Energy systems research focuses on net-zero target dates, but increasing the robustness of energy planning will require expanding horizons further into the future, argues @jannweinand.bsky.social in this new comment:

#Europe can expand #windpower while protecting scenic #landscapes, a study in Energy and AI finds. Costs remain stable overall, but local trade-offs persist, especially in mountainous regions. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.eg...

1/ 🌍 New paper out in Nature Reviews Clean Technology! 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s443... 👉 Energy system science must look beyond net zero A key question: what happens after we reach net zero? #EnergyTransition #NetZero #Climate #Sustainability #EnergySystems

4 years in the making — and now it’s out 🚀 “Quinex: Quantitative information extraction from text using open and lightweight LLMs” is published in The Innovation (IF: 25.7). Stay curious 👀 — we’ll soon release a large amount of data to explore. doi.org/10.1016/j.xi... #AI #NLP #OpenScience

Important contribution from colleagues at our institute, incl. Jann Weinand’s team, with DLR. Tackles a key bottleneck in energy systems analysis: data & model integration. Enabling more transparent, reproducible evidence for policy. www.cell.com/patterns/ful...

A strong example of efficient, productive cross-department collaboration. We’re pleased to share our latest publication on managing renewable peaks and dark lulls through sector coupling. We would welcome opportunities to build on this cooperation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our paper on global wind power modelling has been selected as a Research Highlight in Nature Energy. An editorial signal that improving the reliability and transparency of wind simulations is gaining attention. 🔗 Highlight: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📄 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 New paper: Coupling integrated assessment and energy system models 🚨 Planning future energy systems requires bridging two fundamentally different scales: long-term transformation pathways spanning decades, and short-term power system operations unfolding hour by hour. #EnergySky #PyPSA 🧵

New publication out! 📢 This review paper analyses large-scale solar PV potential assessments, highlighting gaps in methodologies and system integration. A transparent framework is vital for the energy transition. Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.re... What’s your view on these findings? ☀️

Towards high resolution, validated and open global wind power assessments. Nat Commun 17, 539 (2026).

New research in Nature Communications 📖 We present an open-source, time-resolved and globally validated wind power simulation workflow for ETHOS.RESKit, improving transparency and accuracy in wind resource and system integration studies. 📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🟢 Kick-off for #RenoVisor in Bilbao! Coordinated by Jülich Systems Analysis (ICE-2), the EU project will develop tools for fair & accessible building renovations. Congrats to Noah Pflugrad & Katharina Rieck for acquiring & leading this 4-year initiative!

Critics of renewables often point to land use as a reason not to do wind & solar. Land use IS a real issue for all energy assets incl renewables unless onsite. But what critics conveniently forget is huge land impact of fossil fuels. Aerial view of fracking sites in Texas. 👇

🔋 From Vienna to Cologne: Our Head of Department Dr Jann Weinand joined the Vienna Convergence on Critical Raw Materials & supported early-career researchers at YEEES. Strategic insight meets scientific mentoring. #EnergyTransition #ICE2 #CRMs #YEEES2025

🚀 New from our team: Global high-res solar irradiance data downscaled from 1h to 1min – boosting accuracy for energy system modelling. Great work by Olalekan Omoyele and ICE-2 colleagues at @FZJuelich! 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #EnergyModelling #Renewables #ICE2

🚨 New paper out! Our review “The role of geothermal plants in the global energy and materials transition” is now published in Nexus (Cell Press) 🌋 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.yn... #GeothermalEnergy #EnergyTransition #EGS #Decarbonization #CriticalMaterials #EnergyModeling

📻 Listen to an interview by @christianccummins.bsky.social with participant Naja Dyrendom Graugaard about resource extractivism in Greenland here: fm4.orf.at/player/20251...

Our study on land demand of renewables (iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...) was covered in a German quizshow yesterday (from min. 32): www.ardmediathek.de/video/wer-we...

🌍 As the IWM– @uwmadison.bsky.social conference on Europe’s scramble for critical raw materials wraps up, we want to thank all participating experts for exploring how to secure sustainable, resilient supply chains amid geopolitical uncertainty, broaching issues from recycling to Ukraine’s CRMs.

Neuer Professor für #Energieökonomik an der #TUBAF / Gemeinsame Berufung mit @fzj-ice2.bsky.social 👏 Stefan Vögele entwickelt Modelle und Szenarien, wie verschiedene Akteure in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft zur Erreichung der Klimaziele zusammenarbeiten können. tu-freiberg.de/kurz-gemeldet

Very intersting factcheck by Carbon Brief on solar power! They also covered our study on space requirements compared to golf courses: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #solar #Golf #renewables

A new dataset to train NLP models: Wiki-Quantities and Wiki-Measurements: Datasets of quantities and their measurement context from Wikipedia www.nature.com/articles/s41... A major update regarding data for (energy system) modelers will follow soon. Stay tuned... #data #energysystem #renewables

