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Kannan has multidisciplinary education across energy science, energy engineering, environmental science and project management. He is an international energy expert with 15 years of experience from Europe and Asia. His research interests are climate change mitigation policy analysis, energy management, life cycle costing, and environmental life cycle assessment.
Since 2009 Kannan is a scientist at the PSI’s energy economic group and leads the development of Swiss and EU energy models. Prior to join PSI, Kannan was the core member of the UK energy system modeling team of the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) based at King’s College London/Policy studies Institute, London.
Kannan was a team member of the study on the Economics of the Kyoto Protocol: A Cost-Benefit Analysis for Singapore commissioned by the Government of Singapore. Earlier, Kannan was a Research Associate with the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, and coordinated a Asian-regional climate change project. Kannan performed comprehensive research on life cycle analysis of power generation technologies. In his early career, he performed feasibility studies for wind farms in India. Kannan began his career as an energy auditor and undertook number of energy audit projects in India. Later he developed a methodology for energy management practices in SME.

Activities

Works (25)

Author Correction: An assessment of energy system transformation pathways to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions in Switzerland

Communications Earth & Environment
2023-06-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Evangelos Panos; Ramachandran Kannan; Stefan Hirschberg; Tom Kober
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An assessment of energy system transformation pathways to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions in Switzerland

Communications Earth & Environment
2023-05-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Evangelos Panos; Ramachandran Kannan; Stefan Hirschberg; Tom Kober
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A net‐zero Swiss energy system by 2050: Technological and policy options for the transition of the transportation sector

FUTURES & FORESIGHT SCIENCE
2022-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Ramachandran Kannan; Evangelos Panos; Stefan Hirschberg; Tom Kober
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Net-zero CO2 emissions scenarios for Switzerland

2022-08-11 | Preprint
Contributors: Evangelos Panos; Ramachandran Kannan; Stefan Hirschberg; Tom Kober
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Dynamics of long-term electricity demand profile: Insights from the analysis of Swiss energy systems

Energy Strategy Reviews
2018-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Ramachandran Kannan
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Alternative low-carbon electricity pathways in Switzerland and it's neighbouring countries under a nuclear phase-out scenario

Applied Energy
2016 | Journal article
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Ramachandran Kannan

Interplay between electricity and transport sectors – Integrating the Swiss car fleet and electricity system

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
2016 | Journal article
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Ramachandran Kannan

Long term climate change mitigation goals under the nuclear phase out policy: The Swiss energy system transition

Energy Economics
2016 | Journal article
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Ramachandran Kannan
grade
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The role of domestic biomass in electricity, heat and grid balancing markets in Switzerland

Energy
2016 | Journal article
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Ramachandran Kannan

Methodological significance of temporal granularity in energy–economic models—insights from the MARKAL/TIMES framework

Lecture Notes in Energy
2015 | Journal article
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Ramachandran Kannan

A Long-Term Electricity Dispatch Model with the TIMES Framework

Environmental Modeling and Assessment
2013 | Journal article
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Ramachandran Kannan
grade
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Cost of ad-hoc nuclear policy uncertainties in the evolution of the Swiss electricity system

Energy Policy
2012 | Journal article
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Ramachandran Kannan
grade
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The development and application of a temporal MARKAL energy system model using flexible time slicing

Applied Energy
2011 | Journal article
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Ramachandran Kannan
grade
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Modelling the UK residential energy sector under long-term decarbonisation scenarios: Comparison between energy systems and sectoral modelling approaches

Applied Energy
2009 | Journal article
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Ramachandran Kannan
grade
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The iterative contribution and relevance of modelling to UK energy policy

Energy Policy
2009 | Journal article
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Ramachandran Kannan
grade
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The structure and use of the UK MARKAL model

International Handbook on the Economics of Energy
2009 | Book
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2-s2.0-79955028547

Contributors: Kannan, R.; Ekins, P.; Strachan, N.
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Ramachandran Kannan via Scopus - Elsevier

The structure and use of the UK MARKAL model

International Handbook on the Economics of Energy
2009 | Book
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Ramachandran Kannan

Uncertainties in key low carbon power generation technologies - Implication for UK decarbonisation targets

Applied Energy
2009 | Journal article
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Ramachandran Kannan
grade
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Hybrid modelling of long-term carbon reduction scenarios for the UK

Energy Economics
2008 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.eneco.2008.04.009

Contributors: Strachan, N.; Kannan, R.
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Ramachandran Kannan via Scopus - Elsevier

Life cycle energy, emissions and cost inventory of power generation technologies in Singapore

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
2007 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.rser.2005.05.004

Contributors: Kannan, R.; Leong, K.C.; Osman, R.; Ho, H.K.
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Ramachandran Kannan via Scopus - Elsevier

Life cycle assessment study of solar PV systems: An example of a 2.7 kWp distributed solar PV system in Singapore

Solar Energy
2006 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.solener.2005.04.008

Contributors: Kannan, R.; Leong, K.C.; Osman, R.; Ho, H.K.; Tso, C.P.
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Ramachandran Kannan via Scopus - Elsevier

Gas fired combined cycle plant in Singapore: Energy use, GWP and cost-a life cycle approach

Energy Conversion and Management
2005 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.enconman.2004.10.021

Contributors: Kannan, R.; Leong, K.C.; Osman, R.; Ho, H.K.; Tso, C.P.
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Ramachandran Kannan via Scopus - Elsevier

LCA-LCCA of oil fired steam turbine power plant in Singapore

Energy Conversion and Management
2004 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.enconman.2004.01.005

Contributors: Kannan, R.; Tso, C.P.; Osman, R.; Ho, H.K.
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Ramachandran Kannan via Scopus - Elsevier

Energy management practices in SME - Case study of a bakery in Germany

Energy Conversion and Management
2003 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/S0196-8904(02)00079-1

Contributors: Kannan, R.; Boie, W.
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Ramachandran Kannan via Scopus - Elsevier

Networking to promote energy efficient and environmentally sound technologies in small and medium scale industries

International Journal of Global Energy Issues
2002 | Journal article
Contributors: Kumar, S.; Visvanathan, C.; Kannan, R.; Herrera, A.B.
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Ramachandran Kannan via Scopus - Elsevier

Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Science of the total environment. (1)