Publications

This page lists publications that use the Temoa modeling framework. The list is generated from our public Zotero group.

Papers

2026

• Muller, Nicholas Z., Adams, Peter, Dennin, Luke R., Jaramillo, Paulina, and Jordan, Katie. (2026) “Climate Policy, Air Pollution Impacts, and the Distribution of Income.” Climate Change Economics
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• Cais, Matilde, Nicoli, Matteo, Gandiglio, Marta, Bracco, Michela, Breschi, Marco, Cavallucci, Lorenzo, Farinon, Stefania, Macchiagodena, Antonio, Mangiulli, Giovanni, Musenich, Riccardo, and Savoldi, Laura. (2026) “Hybrid superconducting energy pipelines: key cost thresholds and system implications for Italy.” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
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2025

• Schivley, Greg, Barone, Aurora, Blackhurst, Michael, Hidalgo-Gonzalez, Patricia, Jenkins, Jesse, Lugovoy, Oleg, Luo, Qian, Roberts, Michael J, Zheng, Rangrang, Wade, Cameron, and Fripp, Matthias. (2025) “Process and policy insights from an intercomparison of open electricity system capacity expansion models.” Environmental Research: Energy
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• Bistline, John E. T., Binsted, Matthew, Blanford, Geoffrey, Boyd, Gale, Browning, Morgan, Cai, Yongxia, Edmonds, Jae, Fawcett, Allen A., Fuhrman, Jay, Gao, Ruying, Harris, Chioke, Hoehne, Christopher, Iyer, Gokul, Johnson, Jeremiah X., Kaplan, P. Ozge, Loughlin, Dan, Mahajan, Megan, Mai, Trieu, McFarland, James R., McJeon, Haewon, Melaina, Marc, Mousavi, Seyed Shahabeddin, Muratori, Matteo, Orvis, Robbie, Prabhu, Amogh, Rossmann, Charles, Sands, Ronald D., Sarmiento, Luis, Showalter, Sharon, Sinha, Aditya, Starke, Emma, Stewart, Eric, Vaillancourt, Kathleen, Weyant, John, Wood, Frances, and Yuan, Mei. (2025) “Policy implications of net-zero emissions: A multi-model analysis of United States emissions and energy system impacts.” Energy and Climate Change
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• Khayambashi, Kamiar, Clarens, Andres F., Shobe, William M., and Alemazkoor, Negin. (2025) “Identifying key uncertainties in energy transitions with a Puerto Rico case study.” Nature Communications
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• Nicoli, Matteo, Borgonovo, Emanuele, Di Cosmo, Valeria, Mosso, Daniele, Plischke, Elmar, Savoldi, Laura, and de Queiroz, Anderson Rodrigo. (2025) “A framework for global sensitivity analysis in long-term energy systems planning using optimal transport.” Energy
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• Colucci, Gianvito, Finke, Jonas, Bertsch, Valentin, Di Cosmo, Valeria, and Savoldi, Laura. (2025) “Combined assessment of material and energy supply risks in the energy transition: A multi-objective energy system optimization approach.” Applied Energy
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• Mouat, Gavin, Galik, Christopher, Venkatesh, Aranya, Jordan, Katherine, Sinha, Aditya, Jaramillo, Paulina, and Johnson, Jeremiah X.. (2025) “State-led climate action can cut emissions at near-federal costs but favors different technologies.” Nature Communications
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• Jordan, Katherine H, Jaramillo, Paulina, Karplus, Valerie J, Adams, Peter J, and Muller, Nicholas Z. (2025) “The Role of Hydrogen in Decarbonizing U.S. Iron and Steel Production.” Environmental Science & Technology
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• Blackhurst, Michael, Venkatesh, Aranya, Sinha, Aditya, Jordan, Katherine, Muller, Nicholas Z, Wade, Cameron, Johnson, Jeremiah X, and Jaramillo, Paulina. (2025) “Marginal abatement costs for greenhouse gas emissions in the United States using an energy systems approach.” Environmental Research: Energy
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• Song, Jingyang, Su, Xiaoke, Hou, Lijing, Chu, Chunli, Wu, Tongyuan, Dai, Hancheng, Ou, Yang, Nishiura, Osamu, Cao, Zhi, and Ju, Meiting. (2025) “Integrating Stock-Flow Modeling and Energy System Optimization to Explore Decarbonization Pathways for China’s Cement Industry.” Environmental Science & Technology
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• Amir Kavei, Farzaneh, Alfano, Maria Elena, Nicoli, Matteo, Quatraro, Francesco, and Savoldi, Laura. (2025) “Integrated water-energy modeling in TEMOA energy system optimization model: Pantelleria case study.” Energy Nexus
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• Amir Kavei, Farzaneh, Nicoli, Matteo, Quatraro, Francesco, and Savoldi, Laura. (2025) “Enhancing energy transition with open-source regional energy system optimization models: TEMOA-Piedmont.” Energy Conversion and Management
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• Vai, Alessio, Colucci, Gianvito, Nicoli, Matteo, and Savoldi, Laura. (2025) “May the availability of critical raw materials affect the security of energy systems? An analysis for risk-aware energy planning with TEMOA-Italy.” Materials Today Energy
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• Nicoli, Matteo, Colucci, Gianvito, Di Cosmo, Valeria, Lerede, Daniele, and Savoldi, Laura. (2025) “Evaluating the impact of hurdle rates on the Italian energy transition through TEMOA.” Applied Energy
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2024

