GX Research Hub · English
GX & Decarbonization Research
This page provides an English interface to the gxceed GX paper corpus. The corpus aggregates papers from 14 contributing scholarly metadata sources and uses AI-assisted classification to identify signals related to measurement, policy narratives, outcomes, implementation, industrial adoption, and verification.
The goal is not only to discover papers, but to observe how GX research is distributed across research substance, implementation narratives, external expectations, implementation substance, and judgment formation.
Summaries are AI-assisted. Always refer to the original paper for authoritative conclusions.
Preprint🇪🇺 EuropeZenodo2026#Renewable EnergyDOI
Quantifying the regulatory impact on Renewable Energy Community performance in Austria and Spain
Fina, Bernadette, Ribó-Pérez, David, Manso-Burgos, Alvaro
This study quantitatively compares how different national regulatory frameworks for Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) in Austria and Spain affect performance. Using techno-economic simulations, it finds that Austrian regulations lead to h…
Preprint🇪🇺 EuropeZenodo2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Social assessment report
Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung Heidelberg, SINTEF, Rettenmaier, Nils +3
This report presents a social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) of renewable methanol production from biogas under the ēQATOR concept, using electrical heating for reforming. Purchased inputs, especially electricity and hydrogen production, are…
PreprintZenodo2026#Climate FinanceDOI
ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE FINANCE AND ESG ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY IN NIGERIA
AL-AMIN, IBRAHIM AL-AMIN
This study examines the impact of climate finance and ESG practices on sustainable energy adoption in Nigeria. Climate finance enables solar PV projects but faces barriers for SMEs and bureaucratic hurdles. ESG adoption is increasing but go…
PreprintZenodo2026#Transition FinanceDOI
Before You Rely on a Corporate Climate Transition Plan: Governing Handoffs Across Organizational Boundaries
Bell, Peter
This working paper presents a practical, non-scoring framework for assessing corporate climate transition plans that depend on external organizations beyond the company's control. It uses the German steel industry's shift to direct-reductio…
DatasetZenodo2026#Energy TransitionDOI
urbs energy-system models for a rural ecotourism lodging (six scenarios)
Puente Antonio, Iván, García Kerdan, Iván
This study uses the urbs energy system optimization model for a rural ecotourism lodging in Hidalgo, Mexico. Six scenarios combine conventional and passive building envelopes with three operating settings: grid-connected, off-grid, and carb…
Preprint🇪🇺 EuropeZenodo2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Results of the paper "A minimal methanol backstop for high-electrification scenarios"
Glaum, Philipp, Neumann, Fabian, Millinger, Markus +1
This paper proposes a 'minimal methanol backstop' as a liquid fuel for hard-to-electrify sectors like aviation, shipping, and backup power. Using a European energy system model, it finds methanol-based systems increase total system costs by…
Preprint🇪🇺 EuropeZenodo2026#Energy TransitionDOI
From Paris to practice: an investment-oriented framework for EU sustainability and energy storage
Colombo, Esmeralda
The year 2025 marks a critical juncture for global sustainability governance, yet financing gaps and fragmented governance persist. This study extends an integrative framework to renewable energy storage in the EU, evaluating how storage in…
Preprint🇪🇺 EuropeZenodo2026#GreenwashingDOI
Net-Zero Litigation: Procedural Law Aspects
Colombo, Esmeralda
This paper analyzes the procedural evolution of climate litigation in the net-zero era, starting with the Italian Eni Diesel+ case and comparing greenwashing cases across four European sectors (aviation, ESG, energy, products). It highlight…
Preprint🇪🇺 EuropeZenodo2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Storage for Energy Justice: The Role of Energy Communities in EU Law
Colombo, Esmeralda
This paper analyzes regulatory barriers to deploying energy storage within energy communities under EU law, emphasizing storage's role in energy justice. Without a comprehensive EU storage bill, it proposes a three-point agenda leveraging f…
Preprint🇪🇺 EuropeZenodo2026#Energy TransitionDOI
The Fifth Freedom: Shaping EU Innovation Policy for Renewable Energy Storage and Decarbonization
Colombo, Esmeralda
This article proposes recognizing innovation as the EU's 'fifth freedom' and focuses on renewable energy storage, a critical but overlooked component of decarbonization. It identifies structural barriers such as regulatory fragmentation and…
