GX & Decarbonization Research

Otobong O. Etuk, Emmanuel P. Udofia, Rosemary. E. Thomas

This study assesses carbon sequestration and biomass dynamics in Nigerian forest reserves over 32 years using GIS and field surveys. It finds high carbon density but alarming biomass losses due to deforestation, threatening to turn forests …

M. Sebri, A. Benhamed, H. Dachraoui

This paper analyzes the impact of Sino-American tensions on China's energy transition. It examines how geopolitical factors influence the shift to renewable energy and technology policy, offering insights into the interplay between internat…

Anju Thayyil, Manogna R L

This paper analyzes the relationship between climate change mitigation finance and multidimensional food security in 20 emerging and developing economies of the Global South from 2010 to 2022. Using static and dynamic panel models (GMM) and…

Stella Ebere Edeh, Chinagolum Ituma, Maduabuchi Ignatius Edeh +1

This study explores AI-driven smart energy management systems to address rising urban energy demand in Nigeria. It proposes a modular architecture integrating IoT, smart meters, and weather data for demand forecasting, anomaly detection, pr…

Taha Selim Üstün

This chapter reviews recent progress in decarbonizing power systems, focusing on integrating high shares of renewables. It addresses challenges such as intermittency, reduced inertia, and the need for new control strategies, and presents pl…

Yingnian Tao, Mark Ryan

This paper analyzes how UK newspapers from 2015-2024 frame green energy transition, comparing left- and right-leaning outlets using multiple methods. It reveals differences in emphasizing environmental versus economic crisis narratives, off…

Erika Džajić Uršič, Tamara Besednjak Valič, Alenka Pandiloska Jurak +1

This chapter provides an overview of the socio-economic implications of the green transition, focusing on challenges such as rising energy prices and the affordability of green technologies like electric cars. It argues that without careful…

Shikha Daga, Remy Jonkam Oben, Kyla L. Tennin

This paper examines the relationship between ICT and green growth in emerging BRICS economies, analyzing the role of ICT investment in balancing environmental sustainability and economic growth. It includes policy recommendations, though sp…

Pracheta Acharya

This paper reviews the integration of gender perspectives in climate relocation policies and practices in Oceania. It analyzes the impacts of relocation on women and gender minorities, highlighting challenges in gender mainstreaming. The au…

Geetha V

This review highlights recent advances in nanomaterials for energy conversion and storage (solar cells, batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, hydrogen production) and environmental applications (wastewater treatment, air-pollution control…

Bekdaulet, Abzhamiev

This paper proposes an integrated framework coupling SAGD energy efficiency with carbon pricing dynamics to assess heavy oil lifting costs under ESG regimes. Using VECM cointegration, it confirms long-run equilibrium between natural gas and…

Shi, Wangjinyu

This resource provides code and data for a multi-model assessment of air quality and health impacts of US energy decarbonization scenarios. It enables reproducible analysis of co-benefits (health improvements from reduced air pollution) of …

Changyong Park, Ana Juzbasic, Dong-Hyun Cha +5

This study projects future photovoltaic power potential (PVpot) over East Asia under extremely high temperature days, finding decreases across all scenarios and periods, with larger declines under high-carbon scenarios. PV hotspot areas lik…

Haowei Hu, Zihao Wang, Yong Yan +4

This study conducts a cradle-to-grave LCA of a 1 kWp rooftop monocrystalline silicon PV system in Chizhou, China, covering production, transport, 30-year operation, and recycling. Net carbon intensity is 12.09 g CO2-Eq/kWh with an energy pa…

Shaofeng Xie, Jingyuan Qi, Hui Wang +2

This paper proposes a risk-aware optimal dispatch framework for co-phase traction power supply systems (CTPSS) with PV and hybrid energy storage. It integrates probabilistic PV forecasting using parallel TCN-BiLSTM-Attention and t-Copula sc…

Juan Pu, Li Mingliang

Using panel data from 30 Chinese provinces (2011-2023), this study shows that the development of new agricultural business entities significantly reduces the marginal abatement cost of agricultural carbon emissions. Farmer cooperatives and …

Zhiyong Huang, Jinsong Chen, Yan Zhang +6

This study develops a molten salt-assisted carbonization method to upcycle waste PET into porous carbon nanosheets for CO2 capture. The optimal material achieves a high surface area of 1825 m2/g and CO2 adsorption capacity of 3.87 mmol/g, o…

Tingting Bai, Gissell Huaccha

This study analyzes the impact of stringent climate policies on energy poverty in China using over 7,000 subnational policies. It finds that while such policies reduce energy poverty within implementing provinces, they increase it in neighb…

Bin Li, Juntao Zhang, Chuntian Cheng

This study constructs China's first provincial-level dataset of wind and solar electricity droughts (WSEDs) using 2016-2024 data from Yunnan province. It finds wind and solar droughts occur about nine and six times per year respectively, wi…

Yige Sun, Xiaonan Tang

This study constructs an energy structure influencing factors (ESIF) evaluation system using improved principal component analysis, and develops a carbon emission prediction model for three Yangtze River Delta cities (Suzhou, Wuxi, Nanjing)…