Papers Written with Switch

These can give you an idea of work that others have done—possibly in your region—and may point you toward possible data sources, collaborators, advisors or shared code.

Overview

• Josiah Johnston, Rodrigo Henriquez-Auba, Benjamín Maluenda and Matthias Fripp. "Switch 2.0: A modern platform for planning high-renewable power systems." SoftwareX 10 (2019): 100251.
• Matthias Fripp. "Switch: A Planning Tool for Power Systems with Large Shares of Intermittent Renewable Energy." Environmental Science & Technology 46, no. 11 (2012): 6371-6378.

United States and Canada

Full U.S.

• Thuy Doan, Matthias Fripp and Michael Roberts. "Are We Building Too Much Natural Gas Pipeline? A comparison of actual US expansion of pipeline to an optimized model of the interstate network." (2022).
• Rangrang Zheng. "Applying Empirical Techniques From Economics to the Study of Individual and Social Welfare." Ph.D. dissertation (2023).
• Rangrang Zheng, Greg Schivley, Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez, Matthias Fripp and Michael Roberts. "Optimal Transmission Expansion Modestly Reduces Decarbonization Costs of U.S. Electricity." (2025).
• Greg Schivley, Aurora Barone, Michael Blackhurst, Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez, Jesse Jenkins, Olеg Lugovoy, Qian Luo, Michael Roberts, Rangrang Zheng, Cameron Wade and Matthias Fripp. "Process and Policy Insights from an Intercomparison of Open Electricity System Capacity Expansion Models." (2025).

