Elisabeth Wetterlund
Guest Senior Research Scholar
Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services Research Group
Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program
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Biography
Elisabeth Wetterlund joined IIASA as a guest research scholar in January 2017, working in the Ecosystems Services and Management (ESM) program. Since January 2021, she is a senior guest research scholar affiliated with the Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services (AFE) research group within the Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR) program. She mainly works with research related to modeling and analysis of energy systems, with particular focus on forest biomass, biorefineries, and integration with industries or local or regional energy systems. At IIASA, she contributes to the development of the BeWhere model, a techno-economic model which optimizes the geographical location of bio-energy production plants. She also holds a position as associate professor in energy engineering at Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, and she is the deputy manager of Bio4Energy, a strategic research environment appointed by the Swedish government.Dr. Wetterlund received her PhD in Energy Systems in 2012, from Linkoping University, Sweden. She first came to the forestry program at IIASA as a participant of the 2010 Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP), returning one year later to ESM, as the recipient of the 2010 Mikhalevich Award.
Last update: 18 JAN 2021
Publications
Ahlström, J., Jafri, Y., Wetterlund, E., & Furusjö, E. (2023). Sustainable aviation fuels – Options for negative emissions and high carbon efficiency. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 125 e103886. 10.1016/j.ijggc.2023.103886.
Nwachukwu, C.M., Olofsson, E., Lundmark, R., & Wetterlund, E. (2022). Evaluating fuel switching options in the Swedish iron and steel industry under increased competition for forest biomass. Applied Energy 324 e119878. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119878.
Zetterholm, J., Mossberg, J., Jafri, Y., & Wetterlund, E. (2022). We need stable, long-term policy support! — Evaluating the economic rationale behind the prevalent investor lament for forest-based biofuel production. Applied Energy 318 e119044. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119044.
Ramirez Camargo, L., Castro, G., Gruber, K., Jewell, J. , Klingler, M., Turkovska, O., Wetterlund, E., & Schmidt, J. (2022). Pathway to a land-neutral expansion of Brazilian renewable fuel production. Nature Communications 13 (1) e3157. 10.1038/s41467-022-30850-2.
Mikovits, C., Wetterlund, E., Wehrle, S., Baumgartner, J., & Schmidt, J. (2021). Stronger together: Multi-annual variability of hydrogen production supported by wind power in Sweden. Applied Energy 282 e116082. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.116082.