Brian Vad Mathiesen (born 10 October 1978) is a

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engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...

and professor at

Aalborg University Aalborg University (AAU) is a Danish public university with campuses in Aalborg, Esbjerg, and Copenhagen founded in 1974. The university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD degrees in a wide variety of subjects within humanities ...

. He was listed among ISI Highly Cited researchers in 2015 and 2016, making him one of the leading engineers in the world.

Life and research activity

Mathiesen studied

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at Aalborg university and obtained a MSc. Eng. in 2003. From 2004 to 2005 he worked as an energy and environmental planner, then returned to university. In 2008 he finished his PhD thesis and was named assistant professor at Aalborg University. Besides he served as an guest professor and visiting researcher at

University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb ( hr, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, ; la, Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis) is the largest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of ...

. From 2010 to 2013 he was associate professor at Aalborg University and in 2014 he became

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. Mathiesen researches

100% renewable energy 100% renewable energy means getting all energy from renewable resources. The endeavor to use 100% renewable energy for electricity, heating, cooling and transport is motivated by climate change, pollution and other environmental issues, ...

systems and paths to transition the energy system to 100% renewable sources. He is also doing feasibility studies and technical energy system analyses and works on ways to base energy systems mainly on

variable renewable energy Variable renewable energy (VRE) or intermittent renewable energy sources (IRES) are renewable energy sources that are not dispatchable due to their fluctuating nature, such as wind power and solar power, as opposed to controllable renewable ener ...

sources such as

wind power Wind power or wind energy is mostly the use of wind turbines to electricity generation, generate electricity. Wind power is a popular, sustainable energy, sustainable, renewable energy source that has a much smaller Environmental impact of wi ...

. In 2020 he became editor-in-chief of the newly founded scientific journal

Smart Energy ''Smart Energy'' is an international, peer-reviewed open-access multi-disciplinary scientific journal focused on energy transition to upcoming smart renewable energy systems. The journal was established in 2021 and is published by Elsevier. The ed ...

.''Smart Energy''
Elsevier. Retrieved 27th September 2020.

Publications (selection)

* A. Hauch, R. Küngas, P. Blennow, A. B. Hansen, J. B. Hansen, B.V. Mathiesen, M. B. Mogensen: ''Recent advances in solid oxide cell technology for electrolysis''.

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370, 186, 2020, * Henrik Lund et al.: ''The status of 4th generation district heating: Research and results''. In:

Energy In physics, energy (from Ancient Greek: ἐνέργεια, ''enérgeia'', “activity”) is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of heat a ...

164, (2018), 147–159, . * D. Connolly, H. Lund, B. V. Mathiesen: ''Smart Energy Europe :The technical and economic impact of one potential 100% renewable energy scenario for the European Union''. In: ''

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ''Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on sustainable energy. It is published in 12 issues per year by Elsevier and the editor-in-chief is Aoife M. Foley (Queen's University Belfast). Ac ...

'' 60, (2016), 1634–1653, . * B. V. Mathiesen, H. Lund, D. Conolly, H. Wenzel, P.A. Østergaard, B. Möller, S. Nielsen, I. Ridjan, P. Karnøe, K. Sperling, F. K. Hvelplund, ''Smart Energy Systems for coherent 100% renewable energy and transport solutions''. In: ''

Applied Energy ''Applied Energy'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on energy engineering that was established in 1975. The journal covers areas of energy conversion and conservation, the optimal use of energy resources, analysis and optimi ...

'' 145, (2015), 139–154, . * D. Connolly, H. Lund, B.V. Mathiesen, S. Werner, B. Möller, U. Persson, T. Boermans, D. Trier, P.A. Østergaard, S. Nielsen, ''Heat Roadmap Europe: Combining district heating with heat savings to decarbonise the EU energy system''. In: ''

Energy Policy Energy policy is the manner in which a given entity (often governmental) has decided to address issues of energy development including energy conversion, distribution and use as well as reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in order to contri ...

'' 65, (2014), 475–489, . * H. Lund, B. V. Mathiesen, ''The role of Carbon Capture and Storage in a future sustainable energy system''. In: ''

'' 44, Issue 1, (2012) 469–476, . * H. Lund, A. N. Andersen, P. A. Østergaard, B. V. Mathiesen, D. Conolly, ''From electricity smart grids to smart energy systems – A market operation based approach and understanding''. In: ''

'' 42, Issue 1, (2012) 96–102, . * B. V. Mathiesen, H. Lund, K. Karlsson, ''100% Renewable energy systems, climate mitigation and economic growth''. In: ''

'' 88, Issue 2, (2011) 488–501, . * D. Conolly, H. Lund, B.V. Mathiesen, M Leahy, ''A review of computer tools for analysing the integration of renewable energy into various energy systems''. In: ''

'' 87, Issue 4, (2010), 1059–1082, . * H. Lund, B. Möller, B.V. Mathiesen, A. Dyrelund, ''The role of district heating in future renewable energy systems''. In: ''

'' 35, Issue 3, (2010), 1381–1390, . * B.V. Mathiesen, H. Lund, ''Comparative analyses of seven technologies to facilitate the integration of fluctuating renewable energy sources''. In: '' IET Renewable Power Generation'' 3, Issue 2, (2009), 190–204
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* H. Lund, B.V. Mathiesen, ''Energy system analysis of 100% renewable energy systems - The case of Denmark in years 2030 and 2050''. In: ''

'' 34, Issue 5, (2009), 524–531, . * B.V. Mathiesen, H. Lund, P. Nørgaard, ''Integrated transport and renewable energy systems''. In: ''Utilities Policy'' 16, Issue 2, (2008), 107–116, .

References

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