🌍 What if the weather conditions are one of the biggest make-or-break factors for Direct Air Capture success? Our new paper shows that weather variability isn’t just a detail—it can drastically change the cost and performance of DAC. 👉 Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ad... 1/n

⛳ #DidYouKnow that countries across the world use more land for #golf courses than #wind or #solar energy?☀️🍃🪫 Read more about this research in this article from Environmental Research: Communications - iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #environment #landuse #golfcourse #windenergy #solarenergy

Something to send to your uncle who insists there's just no space for #renewables: Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy doi.org/10.1088/2515... Lovely bit of land-use perspective by @jannweinand.bsky.social et al

Risks of AI-driven product development and strategies for their mitigation arxiv.org/abs/2506.00047

🔍 Can AI + energy modeling help shape a climate-neutral Europe? We're hiring a PhD researcher to combine LLMs & system optimization to assess emerging tech solutions. 🧠 Work with open tools in a top European research team. 📍 3-year position: www.fz-juelich.de/en/careers/j... #Energy #AI

An invisible renewable energy system - is that possible? Local opposition to wind and solar farms is often driven by their visual impact—but what if we could plan an energy system that people can't see? We explored this in our latest study: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #energy #climate #renewable 1/4

I have an open position for a doctoral/postdoctoral researcher in my group @unileipzig.bsky.social (fully funded, 3 years, starting 10/2025). Research shall be on quantitative economic analyses of water management and/or climate adaptation. Deadline: 31 May 2025. Feel free DM me for questions.

Quantifying the trade-offs between renewable energy visibility and system costs, by @jannweinand.bsky.social et al. 🔌💡 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Happy that our article "Low-carbon lithium extraction makes deep geothermal plants cost-competitive in future energy systems" (doi.org/10.1016/j.ad...) has been chosen by the journal Chief Editor as "Article with real-world impact" News www.sciencedirect.com/journal/adva... #lithium #geothermal

✈️🚢🧪For Europe's green fuels for aviation, shipping, and chemicals: Should we pipeline H₂ to industrial CO₂ capture sites, or CO₂ to regions with better renewable resources for H₂ production? 📖 See our new study in @natureenergy.bsky.social on future carbon management: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

1/4 🎓🌍 Exciting PhD opportunity alert! We're hiring at Forschungszentrum Jülich. Position: Modelling CO₂ capture, utilization & negative emissions ➡️ Position: fz-juelich.de/en/careers/jobs/2025D-042 Model in focus: doi.org/10.1016/j.ad... #PhD #EnergySystems

Eine neue Übersicht zum Flächenverbrauch in Deutschland von NaturEnergie: www.linkedin.com/posts/nature... Weiterführende Berechnungen: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #golf #solarenergy #windpower #renewable

X or #ElonMusk does not like our study "Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than #wind or #solar #energy" iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... For example, the post by @cleanenergywire.bsky.social on X was only shown 250 times, despite the large number of followers (>10,000).

Ich so im Spiegel: für den Umstieg auf die Elektromobilität brauchen wir nicht nur Fördergeld, sondern vor allem #Technologieklarheit. Gilt übrigens auch für Wärmepumpen.

"Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy" free acess paper #environment #science iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

How much do we really know about Germany’s residential buildings? And how much of their heat demand could they cover themselves with rooftop solar and heat pumps? 🏠☀️ Our lab just published two open-access studies that dive deep into these questions. ⬇️

Studien zur Klimakrise: Die nächste Eiszeit fällt aus taz.de/Studien-zur-... iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy Land use is a critical factor in the siting of renewable energy facilities and is often scrutinized due to perceived conflicts with other land demands.

Worried about the extensive land-use of renewable energies? Well, apparently we are using more land for golf courses in Europe than for wind power or for solar PV. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Découvrir l'étude : "Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy" iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

[ #EnR ] Dans certains pays, dont la France, la surface équivalente à celles des terrains de golf pourraient accueillir d’énormes volumes de capacité d’ #énergie #solaire et #éolienne tout en réduisant les conflits d’utilisation des terres.

🚀 Join Our Team – We’re Hiring! Our institute at Forschungszentrum Jülich is excited to announce three open positions in the field of energy systems modeling and negative emissions:

@jannweinand.bsky.social has recently done the math. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Weltweit wird mehr Land für Golfplätze genutzt, als für Wind- oder Solarenergieanlagen. Jetzt gönnen die "pösen Grünen" Trump nicht mal mehr seine Golfplätze. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

🌍 Golf vs. Green Energy 🏌️ A new study finds that countries like the US and UK use more land for golf courses than for wind or solar energy. Repurposing this space could significantly boost renewable energy capacity. 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... #SciComm #Renewables 🧪

Global golf courses take up more land than solar, wind plants www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/24/g...

How should we choose which societal factors to include in #energy #models? And do societal factors make the models really better? Some evidence: www.nature.com/articles/s41... by V. Fisch-Romito, M. Jaxa Rozen and X.Wen @natureenergy.bsky.social @unigeenergy.bsky.social @snsf-ch.bsky.social