Prof.dr. K. (Kornelis) Blok
Profile
Kornelis Blok (1956) is professor of Energy Systems Analysis. He studied physics at Utrecht University and received a Ph.D. degree in 1991. In 1984 he was one of the founders of Ecofys, now part of Navigant. He is lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and chairman of the Netherlands Energy Research Alliance (NERA).
Research
Blok’s lifelong research interest is the transition to 100% sustainable energy systems. Currently, the focus is on what can be achieved in the medium term (2030 – 2040) and how that transition can be accelerated.
Kornelis Blok is teaching, together with Andrea Ramirez, a course “Introduction to Energy Systems”.
He welcomes master students, e.g. from the programmes SET, COSEM en Industrial Ecology who wish to do a master thesis in Energy Systems Analysis. An overview of thesis topics can be found here.
- Decarbonisation of transport: options and challenges, European Academies of Science Advisory Council, March 2019.
- N.J. van den Berg, A.F. Hof, M.G.J. den Elzen, D.P. van Vuuren, W. Chen; L. Drouet, J. Emmerling, S. Fujimori, N. Höhne, A. Köberle, D. McCollum, R. Schaeffer, S. Shekhar, S. Sudharmma Vishwanathan, Z. Vrontisi, K. Blok: Implications of various effort-sharing approaches for national carbon budgets and emission pathways, Climatic Change, 2019, doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02368-y.
- T.W. Brown, T. Bischof-Niemz, K. Blok, C. Breyer, H. Lund, B.V. Mathiesen: Response to ‘Burden of proof: a comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 92(2018) pp. 834-847.
- D.M. Gioutsos, K. Blok, L. van Velzen, S. Moorman: Cost-optimal electricity systems with increasing renewable energy penetration across the globe, Applied Energy 226(2018) pp. 437-449.
- T. Kuramochi, N. Höhne, M. Schaeffer, J. Cantzler, B. Hare, Y. Deng, S. Sterl, M. Hagemann, M. Rocha, P.A. Yanguas-Parra, G-U-R. Mir, L. Wong, T. El-Laboudy, K. Wouters, D. Deryng, K. Blok: Ten key short-term sectoral benchmarks to limit warming to 1.5⁰C, Climate Policy, 3(2018) pp. 287-305.
- K. Blok, A. Afanador, D. van Vuuren: Bridging the Gap – sectoral greenhouse gas emission reduction potentials in 2030, Chapter 4 of: The Emissions Gap Report 2017, UN Environment, Nairobi, Kenya, 2017.
- O. Krabbe, G. Linthorst, K. Blok, W. Crijns-Graus, D.P. van Vuuren, N. Höhne, P. Faria, N. Aden, A. Carrillo Pineda: Aligning corporate greenhouse-gas emissions targets with climate goals, Nature Climate Change,5(2015) pp. 1057–1060.
- B. Brand, K. Blok: Renewable energy perspectives for the North African electricity systems: a comparative analysis of model-based scenario studies, Energy Strategy Reviews 6(2015) pp. 1-11.
- K. Blok, N. Höhne, K. van der Leun, N. Harrison: Bridging the Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Gap, Nature Climate Change 2(2012), pp. 471-474.
- Y. Deng, S. Cornelissen, S. Klaus, K. Blok and K. van der Leun: The Ecofys Energy Scenario, published as part of The Energy Report, WWF International, Gland, Switzerland, 2011.
- K. Blok and Evert Nieuwlaar: Introduction to Energy Analysis, 2nd edition, Routledge, Amsterdam, 2016, 310 pp (textbook).
- Y. Deng, S. Cornelissen, S. Klaus, K. Blok and K. van der Leun: The Ecofys Energy Scenario, published as part of The Energy Report, WWF International, Gland, Switzerland, 2011.
- K. Blok, H.L.F. de Groot, E.E.M. Luiten and M.G. Rietbergen, The Effectiveness of Policy Instruments for Energy-Efficiency Improvement in Firms, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 2004.
- U. Steger, W. Achterberg, K. Blok, H. Bode, W. Frenz, C. Gather, G. Hanekamp, D. Imboden, M. Jahnke, M. Kost, R. Kurz, H. G. Nutzinger and T. Ziesemer, Nachhaltige Entwicklung und Innovation im Energiebereich, Springer, Berlin, 2002, also published in English as: Sustainable Development and Innovation in the Energy Sector, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2004.
- K. Blok, Onbeperkt houdbaar, een toekomst met duurzame energie (Sustainable for ever, a future with renewable energy), Foundation for Nature Conservation and Environmental Protection, Utrecht, 1984.
Media
- Ligt het aan mij of worden goede klimaatinitiatieven vaak meteen afgebrand?, Opinion piece, Nederlands Dagblad, 3 juni 2019
- Windenergie is het belangrijkste, Opinion piece, Nederlands Dagblad, 9 nov. 2018
- Over de lasten en lastenverdeling van energie- en klimaatbeleid, Bijdrage voor de hoorzitting in de Tweede Kamer, 27 Sept. 2017
- Interview about Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion by Wattis Duurzaam.nl, together with Berend Jan Kleute
- Interview on BNR Nieuwsradio about renewable energy.
- In 2016 he was listed as #58 in the Sustainable 100 of the Dutch newspaper Trouw.
- Een kwart minder CO2? Dat is zo gefikst, NRC, 8 juli 2015.
- Zo zijn energiedoelen direct haalbaar, interview met Kornelis Blok, hoogleraar duurzame energie, Volkskrant, 10 oktober 2015, (paywall).
- Energiegebruik kan nog veel efficiënter, Reformatorisch Dagblad, 18 september 2015
- Kornelis Blok over klimaatneutraliteit, Bouwbelang.com
- TEDx talk on 100% sustainable energy systems, 14 May 2011
- Inaugural speech Saving energy: The neglected side of the energy system: Full text (in Dutch) - English summary
Watch the speech online (In Dutch):
Kornelis Blok
Professor
- +31 15 27 89284
- K.Blok@tudelft.nl
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Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management
Building 31Room: B3.060
Department:
Engineering Systems and Services
Group:
Energy and Industry
Secretary:
Priscilla Hanselaar
Research interests:
Energy efficiency improvement
Clean energy production
Energy and climate policy analysis
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