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🇨🇳 ChinaJournalBuildings2026#PolicyDOI
The Policy Shift from Energy to Carbon Dual-Control Targets in Building Energy Efficiency: A Textual Analysis of Tianjin’s Policies over Three Decades Through the Lens of Policy Instruments
Chaohong Wang, Tiantian Duan, Xiaogang Zhao
This paper analyzes 26 building energy efficiency policy documents from Tianjin, China (1991-2025) using content and social network analysis. It reveals a phased shift from energy consumption control to carbon emission control, with evolvin…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalSustainability2026#AI × ESGDOI
Industrial Artificial Intelligence and Urban Carbon Reduction: Evidence from Chinese Cities
Gao Aixiong, Hong He, Quan Zhang
This study examines the causal impact of industrial artificial intelligence (AI) on urban carbon emissions using panel data from 260 Chinese cities (2005-2019). A novel city-level industrial AI index is constructed. Results show that indust…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalSustainability2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Digital Economy and Carbon Emission Decoupling: Evidence from a Cross-Country Finite Mixture Model Analysis
Yu Tian, Zhiguo Ding
This study analyzes how the digital economy (DE) heterogeneously impacts carbon emission decoupling (CED) across 66 countries from 2011 to 2022 using a finite mixture model. By 2022, 41% of countries achieved strong decoupling, and 33% weak…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalEnergy Economics2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Population aging and China's energy transition: Industrial reallocation and upgrading
Jieyun Ma, X H Yu, Yun Hao +2
This study analyzes how population aging impacts China's energy transition through industrial reallocation and upgrading. It examines mechanisms by which aging influences energy mix and industrial structure, offering policy implications.
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalSustainability2026#Carbon AccountingDOI
Multi-Level Structural Dynamics and Carbon Responsibility Redistribution in China’s Power Sector: Implications for Sustainable Energy Transition
Siqi Chang, Changchun Gao, Hanshen Li
This study develops a carbon-extended multi-dynamic interregional input-output shift-share framework to examine how structural dynamics reshape carbon emission responsibilities in China's power sector. Using provincial data for 31 provinces…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalProcesses2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Advances in Smart Grids and Microgrids: Distributed Generation and Energy Storage Systems
Yuzhou Zhou
This paper reviews recent advances in smart grids and microgrids for the energy transition, covering planning, operation, markets, and security. It addresses high-penetration renewable integration, flexible source-load interaction, and syne…
Preprint🇨🇳 ChinaResearch Square2026#Renewable EnergyDOI
Subsidy Phase-Out, Innovation, and Policy Design: Evidence from China’s Photovoltaic Industry
Runjie Fan, Hao Liu, Le Zhang
This paper empirically analyzes the impact of subsidy phase-out on firm innovation in China's photovoltaic industry. It identifies conditions under which subsidy reduction fosters innovation and provides a policy design framework. The Chine…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalThermo2026#Energy TransitionDOI
A Critical Review of Multi-Energy Microgrids and Urban Air Mobility
Yujie Yuan, Chun Sing Lai, Loi Lei Lai +1
This critical review examines the integration of multi-energy microgrids (MEMs) with urban air mobility (UAM), focusing on electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. It highlights thermal energy storage as key for decarbonizati…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalFrontiers in Marine Science2026#Carbon PricingDOI
Extraterritoriality controversy of EU shipping carbon legislation: multilateral governance tensions and China’s dual responses
Chenhong Liu, Lihua Kang
This paper analyzes the extraterritorial application of EU shipping carbon regulations (MRV, EU ETS, FuelEU Maritime), highlighting jurisdictional legitimacy disputes and regulatory fragmentation. It examines tensions between developed and …
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalFrontiers in Environmental Science2026#Renewable EnergyDOI
Protected areas and renewable energy consumption: evidence from panel data across multiple countries
杜纯布, Li Y, 李航达
Using panel data from over 150 countries, this study finds that larger shares of protected areas are associated with higher renewable energy consumption. The effect is driven by constraints on resource-intensive industries and is stronger i…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalTrends in biotechnology2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Marine microalgal biofuels: toward a systems-based circular biofactory