Preprint🇪🇺 EuropeZenodo2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Multi-Dimensional Optimization of Coal–RDF–Ammonia Fuel Blends: Exergetic Efficiency and Environmental Impact
Chavando, Antonio, Braga, Patrícia Crespo, Eusébio, Daniela +1
This study presents an integrated thermodynamic and environmental assessment of coal-RDF-ammonia co-firing for low-carbon power generation. Using Aspen Plus simulation and Response Surface Methodology optimization, the authors identify an o…
Preprint🌍 GlobalarXiv2026#Energy Transition
Design of policy digital twins incorporating multi-level agent based modelling
Matt Tipuric, Alejandro Beltran, Nick Malleson +2
This paper discusses the design of policy digital twins using multi-level agent-based modeling to incorporate human behavior effects. A case study is presented for a UK city council's energy transition policy, demonstrating the design metho…
Peer-reviewed🇺🇸 USAJournalGreen Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community2026#Climate ScienceDOI
What Makes a Molecule a Greenhouse Gas? A Case Study on Molecular Symmetry and Global Warming Potential
Jesse Gordon
This paper investigates how molecular symmetry influences greenhouse gas properties. It analyzes the relationship between molecular structure and global warming potential (GWP), showing that symmetric molecules may activate specific infrare…
Peer-reviewedJournalJournal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences2026#Climate ScienceDOI
Methane and Nitrous Oxide Reshape the Air‐Water Greenhouse Gas Budget of a Tropical Estuarine Delta
Luiz C. Cotovicz, Renato P. Ribeiro, Luciana O. Vidal +4
This study measured methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) air-water fluxes in a tropical estuarine delta in Brazil (Paraíba do Sul River) and combined them with CO2 data to assess the greenhouse gas budget. CH4 concentrations were highest i…
Peer-reviewedJournalBiomass and Bioenergy2026#Climate ScienceDOI
Effects of long-term conservation agriculture on productivity, soil carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions in rice-wheat systems of the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains
Riju Pratap Singh, Pratik Sanodiya, Udai Pratap Singh +3
This study evaluates the effects of long-term conservation agriculture on productivity, soil carbon sequestration, and greenhouse gas emissions in rice-wheat systems of the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains. It suggests that reduced tillage and …
Peer-reviewedJournalAgriculture, Ecosystems & Environment2026#Climate ScienceDOI
Alternate wetting and drying irrigation combined with biochar reduces greenhouse gas emissions and improves carbon balance in water‑scarce rice agroecosystems
Damián Fernández-Rodríguez, David Paulo Fangueiro, David Peña Abades +5
This study demonstrates that combining alternate wetting and drying irrigation with biochar can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve carbon balance in water-scarce rice agroecosystems, contributing to climate mitigation…
Peer-reviewedJournalAustralasian Journal of Environmental Management2026#Carbon AccountingDOI
Developing embedded greenhouse gas emissions accounting frameworks and calculation tools for Australia's aluminium and steel sectors
Wahidul Biswas, Augustine Ntiamoah, Michele John +1
This paper presents the development of accounting frameworks and calculation tools for assessing embedded greenhouse gas emissions across the lifecycle of aluminium and steel products in Australia. It provides a practical methodology tailor…
Peer-reviewedJournalFundamental and Applied Limnology2026#Climate ScienceDOI
Advancing experimental tools for inland waters: testing limnocorrals for greenhouse gas emissions and food web studies
María A. Rodrigo, Eric Puche, Manuel Muñoz-Colmenares +2
This paper tests limnocorrals as experimental tools for studying greenhouse gas emissions and food webs in inland waters, evaluating their effectiveness and applicability.
Preprint🇺🇸 USA2026#Energy TransitionDOI
California’s plan to decarbonize electricity omits key greenhouse gas emissions
Marie-Odile Fortier, Amir Sharafi, Alyssa Pfadt-Trilling +1
California's decarbonization plan through 2045 ignores lifecycle GHG emissions of renewable electricity systems. Analysis shows actual emissions could be over 30% higher than state estimates, even with optimal siting. Lack of lifecycle acco…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY2026#Energy TransitionDOI
History versus aspirations: carbon neutrality postponed by several decades
V. V. Klimenko, A. G. Tereshin, O. V. Mikushina
This study models the carbon neutrality prospects of nine major developing economies, finding that current decarbonization rates and CCS deployment are insufficient to meet 2050-2070 targets until after 2100. Only China and Brazil have cent…