• Mosso, Daniele, Rajteri, Luca, and Savoldi, Laura. (2024) “Integration of Land Use Potential in Energy System Optimization Models at Regional Scale: The Pantelleria Island Case Study.” Sustainability
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• Jordan, Katherine H., Dennin, Luke R., Adams, Peter J., Jaramillo, Paulina, and Muller, Nicholas Z.. (2024) “Climate Policy Reduces Racial Disparities in Air Pollution from Transportation and Power Generation.” Environmental Science & Technology
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• Sinha, Aditya, Venkatesh, Aranya, Jordan, Katherine, Wade, Cameron, Eshraghi, Hadi, De Queiroz, Anderson R., Jaramillo, Paulina, and Johnson, Jeremiah X.. (2024) “Diverse decarbonization pathways under near cost-optimal futures.” Nature Communications
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• Lerede, Daniele, Di Cosmo, Valeria, and Savoldi, Laura. (2024) “TEMOA-europe: An open-source and open-data energy system optimization model for the analysis of the European energy mix.” Energy
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• Melaina, M. W., Lenox, C. S., Browning, M., McCollum, D. L., Bahn, O., and Ou, S.. (2024) “Modeling hydrogen markets: Energy system model development status and decarbonization scenario results.” Energy and Climate Change
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• Smillie, Sean, Vaishnav, Parth, Wade, Cameron, Jordan, Katherine, Venkatesh, Aranya, Sinha, Aditya, and Apt, Jay. (2024) “Hybrid heat pumps avoid extreme marginal abatement costs of electrifying peak heating loads in cold regions.” Environmental Research Letters
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• Belman Martínez, Aaron, MacLean, Heather L, and Posen, I Daniel. (2024) “Energy system models should consider evolving charging profiles.” Environmental Research: Energy
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• Mosso, Daniele, Colucci, Gianvito, Lerede, Daniele, Nicoli, Matteo, Piscitelli, Marco Savino, and Savoldi, Laura. (2024) “How much do carbon emission reduction strategies comply with a sustainable development of the power sector?.” Energy Reports
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• Nicoli, Matteo, Faria, Victor Augusto Duraes, de Queiroz, Anderson Rodrigo, and Savoldi, Laura. (2024) “Modeling energy storage in long-term capacity expansion energy planning: an analysis of the Italian system.” Journal of Energy Storage
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2023