Siran Feng, Huu Hao Ngo, Zhonghua Cai +2
Marine microalgae are promising for sustainable biofuel but face systemic barriers. This review reframes them as circular biofactories, integrating strain engineering, harvesting, and conversion. It advocates for AI-driven optimization and …
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalForests2026#Climate ScienceDOI
Spatiotemporal Patterns of Carbon Storage in Hainan Bamen Bay Mangroves Based on a Decision Tree Classification
Yiwen Wang, Xiyu Guo, Hui Zhu +1
This study used a decision tree method to map mangroves in Hainan Bamen Bay with high accuracy, analyzing spatiotemporal dynamics and carbon storage from 2000 to 2020. Results show significant mangrove expansion and increased carbon storage…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalLand2026#Carbon AccountingDOI
Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Multi-Scenario Simulations of Land-Use Carbon Emissions and Carbon Storage in Xinjiang Under SSP-RCP Scenarios Using the SD-PLUS-InVEST Model
Jianqiang Li, Feiyun Zhang, Ao Ma +3
This study evaluates spatiotemporal dynamics of land-use carbon emissions and storage in Xinjiang using an integrated SD-PLUS-InVEST model. Historical trends (2000-2020) are analyzed, and future scenarios (2021-2060) under multiple SSP-RCP …
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalEnvironmental Science & Technology2026#Supply ChainDOI
City-Level Nexus of Embodied Waste Carbon in China
Wen Fang, Xiaoyu Wang, Lei Ye +8
This study provides a novel city-level assessment of the coupling coordination between waste and carbon emissions in China. Megalopolises outsource waste and carbon but maintain high coordination. Consumption-based coordination is 20.4-68.8…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalBuildings2026#Energy EfficiencyDOI
Drivers, Technology Evolution and Systematic Research Framework: A Review on Carbon Reduction Retrofit Technologies and Exploration of Pathways for Existing Buildings
Xiaoxuan Ma, Qinghai Guo, Gang Lian +1
This systematic review, following PRISMA, screened 244 articles and analyzed 77 studies. It summarizes the evolution of low-carbon retrofit technologies over the past five decades and identifies climate pressures, policies, stakeholder dema…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalSustainability2026#GreenwashingDOI
Climate Risk and Corporate Green Innovation Bubbles: Evidence from China
Xing Bao, Xi Zhang
This study finds that climate risk significantly increases corporate green innovation bubbles (decoupling between patent quantity and quality) among Chinese listed firms. The effect is driven by increased green investor attention, ESG ratin…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalFrontiers in Environmental Science2026#Renewable EnergyDOI
Research on photovoltaic power generation based on multi-dimensional indicators and models
Pengying Fan, Zhenlin Chen, Yile Wang
This study develops an integrated framework for PV power forecasting, optimization, and carbon assessment using PCA, t-SNE, and PSO. It finds that a 1% increase in PV generation could reduce China's power sector carbon emissions by 2.05% by…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalJournal of Mining and Geotechnical Engineering2026#Energy TransitionDOI
ENERGY-INFRASTRUCTURE MODELS FOR THE INTEGRATION OF DATA PROCESSING CENTERS INTO THE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OF COAL REGIONS
Kirill A. Varnavsky, Alexander N. Ermakov, Arina D. Smirnova +4
This study proposes an energy-infrastructure model for integrating data centers into coal regions to address structural crisis in coal industry. It utilizes methane from degasification for power generation and combines renewable energy sour…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalEnergies2026#Energy EfficiencyDOI
Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring: A Systematic Review of Methods, Scenario-Specific Challenges, and Pathways to Practical Deployment
Haotian Xiang, Wenjing Su, Yi Zong
This paper systematically reviews event-based and state-based NILM methods, focusing on challenges such as real-time feedback, energy efficiency optimization, and demand response. It discusses cross-cutting issues like data quality and algo…
Peer-reviewed🇨🇳 ChinaJournalAdvances in Economics Management and Political Sciences2026#PolicyDOI
The Driving Effect of Provincial Dual-Carbon Policy Mix on Green Transition — A Case Study on the Pathways of Corporate Business Model Reconfiguration
Yalin Huang
This study uses a multi-case comparison of three Chinese firms to analyze how provincial dual-carbon policy mixes (regulatory constraints, market incentives, innovation guidance) drive corporate green transition. Findings show that differen…
