Jann Weinand
@jannweinand.bsky.social
energy system modeller | head of department at Jülich Systems Analysis (FZJ-ICE-2) https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/ice/ice-2/research-1/integrated-scenarios
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🟢 Kick-off for #RenoVisor in Bilbao!
Coordinated by Jülich Systems Analysis (ICE-2), the EU project will develop tools for fair & accessible building renovations.
Congrats to Noah Pflugrad & Katharina Rieck for acquiring & leading this 4-year initiative!
Coordinated by Jülich Systems Analysis (ICE-2), the EU project will develop tools for fair & accessible building renovations.
Congrats to Noah Pflugrad & Katharina Rieck for acquiring & leading this 4-year initiative!
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🟢 Kick-off for #RenoVisor in Bilbao!
Coordinated by Jülich Systems Analysis (ICE-2), the EU project will develop tools for fair & accessible building renovations.
Congrats to Noah Pflugrad & Katharina Rieck for acquiring & leading this 4-year initiative!
Coordinated by Jülich Systems Analysis (ICE-2), the EU project will develop tools for fair & accessible building renovations.
Congrats to Noah Pflugrad & Katharina Rieck for acquiring & leading this 4-year initiative!
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Critics of renewables often point to land use as a reason not to do wind & solar. Land use IS a real issue for all energy assets incl renewables unless onsite.
But what critics conveniently forget is huge land impact of fossil fuels. Aerial view of fracking sites in Texas. 👇
But what critics conveniently forget is huge land impact of fossil fuels. Aerial view of fracking sites in Texas. 👇
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Critics of renewables often point to land use as a reason not to do wind & solar. Land use IS a real issue for all energy assets incl renewables unless onsite.
But what critics conveniently forget is huge land impact of fossil fuels. Aerial view of fracking sites in Texas. 👇
But what critics conveniently forget is huge land impact of fossil fuels. Aerial view of fracking sites in Texas. 👇
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🔋 From Vienna to Cologne: Our Head of Department Dr Jann Weinand joined the Vienna Convergence on Critical Raw Materials & supported early-career researchers at YEEES.
Strategic insight meets scientific mentoring.
#EnergyTransition #ICE2 #CRMs #YEEES2025
Strategic insight meets scientific mentoring.
#EnergyTransition #ICE2 #CRMs #YEEES2025
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🔋 From Vienna to Cologne: Our Head of Department Dr Jann Weinand joined the Vienna Convergence on Critical Raw Materials & supported early-career researchers at YEEES.
Strategic insight meets scientific mentoring.
#EnergyTransition #ICE2 #CRMs #YEEES2025
Strategic insight meets scientific mentoring.
#EnergyTransition #ICE2 #CRMs #YEEES2025
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🚀 New from our team: Global high-res solar irradiance data downscaled from 1h to 1min – boosting accuracy for energy system modelling.
Great work by Olalekan Omoyele and ICE-2 colleagues at @FZJuelich!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#EnergyModelling #Renewables #ICE2
Great work by Olalekan Omoyele and ICE-2 colleagues at @FZJuelich!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#EnergyModelling #Renewables #ICE2
A high-resolution downscaling approach for solar irradiance using statistical parameter matching
The limited intra-hour variability of globally available hourly renewable energy system data leads to inaccuracies in the modeling of renewable energy…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🚀 New from our team: Global high-res solar irradiance data downscaled from 1h to 1min – boosting accuracy for energy system modelling.
Great work by Olalekan Omoyele and ICE-2 colleagues at @FZJuelich!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#EnergyModelling #Renewables #ICE2
Great work by Olalekan Omoyele and ICE-2 colleagues at @FZJuelich!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#EnergyModelling #Renewables #ICE2
🚨 New paper out!
Our review “The role of geothermal plants in the global energy and materials transition” is now published in Nexus (Cell Press) 🌋
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.yn...