Western North America

• James Nelson, Josiah Johnston, Ana Mileva, Matthias Fripp, Ian Hoffman, Autumn Petros-Good, Christian Blanco and Daniel M. Kammen. "High-resolution modeling of the western North American power system demonstrates low-cost and low-carbon futures." Energy Policy 43 (2012): 436-447.
• James H. Nelson. "Scenarios for Deep Carbon Emission Reductions from Electricity by 2050 in Western North America Using the SWITCH Electric Power Sector Planning Model." Ph.D. dissertation,, University of California, Berkeley (2013).
• Ana Mileva, James H. Nelson, Josiah Johnston and Daniel M. Kammen. "SunShot solar power reduces costs and uncertainty in future low-carbon electricity systems." Environmental Science & Technology 47, no. 16 (2013): 9053-9060.
• James Nelson, Ana Mileva, Josiah Johnston, Daniel Kammen, Max Wei and Jeffrey Greenblatt. "Scenarios for Deep Carbon Emission Reductions from Electricity by 2050 in Western North America using the SWITCH Electric Power Sector Planning Model: California’s Carbon Challenge Phase II Volume II." Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2014).
• Ana Mileva. "Greenhouse gas emission reductions, system flexibility requirements, and drivers of storage deployment in the North American power system through 2050." Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley (2014).
• Josiah Johnston. "Open and collaborative climate change mitigation planning for electric power grids." Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley (2015).
• Daniel L. Sanchez, James H. Nelson, Josiah Johnston, Ana Mileva and Daniel M. Kammen. "Biomass enables the transition to a carbon-negative power system across western North America." Nature Climate Change 5, no. 3 (2015): 230-234.
• Daniel L. Sanchez. "Deployment, Design, and Commercialization of Carbon-­Negative Energy Systems." Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, 2015.
• Ana Mileva, Josiah Johnston, James H. Nelson and Daniel M. Kammen. "Power system balancing for deep decarbonization of the electricity sector." Applied Energy 162 (2016): 1001-1009.
• Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez. "Learning and Control Systems for the Integration of Renewable Energy into Grids of the Future." Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley (2020).
• Julia Szinai, David N. Yates, Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez, Daniel M. Kammen, Ranjit Deshmukh, and Andrew D. Jones. "Evaluating Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Electricity and Water Systems in the Western US with a Cross-Sectoral Energy-Water Nexus Modeling Approach." In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, vol. 2020: (2020) pp. GC064-07.
• Julia Katalin Szinai. "Crossed wires: Cross-sectoral dynamics of planning climate-resilient electricity systems." University of California, Berkeley, 2021.
• Patricia L. Hidalgo-Gonzalez, Josiah Johnston and Daniel M. Kammen. "Cost and impact of weak medium term policies in the electricity system in Western North America." The Electricity Journal 34, no. 3 (2021): 106925.
• Rodrigo Marti Henriquez Auba. "Challenges on Decarbonization of Electric Power Systems." (2022).
• P.A. Sánchez-Pérez, Martin Staadecker, Julia Szinai, Sarah Kurtz and Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez. "Effect of modeled time horizon on quantifying the need for long-duration storage." Applied Energy 317 (2022): 119022.
• Natalia Gonzalez, Paul Serna-Torre, Pedro Sanchez-Perez, Ryan Davidson, Bryan Murray, Martin Staadecker, Julia Szinai, Rachel Wei, Daniel Kammen, Deborah Sunter and Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez. "Offshore Wind and Wave Energy Can Reduce Total Installed Capacity Required in Zero Emissions Grids." (2023).
• D. Yates, J. K. Szinai and A. D. Jones. "Modeling the Water Systems of the Western US to Support Climate-Resilient Electricity System Planning." Earth's Future 12, no. 1 (2023).
• Julia K. Szinai, David Yates, Pedro A. Sánchez-Pérez, Martin Staadecker, Daniel M. Kammen, Andrew D. Jones and Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez. "Climate Change and Its Influence on Water Systems Increases the Cost of Electricity System Decarbonization." Nature Communications 15, no. 1 (2024).
• Martin Staadecker, Julia Szinai, Pedro A. Sánchez-Pérez, Sarah Kurtz and Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez. "The Value of Long-Duration Energy Storage under Various Grid Conditions in a Zero-Emissions Future." Nature Communications 15, no. 1 (2024).
• P. A. Sánchez-Pérez. "Improving Modeling Tools for Capacity Expansion Modeling for a Decarbonized Grid." Ph.D. dissertation (2023).
• Natalia Gonzalez, Paul Serna-Torre, Pedro A. Sánchez-Pérez, Ryan Davidson, Bryan Murray, Martin Staadecker, Julia Szinai, Rachel Wei, Daniel M. Kammen, Deborah A. Sunter and Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez. "Offshore Wind and Wave Energy Can Reduce Total Installed Capacity Required in Zero-Emissions Grids." Nature Communications 15, no. 1 (2024).

Texas

• Joshua D. Rhodes, Thomas Deetjen and Caitlin Smith. "Impacts of Large, Flexible Data Center Operations on the Future of ERCOT." Lancium White Paper (2021).
• Joshua D. Rhodes and Thomas Deetjen. "Least-cost optimal expansion of the ERCOT grid." IdeaSmiths LLC (2021).
• Sarah Emilee Dodamead."Exploring the Trade-offs Between Battery Storage and Transmission for the Electrical Grid." PhD thesis (2022).
• Sara Murillo, Jerry Potts and Sergio Castellanos. "Modeling the Impact of Electric Vehicle Adoption and Charging Strategies in ERCOT." Environmental Research: Energy 1, no. 4 (2024): 045016.
• Chen-Kai Fan, Jerry Potts and Sergio Castellanos. "Offshore Wind Manufacturing, Deployment, and the Just Transition in Texas." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 211 (2025): 115292.

