Hanna Breunig

Energy/Environmental Policy Research Scientist/Engineer

Deputy, Sustainable Energy & Environmental Systems Department

Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts Division

Sustainable Energy Systems Group

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

90R2002

1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

Office Location: 090-2004

[email protected]

Hanna Breunig

Dr. Hanna Breunig is a Research Scientist in the Sustainable Energy Systems Group in the Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division. She holds a secondary joint appointment in the Earth Systems and Society Domain in the Climate and Ecosystem Science Division. Hanna specializes in technoeconomic analysis, market analysis, and environmental and human health impact assessment (life-cycle assessment) of emerging energy and wastewater treatment technologies. These include waste-to-energy/resource systems, circular economy, bioenergy, distributed generation including district energy, and gas (H₂, CO₂, CH₄) capture, utilization, and management technologies. She holds a B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering from Cornell University and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from UC Berkeley.

Education

Environmental Engineering, PhD, University of California Berkeley, 2015

Environmental Engineering, MS, University of California Berkeley, 2011

Environmental Engineering, BS, Cornell University, 2010

Professional Websites/Social Media Links

EESA LBNL Profile Page

Awards

November 2017

Early Career Development LDRD Awards

Hanna Breunig and Anna Spurlock

March 2014

Schmidt MacArthur Fellowship

Hanna Breunig

Professional Associations

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) , Chair of the Interest Group in Sustainability from 2017- 2018

Publications

2021

Anastasopoulou, Aikaterini, Hiroyasu Furukawa, Brandon R Barnett, Henry ZH Jiang, Jeffrey R Long, and Hanna Breunig. "Technoeconomic analysis of metal–organic frameworks for bulk hydrogen transportation." Energy & Environmental Science (2021).

2020

Yang, Minliang, Nawa Raj Baral, Aikaterini Anastasopoulou, Hanna Breunig, and Corinne Scown. "Cost and Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Implications of Integrating Biogas and Upgrading Carbon Capture Technologies in Cellulosic Biorefineries." Environmental Science & Technology 54.20 (2020) 12810 - 12819.

Nordahl, Sarah L, Jay P Devkota, Jahon Amirebrahimi, Sarah Josephine Smith, Hanna Breunig, Chelsea V Preble, Andrew Satchwell, Ling Jin, Nancy J Brown, Thomas W Kirchstetter, and Corinne Scown. "Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Human Health Trade-Offs of Organic Waste Management StrategiesLife-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Human Health Trade-Offs of Organic Waste Management Strategies." Environmental Science & Technology 54.15 (2020) 9200 - 9209.

2019

Breunig, Hanna, Jahon Amirebrahimi, Sarah Josephine Smith, and Corinne Scown. "Role of Digestate and Biochar in Carbon-Negative Bioenergy." Environmental Science & Technology (2019).

2018

Breunig, Hanna, Tyler Huntington, Ling Jin, Alastair Robinson, and Corinne Scown. "Dynamic Geospatial Modeling of the Building Stock To Project Urban Energy Demand." Environmental Science & Technology 52.14 (2018) 7604 - 7613.

Breunig, Hanna, Tyler Huntington, Ling Jin, Alastair Robinson, and Corinne Scown. "Temporal and geographic drivers of biomass residues in California." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 139 (2018) 287 - 297.

2017

Breunig, Hanna, Ling Jin, Alastair Robinson, and Corinne Scown. "Bioenergy Potential from Food Waste in California." Environmental Science & Technology (2017). LBNL-1007105.

2016

Sathre, Roger, Hanna Breunig, Jeffery B Greenblatt, Peter H Larsen, Eric R Masanet, Thomas E McKone, Nigel Quinn, and Corinne Scown. "Spatially-explicit water balance implications of carbon capture and sequestration." Environmental Modelling & Software 75 (2016) 153 - 162. LBNL-1003871.

2014

Wei, Max, Timothy E Lipman, Ahmad Mayyas, Joshua Chien, Shuk Han Chan, David Gosselin, Hanna Breunig, Michael Stadler, Thomas E McKone, Paul Beattie, Patricia Chong, Whitney G Colella, and Brian D James. A Total Cost of Ownership Model for Low Temperature PEM Fuel Cells in Combined Heat and Power and Backup Power Applications. 2014. LBNL-6772E.

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Breunig, Hanna, Jens T Birkholzer, Andrea Borgia, Phillip N Price, Curtis M Oldenburg, and Thomas E McKone. Assessment of Brine Management for Geologic Carbon Sequestration. 2014. LBNL-6361E.

2013

Breunig, Hanna, Jens T Birkholzer, Andrea Borgia, Curtis M Oldenburg, Phillip N Price, and Thomas E McKone. "Regional evaluation of brine management for geologic carbon sequestration." International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 14 (2013) 39 - 48. LBNL-1006963.

2012

Sathre, Roger, Hanna Breunig, Peter H Larsen, Eric R Masanet, Thomas E McKone, Nigel Quinn, and Corinne Scown. "Spatially-explicit impacts of carbon capture and sequestration on water supply and demand." Eleventh Annual Carbon Capture, Utilization & Sequestration Conference. Pittsburgh, PA, 2012.

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