GX Research Hub · English
GX & Decarbonization Research
This page provides an English interface to the gxceed GX paper corpus. The corpus aggregates papers from 13 open 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.
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalWater2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Towards Energy Neutrality in Full-Scale Wastewater Treatment Plants Under the European Directive 3019/2024: What Are the Technical Possibilities?
Matia Mainardis, Tina Kegl
The revision of the European Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive introduces energy neutrality for WWTPs. This paper reviews technical options: enhanced anaerobic digestion for large plants, PV and hydro for medium plants, and hybrid system…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalSustainability2026#Carbon PricingDOI
Climate Change and Tax Policy in Terms of Climate Justice
Anna Wildowicz-Szumarska, Katarzyna Kocur-Bera
This paper outlines environmental taxation from a climate justice perspective, recommending tax policy changes to combat climate change and facilitate a green transition. A survey confirms that tax burdens must be fairer, targeting the rich…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalEnvironmental Science & Technology2026#Climate ScienceDOI
Mitigating Hidden Climate Change Impacts of Timber Cities Critically Depends on Proactive Forest and Waste Management
Alperen Yayla, Augustin Danneaux, Estelle Schurer +5
This study uses dynamic life cycle assessment to compare climate impacts of timber vs. reinforced concrete urban buildings. Timber cities can reduce global temperature by up to 0.023 K by 2100, but poor forest regrowth, landfill gas, and in…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalEnergy Research & Social Science2026#Energy TransitionDOI
The easy way of participating in energy transition — Investigating the purchase intention for plug-in solar devices using an extended theory of consumption values
Katharina Rzepucha-Hlubek
This study investigates purchase intention for plug-in solar devices (PSD) using an extended Theory of Consumption Values. By adding environmental and autarky values, the model explains 64.4% of variance. Functional price, conditional, epis…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalThe International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law2026#CCUSDOI
‘Global Rules and Standards’
Constantinos Yiallourides, Alexander Proelß, Lennart Westmark
This paper examines the environmental regulation of sub-seabed CO2 storage under UNCLOS, focusing on 'global rules and standards', due diligence, EIA, and the precautionary approach. It highlights legal challenges for CCUS deployment and st…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalLogistics2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Integrating Efficiency and Priority in Circular Energy Supply Chains: A DEA-Informed BWM Analysis of Second-Life EV Battery Ecosystems in Emerging Economies
Ilyas Masudin, Dian Palupi Restuputri, Dwi Iryaning Handayani +1
This study integrates BWM and DEA to analyze second-life EV battery ecosystems in emerging economies. Technical (28.4%) and economic (24.9%) barriers are top priorities, and configurations with formal reverse logistics and certification ach…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalSustainability2026#PolicyDOI
Integrating Sustainability into Monetary Policy to Address Climate Change—A Critical Literature Review
Aleksandra Nocoń
This paper provides a theoretical analysis of how central banks can integrate climate issues into monetary policy. Based on a systematic literature review, it reveals tensions between risk-based and interventionist approaches, concluding th…
Peer-reviewedJournalWorld Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology and Sciences2026#Renewable EnergyDOI
Leveraging artificial intelligence for optimizing renewable energy systems and enhancing climate sustainability
Abdullahi Umar Nasiru, Binibor Mary-Ann Ekomerenren, Abdul Salam Abdul Fattah +2
This study explores AI applications for optimizing renewable energy systems in Nigeria. Machine learning and predictive analytics improve demand forecasting, grid stability, and maintenance efficiency, reducing carbon emissions. Challenges …
PreprintResearch Portal (Queen's University Belfast)2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Beyond LCOE: Methodological Limitations and a Macroeconomic Framework for Energy Transition Costs
Bibek Bhatta
This paper argues that Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCOE) is unreliable for comparing generation technologies or assessing transition costs, citing inconsistent discount rates, omitted technologies, and fixed carbon price assumptions. It …
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalAustralian Energy Producers journal.2026#Energy TransitionDOI
A narrative-based framework for energy-transition consultations: insights from Australia’s future gas strategy
Debashish Dev, Katherine Witt
Analyzing 244 submissions to Australia's Future Gas Strategy, this study develops a narrative framework identifying four stakeholder groups with competing assumptions about responsibility, timing, fairness, and legitimacy. It reveals a temp…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalAustralian Energy Producers journal.2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Repurposing geological voids for compressed air energy storage and the need for regulatory review
Xingjin Wang, Peter Cook, Yudong Yuan +1
This paper explores compressed air energy storage (CAES) in geological voids as a long-duration large-scale storage option for Australia's energy transition. Focusing on Queensland, it identifies legislative gaps in petroleum and minerals a…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournal2026#Carbon AccountingDOI
Sustained Neutralization of the Warming Response to Emissions through a Portfolio of GHG Mitigation Strategies
Ella Hughes, Zeke Hausfather, Randall Spock +1
This paper proposes an accounting approach for neutralizing the warming response to emissions by combining emissions abatement and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) with varying durability. The approach translates climate impacts into a single m…
Peer-reviewedCNJournalAustralian Energy Producers journal.2026#PolicyDOI
The market substitution argument – what can we learn from the 2020–2023 Chinese coal import bans?
