GX & Decarbonization Research

Angelo Robotto, Cristina Bargero, Enrico Racca +2

This study reports experimental results from a diesel bus using HVO blends under real-driving conditions. NOx emissions decreased proportionally with HVO content, with up to 23% reduction for HVO70. HVO can help meet 2025-2030 climate and a…

D. Ighravwe, O. Babatunde, O. Olanrewaju +1

This paper develops a multi-objective optimization framework for rural electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa, addressing the trilemma of carbon emissions, economic viability, and equitable energy access. Using a case study in Nigeria with 7…

Zahra Ghorbanpour, Seyed Javad Hosseininezhad, Hadi Sahebi

This paper proposes a sustainable multi-objective framework for decarbonization that integrates circular economy concepts in wastewater treatment and bioenergy production. It develops a method to simultaneously optimize multiple objectives …

Geng Qianqian, Wang Yawen

This paper provides a dataset for analyzing the influence of environmental policies and technologies on the transition to renewable energy. It is a key resource for understanding factors that promote renewable energy adoption.

Sixuan Liu, Jing Wu, Xiao Wang

This study analyzes how China's Big Five power generation SOEs navigated the energy transition from 2002 to 2024. Using a longitudinal qualitative case study and an enriched Triple Embeddedness Framework, it identifies five transition phase…

Hua Zhang, Cejun Cao, Ernesto DR. Santibanez Gonzalez +1

This paper explores policy design to foster technological innovation in the shale gas supply chain towards a low carbon economy. It analyzes specific policy instruments and their potential to contribute to the energy transition.

Jiye Zhu

This paper proposes a low-carbon scheduling method for rural integrated energy systems, considering the bidirectional coupling of biomass, electricity, and hydrogen. An optimization model is developed to minimize total carbon emissions, enh…

B. Mondal, Sukumar Pati, Alemu Workie Kebede

This review critically evaluates emerging eco-energy technologies including renewable electricity generation, sustainable fuels, energy storage, battery recycling, perovskite solar cells, bioenergy, and waste-to-electricity. It emphasizes n…

Lintong Liu, Jie Ma, Dan Wu +1

This review systematically classifies offshore integrated energy systems for low-carbon transition, covering renewable-dominated systems, wind-hydrogen, platform electrification, energy hubs, repurposing, and geothermal integration. It summ…

Jun Zhao, Baijing An, Yonghua Sun +3

This paper proposes a low-carbon scheduling model for virtual power plants (VPPs) that incorporates electric vehicles (EVs). It optimizes EV charging/discharging to reduce overall CO2 emissions of the VPP, contributing to renewable energy i…

Alex Clark, Abhinav Jindal, Anna Gorbatyuk +3

This paper examines the design of financial instruments to accelerate the retirement of China-backed coal plants in South and Southeast Asia. It analyzes challenges and opportunities for financing the phase-out of existing coal assets, offe…

Xinlei Liu, Yi Yang, Ping Shen +3

This study quantifies the carbon-neutrality gap in Shenmu, China's largest coal-producing county-level city, using an extended STIRPAT model and forest carbon-sink models. Multi-scenario analysis of 2010–2025 data shows energy activities do…

Ramez Abubakr Badeeb, Ziqing Lin

This study investigates how population ageing shapes sustainable energy pathways and introduces a novel multidimensional index to measure sustainable energy performance using entropy weighting, capturing renewable energy expansion, energy e…

Elena Ciccozzi, Paúl Cisneros

This paper explores the link between energy security and ecological transition in two Latin American countries rich in critical minerals, focusing on sustainable development and geopolitical implications for the global energy transition.

Nataliia Ivanenko

This paper proposes the concept of energy system evolution as a framework for understanding transformational changes under radical disruption. Using the Ukrainian energy sector as an example, it critiques extrapolation-based forecasting and…

M. Issah, Р Оппонг, D. K. Avudzivi +2

This paper analyzes Africa's pursuit of energy sovereignty in the global energy transition. It examines renewable energy (solar, wind, geothermal, hydrogen), natural gas utilization, and policy frameworks such as Ghana's Electric Mobility P…

Arnulf Grübler, Linda Steg, Nuno Bento +9

This study assesses how demand-side and supply-side climate strategies affect quality of life using energy system models and surveys in three countries. Demand-side strategies perform better across multiple quality-of-life dimensions, highl…

James Tonny Manalal, Michael Tan, Mar Pérez–Fortes +1

This paper evaluates the impact of feedstock availability on defossilizing chemical building blocks using alternative carbon sources (ACS). A multi-objective optimization model of the Port of Rotterdam petrochemical cluster compares unlimit…

Jules Ngango, Hubert Hirwa

Using nationally representative Rwanda survey data, this study finds that education, income, and urban residence significantly increase clean fuel adoption, but female-headed households are 14.4 percentage points less likely to adopt than m…

Jean Paul Francois Fernandez Mata

This paper analyzes the need for thermal backup capacity in Honduras during its energy transition, focusing on ensuring system adequacy and operational flexibility while integrating variable renewables. It argues that thermal generation sho…