Bjarne Steffen

4.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
67 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Bjarne Steffen is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Bjarne Steffen has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 27 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 16 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Bjarne Steffen's work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (32 papers), Electric Power System Optimization (15 papers) and Global Energy and Sustainability Research (11 papers). Bjarne Steffen is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Policy and Economics (32 papers), Electric Power System Optimization (15 papers) and Global Energy and Sustainability Research (11 papers). Bjarne Steffen collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Bjarne Steffen's co-authors include Tobias S. Schmidt, Florian Egli, Anna Geddes, Friedemann Polzin, Anthony Patt, Martin Beuse, Michael Pahle, Christoph Weber, Ottmar Edenhofer and Oliver Tietjen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Bjarne Steffen

67 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

How do policies mobilize private finance for renewable energy?—A systematic review with an investor perspective

2019 265 citations Friedemann Polzin, Florian Egli et al. Applied Energy profile →
A dynamic analysis of financing conditions for renewable energy technologies

2018 252 citations Florian Egli, Bjarne Steffen et al. Nature Energy profile →
Estimating the cost of capital for renewable energy projects

2020 240 citations Bjarne Steffen Energy Economics profile →
The multiple roles of state investment banks in low-carbon energy finance: An analysis of Australia, the UK and Germany

2018 213 citations Tobias S. Schmidt, Bjarne Steffen et al. profile →
A historical turning point? Early evidence on how the Russia-Ukraine war changes public support for clean energy policies

2022 151 citations Bjarne Steffen et al. profile →
Considering technology characteristics to project future costs of direct air capture

2024 74 citations Tobias S. Schmidt, Bjarne Steffen et al. Joule profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bjarne Steffen Switzerland	28	1.2k	1.1k	730	524	456	67	3.2k
Paula Ferreira Portugal	31	441 0.4×	1.3k 1.2×	527 0.7×	561 1.1×	259 0.6×	135	3.1k
Erin Baker United States	30	1.1k 0.9×	853 0.8×	863 1.2×	294 0.6×	310 0.7×	84	2.8k
Rabindra Nepal Australia	34	2.1k 1.7×	693 0.6×	1.1k 1.5×	767 1.5×	318 0.7×	136	3.8k
Konstantinos Chalvatzis United Kingdom	29	749 0.6×	654 0.6×	551 0.8×	538 1.0×	102 0.2×	69	3.0k
Paolo Agnolucci United Kingdom	27	929 0.7×	561 0.5×	653 0.9×	192 0.4×	144 0.3×	69	2.1k
Ryan Wiser United States	46	1.9k 1.5×	2.6k 2.3×	1.5k 2.1×	1.2k 2.4×	257 0.6×	122	6.2k
Claudia Kemfert Germany	28	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.7×	321 0.6×	92 0.2×	216	3.8k
Michael G. Pollitt United Kingdom	44	2.1k 1.7×	3.0k 2.7×	1.1k 1.5×	453 0.9×	396 0.9×	166	6.3k
Karsten Neuhoff Germany	36	2.8k 2.3×	1.8k 1.6×	1.9k 2.5×	310 0.6×	315 0.7×	175	5.0k
Nick Eyre United Kingdom	27	566 0.5×	784 0.7×	1.0k 1.4×	598 1.1×	90 0.2×	65	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bjarne Steffen

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Shishlov, Igor, et al.. (2025). Quantifying the shift of public export finance from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Nature Communications. 16(1). 900–900. 8 indexed citations

Steffen, Bjarne, et al.. (2025). Cost of capital for renewables and enabling technologies: Measuring the multidimensional heterogeneity in Switzerland. Applied Energy. 390. 125822–125822. 2 indexed citations

Steffen, Bjarne, et al.. (2025). The impact of financing structures on the cost of carbon dioxide transport. Energy Economics. 143. 108253–108253. 1 indexed citations

Schmidt, Tobias S., et al.. (2025). The internationalization of renewable energy finance. iScience. 28(5). 112367–112367. 2 indexed citations

Reis, Lara Aleluia, Panagiotis Fragkos, Harmen Sytze de Boer, et al.. (2024). Reducing the cost of capital to finance the energy transition in developing countries. Nature Energy. 9(10). 1241–1251. 25 indexed citations

Steffen, Bjarne, et al.. (2024). Renewable energy financing by state investment banks: Evidence from OECD countries. Energy Economics. 132. 107455–107455. 16 indexed citations

Steffen, Bjarne, et al.. (2024). Mobilizing Credit for Clean Energy: De-Risking and Public Loan Provision Under Learning Spillovers. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Egli, Florian, Sebastián Osorio, Giovanni Sansavini, et al.. (2023). Improving the representation of cost of capital in energy system models. Joule. 7(3). 469–483. 26 indexed citations

Egli, Florian, et al.. (2023). The cost of electrifying all households in 40 Sub-Saharan African countries by 2030. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5066–5066. 15 indexed citations

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Egli, Florian, et al.. (2023). The contribution of corporate initiatives to global renewable electricity deployment. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4678–4678. 17 indexed citations

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Klaaßen, Lena & Bjarne Steffen. (2023). Meta-analysis on necessary investment shifts to reach net zero pathways in Europe. Nature Climate Change. 13(1). 58–66. 36 indexed citations

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Egli, Florian, et al.. (2023). Pushed to finance? Assessing technology export as a motivator for coal finance abroad. Environmental Research Letters. 18(8). 84028–84028. 5 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Tobias S., et al.. (2023). Energy Transitions in the Food Sector: The Economic Viability of Low-carbon Technologies in the Swiss Dairy Industry. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Egli, Florian, et al.. (2023). The role of policies in reducing the cost of capital for offshore wind. iScience. 26(6). 106945–106945. 19 indexed citations

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Pahle, Michael, Oliver Tietjen, Sebastián Osorio, et al.. (2022). Safeguarding the energy transition against political backlash to carbon markets. Nature Energy. 7(3). 290–296. 33 indexed citations

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Steffen, Bjarne, et al.. (2022). Determinants of cost of capital in the electricity sector. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 4(3). 33001–33001. 27 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Tobias S., et al.. (2022). Comparing the levelized cost of electric vehicle charging options in Europe. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5277–5277. 52 indexed citations

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Steffen, Bjarne, Florian Egli, Michael Pahle, & Tobias S. Schmidt. (2020). Navigating the Clean Energy Transition in the COVID-19 Crisis. Joule. 4(6). 1137–1141. 137 indexed citations

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Steffen, Bjarne. (2020). Estimating the cost of capital for renewable energy projects. Energy Economics. 88. 104783–104783. 240 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schmidt, Tobias S., Bjarne Steffen, Florian Egli, et al.. (2019). Adverse effects of rising interest rates on sustainable energy transitions. Nature Sustainability. 2(9). 879–885. 86 indexed citations

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