California

• Matthias Fripp "Optimal investment in wind and solar power in California." Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley (2008).
• Max Wei, James H. Nelson, Michael K. Ting, Christopher Yang, Jeffery B. Greenblatt, James E. McMahon, Daniel M. Kammen, Christopher M. Jones, Ana Mileva, Josiah Johnston and Ranjit Bharvirkar. "California’s Carbon Challenge: Scenarios for Achieving 80% Emissions Reduction in 2050." Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2012).
• Max Wei, James H. Nelson, Jeffery B. Greenblatt, Ana Mileva, Josiah Johnston, Michael Ting, Christopher Yang, Chris Jones, James E McMahon and Daniel M Kammen. "Deep carbon reductions in California require electrification and integration across economic sectors." Environmental Research Letters 8, no. 1 (2013): 014038.
• Daniel M. Kammen, Blas L. Pérez Henrıquez and Josiah Johnston. "California’s climate policy and the development of clean energy systems institutional foundations." Carbon governance, climate change and business transformation (2014): 175-187.
• Max Wei, Jeffrey Greenblatt, Sally Donovan, James Nelson, Ana Mileva, Josiah Johnston and Daniel Kammen. "Scenarios for Meeting California's 2050 Climate Goals: California's Carbon Challenge Phase II Volume I: Non-Electricity Sectors and Overall Scenario Results." Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report no. LBNL-6743E (2014).
• Geoff Morrison, Sonia Yeh, Anthony R Eggert, Christopher Yang, James Nelson, Jeffery Greenblatt, Raphael Isaac, Mark Z Jacobson, Josiah Johnston, Daniel M Kammen, Ana Mileva, Jack Moore, David Roland-Holst, Max Wei, John Weyant, James Williams, Ray Williams and Christina Zapata. "Long-term Energy Planning In California: Insights and Future Modeling Needs." U.C. Davis Inst. of Transportation Studies report no. UCD-ITS-RR-14-08 (2014).
• Geoffrey M. Morrison, Sonia Yeh, Anthony R. Eggert, Christopher Yang, James H. Nelson, Jeffery B. Greenblatt, Raphael Isaac, Mark Z. Jacobson, Josiah Johnston, Daniel M. Kammen, Ana Mileva, Jack Moore, David Roland-Holst, Max Wei, John P. Weyant, James H. Williams, Ray Williams and Christina B. Zapata. "Comparison of low-carbon pathways for California." Climatic Change 131 (2015): 545-557
• Max Wei, Shuba V. Raghavan and Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez. "Building a Healthier and More Robust Future: 2050 Low-Carbon Energy Scenarios for California." California Energy Commission report no. CEC-500-2019-033 (2019).
• P. A. Sanchez-Perez, Sarah Kurtz, Natalia Gonzalez, Martin Staadecker and Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez. "Effect of Time Resolution on Capacity Expansion Modeling to Quantify Value of Long-Duration Energy Storage." 2022 IEEE Electrical Energy Storage Application and Technologies Conference (EESAT) (2022).

Hawaii

• Matthias Fripp. "Making an Optimal Plan for 100% Renewable Power in Hawai‘i - Preliminary Results from the SWITCH Power System Planning Model." UHERO Working Paper No. 2016-1 (2016).
• Matthias Fripp. "Effect of Electric Vehicles on Design, Operation and Cost of a 100% Renewable Power System." UHERO Working Paper No. 2017-3 (2017).
• Imelda, Matthias Fripp and Michael J. Roberts. "Variable pricing and the cost of renewable energy." No. w24712. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2018.
• Matthias Fripp. "Intercomparison between Switch 2.0 and GE MAPS models for simulation of high-renewable power systems in Hawaii." (2018).
• John Larsen, Shashank Mohan, Whitney Herndon, Peter Marsters, and Hannah Pitt. "Transcending Oil: Hawaii’s Path to a Clean Energy Economy." Rhodium Group (2018).

Other parts of Canada and U.S.

• Hossam A. Gabbar and Elena Villalobos Herra. "Hydrogen Energy Planning with Water Considerations: A SWITCH Model Enhancement for Sustainable Deployment." International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 66 (2024): 258-267.