#GeothermalEnergy #EnergyTransition #EGS #Decarbonization #CriticalMaterials #EnergyModeling
Our review “The role of geothermal plants in the global energy and materials transition” is now published in Nexus (Cell Press) 🌋
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.yn...
#GeothermalEnergy #EnergyTransition #EGS #Decarbonization #CriticalMaterials #EnergyModeling
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October 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🚨 New paper out!
Our review “The role of geothermal plants in the global energy and materials transition” is now published in Nexus (Cell Press) 🌋
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.yn...
#GeothermalEnergy #EnergyTransition #EGS #Decarbonization #CriticalMaterials #EnergyModeling
Our review “The role of geothermal plants in the global energy and materials transition” is now published in Nexus (Cell Press) 🌋
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.yn...
#GeothermalEnergy #EnergyTransition #EGS #Decarbonization #CriticalMaterials #EnergyModeling
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📻 Listen to an interview by @christianccummins.bsky.social with participant Naja Dyrendom Graugaard about resource extractivism in Greenland here: fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
October 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
📻 Listen to an interview by @christianccummins.bsky.social with participant Naja Dyrendom Graugaard about resource extractivism in Greenland here: fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
Our study on land demand of renewables (iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...) was covered in a German quizshow yesterday (from min. 32): www.ardmediathek.de/video/wer-we...
Wer weiß denn sowas?: Christian Berkel und Dietmar Bär – Sendung vom 15.10.2025 - hier anschauen
Moderator Kai Pflaume begrüßt heute Christian Berkel und Dietmar Bär. Wie immer stehen Bernhard Hoëcker und Wotan Wilke Möhring als Teamkapitäne mit Rat und Tat parat!
www.ardmediathek.de
October 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Our study on land demand of renewables (iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...) was covered in a German quizshow yesterday (from min. 32): www.ardmediathek.de/video/wer-we...
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🌍 As the IWM– @uwmadison.bsky.social conference on Europe’s scramble for critical raw materials wraps up, we want to thank all participating experts for exploring how to secure sustainable, resilient supply chains amid geopolitical uncertainty, broaching issues from recycling to Ukraine’s CRMs.
October 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🌍 As the IWM– @uwmadison.bsky.social conference on Europe’s scramble for critical raw materials wraps up, we want to thank all participating experts for exploring how to secure sustainable, resilient supply chains amid geopolitical uncertainty, broaching issues from recycling to Ukraine’s CRMs.
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Neuer Professor für #Energieökonomik an der #TUBAF / Gemeinsame Berufung mit @fzj-ice2.bsky.social 👏 Stefan Vögele entwickelt Modelle und Szenarien, wie verschiedene Akteure in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft zur Erreichung der Klimaziele zusammenarbeiten können.
tu-freiberg.de/kurz-gemeldet
tu-freiberg.de/kurz-gemeldet
October 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Neuer Professor für #Energieökonomik an der #TUBAF / Gemeinsame Berufung mit @fzj-ice2.bsky.social 👏 Stefan Vögele entwickelt Modelle und Szenarien, wie verschiedene Akteure in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft zur Erreichung der Klimaziele zusammenarbeiten können.
tu-freiberg.de/kurz-gemeldet
tu-freiberg.de/kurz-gemeldet
Very intersting factcheck by Carbon Brief on solar power! They also covered our study on space requirements compared to golf courses:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#solar #Golf #renewables
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#solar #Golf #renewables
August 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Very intersting factcheck by Carbon Brief on solar power! They also covered our study on space requirements compared to golf courses:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#solar #Golf #renewables
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#solar #Golf #renewables
A new dataset to train NLP models: Wiki-Quantities and Wiki-Measurements: Datasets of quantities and their measurement context from Wikipedia www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A major update regarding data for (energy system) modelers will follow soon. Stay tuned...
#data #energysystem #renewables
A major update regarding data for (energy system) modelers will follow soon. Stay tuned...
