GX & Decarbonization Research

Abd Wahab, Humphrey Danso, Emmanuel Appiah‐Kubi

This systematic review synthesizes 47 studies on agricultural ash as low-carbon cement substitutes. It finds silica content positively correlates with compressive strength, while loss on ignition negatively correlates. Rice husk ash shows t…

Xie Bing, Chao Wu

This study evaluates recycled wind turbine blade materials (GFRP and thermally treated GF550) as supplementary cementitious materials. GF550 shows comparable compressive strength to fly ash at 10% replacement, but higher ratios reduce stren…

Hui Yan, Jacek Pawlack, Aruna Sivakumar +9

Heating buildings accounts for ~20% of UK emissions, so decarbonizing heat is key. This brief explores how heat pump flexibility can support the grid while providing low-carbon heating. Research shows that well-designed tariffs and scheduli…

Li Meng, Олександр Кубатко, Vladyslav Piven +2

This study analyzes determinants of decarbonization in 27 EU economies from 2013-2021, using both GHG emissions and carbon intensity as dependent variables. Results show renewable energy is a key driver, with a 10-percentage-point increase …

Veilumuthu Pattapulavar, D. V. Wilson

This perspective proposes an integrated waste-to-resource framework combining biomass engineering, pyrolysis, and adsorption, enhanced by AI, IoT, and digital twins. It emphasizes modular, decentralized systems that reduce transport emissio…

Jonathan Schmid, Samantha Eleanor Tanzer, Lóránt Tavasszy

This study identifies nine conditions under which ports can accelerate the adoption of low-emission trucks for hinterland transport. Using a multi-system transition lens, it analyzes technological, actor, and institutional couplings, consid…

Nhat‐Luong Nhieu, Hoang‐Kha Nguyen

Benchmarks renewable energy transition performance across G7 economies using an integrated MCDM framework combining D-CRITIC and COBRA. Based on 14 indicators, Canada ranks first, Japan fifth. CO2 emissions per capita is the most informativ…

Filip Balcerzak

This chapter analyzes ISDS cases in the energy sector, highlighting that energy is the most relevant sector for investor-State disputes. It examines environmental defenses in renewable, nuclear, and fossil fuel cases, concluding that invest…

Kaj Hobér, Volker Roeben, Ylli Dautaj

This book chapter introduces an anthology on investment law and energy transition, arguing that economic, environmental, climate, and investment protection policies must be integrated to govern renewable energy investments effectively. It e…

Anis Ur Rehman, Peyman Akhgar, Magnus Soederberg +1

This review examines how distributed energy technologies (DET) like rooftop solar, batteries, and EVs reshape household energy systems and grid relationships. Customers evolve from passive consumers to active prosumers, with economic, techn…

Alvarez, Erik F., Gutierrez-Guerra, Juan F., Ramos, Andres

el1xr_opt is an open-source MILP model that co-optimizes sizing and operation of hybrid renewable systems coupling electricity and hydrogen. It includes unit commitment, storage dynamics, pressure-resolved hydrogen network, and FCR provisio…

Junhui Li, Qinglin Sui, Wenbo Si +5

Proposes a collaborative optimal dispatch strategy for multiple wind-PV-storage systems to address energy storage investment cost recovery. Integrates storage-assisted dispatch tracking and frequency regulation, with a bidding-dispatching-s…

M. Fąfara, Julia Mytnik, Ł. Łukaszewski

This study integrates BIM and LCA to assess environmental impacts of revitalizing a post-industrial site in Poland. It quantifies emissions from demolition and new material use versus reuse, showing significant reductions through circular s…

Sibo Wang, Yiheng Bian, Gengfeng Li +1

This paper proposes a dual-layer optimization model for economic dispatch of multi-microgrid systems under coupled electricity-CET-TGC markets. Using a modified state-based potential game, it increases social welfare by 23.15% and reduces r…

Kun Bo, Linlin Cai, Dong Zhang

This study develops a dynamic TCO model for a 15,000 TEU methanol dual-fuel container ship on the Ningbo-Zhoushan-Valencia corridor, integrating EU ETS carbon costs and FuelEU Maritime compliance. Under baseline assumptions, the 15-year pre…

Iris Cuevas Martínez, Antonio J. Jara, Jesualdo Tomás Fernández Breis

This paper presents envair360, a Physical Intelligence architecture integrating traffic, meteorological, and chemical models to design, operate, and verify low-emission zones (LEZs). It introduces an evidence-gated methodology with data gov…

Ting Zeng, Y. Chen, Liuhuo Wang +4

This study constructs a low-carbon evaluation index system for overhead transmission lines in China, covering 14 indicators across four life-cycle stages (design, construction, operation, recycling), and proposes a hybrid model combining AH…

Yi Lu, Chengyuan Xiong, Yaxuan Qiu +2

This study proposes a sustainable framework for soil stabilisation by integrating strength, durability, and stabiliser type. A new index, Icse, reflects the efficiency of strength development relative to CO2 emissions and dosage. Results sh…

guoxiang hu, Linjun Shi, Feng Wu +2

This study proposes a multi-timescale low-carbon economic dispatch framework for integrated energy systems, integrating carbon-energy trading and seasonal carbon-pressure signals. Using IGA and CPLEX, it optimizes a park-level IES, achievin…

R. Priyanka, Uday Shashikumar, Pei-Chien Tsai +6

This systematic review identifies feedstock acquisition instability and lack of methodological standardization as critical barriers to biochar commercialization, beyond pyrolysis optimization. It underscores the need for supply chain and qu…