GX & Decarbonization Research

Christopher Odedina, Tochuckwu Akaegbusi

This study analyzes U.S. state-level energy transition from 1990 to 2024 using panel econometrics, clustering, and machine learning. It identifies four state archetypes (early movers, progressive large-scale adopters, gradually transitionin…

M. Li, Boqiang Lin

This study examines the relationship between business expansion and inefficient investment among China's listed renewable energy firms. It finds an inverted U-shaped relationship for phased investment firms but no significant link for M&A-t…

Mehmet Akif Destek, Muhammad Farhan Bashir, Najia Saqib +1

This study examines how the transition to clean energy and environmental technologies affects unemployment in BRICS and G7 countries. Results show that energy transition increases employment in developing countries but decreases it in devel…

Xiatong Li, Jun‐Jie Zhu, Yuqing Yan +2

This US national-scale assessment of methane leakage thresholds for wastewater biogas recovery finds leakage rates range from 0.4% to 65%, with many facilities exceeding net-zero thresholds (2-10%). Grid decarbonization shifts viability tow…

Ruth V. Hamilton, John R. Underhill

This paper analyzes offshore spatial competition driven by the energy transition, using the UK North Sea as a case. It highlights subsurface, seabed, water column, and airspace conflicts, emphasizing geological storage for decarbonization. …

Lei Chen, Ling Feng, Weiping Wu +2

This paper proposes a transfer learning method for valuing carbon derivatives based on option pricing theory. It leverages deep learning models to address carbon market pricing challenges, combining carbon finance with machine learning.

Felipe Aguiar-Noury, Doris Läpple, Cathal Buckley

An information experiment with over 300 Irish dairy farmers examines how information affects beliefs about clover adoption to reduce chemical fertilizer use and GHG emissions. Farmers underestimated clover's potential; information corrected…

Alicia Zhao, Kiara Ordonez Olazabal, Claire V. Squire +8

This study uses an integrated assessment model with state-level detail to assess U.S. GHG reductions under federal policy uncertainty. It finds that if all states adopt high-ambition policies and the federal government re-engages, a 56% red…

Oleg Dubinskii

This study empirically analyzes the relationship between renewable energy consumption and energy transition indicators in the UK using OLS and IV estimations. It finds that increased renewable consumption significantly reduces CO2 emissions…

Ruth V. Hamilton, John R. Underhill

This paper analyzes the conflict between fishing and offshore wind in the English North Sea, examining challenges for geospatial planning in the energy transition. It quantifies overlap between fishing activity and wind farm plans, proposin…

Monika Orlowski, Hannes Bluhm, Bernd Hirschl

This paper analyzes business models for biochar carbon removal with energy co-production, examining current market structures, policy support, and economic viability, and outlining future prospects.

Gregory C. Unruh, Fernanda Arreola, Pablo del Río

This study examines Shell's Pernis refinery to reveal how relaxing first-order carbon lock-in can trigger second-order lock-in, redirecting or delaying deep decarbonization. It introduces a distinction between first- and second-order lock-i…

Zhanhang Zhou, Keke Li, Chen Zeng +8

This study uses a spatial optimization model to analyze crop switching in China for synergizing climate adaptation and mitigation. Results show adaptation strategies increase production but raise GHG emissions, while mitigation strategies r…

Heriberto Díaz Velázquez

This review surveys alternative fuels (biofuels, e-fuels) and zero-emission vehicles (BEVs) as replacements for fossil fuels, and discusses the future of the petrochemical industry centered on C1 chemistry. It provides a Mexican perspective…

Y. Akhare, M. Kammoun, V. Ammula +3

This paper provides a practical framework for integrating offshore renewable energy (wind, wave, solar) with energy storage to reduce GHG emissions from offshore facilities. Focusing on floating LNG (FLNG) units, it defines design and safet…

Asmaa Khadim, Nariné Ghazaryan, Vlado Vivoda +1

This editorial examines just energy transitions for Europe and beyond through multiple lenses: comparing EU institutional discourse with academic literature on just transition, analyzing the CSDDD's impact on lithium extraction in South Ame…

Deng, Chol, Bior, James Akech, Gatwech, Nyamal

This study quantifies the cradle-to-site embodied carbon of a major road reconstruction program in South Sudan (2021-2026) using process-based LCA. Material production accounts for 78% of total emissions, dominated by cement and steel. Tran…

Emma Moberg, Anders Lyngfelt, Mathias Fridahl

This paper proposes a food climate liability fee to finance negative emissions technologies, based on the climate impact of food and the estimated cost of BECCS. Using Sweden as a case study, it shows that targeting all food-related emissio…

Marco Miotti, Jessika E Trancik

This study evaluates how electricity mix, driving behavior, climate, and prices affect lifecycle emissions and costs of BEVs and PHEVs across the US. It finds that BEVs save 40-60% emissions in most locations, but variability from individua…

Linghong Zeng, Yuhang He, Haidong Wang

Using 2005–2022 carbon emission data from Hunan's construction sector, this study applies the emission coefficient method, STIRPAT model with ridge regression, and a CNN-LSTM-Attention deep learning model to analyze driving factors and pred…