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Dynamics of severe accidents in the oil & gas energy sector derived from the authoritative ENergy-related severe accident database by Mignan, Arnaud, Spada, Matteo, Burgherr, Peter, Wang, Ziqi, Sornette, Didier

“…Organized into a global network of critical infrastructures, the oil & gas industry remains to this day the main energy contributor to the world's economy…”
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Comparative Risk Assessment for Fossil Energy Chains Using Bayesian Model Averaging by Spada, Matteo, Burgherr, Peter

“…The accident risk of severe (≥5 fatalities) accidents in fossil energy chains (Coal, Oil and Natural Gas) is analyzed. The full chain risk is assessed for…”
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Quantitative Assessment of Uncertainties and Sensitivities in the Estimation of Life Loss Due to the Instantaneous Break of a Hypothetical Dam in Switzerland by Anna Kalinina, Matteo Spada, Peter Burgherr

“…High safety standards of operators and regulators for dams in Switzerland require periodic assessments of risk mitigation measures at dams. Therefore, risk…”
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Metamodeling for Uncertainty Quantification of a Flood Wave Model for Concrete Dam Breaks by Kalinina, Anna, Spada, Matteo, Vetsch, David F., Marelli, Stefano, Whealton, Calvin, Burgherr, Peter, Sudret, Bruno

“…Uncertainties in instantaneous dam-break floods are difficult to assess with standard methods (e.g., Monte Carlo simulation) because of the lack of historical…”
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Advancing Hazard Assessment of Energy Accidents in the Natural Gas Sector with Rough Set Theory and Decision Rules by Cinelli, Marco, Spada, Matteo, Kadziński, Miłosz, Miebs, Grzegorz, Burgherr, Peter

“…The impacts of energy accidents are of primary interest for risk and resilience analysts, decision makers, and the general public. They can cause human health…”
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Evaluating the levelized costs and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of electricity generation from rooftop solar photovoltaics: a Swiss case study by Zhang, Xiaojin, Walch, Alina, Rüdisüli, Martin, Bauer, Christian, Burgherr, Peter, McKenna, Russell, Habert, Guillaume

“…The transition to renewable energy sources is pivotal in addressing global climate change challenges, with rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems playing a…”
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Quantifying Electricity Supply Resilience of Countries with Robust Efficiency Analysis by Gasser, Patrick, Cinelli, Marco, Labijak, Anna, Spada, Matteo, Burgherr, Peter, Kadziński, Miłosz, Stojadinović, Božidar

“…The interest in studying energy systems’ resilience is increasing due to a rising awareness of the importance of having a secure energy supply. This growing…”
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Energy-related Severe Accident Database (ENSAD): cloud-based geospatial platform by Kim, Wansub, Burgherr, Peter, Spada, Matteo, Lustenberger, Peter, Kalinina, Anna, Hirschberg, Stefan

“…The Energy-related Severe Accident Database (ENSAD) is the most authoritative resource for comparative risk analysis of accidents in the energy sector…”
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Multicriteria decision support for the evaluation of electricity supply resilience: Exploration of interacting criteria by Siskos, Eleftherios, Burgherr, Peter

“…•A multicriteria methodology to evaluate electricity supply resilience is developed.•Interactions between pairs of evaluation criteria are considered and…”
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Comparative risk assessment of severe accidents in the energy sector by Burgherr, Peter, Hirschberg, Stefan

“…Comparative assessment of accident risks in the energy sector is a key aspect in a comprehensive evaluation of sustainability and energy security concerns…”
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An aftermath analysis of the 2014 coal mine accident in Soma, Turkey: Use of risk performance indicators based on historical experience by Spada, Matteo, Burgherr, Peter

“…•Contrary to OECD, coal accidents and fatalities in Turkey show an increasing trend.•The Soma coal mine accident cannot be considered an extremely rare event…”
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Research Note on the Energy Infrastructure Attack Database (EIAD) by Giroux, Jennifer, Burgherr, Peter, Melkunaite, Laura

“…The January 2013 attack on the In Amenas natural gas facility drew international attention. However this attack is part of a portrait of energy infrastructure…”
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In-depth analysis of accidental oil spills from tankers in the context of global spill trends from all sources by Burgherr, Peter

“…This study gives a global overview of accidental oil spills from all sources (≥700 t) for the period 1970–2004, followed by a detailed examination of trends in…”
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Bayesian Data Analysis of Severe Fatal Accident Risk in the Oil Chain by Eckle, Petrissa, Burgherr, Peter

“…We analyze the risk of severe fatal accidents causing five or more fatalities and for nine different activities covering the entire oil chain. Included are…”
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Chemicals usage in stimulation processes for shale gas and deep geothermal systems: A comprehensive review and comparison by Sutra, Emilie, Spada, Matteo, Burgherr, Peter

“…With the economic establishment of the shale gas exploitation, horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have become nowadays common procedures, but not…”
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A comparison of risk measures for accidents in the energy sector and their implications on decision-making strategies by Spada, Matteo, Paraschiv, Florentina, Burgherr, Peter

“…Within the broader context of energy security and critical infrastructure protection, the comprehensive assessment of accidents and their related consequences…”
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Application of a Bayesian hierarchical modeling for risk assessment of accidents at hydropower dams by Kalinina, Anna, Spada, Matteo, Burgherr, Peter

“…•Bayesian hierarchical modeling offers a robust approach for dam accident analysis.•Generally, dams in non-OECD countries have a higher accident risk than in…”
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Probabilistic Analysis of Dam Accidents Worldwide: Risk Assessment for Dams of Different Purposes in OECD and Non‐OECD Countries with Focus on Time Trend Analysis by Kalinina, Anna, Spada, Matteo, Burgherr, Peter

“…This study presents probabilistic analysis of dam accidents worldwide in the period 1911–2016. The accidents are classified by the dam purpose and by the…”
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Comparative accident risk assessment with focus on deep geothermal energy systems in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries by Spada, Matteo, Sutra, Emilie, Burgherr, Peter

“…•Hazardous chemicals pose a substantial accident risk in deep geothermal energy system.•Expected risk is highest during stimulation followed by drilling and…”
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Proper and improper uses of MCDA methods in energy systems analysis by Cinelli, Marco, Burgherr, Peter, Kadziński, Miłosz, Słowiński, Roman

“…Over the past few decades, the strategies to perform energy systems analysis have evolved into multiple criteria-based frameworks. However, there still remains…”
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