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Dolf Gielen is affiliated with the International Energy Agency in France. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields including Energy, Engineering, and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Global and Planetary Change, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their scientific output addresses a variety of main topics such as Global Energy and Sustainability Research, Global Energy Security and Policy, Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies, Vehicle Emissions and Performance, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Integrated Energy Systems Optimization, and Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones.

Gielen has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • "Pandemic, War, and Global Energy Transitions," 2022, published in Energies
  • "Pathways to net-zero emissions from aviation," 2023, published in Nature Sustainability
  • "Renewables-based decarbonization and relocation of iron and steel making: A case study," 2020, published in Journal of Industrial Ecology
  • "Zero-Emission Pathway for the Global Chemical and Petrochemical Sector," 2021, published in Energies
  • "Ammonia Production from Clean Hydrogen and the Implications for Global Natural Gas Demand," 2023, published in Sustainability

Frequent co-authors associated with Gielen's work include:

  • Morgan Bazilian
  • Değer Saygin
  • Candelaria Bergero
  • Greer Gosnell
  • Seungwoo Kang

Gielen's publications appear predominantly in several key venues, including:

  • Energies
  • Nature Sustainability
  • Journal of Industrial Ecology
  • Sustainability
  • Energy Research & Social Science

Best Publications

  • The role of renewable energy in the global energy transformation

    Dolf Gielen;Francisco Boshell;Deger Saygin;Morgan D. Bazilian

  • Considering the energy, water and food nexus: Towards an integrated modelling approach

    Morgan Bazilian;Holger Rogner;Mark Howells;Sebastian Hermann

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

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

  • Global energy Transformation: A Roadmap to 2050

    Dolf Gielen;Ricardo Gorini;Nicholas Wagner;Rodrigo Leme

  • Integrated analysis of climate change, land-use, energy and water strategies

    Mark Howells;Sebastian Hermann;Manuel Welsch;Morgan Bazilian

  • Re-considering the economics of photovoltaic power

    Morgan Bazilian;Morgan Bazilian;Ijeoma Onyeji;Michael Liebreich;Ian MacGill

  • Pathways to net-zero emissions from aviation

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  • Climate and energy challenges for materials science

    Dolf Gielen;Francisco Boshell;Deger Saygin

  • Energy Pathways for Sustainable Development

    K. Riahi;F. Dentener;D. Gielen;A. Grubler

  • CO2 in the iron and steel industry: an analysis of Japanese emission reduction potentials

    Dolf Gielen;Yuichi Moriguchi

  • CO2 removal in the iron and steel industry

    Dolf Gielen

  • The potential for renewable energy in industrial applications

    Emanuele Taibi;Dolf Gielen;Morgan Bazilian

  • Benchmarking the energy use of energy-intensive industries in industrialized and in developing countries

    D. Saygin;E. Worrell;Martin Kumar Patel;D.J. Gielen

  • Indicators for industrial energy efficiency in India

    Dolf Gielen;Peter Taylor

  • Adding value with CLEWS - Modelling the energy system and its interdependencies for Mauritius

    M. Welsch;S. Hermann;M. Howells;H.H. Rogner;H.H. Rogner

  • Renewables-based decarbonization and relocation of iron and steel making: A case study

    Dolf Gielen;Deger Saygin;Emanuele Taibi;Jean‐Pierre Birat

  • Zero-Emission Pathway for the Global Chemical and Petrochemical Sector

    Deger Saygin;Dolf Gielen

  • Smart and Just Grids for sub-Saharan Africa : Exploring options

    Manuel Welsch;Morgan Bazilian;Morgan Bazilian;Mark Howells;Deepak Divan

  • The CO2 emission reduction benefits of Chinese energy policies and environmental policies:: A case study for Shanghai, period 1995-2020

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  • Measuring energy access: Supporting a global target

    M. Bazilian;P. Nussbaumer;A. Cabraal;R. Centurelli

  • Potential of best practice technology to improve energy efficiency in the global chemical and petrochemical sector

    D. Saygin;Martin Kumar Patel;E. Worrell;C. Tam

  • RE-mapping the UAE’s energy transition: An economy-wide assessment of renewable energy options and their policy implications

    Sgouris Sgouridis;Ayu Abdullah;Steve Griffiths;Deger Saygin

  • Assessment of the technical and economic potentials of biomass use for the production of steam, chemicals and polymers

    D. Saygin;D.J. Gielen;M. Draeck;E. Worrell

  • Biomass for energy or materials?: A Western European systems engineering perspective

    D.J. Gielen;M.A.P.C. de Feber;A.J.M. Bos;T. Gerlagh

  • Chapter 17 - Energy Pathways for Sustainable Development

    K. Riahi;F. Dentener;D. Gielen;A. Grubler

Frequent Co-Authors

Morgan Bazilian
Morgan Bazilian Colorado School of Mines
Martin Kumar Patel
Martin Kumar Patel University of Geneva
Mark Howells
Mark Howells Loughborough University
Ernst Worrell
Ernst Worrell Utrecht University
Shonali Pachauri
Shonali Pachauri International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
David L. McCollum
David L. McCollum Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Göran Berndes
Göran Berndes Chalmers University of Technology
Christian Azar
Christian Azar Chalmers University of Technology
Steffen Fritz
Steffen Fritz International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Joeri Rogelj
Joeri Rogelj Imperial College London

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