• Jordan, Katherine, Adams, Peter, Jaramillo, Paulina, and Muller, Nicholas. (2023) “Closing the Gap: Achieving U.S. climate goals beyond the Inflation Reduction Act.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition
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• Colucci, Gianvito, Lerede, Daniele, Nicoli, Matteo, and Savoldi, Laura. (2023) “A dynamic accounting method for CO2 emissions to assess the penetration of low-carbon fuels: application to the TEMOA-Italy energy system optimization model.” Applied Energy
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2022

• De Faria, Victor A.D., De Queiroz, Anderson R., and DeCarolis, Joseph F.. (2022) “Optimizing offshore renewable portfolios under resource variability.” Applied Energy
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• Ford, Lucas, De Queiroz, Anderson, DeCarolis, Joseph, and Sankarasubramanian, A.. (2022) “Co-Optimization of Reservoir and Power Systems (COREGS) for seasonal planning and operation.” Energy Reports
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• Patankar, Neha, Eshraghi, Hadi, De Queiroz, Anderson Rodrigo, and DeCarolis, Joseph F.. (2022) “Using robust optimization to inform US deep decarbonization planning.” Energy Strategy Reviews
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• Patankar, Neha, Fell, Harrison G., Rodrigo De Queiroz, Anderson, Curtis, John, and DeCarolis, Joseph F.. (2022) “Improving the representation of energy efficiency in an energy system optimization model.” Applied Energy
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• Nicoli, Matteo, Gracceva, Francesco, Lerede, Daniele, and Savoldi, Laura. (2022) “Can We Rely on Open-Source Energy System Optimization Models? The TEMOA-Italy Case Study.” Energies
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2021

• Henry, Candise L., Eshraghi, Hadi, Lugovoy, Oleg, Waite, Michael B., DeCarolis, Joseph F., Farnham, David J., Ruggles, Tyler H., Peer, Rebecca A.M., Wu, Yuezi, De Queiroz, Anderson, Potashnikov, Vladimir, Modi, Vijay, and Caldeira, Ken. (2021) “Promoting reproducibility and increased collaboration in electric sector capacity expansion models with community benchmarking and intercomparison efforts.” Applied Energy
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• Sodano, Daniel, DeCarolis, Joseph F., Rodrigo De Queiroz, Anderson, and Johnson, Jeremiah X.. (2021) “The symbiotic relationship of solar power and energy storage in providing capacity value.” Renewable Energy
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• Bennett, Jeffrey A., Trevisan, Claire N., DeCarolis, Joseph F., Ortiz-García, Cecilio, Pérez-Lugo, Marla, Etienne, Bevin T., and Clarens, Andres F.. (2021) “Extending energy system modelling to include extreme weather risks and application to hurricane events in Puerto Rico.” Nature Energy
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• van Dongen, Caroline, Bekker, Bernard, and Dalton, Amaris. (2021) “Valuation of Pumped Storage in Capacity Expansion Planning—A South African Case Study.” Energies
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• Cotterman, Turner, Small, Mitchell J., Wilson, Stephen, Abdulla, Ahmed, and Wong-Parodi, Gabrielle. (2021) “Applying risk tolerance and socio-technical dynamics for more realistic energy transition pathways.” Applied Energy
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• Anderson, Thomas, Collins, Daniel, Fauvel, Chloe, Hurst, Harrison, Mellin, Nina, Thran, Bailey, Clarens, Andres, and Small, Arthur. (2021) “Behind the Meter: Implementing Distributed Energy Technologies to Balance Energy Load in Virginia.” 2021 Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium (SIEDS)
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2020

• Li, Binghui, Thomas, Jeffrey, De Queiroz, Anderson Rodrigo, and DeCarolis, Joseph F.. (2020) “Open Source Energy System Modeling Using Break-Even Costs to Inform State-Level Policy: A North Carolina Case Study.” Environmental Science & Technology
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2019

