Publications — The Reset Lab

Residential solar photovoltaic seeding effects and their unequal impact on diffusion across racial and ethnic groups in the US

SayedMorteza Malaekeh, Sergio Castellanos

Energy Policy (2025) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114782

Challenges in Incorporating Environmental Justice Constraints for Capacity Expansion Modeling

Jordan French, Sarah Alverson, Pedro A Sánchez-Pérez, Martin Staadecker, Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez, Sergio Castellanos

Environmental Science & Technology (2025) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c12991

Pathways to Decarbonize Honduras’ Power Sector

Ricardo Pineda-Guzman, Paola Sofia Acevedo Alvarado, Pedro A Sanchez-Perez, Sergio Castellanos

Environmental Science & Technology (2025) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c13433

Strengthening individual preparedness for extreme cold weather through enhanced messaging, risk perception, and trust

Kyudong Kim, Keri K Stephens, Matthew S McGlone, Mir Rabby, Roselia Mendez Murillo, Sergio Castellanos, Kasey M Faust

Sustainable Cities and Society (2025) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2025.106164

Offshore wind manufacturing, deployment, and the just transition in Texas

Chen-Kai Fan, Jerry Potts, Sergio Castellanos

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2025) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.115292

Modeling the impact of electric vehicle adoption and charging strategies in ERCOT

Sara Murillo, Jerry Potts, Sergio Castellanos

Environmental Research Energy (2024) https://doi.org/10.1088/2753-3751/ad96bc

Battery energy storage systems' integration in Baja California Sur, Mexico: A long-term electrical grid assessment

Javier de la Cruz, Sergio Castellanos

Journal of Energy Storage (2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.109703

Assessing the impact of electric vehicles in Mexico’s electricity sector and supporting policies

Josué Maldonado, Apollo Jain, Sergio Castellanos

Applied Energy (2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114152

Equitable rooftop photovoltaics deployment

Sergio Castellanos

Nature Energy (2024) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-024-01525-7

Community resilience in a cascading disaster: enacting a hybrid hyperlocal community of practices (HCoPs) through online/offline communication

Jiayu Sun, Keri K. Stephens, Tara Tasuji, Kasey Faust & Sergio Castellanos

Journal of Applied Communication Research (2024) https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2024.2341082

Enhancing power system resilience to extreme weather events: A qualitative assessment of winter storm Uri

Jerry Potts, Helena R. Tiedmann, Keri K. Stephens, Kasey M. Faust, Sergio Castellanos

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104309

Metrics for Decision-Making in Energy Justice

Erin Baker, Sanya Carley, Sergio Castellanos, Destenie Nock, Joe F. Bozeman III, David Konisky, Chukwuka G. Monyei, Monisha Shah, and Benjamin Sovacool

Vol. 48:737-760 (Volume publication date November 2023)

https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-112621-063400

White paper: Research Challenges at the Intersection of Energy and Equity in the Energy Transition

M. Ash, E. Baker, M. Tuominen, D. Venkataraman, M. Burke, S. Castellanos*, M. Cha, G. Chan, D. Djokić, J. C. Ford, A. P. Goldstein, D. Hsu, M. Lackner, C. Miller, D. Nock, A. P. Ravikumar, A. Bates, A. Stefanopoulou, E. Grubert, D. M. Kammen, M. Pastor, S. Z. Attari, S. Carley, D. L. Clark, D. Deane-Ryan, U. Kosar, K. Bowie, T. Johnson

NSF2026: Conference Workshops to Identify Research Challenges at the Intersection of Energy and Equity in the Energy Transition (2023) https://doi.org/10.7275/zzka-5107

REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUPS - NSF 2026: Priorities and Research Needs for an Equitable Energy Transition

M. Ash, E. Baker, M. Tuominen, D. Venkataraman, M. Burke, S. Castellanos*, M. Cha, G. Chan, D. Djokić, J. C. Ford, A. P. Goldstein, D. Hsu, M. Lackner, C. Miller, D. Nock, A. P. Ravikumar, A. Bates, A. Stefanopoulou, E. Grubert, D. M. Kammen, M. Pastor, S. Z. Attari, S. Carley, D. L. Clark, D. Deane-Ryan, U. Kosar, K. Bowie, T. Johnson

NSF2026: Conference Workshops to Identify Research Challenges at the Intersection of Energy and Equity in the Energy Transition (2023) https://doi.org/10.7275/e3xn-9s69

Tracking the post-disaster evolution of water infrastructure resilience: A study of the 2021 Texas winter storm

H. Tiedmann, L. Spearing, S. Castellanos*, K. Stephens, L. Sela, K. Faust

Sustainable Cities and Society (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104417

A synthesis and review of exacerbated inequities from the February 2021 winter storm (Uri) in Texas and the risks moving forward

S. Castellanos, J. Potts, H. Tiedmann, S. Alverson, Y. Glazer, A. Robison, S. Russo, D. Harmon, B. Ken-Opurum, M. Weisz, F. Acuna, K. Stephens, K. Faust, M. Webber

Progress in Energy (2023) https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/aca9b4

Evaluating emerging long-duration energy storage technologies

Rui Shan, Jeremiah Reagan, Sergio Castellanos, Sarah Kurtz, Noah Kittner

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112240

Impacts and savings of energy efficiency measures: A case for Mexico's electrical grid

Edgar Ramirez-Sanchez, Gabriel Evangelista-Palma, Daniel Gutierrez-Navarro, Daniel M Kammen, Sergio Castellanos

Journal of Cleaner Production (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130826

The Energy 4.0 Concept and Its Relationship with the S3 Framework

Ponce, P., Mata, O., Castellanos, S., Molina, A., McDaniel, T., Mendez, J.I.

