Dr Paul Balcombe
MEng, PhD, CEng, MIChemE, FHEA
All Publications
2024
- Roman-White SA, Prasanna DM, McCullagh A, Ravikumar AP, Allen DT, Chivukula K, Khutal H, Balcombe P, Ross G, Handler B, Bazilian M and George FC (2024). Gas Pathing: Improved Greenhouse Gas Emission Estimates of Liquefied Natural Gas Exports through Enhanced Supply Chain Resolution. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, American Chemical Society (ACS) vol. 12 (46), 16956-16966.
05-11-2024 - Huang J and Balcombe P (2024). How to minimise the cost of green hydrogen with hybrid supply: A regional case study in China. Applied Energy, Elsevier vol. 355
01-02-2024
2023
- Rosselot KS, Balcombe P, Ravikumar AP and Allen DT (2023). Simulating the Variability of Methane and CO2 Emissions from Liquefied Natural Gas Shipping: A Time-in-Mode and Carrier Technology Approach. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, American Chemical Society (ACS) vol. 11 (43), 15632-15643.
19-10-2023 - Dubey L, Speirs J, Balcombe P, Tariq N, Brandon N and Hawkes A (2023). Future use of natural gas under tightening climate targets. Futures, Elsevier vol. 150
01-06-2023 - Olczak M, Piebalgs A and Balcombe P (2023). A global review of methane policies reveals that only 13% of emissions are covered with unclear effectiveness. One Earth, Elsevier vol. 6 (5), 519-535.
01-05-2023 - Huang J, Balcombe P and Feng Z (2023). Technical and economic analysis of different colours of producing hydrogen in China. Fuel, Elsevier vol. 337
01-04-2023 - Dubey L, Cooper J, Staffell I, Hawkes A and Balcombe P (2023). Comparing satellite methane measurements to inventory estimates: A Canadian case study. Atmospheric Environment X, Elsevier vol. 17
01-01-2023
2022
- Allen MR, Peters GP, Shine KP, Azar C, Balcombe P, Boucher O, Cain M, Ciais P, Collins W, Forster PM, Frame DJ, Friedlingstein P, Fyson C, Gasser T, Hare B, Jenkins S, Hamburg SP, Johansson DJA, Lynch J, Macey A, Morfeldt J, Nauels A, Ocko I, Oppenheimer M, Pacala SW, Pierrehumbert R, Rogelj J, Schaeffer M, Schleussner CF and Shindell D (2022). Indicate separate contributions of long-lived and short-lived greenhouse gases in emission targets. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science vol. 5 (1)
01-12-2022 - Olczak M, Piebalgs A and Balcombe P (2022). Methane regulation in the EU: Stakeholder perspectives on MRV and emissions reductions. Environmental Science & Policy, Elsevier BV vol. 137, 314-322.
01-11-2022 - Roman-White SA, Littlefield JA, Fleury KG, Allen DT, Balcombe P, Konschnik KE, Ewing J, Ross GB and George F (2022). Response to Comment on LNG Supply Chains: A Supplier-Specific Life-Cycle Assessment for Improved Emission Accounting. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, American Chemical Society
04-10-2022 - Balcombe P, Heggo D and Harrison M (2022). Total Methane and CO2 Emissions from Liquefied Natural Gas Carrier Ships: The First Primary Measurements. Environmental Science and Technology, American Chemical Society
14-06-2022 - Chatenet M, Pollet BG, Dekel DR, Dionigi F, Deseure J, Millet P, Braatz RD, Bazant MZ, Eikerling M, Staffell I, Balcombe P, Shao-Horn Y and Schäfer H (2022). Water electrolysis: from textbook knowledge to the latest scientific strategies and industrial developments. Chemical Society Reviews vol. 51 (11), 4583-4762.
16-05-2022 - Parkinson B, Balcombe P, Speirs JF, Hawkes AD and Hellgardt K (2022). Correction: Levelized cost of CO 2 mitigation from hydrogen production routes. Energy & Environmental Science, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) vol. 15 (12), 5425-5433.
01-01-2022
2021
- Ludlow J, Jalil-Vega F, Rivera XS, Garrido R, Hawkes A, Staffell I and Balcombe P (2021). Organic waste to energy: resource potential and barriers to uptake in Chile. Sustainable Production and Consumption
29-08-2021 - Cooper J, Balcombe P and Hawkes A (2021). The quantification of methane emissions and assessment of emissions data for the largest natural gas supply chains. Journal of Cleaner Production, 128856-128856.