• De Queiroz, A.R., Mulcahy, D., Sankarasubramanian, A., Deane, J.P., Mahinthakumar, G., Lu, N., and DeCarolis, J.F.. (2019) “Repurposing an energy system optimization model for seasonal power generation planning.” Energy
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• Patankar, Neha, De Queiroz, Anderson Rodrigo, DeCarolis, Joseph F., Bazilian, Morgan D., and Chattopadhyay, Debabrata. (2019) “Building conflict uncertainty into electricity planning: A South Sudan case study.” Energy for Sustainable Development
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• Groissböck, Markus. (2019) “Are open source energy system optimization tools mature enough for serious use?.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
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2018

• Eshraghi, Hadi, De Queiroz, Anderson Rodrigo, and DeCarolis, Joseph F.. (2018) “US Energy-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Absence of Federal Climate Policy.” Environmental Science & Technology
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2016

• DeCarolis, J.F., Babaee, S., Li, B., and Kanungo, S.. (2016) “Modelling to generate alternatives with an energy system optimization model.” Environmental Modelling & Software
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2013

• DeCarolis, J. F. and Hunter, K.. (2013) “How to Value Future Uncertainty in Energy System Planning?.” International Energy Workshop 2013, Paris, France
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• Hunter, Kevin, Sreepathi, Sarat, and DeCarolis, Joseph F.. (2013) “Modeling for insight using Tools for Energy Model Optimization and Analysis (Temoa).” Energy Economics
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2012

• DeCarolis, Joseph, Hunter, Kevin, and Sreepathi, Sarat. (2012) “Multi-stage stochastic optimization of a simple energy system.” International Energy Workshop
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• DeCarolis, Joseph F., Hunter, Kevin, and Sreepathi, Sarat. (2012) “The case for repeatable analysis with energy economy optimization models.” Energy Economics
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2010

• DeCarolis, J. F., Hunter, K., and Sreepathi, S.. (2010) “The TEMOA Project: Tools for Energy Model Optimization and Analysis.” International Energy Workshop 2010, Stockholm, Sweden
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Talks

2018

• DeCarolis, Joseph, Eshraghi, Hadi, and Rodrigo de Queiroz, Anderson. (2018) “Modeling US Energy Futures Under Uncertainty.” CMU Center for Climate and Energy Decision Making, Pittsburgh, PA
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2015

• DeCarolis, J. F., Babaee, S., Li, B., and Kanungo, S.. (2015) “Energy Scenario Exploration with Modeling to Generate Alternatives.” wholeSEM Annual Conference, Cambridge, UK
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2014

• DeCarolis, Joseph, Hunter, Kevin, and O’Connell, Andrew. (2014) “Improving Model-based Scenario Analysis with Stochastic Optimization and Modeling to Generate Alternatives.” IQ SCENE Workshop, University College London, London, UK
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2013

• DeCarolis, Joseph and Hunter, Kevin. (2013) “How to Value Future Uncertainty in Energy System Planning?.” International Energy Workshop, Paris, France
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2012

• DeCarolis, Joseph. (2012) “Modeling for Insight with an Energy Economy Optimization Model.” International Energy Workshop, CMU Center for Climate and Energy Decision Making, Pittsburgh, PA
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• DeCarolis, Joseph, Hunter, Kevin, and Sreepathi, Sarat. (2012) “Multi-stage stochastic optimization of a simple energy system.” International Energy Workshop, Cape Town, South Africa
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2011

• DeCarolis, Joseph, Hunter, Kevin, and Sreepathi, Sarat. (2011) “Description and a first application of the TEMOA energy system model.” International Energy Workshop, Stanford, CA
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2010

• DeCarolis, J. F., Hunter, K., and Sreepathi, S.. (2010) “The TEMOA Project: Tools for Energy Model Optimization and Analysis.” International Energy Workshop, Stockholm, Sweden
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