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Other publications: Life cycle assessment: advancing spatiotemporal analyses of electricity generation and transportation systems | Land use inventories for electricity generation infrastructure | Integrated LCA and techno-economic analysis / costing of energy technologies | Technology-policy and energy systems analyses
All ETPA's published articles are available to view here. An asterisk (*) after an author's name denotes a postdoctoral scholar, graduate or undergraduate student. ‡ denotes shared first authorship.
Articles in refereed journals
US Ethane Emissions and Trends Estimated from Atmospheric Observations
*Zhang, M., I. Vimont, S. M. Jordaan, L. Hu, K. McKain, M. Crotwell, D. Gaeta, S. Miller. (2024).
Environmental Science & Technology
Land Resources for Wind Energy Development Requires Regionalized Characterization
*Dai, T., Jose, J. M., Zhao, Y., Zheng,* S., Sun, Y., Patel, V. M., and S. M. Jordaan. (2024).
Environmental Science & Technology, 8(11): 5014–5023
Energy transition paradox: Solar and wind growth can hinder decarbonization
*Li, X., Liu, P., Feng, M., Jordaan, S. M., Cheng, L., Ming, B., Chen, J., Xie, K., and W. Liu. (2024).
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 192: 114220
Inter-annual Variability in Atmospheric Transport Complicates Estimation of US Methane Emissions Trends
*Feng, L., Tavakkoli, S., Jordaan, S. M., Andrews, A., Benmergui, J., Waugh, D. W., Zhang, M., Gaeta, D. C., and S. M Miller. (2023).
Geophysical Research Letters, 50(14): e2022GL100366
The Life Cycle Land Use of Natural Gas-Fired Electricity in the US Western Interconnection
*Dai, T., Jose, J. M., Patel, V. M., and S. M. Jordaan. (2023).
Environmental Science: Advances, 2(5): 815-826
Air pollution co-benefits from electric transmission and distribution systems
*Nock, D., L. Janicke, K. Surana, S. M. Jordaan. (2023).
Energy, 269: 126735
Standardized metrics to quantify solar energy-land relationships
*Cagle, A. E., M. Shepherd, S. M. Grodsky, A. Armstrong, S. M. Jordaan, R. R. Hernandez. (2023).
Frontiers in Sustainability, 3: 1035705
Life cycle impacts of land use on ecosystem services of concentrated solar power generation in the United States
*Rangarajan, S., Hernandez, R. R., and S. M. Jordaan. (2022).
Frontiers in Sustainability, 3: 1021971
Global mitigation opportunities for the life cycle of gas-fired power
*Jordaan, S. M., Ruttinger, A. W., Surana, K., Nock, D., Miller, S. M., and A. P. Ravikumar. (2022).
Nature Climate Change, 2(11): 1059-1067
Comments on: Land use for United States power generation: A critical review of existing metrics with suggestions for going forward
*Hernandez, R. R., Cagle, A., Grodsky, S. M., Exley, G., and S. M. Jordaan. (2022).
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 166: 112526
Gaussian Process Regression as a Replicable, Streamlined Approach to Inventory and Uncertainty Analysis in Life Cycle Assessment
*Dai, T., Jordaan, S. M., and A. Wemhoff. (2022).
Environmental Science & Technology, 56(6): 3821–3829
Designing an innovation system to support profitable electro- and bio-catalytic carbon upgrade
*Ruttinger, A., Tavakkoli, S., Shen, H., Wang, C., and S. M. Jordaan. (2022).
Energy & Environmental Science, 15: 1222-1233
The implications of generation efficiencies and supply chain leaks for the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas fired electricity
*Tavakkoli, S., Feng, L., Miller, S., and S. M. Jordaan. (2022).
Environmental Science & Technology, 56(4): 2540–2550
Innovation in intermittent electricity and stationary energy storage in the United States and Canada: A Review
*Jordaan, S. M., Park, J., and S. Rangarajan. (2022).
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 158: 112149
Electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide for the Paris goals
*Jordaan, S. M., and C. Wang. (2021).
Nature Catalysis, 4(11): 915-920
Spatiotemporal energy infrastructure datasets for the United States: A review
*Tavakkoli, S., Macknick, J., Heath, G.A., and S. M. Jordaan. (2021).
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 152: 111616
Life Cycle Assessment of Electricity Generation: a systematic review of spatiotemporal methods
*Jordaan, S.M., Combs, C., and E. Guenther. (2021).
Advances in Applied Energy, p. 100058
Quantifying the ecosystem services values of electricity generation in the US Chihuahuan Desert: A life cycle perspective
*Jordaan, S. M., J. Lee, M. McClung, and M. Moran. (2021).
Journal of Industrial Ecology
Aligning climate change and Sustainable Development Goals with an innovation systems roadmap for renewable power
*Hernandez, R. R., Jordaan, S. M., B. Kaldunski, and N. Kumar. (2020).
