Publications

The economics of small modular reactors at coal sites: A program-level analysis within the state of Texas

E Wieser, K Clarno, D Haas, ME Webber
Energy Policy 202, 114572, 2025

Effect of hydrogen leakage on the life cycle climate impacts of hydrogen supply chains

EG Goita, EA Beagle, AN Nasta, DL Wissmiller, A Ravikumar, ME Webber
Communications Earth & Environment 6 (1), 160, 2025

Economic Impacts of Texas Small Modular Reactor Industry Development, 2024-2055

B Kellison, M Kammer-Kerwick, J Jarrett, B Lewandowski, R Kasten, ...

A method to analyze the costs and emissions tradeoffs of connecting ERCOT to WECC

DA Kassel, JD Rhodes, ME Webber
Applied Energy 378, 124732, 2025

Assessing Carbon Removal Technologies: Integrating Technical Potential with Environmental, Social, Governance Criteria and Sequestration Permanence

K Debackere
iScience, 2024

Assessment of a coupled electricity and hydrogen sector in the Texas energy system in 2050

J Gawlick, EA Beagle, ME Webber, T Hamacher
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 91, 787-799, 2024

Valuing distributed energy resources for non-wires alternatives

ND Laws, ME Webber, D Chen
Electric Power Systems Research 234, 110521, 2024

From emissions to resources: mitigating the critical raw material supply chain vulnerability of renewable energy technologies

J Mertens, J Dewulf, C Breyer, R Belmans, C Gendron, P Geoffron, ...
Mineral Economics 37 (3), 669-676, 2024

Circularity: Understanding the Environmental Tradeoffs of Additive Manufacturing with Waste Plastics

E Bilal, YR Glazer, DM Sassaman, CC Seepersad, ME Webber
Recycling 9 (5), 72, 2024

A Review of Resilience and Long-Term Planning in Power and Water Systems in the United States

S Reynolds, YR Glazer, K Oikonomou, JS Homer, M Webber
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States), 2024

Assessing the potential for building sector retrofits to mitigate ERCOT electricity shortfalls during Winter Storm Uri

MJ Skiles, JD Rhodes, ME Webber
arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.01027, 2024

Model to inform the expansion of hydrogen distribution infrastructure

E Beagle, M Lewis, B Pecora, J Rhodes, M Webber, R Hebner
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 49, 105-113, 2024

Considerations for the Austin Energy Resource, Generation, and Climate Protection Plan to 2035

E Arnim, YR Glazer, ME Webber

Determining Life Cycle Emissions of Hydrogen Production Using the 45VH2-GREET Model for the 45V Hydrogen Production Tax Credit

L Rivera Gomez, EA Beagle, M Lewis, ME Webber

Ensuring reliability: What is the optimal time for power plant maintenance in Texas as the climate changes?

H Daigle, JD Rhodes, A Pyrcz, ME Webber
The Electricity Journal 37 (1), 107365, 2024

Texas Can Go Big to Reach Net Zero

ME Webber
Mechanical Engineering 145 (6), 38-43, 2023

Solid waste, a lever for decarbonization

ME Webber, YR Glazer
Science 382 (6672), 762-763, 2023

Carbon capture and utilization: more than hiding CO2 for some time

J Mertens, C Breyer, K Arning, A Bardow, R Belmans, A Dibenedetto, ...
Joule 7 (3), 442-449, 2023

Perspectives on peak demand: How is ERCOT peak electric load evolving in the context of changing weather and heating electrification?

MJ Skiles, JD Rhodes, ME Webber
The Electricity Journal 36 (2-3), 107254, 2023

Observations of peak electric load growth in ERCOT with the rise of electrified heating and its implications for future resource planning

MJ Skiles, JD Rhodes, ME Webber
arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.01304, 2023

Joshua Rhodes

Research Scientist, The University of Texas at Austin

Ashlynn S. Stillwell

Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Ronald Hanson

Kelly Twomey Sanders

Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California

Stuart M. Cohen

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

F. Todd Davidson

The United States Military Academy

Robert Hebner

Univrsity of Texas at Austin

Emily Grubert

Associate Professor, Notre Dame

Robert Fares

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Kazunori Nagasawa

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Wesley J Cole

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Colin Beal

B&D Engineering and Consulting LLC

Samuel C Johnson

University of Texas at Austin

Margaret Cook

Houston Advanced Research Center

Chioke Harris

Senior Research Engineer, Building Science and Technologies Center, National Renewable Energy

Amanda Cuellar

B&D Engineering

Scott T. Sanders

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Dr. Jared Garrison

Post Doctoral Researcher, ETH Zurich

Benjamin D. Leibowicz

Associate Professor & Banks McLaurin Fellow in Engineering | University of Texas at Austin

Rodney Ruoff

The IBS CMCM, Dept. of Chemistry, Dept. of MS&ESchool of Energy and ChEng,