David Close, I Gde Agung Chandra Satriya, Chelsea Golding +2
Using China's unofficial ban on Australian coal imports from 2020–2023, this paper tests the market substitution argument (MSA). It finds that China substituted Australian coal with imports from Indonesia, Russia, and Mongolia, and boosted …
Peer-reviewedJournalFrontiers in Built Environment2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Defining a strategic starting point for positive energy districts (PED) in developing cities: energy balance analysis in Chihuahua, Mexico
Jorge Lucero-Álvarez
This paper proposes a strategic leapfrogging approach to Positive Energy Districts (PED) in rapidly growing Global South cities, bypassing building-level steps. Using Chihuahua, Mexico as a case study, it shows that combined energy efficien…
CNDatasetFigshare2026#PolicyDOI
Integrated energy system framework for policy design, cross-scale energy system models
Xiao Li
Existing renewable subsidy schemes are designed against static capacity configurations, ignoring how incentives propagate through dispatch to deliver carbon abatement. This paper develops an integrated optimization framework that endogenize…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalSustainability2026#Energy EfficiencyDOI
Energy Intensity Convergence and Sustainable Energy Transition in the European Union: Evidence from Fourier-Based Quantile Methods
Yunus Gülcü, Esma Gültekin Tarla, Tayfur Bayat
This study investigates energy intensity convergence in EU member states from 1993 to 2021 using Fourier-based quantile unit root tests. Strong convergence was found until 2009, but divergence afterward, suggesting that uniform EU policies …
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournal2026#Transition FinanceDOI
The hidden role of export credit in the energy transition
Igor Shishlov
This paper examines the often-overlooked influence of export credit agencies on the global energy transition. It discusses how export credit can either support or hinder the shift to clean energy, highlighting policy implications for financ…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalEnvironmental Sciences Europe2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Governance-conditioned financial and energy transition pathways to ecological sustainability
Md Qamruzzaman, Abdulateif A. Almulhim, Abdullah A. Aljughaiman
This study examines the dynamic nexus between governance quality, financial development, energy transition, and ecological sustainability in 95 developing countries from 2005 to 2023. Results show that good governance amplifies the positive…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalSustainability2026#Carbon AccountingDOI
Comparative Carbon Footprint Analysis of Sludge Management Pathways in Isolated Regions
Oliver Díaz, Enrique González, Elisabet Segredo-Morales
This study presents a comparative cradle-to-gate carbon footprint analysis of various sludge management pathways in the Canary Islands. It finds that centralized thermochemical processing, especially pyrolysis, offers the greatest decarboni…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalAustralian Energy Producers journal.2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Mapping Australia’s gas production history: a linked open data-based dataset for energy transition analysis
Afsal Najeeb, Stephen Kennedy-Clark, David Close +2
This paper introduces a harmonized open-source dataset of east coast gas production in Australia, compiled using linked open data (LOD). It enables consistent historical analysis at field, basin, and state levels, supporting energy transiti…