Smart Multimedia. ICSM 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22061-6_16

Mapping Opportunities for Transportation Electrification to Address Social Marginalization and Air Pollution Challenges in Greater Mexico City

J. A. Mahady, C. Octaviano, O. S. A. Bolaños, E. R. López, D.M. Kammen, and S. Castellanos*

Environmental Science & Technology (2020) 54 (4), 2103-2111
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b06148

Environmental Justice Index in Transportation for Mexicali

Github repository

https://github.com/MexicaliEJTransportation/Maps

For Cleaner, Greener Power, Expand the Definition of “Batteries”

S. Kurtz, N. Kittner, S. Castellanos*, P. Hidalgo-Gonzalez, D.M. Kammen

Issues in Science and Technology (June 11, 2021).

Gamified Smart Grid Implementation Through Pico, Nano, and Microgrids in a Sustainable Campus

Citlaly Pérez, Juana Isabel Méndez, Antonio Rivera, Pedro Ponce, Sergio Castellanos, Therese Peffer, Alan Meier, Arturo Molina

Smart Multimedia (2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22061-6_10

A Rapid HMI Prototyping Based on Personality Traits and AI for Social Connected Thermostats

Méndez, J.I. et al.

Advances in Soft Computing. MICAI 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2021) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89820-5_18

Design of domestic photovoltaics manufacturing systems under global constraints and uncertainty

José Ezequiel Santibañez-Aguilar et al. (2020)

Renewable Energy 148: 1174-1189

Sustainable silicon photovoltaics manufacturing in a global market: A techno-economic, tariff and transportation framework

Sergio Castellanos et al. (2018)

Applied Energy 212: 704-719

Seasonal Challenges for a Zero-Carbon Grid in California

Abido, M. Y., Shiraishi, K., Sánchez-Pérez, P. A., Jones, R. K., Mahmud, Z., Castellanos, S., ... & Kurtz, S. R. (2021, June). Seasonal challenges for a zero-carbon grid in California. In 2021 IEEE 48th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC) (pp. 0182-0186). IEEE.

Cross-sector storage and modeling needed for deep decarbonization

Kittner, N., Castellanos, S., Hidalgo-Gonzalez, P., Kammen, D. M., & Kurtz, S. (2021). Cross-sector storage and modeling needed for deep decarbonization. Joule, 5(10), 2529-2534.

Driver’s Personality and Behavior for Boosting Automobile Security and Sensing Health Problems Through Fuzzy Signal Detection Case Study: Mexico City

Reyes GEB, Ponce P, Castellanos S, Hernández JAG, Cruz US, MacDaniel T, Molina A. Driver’s Personality and Behavior for Boosting Automobile Security and Sensing Health Problems Through Fuzzy Signal Detection Case Study: Mexico City. Sensors. 2021; 21(21):7350. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21217350

Enabling an equitable energy transition through inclusive research

AP Ravikumar, E Baker, A Bates, D Nock, D Venkataraman, T Johnson, M Ash, SZ Attari, K Bowie, S Carley, S Castellanos, M Cha, DL Clark, D Deane-Ryan, D Djokic, JC Ford, A Goldstein, E Grubert, L Hu, DM Kammen, U Kosar, C Miller, M Pastor, M Tuominen

Nature Energy (2022) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01145-z

Support for climate policy researchers

Hanna, R., Dugoua, E., Nuñez-Jimenez, A., Nock, D., Arcusa, S., Castellanos, S., ... & Zhu, Q. (2022). Support for climate policy researchers. Science, 378(6625), 1181-1181.

Exploring rooftop solar photovoltaics deployment and energy injustice in the US through a data-driven approach

S Castellanos*, D. Sunter, D.M. Kammen

Data Science Applied to Sustainability Analysis (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817976-5.00007-3

A quantitative, equitable framework for urban transportation electrification: Oakland , California as a mobility model of climate justice

A. Ku, D. Kammen, S. Castellanos*

Sustainable Cities and Society (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.103179

Mapping opportunities for vehicle electrification to address environmental justice challenges in Mexico City

J.A. Mahady, C. Octaviano, O.S. Araiza Bolaños, E. Rosas López, D.M. Kammen, S. Castellanos*

Environmental Science and Technology (2020), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b06148

Disparities in rooftop photovoltaics deployment in the United States by race and ethnicity

D. Sunter, S Castellanos*, D.M. Kammen

Nature Sustainability 2, 71-76 (2019)

Transforming the Grid Towards Fully Renewable Energy

Edited by Oliver Probst, Sergio Castellanos, Rodrigo Palacios
Publication Year: 2020
ISBN-13: 978-1-83953-021-0

Modeling high-penetration of clean energy in the electrical grid: A case for Mexico

S. Castellanos et al.

2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, pp. 1377-1379, doi: 10.1109/PVSC.2018.8548261.

Political Affiliation and Rooftop Solar Adoption in New York and Texas

Sunter, D., Dees, J., Castellanos, S.*, Callaway, D. & Kammen, D. (2018). 2426-2429. 10.1109/PVSC.2018.8548257.

Conference: 2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC)

Rooftop solar photovoltaic potential in cities: how scalable are assessment approaches?

S. Castellanos*, D. Sunter, D.M. Kammen

Environmental Research Letters (2017): 12