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.
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalSustainability2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Coal Transition Pathways in the European Union: Governance and Regional Transformation in Germany, Poland, and Czechia
Tansel Dogan, Hernan Flores, Sylwia Jarosławska-Sobór +1
A qualitative comparative review of coal transition pathways in Germany's Ruhr, Poland's Upper Silesia, and Czechia's Moravian-Silesian Region. It examines governance coordination, phase-out clarity, labour-market instruments, innovation st…
🇪🇺 EuropeJournalFigshare2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Supporting Local Energy Transitions:
Ekaterina Federova, Adam Hearn, Iljana Schubert +1
This toolbox supports the planning, development, operation and scaling of Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) and Positive Energy Districts (PEDs). Based on a systematic literature review, it identifies key barriers and enablers ('meta-fact…
🌍 GlobalJournalZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026#Energy TransitionDOI
World Energy Transition outside the West: A pragmatic stocktake of ten non-Western countries
Jean‐Michel Glachant, Ramakrishnan Atreya
This paper measures the actual energy transition in ten non-Western countries (China, India, Indonesia, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Chile, Türkiye) over 2013–2024 using 21 indicators across three steps: solar/wind gr…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalHumanities and Social Sciences Communications2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Digitalisation and energy transition in Africa: does government spending and the knowledge economy matter?
Isaac Ketu, Germain Stephane Ketchoua
Using EKC framework and system GMM on 2000–2023 data from 53 African countries, this study examines how digitalisation, the knowledge economy, and government spending shape energy transition. Digitalisation initially impedes but eventually …
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalEnergies2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Energy and Economic Analysis of Technologies Suitable for Energy Transition in the Hospital Sector
Giulia Anna Maria Castorino, Lucrezia Manservigi, Pier Ruggero Spina +1
This study identifies energy conversion and storage technologies likely to lead the hospital sector's transition to 2050. It integrates particle swarm optimization with mixed-integer linear programming to jointly optimize sizing and operati…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalEnergies2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Digital Transformation and Sustainable Business Model Innovation in Renewable Energy Transitions: A Comparative Study of Poland and Selected European Countries
Michał Igielski
A convergent mixed-methods study comparing Poland, Germany, Denmark, and Spain on how digital transformation, organizational learning, and Sustainable Business Model Innovation jointly support renewable energy transitions. Higher digital ma…
🇯🇵 JapanDatasetZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Influence of Sectoral Energy and Cooking Transition on Kenya Energy Futures Using GENeSYS-Mod based Scenario Analysis
Joseph Obbo, Julius Butime, K.V. Rop +3
This dataset provides hourly data and input files for modeling Kenya's energy futures from 2020 to 2050, incorporating sectoral energy coupling and cooking transitions. Results cover three scenarios (BAU, GVT, Low emissions) at three tempor…
Peer-reviewed🇺🇸 USAJournalAmerican Journal of Civil Engineering and Constructions2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Evaluation of Renewable Energy Usage Versus Fossil Fuel Usage: A Case Study
Justin Blau, Calvin Chen, Jason Liu +1
A case study comparing renewable versus fossil fuel use in construction, focusing on equipment and organizational decision-making. A survey of construction professionals shows growing acceptance of renewables, especially for small-to-medium…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalEnergy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable development2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Experimental impact study on a micro-grid project in rural Madagascar: The Café Lumière project
Jean‐Claude Berthélemy, Vincent Nossek, Victor Béguerie
An RCT evaluation of a solar micro-grid pilot in rural Madagascar, using household surveys in 2017–18 and 2023. It finds improved electricity access and modern energy use (lighting, phone charging) and some new secondary income activities, …
Preprint🇪🇺 EuropeResearch Square2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Small Modular Reactors in Italy’s Energy Transition: Integrating Long-Term Planning and Hourly Weather Stress Testing
Stevanato N, Pellegrini M, Colombo E
