  • Mitigation of global greenhouse gas emissions from waste: conclusions and strategies from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report. Working Group III (Mitigation).

    Jean Bogner;Riitta Pipatti;Seiji Hashimoto;Cristobal Diaz

  • International bioenergy transport costs and energy balance

    Carlo N. Hamelinck;Roald A.A. Suurs;André P.C. Faaij

  • A comparison of electricity and hydrogen production systems with CO2 capture and storage. Part A: Review and selection of promising conversion and capture technologies

    Kay Damen;Martijn van Troost;André Faaij;Wim Turkenburg

  • Energy use, cost and CO2 emissions of electric cars

    Oscar P.R. van Vliet;Anne Sjoerd Brouwer;Takeshi Kuramochi;Machteld van den Broek

  • Global experience curves for wind farms

    M Junginger;A Faaij;W.C Turkenburg

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Junginger
Martin Junginger Utrecht University
Wim Turkenburg
Wim Turkenburg Utrecht University
Andrea Ramírez
Andrea Ramírez Delft University of Technology
Detlef P. van Vuuren
Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University
Vassilis Daioglou
Vassilis Daioglou Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Martin Kumar Patel
Martin Kumar Patel University of Geneva
Ernst Worrell
Ernst Worrell Utrecht University
Göran Berndes
Göran Berndes Chalmers University of Technology
Iris Lewandowski
Iris Lewandowski University of Hohenheim
Ruud E. I. Schropp
Ruud E. I. Schropp Jinan University

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