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New Energy and mobility Outlook for the Netherlands

People / Arjan Kirkels

Co-investigator

Arjan Kirkels

Institution: Eindhoven University of Technology
Work package: WP10 Integral models
Now: Assistant Professor in assessment for decision-making and learning in transitions, Technology, Innovation & Society group, TU/e (EIRES).

WP10 co-PI (listed in the programme's PI overview); co-author with NEON PhDs Willem Klok (2023) and Prapti Maharjan (2024 article, 2024 poster), and co-supervisor of a 2022 student report with Maharjan; formal supervision roles are not stated publicly.

Arjan F. Kirkels works on critical sustainability assessment of emerging energy-transition and circular-economy technologies such as batteries, hydrogen and heat pumps, combining hard sustainability criteria with stakeholder perspectives. He has been at TU/e's Technology, Innovation & Society group since 2000.

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Publications and talks

Deriving experience curves: A structured and critical approach applied to PV sector (journal-article, 2024)
Impacts, procedural processes, and local context: Rethinking the social acceptance of wind energy projects in the Netherlands (journal-article, 2023)