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-reviewedJournalEnergies2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Forecasting UK Electricity and Gas Demand Under RCP Scenarios for Net-Zero Energy Security Using ML
Dorsa Razeghi-Jahromi, Goran Strbac, H. Ameli
This study develops a scenario-based ML framework to project UK electricity and gas demand to 2050 under climate forcing pathways (RCP2.6, 4.5, 8.5) and net-zero assumptions. By 2050, electricity demand under RCP8.5 is 4.1% higher than RCP2…
Nature Sustainability2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Black carbon emissions and climate impacts of cost-saving Arctic transit shipping through 2050
Wen Yi, Nikita Strelkovskii, Tingkun He +8
This paper projects black carbon emissions and climate impacts from expanded Arctic transit shipping through 2050. It quantifies how cost-driven shipping shifts could increase short-term climate forcing, highlighting the need for policy int…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalFuture Energy2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Oil, labor, and the fraying social contract: a review of energy justice and future energy transition in Trinidad and Tobago
Randy Ramadhar Singh
This review analyzes Trinidad and Tobago's hydrocarbon history through energy justice, examining four events using distributional, procedural, and recognition justice. It finds a degraded extractive social contract and proposes participator…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalSustainable Cities and Society2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Management and reshaping of urban water supply systems: perspectives from carbon emission reduction
Yisong Zhu, Wencheng Ma, Yu Ouyang +4
This paper examines the management and reshaping of urban water supply systems from the perspective of carbon emission reduction. While specific methods and results are unavailable, it focuses on the potential for reducing energy consumptio…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalEnergy Research & Social Science2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Shaping the future of photovoltaics: A social representations analysis of sociotechnical imaginaries in China, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain
Meiling Zhao, Paul Upham
This study compares national sociotechnical imaginaries underlying solar PV policies in China, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain using social representations theory. It finds common themes like energy security and decarbonization, but dif…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalAtmosphere2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Policy Pathways for Coordinated CO2 and Air Pollutant Reductions in Urban Road Transport: A Case Study of Zhengzhou, China
Zhangsen Dong, Xiao Li, Ruixin Xu +2
This study develops an integrated framework combining emission inventories, LEAP scenario modeling, and charging demand estimation for Zhengzhou's road transport. Under the dual carbon scenario, CO2 peaks in 2030 at 36 Mt, 20% below the exi…
Peer-reviewedCNJournalCell Reports Sustainability2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Green finance curbs direct carbon emissions but exacerbates lifecycle carbon emissions in China’s electricity sector
Jingcheng Li, Tianyang Wang, Menggang Li +1
This study analyzes the effect of green finance on China's electricity sector, finding that while it curbs direct carbon emissions, it may exacerbate lifecycle emissions. It highlights the importance of comprehensive emission assessment in …
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalEast African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Policy Dynamics, Integration Framework, and Performance Evaluation of Biochar in Urban Nature-Based Solutions: A Focus on African Cities
Mbugua James Kamau, Waswa Gabriel Andati
This systematic review (78 articles, 2019-2026) evaluates biochar as an enhancement for urban Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) in African cities. Biochar improves soil infiltration by 40-60%, pollutant removal up to 80%, and sequesters 2.5-3 to…
Peer-reviewedJournalEnergy Nexus2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Turning Trash into Power: Bioenergy, Economics, and Carbon Offsets from Hydrothermal Technologies
Chih-Chun Kung, Clovis Awah, Philippe M. Heynderickx
This paper explores the potential of hydrothermal technologies for waste-to-energy, evaluating bioenergy production, economic viability, and carbon offset benefits. It examines the integration of waste treatment and energy recovery for deca…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalFrontiers in Environmental Science2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Prioritizing public investments for low-carbon rural e-commerce in China: an AHP–TOPSIS framework linking income growth and environmental performance
Peng Zhang
