Vedant Pushpahas Ballal
+4796970410
E4-111 Realfagbygget Gløshaugen, Trondheim
About
I am a PhD candidate in Industrial Ecology at the Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). My research focuses on environmental sustainability and techno-economic assessments of advanced low-carbon and renewable fuel pathways for hard-to-abate transport applications. The work integrates life cycle assessment (LCA) with prospective and system-level analyses to evaluate the climate and economic implications of emerging fuel technologies. I am supervised by Professor Francesco Cherubini and co-supervised by Marcos Djun Barbosa Watanabe and Juudit Ottelin.
I am affiliated with the Research Council of Norway’s FME Bio4Fuels centre, the EU-funded ICARUS project, and HySchool, the Norwegian research school on hydrogen and hydrogen-based fuels.
Background
I hold a Master’s degree in Industrial Ecology from NTNU, with specialised training in life cycle assessment and environmental sustainability analysis. My master’s thesis, Exploring the climate impacts of aviation e-fuels in Europe through a prospective life cycle assessment, examined the long-term climate impacts of alternative aviation fuel pathways under future energy system scenarios
Research
Publications
2026
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Hu, Xiangping;
Ballal, Vedant Pushpahas;
Martinelli, Gabriele;
Fuglstad, Geir-Arne;
Nocente, Alessandro;
Iacono, Roberto.
(2026)
Impacts of drought on electricity production, fossil carbon emissions, and air pollution in Europe.
Energy Nexus
Academic article
2025
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Werra, Marvin;
Watanabe, Marcos Djun Barbosa;
Ballal, Vedant Pushpahas;
Gogiyev, Teymur;
Larsen, Sten Yngve;
Tangstad, Merete.
(2025)
Life-cycle assessment of ferromanganese production using biocarbon as reductant and carbon capture and storage.
Environmental impact assessment review
Academic article
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Smith, Pete;
Singh, Pramod K.;
Ballal, Vedant Pushpahas;
Cherubini, Francesco;
Díaz-José, Julio;
Duchková, Helena.
(2025)
Impacts of Climate Change Interventions on Biodiversity, Water, the Food System and Human Health and Well-Being.
Global Change Biology
Academic literature review
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Ballal, Vedant Pushpahas;
Watanabe, Marcos Djun Barbosa;
Gilardi, Matteo;
Ogner, Eirik Jåstad;
Rørstad, Per Kr.;
Huang, Bo.
(2025)
Influence of wood resource types, conversion technologies, and plant size on the climate benefits and costs of advanced biofuels for aviation, shipping and heavy-duty transport.
Energy Conversion and Management
Academic article
2023
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Ballal, Vedant Pushpahas;
Cavalett, Otávio;
Cherubini, Francesco;
Watanabe, Marcos Djun Barbosa.
(2023)
Climate change impacts of e-fuels for aviation in Europe under present-day conditions and future policy scenarios.
Fuel
Academic article
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Watanabe, Marcos Djun Barbosa;
Hu, Xiangping;
Ballal, Vedant Pushpahas;
Cavalett, Otavio;
Cherubini, Francesco.
(2023)
Climate change mitigation potentials of on grid-connected Power-to-X fuels and advanced biofuels for the European maritime transport.
Energy Conversion and Management: X
Academic article
Journal publications
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Hu, Xiangping;
Ballal, Vedant Pushpahas;
Martinelli, Gabriele;
Fuglstad, Geir-Arne;
Nocente, Alessandro;
Iacono, Roberto.
(2026)
Impacts of drought on electricity production, fossil carbon emissions, and air pollution in Europe.
Energy Nexus
Academic article
-
Werra, Marvin;
Watanabe, Marcos Djun Barbosa;
Ballal, Vedant Pushpahas;
Gogiyev, Teymur;
Larsen, Sten Yngve;
Tangstad, Merete.
(2025)
Life-cycle assessment of ferromanganese production using biocarbon as reductant and carbon capture and storage.
Environmental impact assessment review
Academic article
-
Smith, Pete;
Singh, Pramod K.;
Ballal, Vedant Pushpahas;
Cherubini, Francesco;
Díaz-José, Julio;
Duchková, Helena.
(2025)
Impacts of Climate Change Interventions on Biodiversity, Water, the Food System and Human Health and Well-Being.