#data #energysystem #renewables
Wiki-Quantities and Wiki-Measurements: Datasets of quantities and their measurement context from Wikipedia - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Wiki-Quantities and Wiki-Measurements: Datasets of quantities and their measurement context from Wikipedia
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August 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A new dataset to train NLP models: Wiki-Quantities and Wiki-Measurements: Datasets of quantities and their measurement context from Wikipedia www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A major update regarding data for (energy system) modelers will follow soon. Stay tuned...
#data #energysystem #renewables
A major update regarding data for (energy system) modelers will follow soon. Stay tuned...
#data #energysystem #renewables
🌍 What if the weather conditions are one of the biggest make-or-break factors for Direct Air Capture success?
Our new paper shows that weather variability isn’t just a detail—it can drastically change the cost and performance of DAC.
👉 Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ad... 1/n
Our new paper shows that weather variability isn’t just a detail—it can drastically change the cost and performance of DAC.
👉 Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ad... 1/n
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July 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🌍 What if the weather conditions are one of the biggest make-or-break factors for Direct Air Capture success?
Our new paper shows that weather variability isn’t just a detail—it can drastically change the cost and performance of DAC.
👉 Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ad... 1/n
Our new paper shows that weather variability isn’t just a detail—it can drastically change the cost and performance of DAC.
👉 Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ad... 1/n
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⛳ #DidYouKnow that countries across the world use more land for #golf courses than #wind or #solar energy?☀️🍃🪫
Read more about this research in this article from Environmental Research: Communications - iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#environment #landuse #golfcourse #windenergy #solarenergy
Read more about this research in this article from Environmental Research: Communications - iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#environment #landuse #golfcourse #windenergy #solarenergy
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
⛳ #DidYouKnow that countries across the world use more land for #golf courses than #wind or #solar energy?☀️🍃🪫
Read more about this research in this article from Environmental Research: Communications - iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#environment #landuse #golfcourse #windenergy #solarenergy
Read more about this research in this article from Environmental Research: Communications - iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#environment #landuse #golfcourse #windenergy #solarenergy
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Something to send to your uncle who insists there's just no space for #renewables:
Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy doi.org/10.1088/2515...
Lovely bit of land-use perspective by @jannweinand.bsky.social et al
Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy doi.org/10.1088/2515...
Lovely bit of land-use perspective by @jannweinand.bsky.social et al
Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy - IOPscience
Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy, Weinand, Jann Michael, Pelser, Tristan, Kleinebrahm, Max, Stolten, Detlef
doi.org
June 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Something to send to your uncle who insists there's just no space for #renewables:
Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy doi.org/10.1088/2515...
Lovely bit of land-use perspective by @jannweinand.bsky.social et al
Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy doi.org/10.1088/2515...
Lovely bit of land-use perspective by @jannweinand.bsky.social et al
Risks of AI-driven product development and strategies for their mitigation arxiv.org/abs/2506.00047
Risks of AI-driven product development and strategies for their mitigation
Humanity is progressing towards automated product development, a trend that promises faster creation of better products and thus the acceleration of technological progress. However, increasing relianc...
arxiv.org
June 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Risks of AI-driven product development and strategies for their mitigation arxiv.org/abs/2506.00047
🔍 Can AI + energy modeling help shape a climate-neutral Europe?
We're hiring a PhD researcher to combine LLMs & system optimization to assess emerging tech solutions.
🧠 Work with open tools in a top European research team.
📍 3-year position: www.fz-juelich.de/en/careers/j...
#Energy #AI
We're hiring a PhD researcher to combine LLMs & system optimization to assess emerging tech solutions.
🧠 Work with open tools in a top European research team.
📍 3-year position: www.fz-juelich.de/en/careers/j...