This study prioritizes public investments for low-carbon rural e-commerce in China using an AHP-TOPSIS framework. Based on expert surveys and sensitivity analysis, skills and entrepreneurship support and low-carbon logistics investment emer…
🇪🇺 EuropeJournalORBi (University of Liège)2026#Energy Transition
Exploring the Potential of Bamboo for Low-carbon Renovation in Temperate Climate - From Plantation to Circular Building Material
Aline Romboux, Sophie Trachte, Tom De Mil
This research investigates the adaptation of bamboo species to the climate and soil of Wallonia, Belgium, and their potential as insulation materials for low-carbon, circular renovation. Bamboo, with its rapid growth and high yield, offers …
Peer-reviewedCNJournalEconomic Analysis and Policy2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality Goals, the Relocation of High-Energy-Consuming Industries, and Regional Economic Resilience
Muzhan Lyu, Zhuohang Li, Rui Liu
This paper analyzes how carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals drive the relocation of high-energy-consuming industries and affect regional economic resilience. It likely examines the trade-offs between environmental policy and economic ad…
🌍 GlobalJournalZurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)2026#Energy TransitionDOI
The Role of Biodiversity in Sustainable Energy Transitions for Charcoal
Dabwiso Sakala
This thesis examines how charcoal production, land-use change, and climate change affect carbon dynamics across Sub-Saharan African biomes using dynamic vegetation modeling and random forest analysis. Findings show biome-dependent carbon lo…
Journal2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Extended exergy–based energy return on investment
Marcus Vinicius da Silva Neves, Alexandre Szklo, Roberto Schaeffer
This chapter introduces an extended exergy-based energy return on investment (Ex-EROI) framework to address the limitations of conventional EROI in capturing the complexity of the current decarbonization-driven energy transition. It integra…
Journal2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Agricultural systems in the energy transition to a new solar-based economy
Enric Tello
This chapter argues that agricultural systems are both a cause and a key solution to the global environmental crisis. It applies material and energy flow accounting from ecological economics to agroecosystems as coproduction with nature, us…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalPrzegląd Krytyczny2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Speed versus resilience in Poland’s energy transition
Mariusz Baranowski
This paper analyzes the complexity of Poland's power sector decarbonization, evaluating projected generation mix to 2040. It finds coal's share declining from 87% in 2015 to 9% in 2040, with renewables expanding to 53%, but warns of carbon …
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalDiscover Sustainability2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Exploring the nonlinear and regime-dependent impact of energy transition on economic growth through the threshold effect of energy productivity and the moderating role of climate investments
Hamdi Khalfaoui
Using a PSTR model on EU-27 quarterly data (2015-2024), this study finds a nonlinear, regime-dependent link between energy transition and GDP growth. Below an energy productivity threshold of 4.956 €/kgoe, the effect is insignificant; above…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalSustainable Futures2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Exploring the role of condominium administrators as aggregators in the energy community landscape: An empirical analysis in the Italian context
Christian Mari, Francesco Causone, Simone Franzò
This study investigates the role of condominium administrators as aggregators in renewable energy communities in Italy. Based on a survey of 170 administrators, it finds moderate but heterogeneous engagement, strongly driven by education an…
JournalERA2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Navigating complexity to drive technological innovation to address climate change
Juwairia. R. Quazi
Based on interviews with 13 UK climate technology leaders, this qualitative study explores how leadership drives technological innovation for climate mitigation and adaptation. Using systems thinking and complexity theory, it identifies sev…
JournalGreenation International Journal of Economics and Accounting2026#Energy TransitionDOI
From Financial Distress to Financial Resilience: A Systematic Review of the Determinants and Research Agenda for Oil and Gas Firms in the Energy Transition
Nugroho Setyo Utomo, Hermanto Siregar, Koes Pranowo +1
The oil and gas industry faces dual disruption from oil-price volatility and net-zero transition, threatening financial stability. This systematic review (PRISMA 2020) synthesizes 23 studies on determinants of financial resilience, includin…