Wesley Cole

6.6k total citations
74 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Wesley Cole is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Wesley Cole has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 19 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 15 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Wesley Cole's work include Smart Grid Energy Management (35 papers), Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (33 papers) and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (15 papers). Wesley Cole is often cited by papers focused on Smart Grid Energy Management (35 papers), Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (33 papers) and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (15 papers). Wesley Cole collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Austria. Wesley Cole's co-authors include Thomas F. Edgar, Kody M. Powell, Paul Denholm, Joshua D. Rhodes, Michael E. Webber, Bethany Frew, Trieu Mai, Charles R. Upshaw, Pieter Gagnon and Robert Margolis and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Applied Energy and Energy Policy.

In The Last Decade

Wesley Cole

71 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Wesley Cole 1.8k 678 643 416 340 74 2.7k
Fredrik Wallin 2.0k 1.1× 712 1.1× 747 1.2× 458 1.1× 438 1.3× 123 3.1k
Antonio Colmenar‐Santos 1.6k 0.9× 665 1.0× 476 0.7× 696 1.7× 443 1.3× 122 3.2k
Sunliang Cao 1.7k 0.9× 674 1.0× 712 1.1× 348 0.8× 576 1.7× 81 2.6k
Gorm Bruun Andresen 2.0k 1.1× 702 1.0× 350 0.5× 244 0.6× 734 2.2× 65 2.7k
A.T.D. Perera 1.5k 0.8× 363 0.5× 795 1.2× 454 1.1× 538 1.6× 76 2.9k
David Borge-Díez 1.0k 0.6× 583 0.9× 430 0.7× 358 0.9× 336 1.0× 144 2.3k
Lukas G. Swan 1.6k 0.9× 828 1.2× 1.6k 2.5× 395 0.9× 244 0.7× 58 3.2k
M.M. Ardehali 1.6k 0.9× 394 0.6× 272 0.4× 584 1.4× 477 1.4× 60 2.3k
Jani Mikkola 1.6k 0.9× 475 0.7× 410 0.6× 345 0.8× 527 1.6× 16 2.1k
Murray Thomson 2.7k 1.5× 1.1k 1.7× 1.3k 1.9× 933 2.2× 347 1.0× 70 3.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wesley Cole

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wesley Cole

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schleifer, Anna, Stuart Cohen, Wesley Cole, Paul Denholm, & Nate Blair. (2025). Exploring the Future Energy Value of Long-Duration Energy Storage. Energies. 18(7). 1751–1751.
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Brown, Patrick R., Wesley Cole, & Trieu Mai. (2025). An interregional optimization approach for time series aggregation in continent-scale electricity system models. Energy. 324. 135830–135830.
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Diffendorfer, Jay E., Brian Sergi, Anthony Lopez, et al.. (2024). The interplay of future solar energy, land cover change, and their projected impacts on natural lands and croplands in the US. The Science of The Total Environment. 947. 173872–173872. 8 indexed citations
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Lopez, Anthony, Wesley Cole, Brian Sergi, et al.. (2023). Impact of siting ordinances on land availability for wind and solar development. Nature Energy. 8(9). 1034–1043. 50 indexed citations
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Cole, Wesley, et al.. (2023). How much might it cost to decarbonize the power sector? It depends on the metric. Energy. 276. 127608–127608. 7 indexed citations
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Cole, Wesley, Caitlin Murphy, Jonathan Ho, John Bistline, & Andrew Sowder. (2023). The potential role for new nuclear in the U.S. power system: A view from electricity system modelers. The Electricity Journal. 36(2-3). 107250–107250. 3 indexed citations
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Levin, Todd, John Bistline, Ramteen Sioshansi, et al.. (2023). Energy storage solutions to decarbonize electricity through enhanced capacity expansion modelling. Nature Energy. 8(11). 1199–1208. 85 indexed citations
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Bistline, John, Shannon Bragg‐Sitton, Wesley Cole, et al.. (2023). Modeling nuclear energy’s future role in decarbonized energy systems. iScience. 26(2). 105952–105952. 15 indexed citations
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Schleifer, Anna, Dylan Harrison‐Atlas, Wesley Cole, & Caitlin Murphy. (2023). Hybrid renewable energy systems: the value of storage as a function of PV-wind variability. Frontiers in Energy Research. 11. 12 indexed citations
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Mai, Trieu, Paul Denholm, Patrick R. Brown, et al.. (2022). Getting to 100%: Six strategies for the challenging last 10%. Joule. 6(9). 1981–1994. 31 indexed citations
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Gagnon, Pieter & Wesley Cole. (2022). Planning for the evolution of the electric grid with a long-run marginal emission rate. iScience. 25(3). 103915–103915. 33 indexed citations
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Cole, Wesley, Nathaniel Gates, & Trieu Mai. (2021). Exploring the cost implications of increased renewable energy for the U.S. power system. The Electricity Journal. 34(5). 106957–106957. 18 indexed citations
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Denholm, Paul, D. J. Arent, Samuel F. Baldwin, et al.. (2021). The challenges of achieving a 100% renewable electricity system in the United States. Joule. 5(6). 1331–1352. 159 indexed citations
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Eurek, Kelly, et al.. (2021). Solving a large energy system optimization model using an open-source solver. Energy Strategy Reviews. 38. 100755–100755. 5 indexed citations
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Schleifer, Anna, Caitlin Murphy, Wesley Cole, & Paul Denholm. (2021). The evolving energy and capacity values of utility-scale PV-plus-battery hybrid system architectures. Advances in Applied Energy. 2. 100015–100015. 57 indexed citations
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Frew, Bethany, Brian Sergi, Paul Denholm, et al.. (2021). The curtailment paradox in the transition to high solar power systems. Joule. 5(5). 1143–1167. 68 indexed citations
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Bistline, John, Wesley Cole, Joseph F. DeCarolis, et al.. (2020). Erratum: Energy storage in long-term system models: a review of considerations, best practices, and research needs (2020 Prog. Energy 2 032001). 2(3). 39601–39601. 4 indexed citations
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Bistline, John, Wesley Cole, Joseph F. DeCarolis, et al.. (2020). Energy storage in long-term system models: a review of considerations, best practices, and research needs. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2(3). 32001–32001. 47 indexed citations
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Frew, Bethany, Wesley Cole, Paul Denholm, et al.. (2019). Sunny with a Chance of Curtailment: Operating the US Grid with Very High Levels of Solar Photovoltaics. iScience. 21. 436–447. 39 indexed citations
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Cole, Wesley, Kody M. Powell, & Thomas F. Edgar. (2012). Optimization and advanced control of thermal energy storage systems. Reviews in Chemical Engineering. 28(2-3). 55 indexed citations

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