Christian Breyer

380 total papers · 25.8k total citations
313 papers, 18.1k citations indexed

About

Christian Breyer is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Energy Engineering and Power Technology and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Breyer has authored 313 papers receiving a total of 18.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 181 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 155 papers in Energy Engineering and Power Technology and 109 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Christian Breyer's work include Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (155 papers), Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (142 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (89 papers). Christian Breyer is often cited by papers focused on Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (155 papers), Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (142 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (89 papers). Christian Breyer collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Germany and United States. Christian Breyer's co-authors include Dmitrii Bogdanov, Mahdi Fasihi, Arman Aghahosseini, Michael Child, Ashish Gulagi, Upeksha Caldera, Javier Farfan, Manish Ram, Ayobami Solomon Oyewo and Olga Efimova and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Christian Breyer

303 papers receiving 17.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Techno-economic assessment of CO2 direct air capture plants
    2019 788 citations Mahdi Fasihi, Olga Efimova et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
  2. Low-cost renewable electricity as the key driver of the global energy transition towards sustainability
    2021 605 citations Dmitrii Bogdanov, Manish Ram et al. Energy profile →
  3. Status and perspectives on 100% renewable energy systems
    2019 519 citations Kenneth Hansen, Christian Breyer et al. Energy profile →
  4. Radical transformation pathway towards sustainable electricity via evolutionary steps
    2019 478 citations Dmitrii Bogdanov, Javier Farfan et al. Nature Communications profile →
  5. Solar photovoltaics is ready to power a sustainable future
    2021 433 citations Marta Victoria, N. M. Haegel et al. Joule profile →
  6. Flexible electricity generation, grid exchange and storage for the transition to a 100% renewable energy system in Europe
    2019 420 citations Michael Child, Claudia Kemfert et al. Renewable Energy profile →
  7. Assessment of lithium criticality in the global energy transition and addressing policy gaps in transportation
    2020 357 citations Peter Greim, A.A. Solomon et al. Nature Communications profile →
  8. Response to ‘Burden of proof: A comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems’
    2018 354 citations Tom Brown, Tobias Bischof-Niemz et al. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews profile →
  9. Impact of weighted average cost of capital, capital expenditure, and other parameters on future utility‐scale PV levelised cost of electricity
    2019 329 citations E. Vartiainen, G. Masson et al. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications profile →
  10. Job creation during the global energy transition towards 100% renewable power system by 2050
    2019 299 citations Manish Ram, Arman Aghahosseini et al. Technological Forecasting and Social Change profile →
  11. Global potential of green ammonia based on hybrid PV-wind power plants
    2021 287 citations Mahdi Fasihi, Robert Frank Weiss et al. Applied Energy profile →
  12. Role and trends of flexibility options in 100% renewable energy system analyses towards the Power-to-X Economy
    2025 22 citations Siavash Khalili, Gabriel Lopez et al. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Christian Breyer 9.4k 6.7k 5.4k 4.0k 2.8k 313 18.1k
Henrik Lund 19.2k 2.0× 8.0k 1.2× 8.3k 1.5× 2.3k 0.6× 2.6k 0.9× 317 25.5k
Brian Vad Mathiesen 14.1k 1.5× 6.0k 0.9× 6.7k 1.2× 1.7k 0.4× 2.0k 0.7× 174 18.6k
Neven Duić 7.2k 0.8× 3.5k 0.5× 3.5k 0.6× 1.5k 0.4× 1.5k 0.6× 421 14.7k
Morgan Bazilian 4.6k 0.5× 2.7k 0.4× 4.4k 0.8× 4.6k 1.2× 2.0k 0.7× 240 16.3k
Iain Staffell 10.8k 1.1× 4.7k 0.7× 5.5k 1.0× 1.6k 0.4× 1.7k 0.6× 143 17.6k
André Faaij 4.4k 0.5× 2.2k 0.3× 4.3k 0.8× 3.1k 0.8× 6.5k 2.3× 390 27.9k
Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem 10.5k 1.1× 2.5k 0.4× 8.1k 1.5× 1.5k 0.4× 2.3k 0.8× 415 24.6k
Shafiqur Rehman 5.4k 0.6× 2.7k 0.4× 3.0k 0.6× 2.7k 0.7× 2.2k 0.8× 409 16.3k
Jinyue Yan 6.2k 0.7× 2.2k 0.3× 5.6k 1.0× 1.7k 0.4× 3.6k 1.3× 656 27.6k
Daniel M. Kammen 4.9k 0.5× 2.1k 0.3× 4.5k 0.8× 5.5k 1.4× 3.2k 1.1× 337 19.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Breyer

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