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🇺🇸 USAJournalUNC Libraries2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Cities and urban areas are central to global decarbonization pathways
Angel Hsu, Yuetong Zhang, Pascal Weigmann +4
This work appears to argue that cities and urban areas are central to global decarbonization pathways. Without an abstract, specific methods and findings are unclear, but it likely emphasizes urban-scale emissions reduction and policy desig…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalEnergy Research & Social Science2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Beyond degrees Celsius: Mapping competing justice scenarios in Australia's energy transition
Gwenael Velge, Charles Roche, Tauel Harper +1
This paper reframes the energy transition as a socio-political contest over what a 'just transition' is for, not merely a technical problem. Analyzing Australian transition statements from industry, government, think-tanks, civil society an…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalOpen Access Government2026#CCUSDOI
Enabling responsible and transparent evaluation of marine carbon dioxide removal techniques
Christopher R. Pearce, Pedro Linares
This closing article of the SEAO2-CDR series reviews progress in marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) assessment, covering available tools, mechanisms and guidelines for robust decision-making. It argues that understanding efficacy, co-bene…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalSustainability2026#Renewable EnergyDOI
Beyond “Geometric Suitability”: Solar Belts, Land Capability, and Ground-Mounted Photovoltaic Plants in Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Maria Antonietta Clerici
Using GIS, this study examines Emilia-Romagna's 350 m "solar belts" around industrial and commercial sites, legally designated as suitable for ground-mounted PV. It finds these belts overlap extensively with ordinary farmland and high-quali…
Peer-reviewedJournalZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026#Carbon AccountingDOI
Bamboo Soil Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change Mitigation in Ethiopia
Dong-Gill Kim
A critical narrative review of 12 Ethiopia-focused studies on soil organic carbon (SOC) under bamboo. Highland bamboo SOC approaches adjacent natural forest and exceeds annual cropland, while a lowland chronosequence shows soil carbon decli…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalEnergy Policy2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Gas turbine firming opportunities in the transition of the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM)
Phillip Wild, Nancy Spencer, Lucas A. Skoufa
This study uses NPV/DCF modelling with an agent-based model of Australia's NEM to test whether peaking open-cycle gas turbines (natural gas and hydrogen) are financially viable through the 2050 net-zero transition. Both fuels prove viable u…
Peer-reviewedJournalJournal of Bioengineering, Technologies and Health2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Energetic Use of Biomethane in Brazil
Luciano Sérgio Hocevar, Carla de Abreu D´Aquino, Carine Tondo Alves +1
A review analyzing the potential, challenges, and opportunities of biomethane in Brazil. Purified biogas from anaerobic digestion of organic waste (90–98% CH4) can be injected into gas networks or used in transport, industry, and households…
Peer-reviewed🇪🇺 EuropeJournalEnergy Reports2026#PolicyDOI
Emerging research topics on the role of innovation in the green transition in the EU
Ioanna Kyprianou, Panayiotis Papadopoulos, Natalie Kafantari +1
A semi-systematic review mapping research on innovation's role in the EU green transition, using bibliometric and PRISMA-CIMO methods. It finds SDG-related research dominates over EU Green Deal-focused work, and non-technical studies (econo…
Peer-reviewed🌍 GlobalJournalOpen Access Government2026#PolicyDOI
Climate multilateralism, geopolitics, and the transition away from fossil fuels
Richard Beardsworth
Beardsworth examines how the COP28 commitment to transition away from fossil fuels stalled at COP30 when geopolitical divisions blocked a transition roadmap. He analyzes the plurilateral Santa Marta conference, convened by Colombia and the …
Peer-reviewedJournalSuid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir landbouvoorligting/South African journal of agricultural extension2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Potential for ‘Just-Energy’ Transition in Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy (PLAS) Farms, South Africa
Sukoluhle Mazwane, L. Ngobeni, Siphe Zantsi +4
Surveying 1,956 Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy farms across South Africa, this study assesses potential for a just energy transition. About 58% rely on Eskom grid electricity, only 13% use solar and 0.3% wind, while 26% have no electri…
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 …