#Energy #AI
PhD Position – Benchmarking of Emerging Energy Technologies with Natural Language Processing and System Optimization
The research focus of Jülich Systems Analysis is the unbiased, scientific investigation of technologies, technology paths, value chains and market ramp-ups in future energy systems, considering materi...
www.fz-juelich.de
May 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🔍 Can AI + energy modeling help shape a climate-neutral Europe?
We're hiring a PhD researcher to combine LLMs & system optimization to assess emerging tech solutions.
🧠 Work with open tools in a top European research team.
📍 3-year position: www.fz-juelich.de/en/careers/j...
#Energy #AI
We're hiring a PhD researcher to combine LLMs & system optimization to assess emerging tech solutions.
🧠 Work with open tools in a top European research team.
📍 3-year position: www.fz-juelich.de/en/careers/j...
#Energy #AI
An invisible renewable energy system - is that possible?
Local opposition to wind and solar farms is often driven by their visual impact—but what if we could plan an energy system that people can't see?
We explored this in our latest study: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#energy #climate #renewable
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Local opposition to wind and solar farms is often driven by their visual impact—but what if we could plan an energy system that people can't see?
We explored this in our latest study: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#energy #climate #renewable
1/4
Quantifying the trade-offs between renewable energy visibility and system costs - Nature Communications
Moderately reducing the visibility of renewable energy infrastructure in Germany is found to have a negligible impact on energy system costs and design. Strict visibility restrictions, however, may re...
doi.org
May 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
An invisible renewable energy system - is that possible?
Local opposition to wind and solar farms is often driven by their visual impact—but what if we could plan an energy system that people can't see?
We explored this in our latest study: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#energy #climate #renewable
1/4
Local opposition to wind and solar farms is often driven by their visual impact—but what if we could plan an energy system that people can't see?
We explored this in our latest study: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#energy #climate #renewable
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I have an open position for a doctoral/postdoctoral researcher in my group @unileipzig.bsky.social (fully funded, 3 years, starting 10/2025). Research shall be on quantitative economic analyses of water management and/or climate adaptation. Deadline: 31 May 2025. Feel free DM me for questions.
April 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I have an open position for a doctoral/postdoctoral researcher in my group @unileipzig.bsky.social (fully funded, 3 years, starting 10/2025). Research shall be on quantitative economic analyses of water management and/or climate adaptation. Deadline: 31 May 2025. Feel free DM me for questions.
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Quantifying the trade-offs between renewable energy visibility and system costs, by @jannweinand.bsky.social et al. 🔌💡 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Quantifying the trade-offs between renewable energy visibility and system costs - Nature Communications
Moderately reducing the visibility of renewable energy infrastructure in Germany is found to have a negligible impact on energy system costs and design. Strict visibility restrictions, however, may re...
www.nature.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Quantifying the trade-offs between renewable energy visibility and system costs, by @jannweinand.bsky.social et al. 🔌💡 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Happy that our article "Low-carbon lithium extraction makes deep geothermal plants cost-competitive in future energy systems" (doi.org/10.1016/j.ad...) has been chosen by the journal Chief Editor as "Article with real-world impact"
News www.sciencedirect.com/journal/adva...
#lithium #geothermal
News www.sciencedirect.com/journal/adva...
#lithium #geothermal
April 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Happy that our article "Low-carbon lithium extraction makes deep geothermal plants cost-competitive in future energy systems" (doi.org/10.1016/j.ad...) has been chosen by the journal Chief Editor as "Article with real-world impact"
News www.sciencedirect.com/journal/adva...
#lithium #geothermal
News www.sciencedirect.com/journal/adva...
#lithium #geothermal
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✈️🚢🧪For Europe's green fuels for aviation, shipping, and chemicals: Should we pipeline H₂ to industrial CO₂ capture sites, or CO₂ to regions with better renewable resources for H₂ production?
