Research Outputs | Energy Systems Research Group

2025

Subdued by wind and solar? A comprehensive analysis of barriers to biogas technology uptake

Abiola Gboyega Kehinda, Harro von Blottnitz

Long-term forecasting: A MAED application for residential water heating in South Africa (2024–2040)

Nosaibeh Nosrati-Ghods, Savanha De Kock, Lara Dixon, Bosibori Mosongo, Fynn Kiley, Andrew Marquard, Mark Howells

Estimating the economy-wide and redistributive impacts of mitigation in South Africa

Faaiqa Hartley, Bruno Merven, Alison Hughes, Andrew Marquard, Vimal Ranchhod

Estimating the distributive impacts of climate mitigation policies in the power sector in Ghana

Monica Lambon-Quayefio, Bruno Merven, Alison Hughes, Faaiqa Hartley, Robert Darko Osei

Financing sustainable infrastructure with limited resources (Working Paper)

Julia Tatham

Optimizing Spatial Input Data for Techno-Economic Modeling of Least-Cost Electrification Pathways in Zambia

Katundu Imasiku, Gregory Ireland, Alison Hughes

2024

Developing and maintaining a policy-focussed, comprehensive, energy systems model in a developing country context: The case of SATIM in South Africa

Alison Hughes, Tara Caetano, Guy Cunliffe, Faaiqa Hartley, Andrew Marquard, Bryce McCall, Bruno Merven

The global and national energy systems techno-economic (GNESTE) database: Cost and performance data for electricity generation and storage technologies

Luke Hatton, Nathan Johnson, Lara Dixon, Bosi Mosongo, Savanha De Kock, Andrew Marquard, Mark Howells, Iain Staffell

An open and lite technoeconomic dataset and assumptions for open energy, emissions and mitigation modeling in the Republic of South Africa

L. Dixon, B. Mosongo, A. Marquard, N. Nosrati-Ghods, S. De Kock, U. Gogela, F.A. Plazas-Niño, M. Howells

The role of agriculture for achieving renewable energy-centered sustainable development objectives in rural Africa

Giacomo Falchetta, Adriano Vinca, André Troost, Marta Tuninetti, Gregory Ireland, Edward Byers, Manfred Hafner, Ackim Zulu

Assessing the economy-wide effect of localising renewable energy value chains in South Africa (Working Paper)

Julia Tatham, Jesse Burton, Natasha McDaid, Bruno Merven, Bryce McCall, Guy Cunliffe, Tara Caetano

Assessment of the potential to improve the energy efficiency of household appliances in South Africa

Alison Hughes, Richard Larmour

A review of energy systems and economic modelling tools capable of estimating the finance needs and responses relevant to energy, water, and food security in South Africa in the face of climate change (Working Paper)

Julia Tatham, Bruno Merven, and Harro von Blottnitz

2023

Exploring net zero pathways for South Africa-An initial study (Working Paper)

Andrew Marquard, Fadiel Ahjum, Caitlin Bergh, Harro von Blottnitz, Jesse Burton, Brett Cohen, Guy Cunliffe, Anthony Dane, Faaiqa Hartley, Alison Hughes, Gregory Ireland, Bryce McCall, Bruno Merven, Luanne Stevens, and Harald Winkler

Towards net-zero emissions concrete and steel in India, Brazil and South Africa

Chris Bataillea, Seton Stiebert, Otto Hebeda, Hilton Trollip, Bryce McCall, and Saritha Sudharmma Vishwanathan

2022

Analysing the Trade-Offs between Mitigation and Development Objectives for Setting South Africa's 2030 NDC Update Using a Linked Modelling Framework

Bruno Merven, Andrew Marquard, Faaiqa Hartley, Sherman Robinson, Channing Arndt, Bryce McCall, Fadiel Ahjum, Alison Hughes, Jesse Burton, and Gregory Ireland

2021

Climate mitigation in South Africa (Working Paper)

Bruno Merven, Faaiqa Hartley, Andrew Marquard, Fadiel Ahjum, Jesse Burton, Alison Hughes, Gregory Ireland, Bryce McCall, and Jules Schers

Assessment of new coal generation capacity targets in South Africa’s 2019 Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity (Working Paper)

Bruno Merven, Jesse Burton, Patrick Lehmann-Grube

2020

Private transport modelled in SATIMGE and the socio-economic impacts of electric vehicles in South Africa (Working Paper)

Bruno Merven, Faaiqa Hartley, Jules Schers, and Fadiel Ahjum

Long term modelling of household demand and its implications for energy planning (Working Paper)

Bruno Merven, Faaiqa Hartley and Jules Schers

2019

Road freight and energy in South Africa (Working Paper)

Bruno Merven, Faaiqa Hartley, and Fadiel Ahjum

Improved representation of coal supply for the power sector for South Africa (Working Paper)

Bruno Merven, Faaiqa Hartley, Bryce McCall, Jesse Burton, and Jules Schers

Quantifying the macro- and socioeconomic benefits of a transition to renewable energy in South Africa - Part 2: Economic impacts (Working Paper)

Faaiqa Hartley, Bruno Merven, Channing Arndt, and Gregory Ireland

2018

Quantifying the macro- and socio-economic benefits of a transition to renewable energy in South Africa (Working Paper)

Bruno Merven, Gregory Ireland, Faaiqa Hartley, Channing Arndt, Alison Hughes, Fadiel Ahjum, Bryce McCall, Tara Caetano

2017

The development of a linked modelling framework for analysing the socioeconomic impacts of energy and climate policies in South Africa (Working Paper)

Bruno Merven, Channing Arndt, Harald Winkler