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Timothy Lawrence Johnson

Professor of the Practice of Energy and the Environment
Earth and Climate Sciences
Box 90328, Grainger Hall 3113, Durham, NC 27708
9 Circuit Drive, Grainger Hall 5115, Durham, NC 27708

Featured Works


Distributed solar photovoltaic array location and extent dataset for remote sensing object identification.

Journal article Scientific data · December 2016 Featured Publication Earth-observing remote sensing data, including aerial photography and satellite imagery, offer a snapshot of the world from which we can learn about the state of natural resources and the built environment. The components of energy systems that are visible ... Full text Open Access Cite

Advancing sustainable bioenergy: evolving stakeholder interests and the relevance of research.

Journal article Environ Manage · February 2013 Featured Publication The sustainability of future bioenergy production rests on more than continual improvements in its environmental, economic, and social impacts. The emergence of new biomass feedstocks, an expanding array of conversion pathways, and expected increases in ov ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparing scales of environmental effects from gasoline and ethanol production

Journal article Environmental Management · 2012 Featured Publication Cite

Examining transportation and energy sectors using the MARKAL modeling framework

Journal article EM · August 2005 Featured Publication Cite

Regulating the ultimate sink: managing the risks of geologic CO2 storage.

Journal article Environmental science & technology · August 2003 Featured Publication The geologic storage (GS) of carbon dioxide (CO2) is emerging as an important tool for managing carbon. While this Journal recently published an excellent review of GS technology (Bruant, R. G.; Guswa, A. J.; Celia, M. A.; Peters, C. A. Environ. Sci. Techn ... Full text Cite

Electricity from fossil fuels without CO2 emissions: assessing the costs of carbon dioxide capture and sequestration in U.S. electricity markets.

Journal article Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995) · October 2001 Featured Publication The decoupling of fossil-fueled electricity production from atmospheric CO2 emissions via CO2 capture and sequestration (CCS) is increasingly regarded as an important means of mitigating climate change at a reasonable cost. Engineering analyses of CO2 miti ... Full text Cite