Lei Xu

Lei Xu, M.Sc.

  • Scientific staff until 2022
  • resigned
  • Research group “Socio-Technical Energy Futures”

  • Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
    Postfach 3640
    76021 Karlsruhe

Fields of work

  • Life cycle assessment
  • Energy system analysis

Professional background

2012 - 2015 M.Sc. - Master's Program of Infrastructure Planning (MIP), University of Stuttgart, Germany
2014 Master thesis at Institute for Energy Economics and the Rational Use of Energy (IER), University of Stuttgart: "Life cycle assessment of wind power in China: a case study of an onshore wind power plant in Inner Mongolia"
2008 - 2012 B.Sc. - Environmental Science, Beijing Normal University (BNU), China
2012 Bachelor thesis at Environmental School, BNU: "Assessment of energy potential of biomass resources in China"

Publications


2022
Journal Articles
Wang, Z.; Jochem, P.; Yilmaz, H. Ü.; Xu, L.
Integrating vehicle-to-grid technology into energy system models: Novel methods and their impact on greenhouse gas emissions
2022. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 26 (2), 392–405. doi:10.1111/jiec.13200 
2021
Journal Articles
Xu, L.; Wang, Z.; Yilmaz, H. Ü.; Poganietz, W.-R.; Ren, H.; Guo, Y.
Considering the Impacts of Metal Depletion on the European Electricity System
2021. Energies, 14 (6), Article no: 1560. doi:10.3390/en14061560 Full textFull text of the publication as PDF document 
2020
Journal Articles
Guo, Y.; Yu, Y.; Ren, H.; Xu, L.
Scenario-based DEA assessment of energy-saving technological combinations in aluminum industry
2020. Journal of cleaner production, 260, 121010. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121010 
Xu, L.; Fuss, M.; Poganietz, W.-R.; Jochem, P.; Schreiber, S.; Zoephel, C.; Brown, N.
An Environmental Assessment Framework for Energy System Analysis (EAFESA): The method and its application to the European energy system transformation
2020. Journal of cleaner production, 243, 118614. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118614 
Xu, L.; Yilmaz, H. Ü.; Wang, Z.; Poganietz, W.-R.; Jochem, P.
Greenhouse gas emissions of electric vehicles in Europe considering different charging strategies
2020. Transportation research / D, 87, Article: 102534. doi:10.1016/j.trd.2020.102534 
2019
2018
Journal Articles
Xu, L.; Pang, M.; Zhang, L.; Poganietz, W.-R.; Marathe, S. D.
Life cycle assessment of onshore wind power systems in China
2018. Resources, conservation and recycling, 132, 361–368. doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.06.014 
Presentations
Fuss, M.; Xu, L.; Poganietz, W.-R.; Brown, N.; Ekener, E.
Combining environmental lifecycle assessment and energy system models: first insights for the European future decarbonized energy system
2018. 13th Biennial International Conference on EcoBalance (2018), Tokyo, Japan, October 9–12, 2018 
Posters
Brown, N.; Ekener, E.; Fuss, M.; Xu, L.
Methodological considerations for applying social LCA to modelled future European energy systems n the REFLEX project
2018. 28th SETAC Europe Annual Meeting (2018), Rome, Italy, May 13–17, 2018 
Xu, L.; Fuss, M.; Poganietz, W.-R.; Brown, N.; Ekener, E.
Developing an approach of integrating LCA and energy system models for the analysis of future European energy systems - the EFESA framework
2018. Energy Scenarios Conference - Construction, Assessment, and Impact (ESS Conference 2018), Karlsruhe, Germany, September 24–25, 2018