CET
Centre for Energy Technologies
Centre for Energy Technologies (CET) is an independent research centre at Aarhus University that focuses on the development of new and innovative energy systems for businesses and consumers, primarily in the areas of electricity, renewable energy, energy efficiency and hydrogen. It aspires to be one of the leading national and regional producers of independent, high-quality academic research related to energy studies and energy policy.
Publications
Baresi, U., Baum, C. M., Fischer, T. B., Lockie, S., Piggott-McKellar, A., Graham, V., Bohensky, E., Fritz, L. B., Shumway, N., Harrison, D. P., Foster, R., Sovacool, B. K., Vella, K. & Ristovski, Z. (2025). A call for strategic assessments of regional applications of solar radiation management: Exploring the challenges and opportunities from marine cloud brightening and albedo surface modification. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 110, Article 107701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107701
Sovacool, B., Baum, C. M., Cantoni, R. & Low, S. (2024). Actors, legitimacy, and governance challenges facing negative emissions and solar geoengineering technologies. Environmental Politics, 33(2), 340-365. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2023.2210464
Low, S. J., Boettcher, M., Asayama, S., Baum, C. M., Borth, A., Brown, C., Clingerman, F., Dauvergne, P., De Pryck, K., Gupta, A., Honegger, M., Lenzi, D., Reitsma, R., Schenuit, F., Scott-Buechler, C. & Valenzuela, J.-M. (2024). An earth system governance research agenda for carbon removal. Earth System Governance, 19, Article 100204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2024.100204
Herman, K. S. & Sovacool, B. K. (2024). Applying the multi-level perspective to climate geoengineering: Sociotechnical bottlenecks for negative emissions and cloud seeding technologies. Energy Research and Social Science, 115, Article 103637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103637
Sovacool, B. K., AbdulRafiu, A., Hudson, M., McManus, M., Korre, A., Marr, I., Howard, C. & Maroto-Valer, M. M. (2024). Beyond the factory: Ten interdisciplinary lessons for industrial decarbonisation practice and policy. Energy Reports, 11, 5935-5946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2024.05.048
Matos, S. V., Schleper, M. C., Hall, J. K., Baum, C. M., Low, S. & Sovacool, B. K. (2024). Beyond the new normal for sustainability: transformative operations and supply chain management for negative emissions. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 44(13), 263-295. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-06-2024-0487
Stock, R. & Sovacool, B. K. (2024). Blinded by sunspots: Revealing the multidimensional and intersectional inequities of solar energy in India. Global Environmental Change, 84, Article 102796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102796
Fritz , L., Baum, C. M., Brutschin, E., Low, S. & Sovacool, B. (2024). Climate beliefs, climate technologies and transformation pathways: Contextualizing public perceptions in 22 countries. Global Environmental Change, 87, Article 102880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2024.102880
Minx, J. C., Hilaire, J., Müller-Hansen, F., Nemet, G., Diluiso, F., Andrew, R. M., Ayas, C., Bauer, N., Bi, S. L., Clarke, L., Creutzig, F., Cui, R. Y., Jotzo, F., Kalkuhl, M., Lamb, W. F., Löschel, A., Manych, N., Meinshausen, M., Oei, P. Y. ... Wiseman, J. (2024). Coal transitions—part 2: phase-out dynamics in global long-term mitigation scenarios. Environmental Research Letters, 19(3), Article 033002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad24cd
Sovacool, B. K., Evensen, D., Baum, C. M., Fritz, L. & Low, S. (2024). Demographics shape public preferences for carbon dioxide removal and solar geoengineering interventions across 30 countries. Communications Earth and Environment, 5(1), Article 642. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01800-1
Activities
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- Xydis, Georgios, Editor, Challenges (Journal) , 2020
- Enevoldsen, Peter, Lecturer, European Socio-Technical Wind Atlas , 01.10.2019
- Xydis, Georgios, Editorial board member, Sustainability (Switzerland) (Journal) , 01.06.2019 -01.06.2022
- Enevoldsen, Peter, Lecturer, Wind, Water, and Solar , 09.04.2019
- Enevoldsen, Peter, Editor, Energy for Sustainable Development (Journal) , 01.2019
- Xydis, George, Editor, Energies (Journal) , 14.11.2018 -07.07.2019
- Enevoldsen, Peter, Lecturer, WWS to save the world? , 07.11.2018
- Apostolou, Dimitrios, Invited speaker, Xydis, George, Invited speaker, Assessment of a small-scale H2 refuelling station suitable for light-duty vehicles , 12.07.2018
- Xydis, George, Participant, Enevoldsen, Peter, Participant, NAXOS 2018 , 13.06.2018
- Xydis, George, Editor, Energy & Environment (Journal) , 01.01.2018
Research focus
The scientific backbone of CET is to pursue research within renewable energy technologies, in order to:
- Combine a large number of data from experiments with (applied) science for understanding the processes in scientific and practical problems.
- Design science research (understanding, analysing, systematising frameworks to determine the design of socio-technological development).
- Map analytical tools to understand technologies in companies and society from a socio-technical perspective
- Apply an open approach to technology in the context of changes and the ability to support diversity with combinations of existing and novel technologies into new opportunities.
- Examine energy management processes with a particular focus on governance of technical development and operations processes in the view of support of complex and changing technologies in companies.
- Ensure the involvement of relevant organisational and economic aspects in concrete design, implementation and operation of technology driven business solutions.
Objectives
The group's main objectives are to:
- Pursue and publish research within renewable energy technologies as consisting of the energy modelling, innovation, socio-technical systems, energy planning, digitalization and technological development.
- Contribute to the engineering study programmes at BTECH/AU. In particular to support the MSc in Engineering study programme (cand.polyt.).
- Build bridges to private companies and public institutions with technology and socio-technological solutions.
Visions
The main visions of the CET research group are to:
- Contribute/support the engineering study programmes at BTECH/AU with research-based teaching.
- Become an attractive research project partner for national and international research groups.
- Support private companies and public institutions with technology and socio-technological solutions.
- Profiling and positioning the engineering education in the business community in Denmark and among students in national and international environments.
- Create a vibrant environment for the talent development of final-stage MSc students, PhD students, postdocs and assistant professors.
The research group vision is to connect these five visions in various labs where students, researchers and industry can collaborate.