Latin America

Chile

• Juan Pablo Carvallo, Patricia Hidalgo-González and Daniel M Kammen. "Imaginando un Chile sustentable." Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), 2014.
• Juan Pablo Carvallo, Patricia Hidalgo-González and Daniel M Kammen. "Envisioning a sustainable Chile: Five findings about the future of the Chilean electricity and energy system." Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), 2014.
• Daniel M. Kammen, Rebekah Shirley, Juan Pablo Carvallo and Diego Ponce de Leon Barido."Switching to Sustainability." U.C. Berkeley Center for Latin American Studies (2014).
• Benjamín Maluenda Philippi. "Expansion planning under long-term uncertainty for hydrothermal systems with volatile resources." (2017).
• Benjamín Maluenda Philippi, Matias Negrete-Pincetic, Daniel E. Olivares, and Álvaro Lorca. "Expansion planning under uncertainty for hydrothermal systems with variable resources." International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 103 (2018): 644-651.
• Felipe Verástegui, Álvaro Lorca, Matias Negrete-Pincetic and Daniel Olivares. "Firewood heat electrification impacts in the Chilean power system." Energy Policy 144 (2020): 111702.
• Felipe Verástegui, Álvaro Lorca, Daniel Olivares and Matias Negrete-Pincetic. "Optimization-based analysis of decarbonization pathways and flexibility requirements in highly renewable power systems." Energy 234 (2021): 121242.
• José Miguel Valdes, Álvaro Lorca, Cristian Salas, Francisco Pinto, Rocío Herrera, Alejandro Bañados, Raúl Urtubia, Patricio Castillo, Lucas Maulén and Diego González. "Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Beyond the Nationally Determined Contributions in Chile: An Assessment of Alternatives." SSRN Electronic Journal (2023).
• Manuel Portilla-Paveri, Denise Cariaga, Matías Negrete-Pincetic, Álvaro Lorca and Miguel F. Anjos. "A Long-Term Generation and Transmission Expansion Planning Model Considering Desalination Flexibility and Coordination: A Chilean Case Study." Applied Energy 371 (2024): 123578.
• Patricio Castillo, Matias Aguad, Álvaro Lorca, Samuel Cordova and Matias Negrete-Pincetic. "Coal Phase-Out and Carbon Tax Analysis with Long-Term Planning Models: A Case Study for the Chilean Electric Power System." Energies 17, no. 21 (2024): 5263.
• Denise Carolina Cariaga Sandoval. "Planning and Operations of Water and Energy Networks." Ph.D. dissertation (2025).

Mexico

• Sergio Castellanos, Pedro Sanchez-Perez, Aldo Pasos-Trejo, Mateo Torres, Josiah Johnston, Apollo Jain, Alejandra Monroy, Florin James-Langer, Diego Ponce de Leon, Oliver Probst and Daniel M. Kammen. "Modeling high-penetration of clean energy in the electrical grid: A case for Mexico." 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC) (2018).
• Sergio Castellanos, Apollo Jain, James Adam Mahady and Daniel M. Kammen. "Vehicle Electrification in Mexico: Evaluating Long-Term Grid Capacity Planning and Interplay with Renewable Deployment." In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, vol. 2019, pp. GC31O-1295. 2019.

Other parts of Latin America

• Diego Ponce de Leon Barido, Josiah Johnston, Maria V Moncada, Duncan Callaway and Daniel M Kammen. "Evidence and future scenarios of a low-carbon energy transition in Central America: a case study in Nicaragua." Environmental Research Letters 10, no. 10 (2015): 104002.
• Ricardo Pineda-Guzman, Paola Sofia Acevedo Alvarado, Pedro A. Sánchez-Pérez and Sergio Castellanos. "Pathways to Decarbonize Honduras’ Power Sector." Environmental Science & Technology 59, no. 9 (2025): 4409-4417.

