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🇪🇺 EuropeJournalOpen Access Government2026#Energy EfficiencyDOI
The heating transition: Unlocking the energy potential of indoor swimming pools
Jörn Doerk, Ralph Berger
As electrification and refrigerant regulation reshape Europe's building sector, this piece examines decarbonizing indoor swimming pool heating. It argues integrated heat recovery and natural refrigerants offer a future-proof route to effici…
JournalCRC Press eBooks2026#Renewable EnergyDOI
Grid integration of renewable energy systems
Dıpu Sarkar, Yanrenthung Odyuo, Abraham Lomi
This chapter reviews the convergence of renewable energy technologies with power system characteristics and the challenges of high renewable penetration. It examines variability, reduced inertia, bidirectional flows, and infrastructure cons…
Peer-reviewedJournalZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Energy Modelling using OSeMOSYS - Powering India to 2050: Pathways Anchored by a 100 GW Nuclear Fleet
Vyom Shah
This presentation models India's electricity system to 2050 under the EMP-APAC 2026 OSeMOSYS track, comparing installed capacity, generation, investment needs and emissions across scenarios. It examines the role of renewables and a pathway …
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalJournal for European Environmental & Planning Law2026#PolicyDOI
Planning for Renewables Acceleration Areas – Sufficient to Ensure a Sustainable Climate Transition in the European Union?
Melina Malafry
This article legally analyzes the Renewables Acceleration Areas instrument in the amended EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED III), which designates zones presumed to have no significant environmental impact to speed renewable deployment. It…
JournalcIRcle (University of British Columbia)2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Multi-scale utilization strategies of residual biomass for decarbonization in Canada
Hui Zhu
This dissertation assesses residual biomass utilization across national, regional and process scales for Canada's decarbonization. National analysis finds liquid/gaseous biofuel pathways offer 55–64 MtCO2-eq/yr mitigation, with export-orien…
Peer-reviewedJournalEnergies2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Energy Conversion Efficiency and Carbon Intensity of EU Energy Systems
Melinda Oroszlányová, Özgen Yalçın
This study assesses how efficiently EU member states convert primary energy into useful energy and how that efficiency affects carbon emissions, using European Commission DG Energy data. It reports system conversion efficiency of 64.22%, en…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalEnvironment and Planning C Politics and Space2026#Renewable EnergyDOI
Contested spatialities of renewable energy expansion—Introduction to the theme issue
Thilo Wiertz, Benjamin Schuetze, Rosa Lehmann +3
This theme issue introduction foregrounds the spatialities and scales of renewable energy expansion, arguing that rollout is uneven and deeply contested. Drawing on cases from Morocco, Jordan, Namibia, Mexico, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador, it l…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalEnvironment Development and Sustainability2026#Renewable EnergyDOI
Critical bottlenecks of renewable energy deployment and policy interventions for a sustainable green energy transition
Raihan Uddin, Nadia Hossain Riya, Anik Datta +8
A multi-country study identifying critical bottlenecks to renewable energy deployment and examining policy interventions for a sustainable green energy transition. Authored by researchers across Bangladeshi, Malaysian, Finnish and other ins…
Peer-reviewedJournalResources2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Powering Critical Mineral Extraction: Modeling Power Demand for Cobalt and Copper Extraction in the DRC
Mashaka Lubenga, Harro von Blottnitz
This study models future electricity demand for copper and cobalt mining in the DRC through 2050, accounting for declining ore grades and changing ore mineralogy. Demand of 1,699 MW in 2025 is projected to peak at 2,469–2,657 MW in 2032 and…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalInternational Journal of Hydrogen Energy2026#HydrogenDOI
Assessment of long- and short-term impacts of PtX on the German energy system – A combined TIMES and PyPSA modelling approach
Jithin Jose, Miguel Morales, Ludger Eltrop +2
This study soft-links the TIMES-based TAM-Supply model with the high-resolution PyPSA-Eur model to assess long- and short-term impacts of PtX in Germany. By 2045, ~11 GW of domestic electrolysers produce 90 TWh of hydrogen, complemented by …
