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Roberto Schaeffer
Researcher at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Publications - 201
Citations - 11202
Roberto Schaeffer is an academic researcher from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. The author has contributed to research in topics: Renewable energy & Greenhouse gas. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 181 publications receiving 8978 citations. Previous affiliations of Roberto Schaeffer include Utrecht University & University of Pennsylvania.
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Energy-related climate change mitigation in Brazil: Potential, abatement costs and associated policies
Bruno Soares Moreira Cesar Borba,André F.P. Lucena,Régis Rathmann,Isabella V.L. Costa,Larissa P. Nogueira,Pedro Rochedo,David Alves Castelo Branco,Mauricio F.H. Júnior,Alexandre Szklo,Roberto Schaeffer +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the potential for energy-related greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reductions in Brazil, their abatement costs and proposed a number of policies to achieve these reductions were estimated.
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Are hydroelectric dams in the Brazilian Amazon significant sources of ‘greenhouse’ gases?
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The efficient use of electricity in Brazil: progress and opportunities
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the efforts made with electricity conservation and DSM programs in Brazil in the recent past and concluded that there remains enormous potential for cost-effective efficiency improvements.
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Possible energy futures for Brazil and Latin America in conservative and stringent mitigation pathways up to 2050
Sara Herreras Martinez,Alexandre C. Köberle,Pedro Rochedo,Roberto Schaeffer,André F.P. Lucena,Alexandre Szklo,Shuichi Ashina,Detlef P. van Vuuren +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors applied two global and one regional integrated assessment models to assess the energy and emissions trends in Brazil and the rest of the Latin American region up to 2050 based on a set of scenarios consistent with current trends and with the 2°C global mitigation target.
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The NExus Solutions Tool (NEST) v1.0: an open platform for optimizing multi-scale energy–water–land system transformations
Adriano Vinca,Adriano Vinca,Simon Parkinson,Simon Parkinson,Edward Byers,Peter Burek,Zarrar Khan,Volker Krey,Volker Krey,Fabio A. Diuana,Fabio A. Diuana,Yaoping Wang,Ansir Ilyas,Alexandre C. Köberle,Alexandre C. Köberle,Iain Staffell,Stefan Pfenninger,Abubakr Muhammad,Andrew Rowe,Roberto Schaeffer,Narasimha D. Rao,Narasimha D. Rao,Yoshihide Wada,Yoshihide Wada,Ned Djilali,Keywan Riahi,Keywan Riahi +26 more
TL;DR: The NExus Solutions Tool (NEST) is a new open modeling platform that integrates multi-scale energy–water–land resource optimization with distributed hydrological modeling and provides insights into the vulnerability of water, energy and land resources to future socioeconomic and climatic change.