China

• Gang He, Anne-Perrine Avrin, James Nelson, Jianwei Tian, Josiah Johnston, Ana Mileva and Daniel Kammen. "China’s Ability to Achieve National Energy Objectives Depends on Coordination of Infrastructure and Policy Initiatives." 37th IAEE International Conference on Energy & the Economy (2014).
• Gang He. "Decarbonizing China's Power Sector: Potential, Prospects and Policy." Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley (2015).
• Gang He, Anne-Perrine Avrin, James H. Nelson, Josiah Johnston, Ana Mileva, Jianwei Tian, and Daniel M. Kammen. "SWITCH-China: A Systems Approach to Decarbonizing China’s Power System." Environmental Science & Technology 50, no. 11 (2016): 5467-5473.
• Anne-Perrine Avrin, Scott J. Moura and Daniel M. Kammen. "Minimizing cost uncertainty with a new methodology for use in policy making: China's electricity pathways." 2016 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC) (2016).
• Anne-Perrine Avrin "China's Power Sector Decarbonization: Modeling Emission Reduction Potential, Technical Feasibility and Cost Efficiency of Inter-sectoral Approaches." Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley (2018).
• Gang He, Jiang Lin, Froylan Sifuentes, Xu Liu, Nikit Abhyankar and Amol Phadke. "Rapid cost decrease of renewable energy and storage offers an opportunity to accelerate the decarbonization of China’s power system." Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2020).
• Gang He, Jiang Lin, Froylan Sifuentes, Xu Liu, Nikit Abhyankar, and Amol Phadke. "Rapid cost decrease of renewables and storage accelerates the decarbonization of China’s power system." Nature Communications 11, no. 1 (2020): 2486.
• Gang He, Jiang Lin, Froylan Sifuentes, Xu Liu, Nikit Abhyankar and Amol Phadke. "Rapid cost decrease of renewables and storage accelerates the decarbonization of China’s power system." Nature Communications 11, no. 1 (2020).
• Bo Li, Ziming Ma, Gang He, Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez, Natalie Fedorova, Minyou Chen and Daniel M. Kammen. "Offshore Wind Replaces Coal and Reduces Transmission, Enabling China to Meet the 1.5°C Climate Imperative." SSRN Electronic Journal (2020).
• Bo Li, Ziming Ma, Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez, Alex Lathem, Natalie Fedorova, Gang He, Haiwang Zhong, Minyou Chen and Daniel M. Kammen. "Modeling the impact of EVs in the Chinese power system: Pathways for implementing emissions reduction commitments in the power and transportation sectors." Energy Policy 149 (2021): 111962.
• Guangzhi Yin, Bo Li, Natalie Fedorova, Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez, Daniel M. Kammen and Maosheng Duan. "Accelerating China’s Fossil Fuel Plant Retirement and Renewable Energy Expansion via Capacity Mechanism." SSRN Electronic Journal (2021).
• Guangzhi Yin, Bo Li, Natalie Fedorova, Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez, Daniel M. Kammen and Maosheng Duan. "Orderly retire China's coal-fired power capacity via capacity payments to support renewable energy expansion." iScience 24, no. 11 (2021): 103287.
• Chao Zhang, Gang He, Josiah Johnston and Lijin Zhong. "Long-term transition of China's power sector under carbon neutrality target and water withdrawal constraint." Journal of Cleaner Production 329 (2021): 129765.
• Xiaoli Zhang, Xueqin Cui, Bo Li, Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez, Daniel M Kammen, Ji Zou and Ke Wang. "Immediate actions on coal phaseout enable a just low-carbon transition in China’s power sector." Applied Energy 308 (2022): 118401.
• Jiang Lin, Nikit Abhyankar, Gang He, Xu Liu and Shengfei Yin. "Large balancing areas and dispersed renewable investment enhances grid flexibility in a renewable-dominant power system in China." iScience 25, no. 2 (2022): 103749.
• Liqun Peng, Denise L. Mauzerall, Yaofeng D. Zhong and Gang He. "Heterogeneous effects of battery storage deployment strategies on decarbonization of provincial power systems in China." Nature Communications 14, no. 1 (2023).
• Liqun Peng. "Evaluating Low-Carbon Technology Deployment Policies to Accelerate the Decarbonization of China’s Energy System." Ph.D. dissertation (2023).
• Liqun Peng, Denise L. Mauzerall, Yaofeng D. Zhong and Gang He. "Heterogeneous Effects of Battery Storage Deployment Strategies on Decarbonization of Provincial Power Systems in China." Nature Communications 14, no. 1 (2023).
• Liqun Peng, Yang Guo, Shangwei Liu, Gang He and Denise L. Mauzerall. "Subsidizing Grid-Based Electrolytic Hydrogen Will Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Coal Dominated Power Systems." Environmental Science & Technology 58, no. 12 (2024): 5187-5195.

