Gert Jan Kramer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6580119 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gert Jan Kramer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gert Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Kramer |
| SIGNATURE | KRAMER G J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utrecht University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8983-4516 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The role of public actors in financing the development of offshore wind projects in the North Sea
In Europe, the development of offshore wind power plays a key role in the energy transition. Much research into the conditions for this development in European countries focuses on policy instruments. However, the role of the financing options available for offshore wind power projects has received much less attention. What is the role of public financial actors when it comes to actual investments in offshore wind power, and what is the role of p…
Carbon flow map
Carbon is a fundamental component of our economy, as well as a key element of greenhouse gas emissions. Tracking carbon flows captures energy, material, and climate impacts, and enables a direct examination of the link between material and energy transitions, indicating progress towards circular carbon and the net-zero target. This study presents a novel method for mapping carbon flows at the macro level using national accounts data, while also e…
Car energy efficiency and emissions in the built environment
To mitigate climate change and safeguard energy security, it is necessary to limit car dependence, reduce car weights, and shift to alternative car powertrains. This study therefore looked into the real-world specific energy consumption and $$\hbox {CO}_{{2}}$$ CO 2 emissions of cars in the Netherlands. Next, it analyzed how sociodemographic and built environment variables influence energy-relevant car type choices with a multilevel discrete choi…
Imagining a hydrogen economy
Conceptions of a future hydrogen economy have undergone a significant evolution over the past 50+ years. This study identifies three distinct ‘Waves’, or periods of high expectations for a hydrogen economy. The First and Second Waves were followed by declining optimism; the Third Wave is ongoing today. The three Waves are analyzed through a multi-method literature review, and we specifically analyze the First Wave through key historical sources a…
Characterization of necessary elements for a definition of resilience for the energy system
Government versus the people – The mismatch in value use to assess solar farms in the Netherlands
In energy projects, especially in controversial ones, two trajectories of assessment can be distinguished: a formal trajectory, embedded in the legal system, and an informal trajectory, residing in the public discourse. Often, there is a fundamental mismatch between these two trajectories. The informal trajectory arises because local residents perceive certain shortcomings in values used to assess the project in the formal trajectory. In this pap…
Spatial and sociodemographic determinants of energy consumption for personal mobility in the Netherlands
We used a combination of logistic and multilinear regression models to analyze how the built environment and people's sociodemographic characteristics are related to energy consumption for personal mobility in the Netherlands. This energy consumption was accurately and comprehensively quantified based on distances travelled with a large number of modes, distances travelled with different types of cars, the occupancy of cars, and the probability o…
The Changing Meaning of Energy Return on Investment and the Implications for the Prospects of Post-fossil Civilization
Jumping to a better world
Understanding the possible transition pathways of the energy system requires the integration of human behaviour in energy system models. In order to model the influence of actor behaviour we have developed ACT (Agent-Based Model of Critical Transitions), an agent-based model inspired by an existing conceptualisation of critical transitions. ACT allows us to depart from the current mean-field approach and explicitly explore the effects of heteroge…
Energy scenarios—Exploring disruption and innovation
In this perspective I argue that the term ‘disruptive innovation’ is at best too narrow and at worst meaningless to describe the important transformation of energy in the light of the pressing problem of climate change and the ambition to reach the targets of the Paris accord. Breaking the term apart, however, into disruption and innovation opens up a rich space for scenario exploration. If we take stock of what is possible or even likely to happ…
A Worrier's Guide to the Future
More than 40 years ago, the Club of Rome published the scenario and modeling study The Limits to Growth . Since then, the report has stimulated discussions about the sustainability, or collapse, of the global economy and population. One of its authors, Jorgen Randers, now gives his best guess for the next 40 years
Challenges for Industrial Ecology in Practice and Theory
Energy scenarios—Exploring disruption and innovation
In this perspective I argue that the term ‘disruptive innovation’ is at best too narrow and at worst meaningless to describe the important transformation of energy in the light of the pressing problem of climate change and the ambition to reach the targets of the Paris accord. Breaking the term apart, however, into disruption and innovation opens up a rich space for scenario exploration. If we take stock of what is possible or even likely to happ…
Jumping to a better world
