2026 Kornelis Blok: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	62	1923	1834	43	40	189	13113

Overview

Kornelis Blok is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their primary field of study is Engineering, with a particular focus on subfields such as Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Economics and Econometrics, and Aerospace Engineering.

Their research covers several main topics, including:

Environmental Impact and Sustainability
Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
Climate Change Policy and Economics
Wind Energy Research and Development
Global Energy and Sustainability Research
Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
Energy and Environment Impacts

Kornelis Blok has contributed to various recent papers, as follows:

"Review of Renewable Energy Potentials in Indonesia and Their Contribution to a 100% Renewable Electricity System" (2021), published in Energies
"Recent progress in the economics of ocean thermal energy conversion: Critical review and research agenda" (2020), published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
"Can bioenergy with carbon capture and storage result in carbon negative steel?" (2020), published in International journal of greenhouse gas control
"Fuel cell electric vehicles and hydrogen balancing 100 percent renewable and integrated national transportation and energy systems" (2021), published in Energy Conversion and Management X
"Shifting wave energy perceptions: The case for wave energy converter (WEC) feasibility at milder resources" (2021), published in Renewable Energy

Frequent co-authors of Kornelis Blok include:

Jaco Quist
Jannis Langer
Samantha Eleanor Tanzer
Andrea Ramírez
Harkunti Pertiwi Rahayu

The most common publication venues for their work are:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Energies
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
International journal of greenhouse gas control
Renewable Energy

Kornelis Blok has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by the United Nations Environment Programme eBooks:

Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air... please! With a massive gap between rhetoric and reality, countries draft new climate commitments (2024)

Best Publications

Olefins from conventional and heavy feedstocks: Energy use in steam cracking and alternative processes

Tao Ren;Martin Patel;Kornelis Blok

1308
Citations
Emission Reduction of Greenhouse Gases from the Cement Industry

E Worrell;D. de Jager;K. Blok;P. Riemer

587
Citations
Response to 'Burden of proof': A comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems'

Tom Brown;Tom Brown;Tobias Bischof-Niemz;Kornelis Blok;Christian Breyer

520
Citations
The direct and indirect energy requirements of households in the Netherlands

Kees Vringer;Kornelis Blok

426
Citations
Steam cracking and methane to olefins: Energy use, CO2 emissions and production costs

Tao Ren;Martin K. Patel;Kornelis Blok

342
Citations
Carbon dioxide recovery from industrial processes

Jacco C. M. Farla;Chris A. Hendriks;Kornelis Blok

340
Citations
Introduction to Energy Analysis

Kornelis Blok;Evert Nieuwlaar

338
Citations
The direct and indirect energy requirement of households in the European Union

Angelina H.M.E. Reinders;K. Vringer;K. Blok

330
Citations
To compost or not to compost: Carbon and energy footprints of biodegradable materials' waste treatment

B.G. Hermann;L. Debeer;B. De Wilde;K. Blok

325
Citations
Producing bio-based bulk chemicals using industrial biotechnology saves energy and combats climate change.

B. G. Hermann;K. Blok;Martin Kumar Patel

278
Citations
A review of experience curve analyses for energy demand technologies

Martin Weiss;Martin Junginger;Martin Kumar Patel;Kornelis Blok

269
Citations
From fluid milk to milk powder: Energy use and energy efficiency in the European dairy industry

C Ramirez;Martin Kumar Patel;K Blok

266
Citations
Comparison of top-down and bottom-up estimates of sectoral and regional greenhouse gas emission reduction potentials

Detlef P. van Vuuren;Monique Hoogwijk;Terry Barker;Keywan Riahi

264
Citations
Potential of bioethanol as a chemical building block for biorefineries: preliminary sustainability assessment of 12 bioethanol-based products.

John A. Posada;Akshay D. Patel;Alexander Roes;Kornelis Blok

261
Citations
Hydrogen production from natural gas, sequestration of recovered CO2 in depleted gas wells and enhanced natural gas recovery

K. Blok;R.H. Williams;R.E. Katofsky;C.A. Hendriks

222
Citations
Site‐Dependent Life‐Cycle Impact Assessment of Acidification

José Potting;Wolfgang Schöpp;Kornelis Blok;Michael Hauschild

216
Citations
A Triptych sectoral approach to burden differentiation; GHG emissions in the European bubble

G. J. M. Phylipsen;J. W. Bode;K. Blok;H. Merkus

215
Citations
Energy efficiency developments in the pulp and paper industry : A cross-country comparison using physical production data

Jacco Farla;Kornelis Blok;Lee Schipper

193
Citations
International comparisons of energy efficiency-Methodologies for the manufacturing industry

G.J.M. Phylipsen;K. Blok;E. Worrell

191
Citations
Handbook on international comparisons of energy efficiency in the manufacturing industry

G J.M. Phylipsen;K Blok;E Worrell

188
Citations
Ex‐ante environmental and economic evaluation of polymer photovoltaics

A. L. Roes;E. A. Alsema;K. Blok;Martin Kumar Patel

178
Citations