28-08-2021 - Roman-White SA, Littlefield JA, Fleury KG, Allen DT, Balcombe P, Konschnik KE, Ewing J, Ross GB and George F (2021). LNG Supply Chains: A Supplier-Specific Life-Cycle Assessment for Improved Emission Accounting. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, American Chemical Society (ACS)
03-08-2021 - Auger T, Trüby J, Balcombe P and Staffell I (2021). The future of coal investment, trade, and stranded assets. Joule, Published by Elsevier Inc.
08-06-2021 - Balcombe P, Staffell I, Kerdan IG, Speirs JF, Brandon NP and Hawkes AD (2021). How can LNG-fuelled ships meet decarbonisation targets? An environmental and economic analysis. Energy, Elsevier vol. 227
27-03-2021
2020
- Speirs J, Balcombe P, Blomerus P, Stettler M, Achurra-Gonzalez P, Woo M, Ainalis D, Cooper J, Sharafian A, Merida W, Crow D, Giarola S, Shah N, Brandon N and Hawkes A (2020). Natural gas fuel and greenhouse gas emissions in trucks and ships. Progress in Energy vol. 2 (1), 012002-012002.
20-01-2020
2019
- Cooper J, Hawkes A and Balcombe P (2019). Life cycle environmental impacts of natural gas drivetrains used in UK road freighting and impacts to UK emission targets. Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier vol. 674, 482-493.
15-07-2019 - Crow DJG, Balcombe P, Brandon N and Hawkes AD (2019). Assessing the impact of future greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas production. Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier vol. 668, 1242-1258.
07-03-2019 - Balcombe P, Brierley J, Lewis C, Skatvedt L, Speirs J, Hawkes A and Staffell I (2019). How to decarbonise international shipping: Options for fuels, technologies and policies. Energy Conversion and Management vol. 182, 72-88.
15-02-2019 - Staffell I, Scamman D, Velazquez Abad A, Balcombe P, Dodds PE, Ekins P, Shah N and Ward KR (2019). The role of hydrogen and fuel cells in the global energy system. Energy and Environmental Science vol. 12 (2), 463-491.
01-02-2019 - Parkinson B, Balcombe P, Speirs JF, Hawkes AD and Hellgardt K (2019). Levelized cost of CO 2 mitigation from hydrogen production routes. Energy and Environmental Science vol. 12 (1), 19-40.
01-01-2019
2018
- Balcombe P, Speirs JF, Brandon NP and Hawkes AD (2018). Methane emissions: choosing the right climate metric and time horizon. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts vol. 20 (10), 1323-1339.
01-10-2018 - Balcombe P, Speirs J, Johnson E, Martin J, Brandon N and Hawkes A (2018). The carbon credentials of hydrogen gas networks and supply chains. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier vol. 91, 1077-1088.
01-08-2018 - Speirs J, Balcombe P, Johnson E, Martin J, Brandon N and Hawkes A (2018). A greener gas grid: What are the options. Energy Policy vol. 118, 291-297.
01-07-2018 - Balcombe P, Brandon NP and Hawkes AD (2018). Characterising the distribution of methane and carbon dioxide emissions from the natural gas supply chain. Journal of Cleaner Production vol. 172, 2019-2032.
20-01-2018
2017
- Balcombe P, Anderson K, Speirs J, Brandon N and Hawkes A (2017). The Natural Gas Supply Chain: The Importance of Methane and Carbon Dioxide Emissions. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering vol. 5 (1), 3-20.
03-01-2017
2015
- Balcombe P, Rigby D and Azapagic A (2015). Energy self-sufficiency, grid demand variability and consumer costs: Integrating solar PV, Stirling engine CHP and battery storage. Applied Energy, Elsevier vol. 155, 393-408.
01-10-2015 - Balcombe P, Rigby D and Azapagic A (2015). Environmental impacts of microgeneration: Integrating solar PV, Stirling engine CHP and battery storage. Applied Energy, Elsevier vol. 139, 245-259.
01-02-2015
2013
- Balcombe P, Rigby D and Azapagic A (2013). Motivations and barriers associated with adopting microgeneration energy technologies in the UK. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier vol. 22, 655-666.
01-06-2013