Japan

• Tatsuya Wakeyama. "Impact of Increasing Share of Renewables on the Japanese Electricity System - Model Based Analysis." Energynautics GmbH, Brussels (2015).
• Rena Kuwahata, Peter Merk, Tatsuya Wakeyama, Dimitri Pescia, Steffen Rabe and Shota Ichimura. "Renewables integration grid study for the 2030 Japanese power system." IET Renewable Power Generation 14, no. 8 (2020): 1249-1258.
• Kenji Shiraishi, Won Young Park and Daniel M Kammen. "The Role of Hydrogen as Long-Duration Energy Storage and as an International Energy Carrier for Electricity Sector Decarbonization." Environmental Research Letters 19, no. 8 (2024): 084011.
• Kenji Shiraishi, Umed Paliwal, Nikit Abhyankar, Daniel M Kammen, Amol Phadke and Won Young Park. "Exploring Offshore Wind’s Potential to Enhance Energy Security in Nations with Limited Land and Fuel Resources." Environmental Research Letters 20, no. 3 (2025): 034006.

Laos

• Nkiruka Avila, Noah Kittner, Rebekah Shirley, Michael B. Dwyer, David Roberts, Jalel Sager and Daniel M. Kammen. "Beyond the Battery: Power Expansion Alternatives for Economic Resilience and Diversity in Laos." Resource Governance, Agriculture and Sustainable Livelihoods in the Lower Mekong Basin (2019): 27-65.
• Aaditee Kudrimoti, Alex Lathem, Rachel Ng and Ashley Yip. "SWITCH-Laos: Power Systems Investment Planning for Economic Resilience in Laos." 14th GMSARN
• International Conference (2019).

India

• Chao Zhang, Joonseok Yang, Johannes Urpelainen, Puneet Chitkara, Jiayi Zhang and Jiao Wang. "Thermoelectric Power Generation and Water Stress in India: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis." Environmental Science & Technology 55, no. 8 (2021): 4314-4323.

Kenya

• Daniel Kammen and Brooke Maushund. "Renewable Electrification and Integration Implementation Strategies." in The Path 2021: Outcomes of the Africa Renewable Energy Forum (2016).
• Juan-Pablo Carvallo, Brittany J. Shaw, Nkiruka I. Avila and Daniel M. Kammen. "Sustainable Low-Carbon Expansion for the Power Sector of an Emerging Economy: The Case of Kenya." Environmental Science & Technology 51 no. 17 (2017): 10232–10242.
• Juan Pablo Carvallo. "Strategic Planning for Universal Electricity Access." Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley (2019).
• Juan-Pablo Carvallo, Jay Taneja, Duncan Callaway and Daniel M. Kammen. "Distributed Resources Shift Paradigms on Power System Design, Planning, and Operation: An Application of the GAP Model." Proceedings of the IEEE 107, no. 9 (2019): 1906-1922.
• Juan Pablo Carvallo, Nan Zhang, Sean P. Murphy, Benjamin D. Leibowicz and Peter H. Larsen. "The economic value of a centralized approach to distributed resource investment and operation." Applied Energy 269 (2020): 115071.

Spain

• Gustavo Gomes Pereira. "Power System Modelling: A techno-economic analysis of the island of Menorca, Spain.". Master's thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (2020).