📖 See our new study in @natureenergy.bsky.social on future carbon management: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📖 See our new study in @natureenergy.bsky.social on future carbon management: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
✈️🚢🧪For Europe's green fuels for aviation, shipping, and chemicals: Should we pipeline H₂ to industrial CO₂ capture sites, or CO₂ to regions with better renewable resources for H₂ production?
📖 See our new study in @natureenergy.bsky.social on future carbon management: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📖 See our new study in @natureenergy.bsky.social on future carbon management: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/4 🎓🌍 Exciting PhD opportunity alert!
We're hiring at Forschungszentrum Jülich.
Position: Modelling CO₂ capture, utilization & negative emissions
➡️ Position: fz-juelich.de/en/careers/jobs/2025D-042
Model in focus: doi.org/10.1016/j.ad...
#PhD #EnergySystems
We're hiring at Forschungszentrum Jülich.
Position: Modelling CO₂ capture, utilization & negative emissions
➡️ Position: fz-juelich.de/en/careers/jobs/2025D-042
Model in focus: doi.org/10.1016/j.ad...
#PhD #EnergySystems
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April 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
1/4 🎓🌍 Exciting PhD opportunity alert!
We're hiring at Forschungszentrum Jülich.
Position: Modelling CO₂ capture, utilization & negative emissions
➡️ Position: fz-juelich.de/en/careers/jobs/2025D-042
Model in focus: doi.org/10.1016/j.ad...
#PhD #EnergySystems
We're hiring at Forschungszentrum Jülich.
Position: Modelling CO₂ capture, utilization & negative emissions
➡️ Position: fz-juelich.de/en/careers/jobs/2025D-042
Model in focus: doi.org/10.1016/j.ad...
#PhD #EnergySystems
Eine neue Übersicht zum Flächenverbrauch in Deutschland von NaturEnergie:
www.linkedin.com/posts/nature...
Weiterführende Berechnungen: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#golf #solarenergy #windpower #renewable
www.linkedin.com/posts/nature...
Weiterführende Berechnungen: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#golf #solarenergy #windpower #renewable
March 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Eine neue Übersicht zum Flächenverbrauch in Deutschland von NaturEnergie:
www.linkedin.com/posts/nature...
Weiterführende Berechnungen: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#golf #solarenergy #windpower #renewable
www.linkedin.com/posts/nature...
Weiterführende Berechnungen: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#golf #solarenergy #windpower #renewable
X or #ElonMusk does not like our study "Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than #wind or #solar #energy" iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
For example, the post by @cleanenergywire.bsky.social on X was only shown 250 times, despite the large number of followers (>10,000).
For example, the post by @cleanenergywire.bsky.social on X was only shown 250 times, despite the large number of followers (>10,000).
Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy - IOPscienceSearch
Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy, Weinand, Jann Michael, Pelser, Tristan, Kleinebrahm, Max, Stolten, Detlef
iopscience.iop.org
March 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
X or #ElonMusk does not like our study "Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than #wind or #solar #energy" iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
For example, the post by @cleanenergywire.bsky.social on X was only shown 250 times, despite the large number of followers (>10,000).
For example, the post by @cleanenergywire.bsky.social on X was only shown 250 times, despite the large number of followers (>10,000).
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Ich so im Spiegel: für den Umstieg auf die Elektromobilität brauchen wir nicht nur Fördergeld, sondern vor allem #Technologieklarheit. Gilt übrigens auch für Wärmepumpen.
(S+) Klimamilliarden für die neue Bundesregierung: Was kann man damit erreichen?
100 Milliarden Euro sind im neuen Investitionspaket für den Klimaschutz reserviert. Macht diese Summe einen Unterschied? Energiewende-Experte Wolf-Peter Schill sagt, welche Prioritäten eine Regierung ...
www.spiegel.de
March 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Ich so im Spiegel: für den Umstieg auf die Elektromobilität brauchen wir nicht nur Fördergeld, sondern vor allem #Technologieklarheit. Gilt übrigens auch für Wärmepumpen.