Global Change Biology
Academic literature review
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Ballal, Vedant Pushpahas;
Watanabe, Marcos Djun Barbosa;
Gilardi, Matteo;
Ogner, Eirik Jåstad;
Rørstad, Per Kr.;
Huang, Bo.
(2025)
Influence of wood resource types, conversion technologies, and plant size on the climate benefits and costs of advanced biofuels for aviation, shipping and heavy-duty transport.
Energy Conversion and Management
Academic article
-
Ballal, Vedant Pushpahas;
Cavalett, Otávio;
Cherubini, Francesco;
Watanabe, Marcos Djun Barbosa.
(2023)
Climate change impacts of e-fuels for aviation in Europe under present-day conditions and future policy scenarios.
Fuel
Academic article
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Watanabe, Marcos Djun Barbosa;
Hu, Xiangping;
Ballal, Vedant Pushpahas;
Cavalett, Otavio;
Cherubini, Francesco.
(2023)
Climate change mitigation potentials of on grid-connected Power-to-X fuels and advanced biofuels for the European maritime transport.
Energy Conversion and Management: X
Academic article
Outreach
2024
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LectureBallal, Vedant Pushpahas. (2024) Exploring Biofuels for Climate Mitigation in Norwegian Transport sector. Bio4Fuels Days 2024 , Helsinki 12.06.2024 - 13.06.2024
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LectureBallal, Vedant Pushpahas. (2024) Exploring Biofuels for Climate Mitigation in Norwegian Transport sector. Lunch meeting, Bio4Fuels , As 05.04.2024 -
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LectureBallal, Vedant Pushpahas. (2024) Climate benefits and costs of advanced biofuels for aviation, shipping and heavy-duty transport in Norway. Bio4Fuels Webinar , Online 19.09.2024 -
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PosterBallal, Vedant Pushpahas. (2024) Climate impacts of advanced drop-in liquid biofuels for transport applications. HySchool Days 2024 , Trondheim 23.04.2024 - 24.04.2024
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LectureBallal, Vedant Pushpahas. (2024) Supply scenarios of forest-based feedstocks for biofuel production in Norway: Costs and Climate benefits. BioCarbUpgrade workshop and SC03 meeting , Rudshøgda/Online 16.10.2024 - 17.10.2024
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LectureGilardi, Matteo; Bisotti, Filippo; Ballal, Vedant Pushpahas; Cherubini, Francesco; Wittgens, Bernd. (2024) Equivalent CO2 emissions assessment of an integrated biorefinery. 17th International Conference on GreenHouse Gas Technologies (GHGT-17) , Calgary 20.10.2024 - 24.10.2024
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LectureGilardi, Matteo; Bisotti, Filippo; Berglihn, Olaf Trygve; Ballal, Vedant Pushpahas; Cherubini, Francesco; Wittgens, Bernd. (2024) Process design and environmental assessment of an integrated biorefinery for Bioethanol and Bio-Oil production. European Conference on Biomass 2024 (EUBCE 2024) , Marseille 23.06.2024 - 27.06.2024
2023
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Academic lectureBallal, Vedant Pushpahas. (2023) Climate change impacts of e-fuels for aviation in Europe. Bio4Fuels Webinar , Online 27.04.2023 -
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PosterBallal, Vedant Pushpahas; Cavalett, Otavio; Watanabe, Marcos Djun Barbosa; Cherubini, Francesco. (2023) Climate impacts of e-fuels produced by integration of electrolysis and Biomass-to-Liquid (BTL) conversion for aviation in Europe. 32nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE) , Bologna 05.06.2023 - 09.06.2023
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LectureBallal, Vedant Pushpahas. (2023) Climate change impacts of e-fuels for aviation in Europe. HySchool Days 2023 , Bergen 07.03.2023 - 08.03.2023
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PosterWatanabe, Marcos Djun Barbosa; Ballal, Vedant Pushpahas; Hu, Xiangping; Cherubini, Francesco. (2023) Power-to-X and Hydrogen-based Biofuels as Alternatives to Decarbonize the European Maritime Sector until 2050. 31st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition , Bologna 05.06.2023 - 05.06.2023
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LectureBallal, Vedant Pushpahas. (2023) Exploring Biofuels for Climate Mitigation in Norwegian Transport sector. Bio4Fuels Days 2023 , Oslo 15.11.2023 - 16.11.2023