Peer-reviewedJournalIndia Quarterly A Journal of International Affairs2026#Energy TransitionDOI
From Oil Embargo to Energy Realignment: The Geopolitical Evolution of Control over Oil and Power
Srishti Gupta, Roshan Soni
This paper traces the geopolitical evolution of energy coercion from traditional oil embargoes to modern sanctions, financial restrictions and technological controls, arguing that strategic power has shifted from physical control of oil sup…
PreprintResearch Square2026#Carbon PricingDOI
Assessing Readiness for Inclusive and High-Integrity Carbon Market in Nigeria’s Agricultural Sector
Ayoade Matthew Adetoye, Foluke Olatoye, Motole . A. Okonkwo +2
This study assesses whether Nigeria's institutions and market structure can support transparent, smallholder-inclusive carbon projects in the voluntary market. Using a realist systematic review, key informant interviews, and a PAC readiness…
Peer-reviewedJournalDiscovery Jurnal Ilmu Pengetahuan2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Digital transformation and renewable energy transition: a systematic bibliometric analysis and future research agenda
Misnaini Misnaini, Muhammad Ikhwan, Anugrah Aulia +1
A PRISMA 2020 systematic review and bibliometric analysis of 1,019 Scopus articles (2020–2026) maps the digital transformation and renewable energy transition literature. Publications surged after 2023, led by China, India, the US, Saudi Ar…
Peer-reviewedJournalJournal of Global Warming and Climate Change2026#Climate ScienceDOI
Modeling of Average Global Climate Change by 2200
Eric Zeltz
This study tests a 2025 hypothesis that climate response is relatively insensitive to differing GHG emission scenarios, using an improved global climate model validated against 1870-2025 data. It simulates six CO2 emission scenarios for 202…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalReview of International Political Economy2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Segmented leadership: Chinese and American capital in South America’s renewable energy transition
Giovanni Agostinis, Andrea Freites, Diego Telias +1
Analyzing 194 renewable projects (wind, solar, hydro, biofuel) in South America from 2006–2024, the paper compares Chinese and American investment patterns. It finds 'segmented leadership': complementary specialization rather than displacem…
🇺🇸 USAJournalScholars' Bank (University of Oregon)2026#Energy Transition
Organizational Structure, Environmental Justice, and the Geography of the Green Transition in the U.S. Power Sector
Peter Suechting
A dissertation using EIA, EPA, and ACS data to ask who bears fossil generation's burden and who gains from decarbonization. Rate-regulated utilities and cooperatives emit more NOx per MWh than merchant generators, and by 2021 plants in more…
JournalLirias (KU Leuven)2026#CCUS
Zeoliet-gebaseerde hybride membranen voor koolstofafvang: van materiaalontwikkeling tot industriële implementatie
Lore Hannes
This thesis develops zeolite-based mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) and translates them into thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for CO2 separation. It systematically evaluates polymer type, thermal treatment, zeolite topology/Si-Al ratio,…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalEnvironmental Research Infrastructure and Sustainability2026#Climate RiskDOI
A multi-criteria framework for factor of change assessment to support climate-resilient infrastructure design across Tuscan cities
Giulia Pierotti, Costanza Guarducci, Filippo Landi +3
This study proposes a multi-criteria framework combining extreme value theory, performance indicators, Shannon entropy, three MCDM methods, and Shapley-value game theory to evaluate climate-model performance and derive an adaptive factor of…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalSustainable Cities and Society2026#PolicyDOI
Heat-transition policy support: policy design, material exposure, and municipal implementation capacity
Jörg Radtke
A study examining heat-transition policy support through three lenses: policy design, material exposure, and municipal implementation capacity. It frames heat decarbonization as a question of both institutional design and on-the-ground deli…
Peer-reviewedJournalSmart Energy2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Smart grid scenario assessment using a mixed-method approach: A case study of Baja California
Brenda Araceli Ibarra Payan, J. A. Suastegui, Pedro F. Rosales-Escobedo +3
A mixed-method study combining regional stakeholder surveys with EnergyPLAN techno-economic modeling to assess smart grid feasibility in Baja California, Mexico. Long-term scenarios with V2G smart charging, renewables expansion and battery …