Frontiers in Sustainability, 1:11
Potential uses of coal mine methane in China and associated benefits for air quality, health and climate
*Zhang, M., Miller, S., Jordaan, S. M., R. Xia, T. Shen, and W. Meng. (2020).
Environmental Science & Technology
Grid-scale Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Benefits of Renewable, Storage and Carbon Pricing Options
*Jordaan, S. M., Q. Xu, and B. Hobbs. (2020).
Environmental Science & Technology, 54(17):10435-10445
Unmanaged climate risks to spent fuel from U.S. nuclear power plants: the case of sea level rise
*Jenkins, L., M.,* R. Alvarez, and S. M. Jordaan. (2020).
Energy Policy, 137:111106
The Climate Vulnerabilities of Global Nuclear Power
*Jordaan, S. M., A. Siddiqi, B. Kakenmaster, and A. Hill. (2019).
Global Environmental Politics, 19(4): 3-13
The climate mitigation opportunity behind global power transmission and distribution
*Surana, K., and S. M. Jordaan.‡ (2019).
Nature Climate Change, 9: 660–665
The Dynamics of Advancing Climate Policy in Federal Political Systems
*Jordaan, S. M., A. Davidson,* J. Nazari, I. M. Herremans. (2019).
Environmental Policy and Governance, 29(3):220-234
On Methane Emissions from Shale Gas Development
*Umeozor, E. C.,* S. M. Jordaan, and I. D. Gates. (2018).
Energy, 152:594-600
A spatially-resolved inventory analysis of the water consumed by the coal-to-gas transition of Pennsylvania
*Jordaan, S. M., L. A. Patterson, and L. Diaz Anadon. (2018).
Journal of Cleaner Production, 184:366–374
Country-level Life Cycle Assessment of Liquefied Natural Gas Trade for Electricity Generation
*Kasumu, A.,* V. Li,* J. W. Coleman, J. Liendo,* S. M. Jordaan. (2018).
Environmental Science & Technology, 52(4):1735–1746
Reducing fugitive methane emissions from the North American oil and gas sector: a proposed science-policy framework
*Konschnik, K., and S. M. Jordaan. (2018).
Climate Policy, 18(9):1133-1151
Resilience for power systems amid a changing climate
*Jordaan, S. M. (2018).
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 74(2):95–101
Understanding the life cycle surface land requirements of natural gas-fired electricity
*Jordaan, S. M., G. A. Heath, J. Macknick, E. Mohammadi,* D. Ben-Horin, V. Urrea, and D. Marceau. (2017).
Nature Energy, 2:804–812
The role of energy technology innovation in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Canada
*Jordaan, S. M., E. Romo-Rabago, R. McLeary, L. Reidy,* J. Nazari, I. M. Herremans. (2017).
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 78:1397–1409
Whatever happened to the golden age of natural gas?
*Boersma, T., and S. M. Jordaan. (2017).
Energy Transitions, 1:5
A life cycle perspective on land use and project economics of electricity from wind and anaerobic digestion
*Ciliberti, C., S. M. Jordaan, S. V. Smith, S. Spatari. (2016).
Energy Policy, 89:52–63
Methane Leaks from North American Natural Gas Systems
*Brandt, A. R., G. A. Heath, E. A. Kort, F. O'Sullivan, G. Pétron, S. M. Jordaan, P. Tans, J. Wilcox, A. M. Gopstein, D. Arent, S. Wofsy, N. J. Brown, R. Bradley, G. D. Stucky, D. Eardley, and R. Harriss. (2014).
Science, 343:733–735
Regional water implications of reducing oil imports with liquid transportation fuel alternatives in the United States
*Jordaan, S. M., L. D. Anadon, E. Mielke, D. P. Schrag. (2013).
Environmental Science & Technology, 47(21): 11976–11984
Land and water impacts of oil sands production in Alberta
*Jordaan, S. M. (2012).
Environmental Science & Technology, 46(7): 3611–3617
Evaluating the role of cogeneration for carbon management in Alberta
*Doluweera, G., S. M. Jordaan, M. Moore, D. W. Keith, and J. A. Bergerson. (2011).
Energy Policy, 39:7963–7974
Land use greenhouse gas emissions from conventional oil and oil sands production
*Yeh, S., S. M. Jordaan, A. Brandt, S. Spatari, M. Turetksy, D. W. Keith. (2010).
Environmental Science & Technology, 44(22):8766–8772
Quantifying land use of oil sands production: a life cycle perspective
*Jordaan, S. M., D. W. Keith, B. Stelfox. (2009).
Environmental Research Letters, 4:024004
Ethical risks of attenuating climate change through new energy systems: the case of a biofuel system
*Jordaan, S. M. (2007).
Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics, 2007:23–29