Thomas Huld

7.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
95 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas Huld is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Huld has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 37 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 28 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Huld's work include Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (42 papers), Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (33 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (19 papers). Thomas Huld is often cited by papers focused on Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (42 papers), Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (33 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (19 papers). Thomas Huld collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and United Kingdom. Thomas Huld's co-authors include Ewan D. Dunlop, Marcel Šúri, Richard Müller, Attilio Gambardella, Katalin Bódis, S. Szabó, Magda Moner‐Girona, Ana Gracia Amillo, H. Ossenbrink and Fabio Monforti-Ferrario and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Huld

94 papers receiving 5.2k 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 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.

A new solar radiation database for estimating PV performance in Europe and Africa

2012 615 citations Thomas Huld, Richard Müller et al. Solar Energy profile →
Potential of solar electricity generation in the European Union member states and candidate countries

2007 531 citations Marcel Šúri, Thomas Huld et al. Solar Energy profile →
Evaluation of global horizontal irradiance estimates from ERA5 and COSMO-REA6 reanalyses using ground and satellite-based data

2018 308 citations Rubén Urraca, Thomas Huld et al. Solar Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Huld Italy	38	2.0k	1.9k	1.8k	1.3k	862	95	5.4k
Marc Muselli France	35	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	456 0.4×	565 0.7×	94	3.9k
Kasra Mohammadi United States	44	1.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	473 0.4×	575 0.7×	97	4.8k
Stefan Pfenninger Switzerland	28	4.6k 2.2×	449 0.2×	1.4k 0.8×	733 0.6×	1.7k 1.9×	69	6.4k
Rodrigo Escobar Chile	37	1.4k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	2.5k 1.4×	417 0.3×	419 0.5×	135	4.4k
Jan Kleissl United States	51	3.4k 1.7×	4.2k 2.2×	3.2k 1.8×	476 0.4×	426 0.5×	218	9.0k
Richard Perez United States	39	2.3k 1.1×	5.6k 2.9×	4.2k 2.4×	499 0.4×	344 0.4×	154	8.6k
Yassine Charabi Oman	26	637 0.3×	668 0.3×	393 0.2×	615 0.5×	313 0.4×	103	2.8k
Viorel Bădescu Romania	40	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	3.0k 1.7×	168 0.1×	161 0.2×	298	6.3k
Detlev Heinemann Germany	27	1.7k 0.8×	2.6k 1.4×	1.9k 1.1×	168 0.1×	129 0.1×	82	3.9k
Cyril Voyant France	27	2.6k 1.3×	2.8k 1.5×	1.9k 1.1×	204 0.2×	207 0.2×	67	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Huld

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Szabó, S., Irene Pascua, Daniel Puig, et al.. (2021). Mapping of affordability levels for photovoltaic-based electricity generation in the solar belt of sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and South Asia. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 3226–3226. 41 indexed citations

Ganora, Daniele, Chiara Dorati, Thomas Huld, Ángel Udías, & Alberto Pistocchi. (2019). An assessment of energy storage options for large-scale PV-RO desalination in the extended Mediterranean region. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 16234–16234. 23 indexed citations

Gracia-Amillo, Ana, et al.. (2018). Energy-based metric for analysis of organic PV devices in comparison with conventional industrial technologies. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 93. 76–89. 16 indexed citations

Urraca, Rubén, Ana Gracia-Amillo, Thomas Huld, et al.. (2017). Extensive validation of CM SAF surface radiation products over Europe. Remote Sensing of Environment. 199. 171–186. 90 indexed citations

Zucker, Andreas, et al.. (2016). Wind hourly generation time series at country, NUTS 1, NUTS 2 level and bidding zones. 3 indexed citations

Huld, Thomas, et al.. (2016). Photovoltaic energy rating data sets for Europe. Solar Energy. 133. 349–362. 20 indexed citations

Szabó, S., Katalin Bódis, Thomas Huld, & Magda Moner‐Girona. (2013). Sustainable energy planning: Leapfrogging the energy poverty gap in Africa. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 28. 500–509. 152 indexed citations

Huld, Thomas, Richard Müller, & Attilio Gambardella. (2012). A new solar radiation database for estimating PV performance in Europe and Africa. Solar Energy. 86(6). 1803–1815. 615 indexed citations breakdown →

Jäger‐Waldau, Arnulf, et al.. (2011). Renewable Energy Snapshots 2011. Joint Research Centre (European Commission). 3 indexed citations

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Hoyer-Klick, Carsten, Lucien Wald, Lionel Ménard, et al.. (2011). Solar Atlas for the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean. 1–7. 5 indexed citations

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Huld, Thomas, Gabi Friesen, Artur Skoczek, et al.. (2011). A power-rating model for crystalline silicon PV modules. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 95(12). 3359–3369. 183 indexed citations

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Szabó, S., Katalin Bódis, Thomas Huld, & Magda Moner‐Girona. (2011). Energy solutions in rural Africa: mapping electrification costs of distributed solar and diesel generation versus grid extension. Environmental Research Letters. 6(3). 34002–34002. 224 indexed citations

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Huld, Thomas, Tomáš Cebecauer, Marcel Šúri, & Ewan D. Dunlop. (2010). Analysis of one‐axis tracking strategies for PV systems in Europe. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 18(3). 183–194. 59 indexed citations

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Huld, Thomas, Marcel Šúri, & Ewan D. Dunlop. (2008). Geographical variation of the conversion efficiency of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules in Europe. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications. 16(7). 595–607. 69 indexed citations

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Bertoldi, Paolo & Thomas Huld. (2004). Tradable certificates for renewable electricity and energy savings. Energy Policy. 34(2). 212–222. 56 indexed citations

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Venetsanos, A.G., et al.. (2003). Source, dispersion and combustion modelling of an accidental release of hydrogen in an urban environment. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 105(1-3). 1–25. 81 indexed citations

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Huld, Thomas, A. H. Nielsen, H. L. Pécseli, & J. Juul Rasmussen. (1991). Coherent structures in two-dimensional plasma turbulence. Physics of Fluids B Plasma Physics. 3(7). 1609–1625. 84 indexed citations

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Karpman, V. I., et al.. (1990). Nonlinear evolution of the modulational instability of whistler waves. Physical Review Letters. 64(8). 890–893. 15 indexed citations

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Huld, Thomas, A. H. Nielsen, H. L. Pécseli, & J. Juul Rasmussen. (1990). Plasma vortices and their relation to cross-field diffusion: A laboratory study. Physical Review Letters. 64(25). 3023–3026. 16 indexed citations

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Erents, S.K., J.A. Tagle, G.M. McCracken, et al.. (1987). Boundary layer conditions in JET during RF heating. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 145-147. 231–235. 16 indexed citations

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