This paper soft-links a long-term multi-carrier optimisation model (Hypatia) with an hourly model (Calliope) for Italy, testing 2030/2040/2050 pathways under 8760-hour weather stress. Temporal aggregation materially distorts scenario interp…
Preprint🇪🇺 EuropeZenodo2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Second-Life Batteries for Grid Flexibility and Renewable Integration
Lilla, Stefano, Morini, Martina, Borghetti, Alberto +3
This paper assesses the technical and economic potential of second-life EV batteries for stationary grid storage versus first-life BESS. A two-stage MILP framework optimizes charge/discharge scheduling and storage sizing to maximize NPV, va…
Preprint🇪🇺 EuropeZenodo2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Economic Assessment of Energy Storage in the Greek Energy Markets under increasing Storage Penetration
Karakitsios, Ioannis, Dimeas, Aris, Karapidakis, Emmanuel +1
Using an optimization model that maximizes storage revenues in Greece's Day-Ahead and Balancing Markets, this paper analyzes how rising storage penetration and competition reduce balancing prices and accessible balancing energy. It then app…
Preprint🇪🇺 EuropeZenodo2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Energy Storage as a Multi-Use Asset: Applications Across the Power System
Sossan, Fabrizio
This paper presents a structured taxonomy of grid-connected energy storage applications, spanning short-duration services like frequency regulation to inter-seasonal buffering. It argues storage value depends strongly on grid connection poi…
🌍 GlobalDatasetZenodo2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Energy System Transition Results for 14 Pacific Island Countries Based on the REMix-PIC Model
Handique, Akash Jyoti
A supplementary dataset visualizing potential energy transitions for 14 Pacific Island Countries using the REMix-PIC model. It projects final energy demand, renewable generation capacity and contributions, heat generation, levelized costs o…
🌍 GlobalDatasetZenodo2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Scenario Compass Initiative - Pathways Ensemble 2026 (v2.0)
Huppmann, Daniel, Riahi, Keywan, Clarke, Leon +47
Second annual release of the Scenario Compass Initiative's global emissions pathways ensemble, providing global and R5/R9/R10 regional timeseries plus meta-indicators. It updates the 2025 community mitigation-benchmark ensemble, offering a …
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalEnergy Geoscience Conference Series2026#Energy TransitionDOI
About this title - Powering the Energy Transition through Subsurface Collaboration: Proceedings of the 1st Energy Geoscience Conference
C. E. Gill, G. Goffey, J. R. Underhill
Proceedings of the 1st Energy Geoscience Conference (May 2023), promoting geoscientific collaboration toward net zero. Papers span hydrocarbons, carbon storage, ground modelling for offshore wind, geothermal, nuclear waste repositories, and…
Peer-reviewedJournalTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Multi-lever modelling of maritime decarbonisation pathways with uncertainty on emission factors and energy savings
Jean-François Sigrist, Léo Lepretre, Erwan Jacquin
This study models maritime decarbonisation pathways by combining multiple mitigation levers while explicitly incorporating uncertainty in emission factors and energy savings. It quantifies the range of emission-reduction outcomes across pat…
Peer-reviewedConference14th Water Distribution Systems Analysis Conference 2012 Wdsa 20122012#Energy Transition
Water distribution system greenhouse gas emissions reduction by considering the use of time-dependent emissions factors
Stokes C.S.
This study examines GHG emission reductions in water distribution systems by using time-dependent grid emission factors. It suggests that shifting pumping and operational loads to low-carbon hours can cut emissions. The work links operation…
Peer-reviewedJournalEnvironments Mdpi2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Environmental and Regulatory Assessment of Methanol Propulsion for a Livestock Carrier Under the IMO Net-Zero Framework
Elmallah M.
This study assesses the environmental and regulatory implications of adopting methanol propulsion for a livestock carrier under the IMO's net-zero framework. It examines how switching to alternative marine fuels supports shipping decarboniz…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalTransportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review2024#Energy TransitionDOI
Enabling net-zero shipping: An expert review-based agenda for emerging techno-economic and policy research
Govindan K.
An expert review mapping emerging techno-economic and policy research needs for net-zero shipping. It frames barriers to alternative fuels and decarbonization technologies alongside the policy and regulatory designs needed to accelerate the…