Understanding the possible transition pathways of the energy system requires the integration of human behaviour in energy system models. In order to model the influence of actor behaviour we have developed ACT (Agent-Based Model of Critical Transitions), an agent-based model inspired by an existing conceptualisation of critical transitions. ACT allows us to depart from the current mean-field approach and explicitly explore the effects of heteroge…
Government versus the people – The mismatch in value use to assess solar farms in the Netherlands
In energy projects, especially in controversial ones, two trajectories of assessment can be distinguished: a formal trajectory, embedded in the legal system, and an informal trajectory, residing in the public discourse. Often, there is a fundamental mismatch between these two trajectories. The informal trajectory arises because local residents perceive certain shortcomings in values used to assess the project in the formal trajectory. In this pap…
Challenges for Industrial Ecology in Practice and Theory
A Worrier's Guide to the Future
More than 40 years ago, the Club of Rome published the scenario and modeling study The Limits to Growth . Since then, the report has stimulated discussions about the sustainability, or collapse, of the global economy and population. One of its authors, Jorgen Randers, now gives his best guess for the next 40 years
Energy scenarios—Exploring disruption and innovation
In this perspective I argue that the term ‘disruptive innovation’ is at best too narrow and at worst meaningless to describe the important transformation of energy in the light of the pressing problem of climate change and the ambition to reach the targets of the Paris accord. Breaking the term apart, however, into disruption and innovation opens up a rich space for scenario exploration. If we take stock of what is possible or even likely to happ…
Jumping to a better world
Understanding the possible transition pathways of the energy system requires the integration of human behaviour in energy system models. In order to model the influence of actor behaviour we have developed ACT (Agent-Based Model of Critical Transitions), an agent-based model inspired by an existing conceptualisation of critical transitions. ACT allows us to depart from the current mean-field approach and explicitly explore the effects of heteroge…
The Changing Meaning of Energy Return on Investment and the Implications for the Prospects of Post-fossil Civilization
Spatial and sociodemographic determinants of energy consumption for personal mobility in the Netherlands
We used a combination of logistic and multilinear regression models to analyze how the built environment and people's sociodemographic characteristics are related to energy consumption for personal mobility in the Netherlands. This energy consumption was accurately and comprehensively quantified based on distances travelled with a large number of modes, distances travelled with different types of cars, the occupancy of cars, and the probability o…
Government versus the people – The mismatch in value use to assess solar farms in the Netherlands
In energy projects, especially in controversial ones, two trajectories of assessment can be distinguished: a formal trajectory, embedded in the legal system, and an informal trajectory, residing in the public discourse. Often, there is a fundamental mismatch between these two trajectories. The informal trajectory arises because local residents perceive certain shortcomings in values used to assess the project in the formal trajectory. In this pap…
Characterization of necessary elements for a definition of resilience for the energy system
Imagining a hydrogen economy
Conceptions of a future hydrogen economy have undergone a significant evolution over the past 50+ years. This study identifies three distinct ‘Waves’, or periods of high expectations for a hydrogen economy. The First and Second Waves were followed by declining optimism; the Third Wave is ongoing today. The three Waves are analyzed through a multi-method literature review, and we specifically analyze the First Wave through key historical sources a…
The role of public actors in financing the development of offshore wind projects in the North Sea
In Europe, the development of offshore wind power plays a key role in the energy transition. Much research into the conditions for this development in European countries focuses on policy instruments. However, the role of the financing options available for offshore wind power projects has received much less attention. What is the role of public financial actors when it comes to actual investments in offshore wind power, and what is the role of p…
Carbon flow map
Carbon is a fundamental component of our economy, as well as a key element of greenhouse gas emissions. Tracking carbon flows captures energy, material, and climate impacts, and enables a direct examination of the link between material and energy transitions, indicating progress towards circular carbon and the net-zero target. This study presents a novel method for mapping carbon flows at the macro level using national accounts data, while also e…
Car energy efficiency and emissions in the built environment
To mitigate climate change and safeguard energy security, it is necessary to limit car dependence, reduce car weights, and shift to alternative car powertrains. This study therefore looked into the real-world specific energy consumption and $$\hbox {CO}_{{2}}$$ CO 2 emissions of cars in the Netherlands. Next, it analyzed how sociodemographic and built environment variables influence energy-relevant car type choices with a multilevel discrete choi…
Economics (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Global Energy and Sustainability Research (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Environmental economics (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (4 works) · Energy (signal processing (3 works)