GX & Decarbonization Research

Muhammed Gür, Hakan F. Öztop, Arif Hepbaşlı

This paper proposes a dynamic life-cycle carbon assessment for grid-connected building microgrids, showing that net-zero targets may fall short of true carbon neutrality. It accounts for time-varying grid carbon intensity to provide a more …

Xiaojie Lin, Jian Li, Rui Jing +4

This paper reviews the role of AI in transforming energy systems for carbon neutrality. It highlights how data-driven prediction, physics-informed learning, reinforcement learning, digital twins, and generative models enhance renewable fore…

Lina LIU, Jiansheng QU, Jingjing ZENG +5

This paper analyzes global carbon neutrality trends and derives policy implications for China. It compares emission reduction targets and policy instruments across countries, offering insights for China's energy transition and carbon market…

Guojun Ji, Jie Qin

This study uses game theory to analyze how information-sharing strategies (no, free, paid) in a platform-led supply chain affect a manufacturer's green innovation, profits, and total emissions under cap-and-trade. When market demand exceeds…

Xintao Li, Binh Bui, Thanh Phan

Using CDP data from 2018-2022, this study empirically examines how climate governance and supplier engagement influence Scope 3 disclosure quality. Findings show that climate governance partially mediates the effect of supplier engagement o…

Sofia Cabezon Wang, Sofia Cabezon Wang, Yuhe Zhu +3

This paper proposes a four-layered framework (project eligibility, risk-return architecture, information design, verification) to enhance the effectiveness of green finance. Using sustainable debt market data and case studies from Shanghai …

Rolf Schmid, Lars Börger, Michael Carus +1

The European chemical industry, heavily reliant on fossil feedstocks, must decarbonize energy and defossilize carbon in products to meet climate goals. This brief reviews renewable energy and hydrogen supply trends, and the development of g…

Nadia Cerone, Luca Contuzzi, Giuseppe Domenico Zito +3

This study conducts a cradle-to-grave Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of biochar produced from agricultural wood waste via pyro-gasification. Comparing a basic scenario with one that recovers heat, the authors find a Global Warming Potential (G…

Jiachen Shen, Jian Shi, Hui Zhong +3

This paper applies mechanism-guided graph learning to evaluate carbon border policies (e.g., CBAM) in interconnected European electricity markets, integrating AI methods with climate policy assessment to quantify cross-border policy spillov…

Wolf DD, Westeinde MV, Qu C

This study evaluates battery electric buses (BEBs) versus hydrogen fuel cell buses (FCEBs) for Brussels' STIB transit agency using LCA, TCO, expert interviews, and multi-criteria analysis. FCEBs show lower emissions under renewable hydrogen…

Kollia M

This Perspective proposes the ZERO framework to shift AI data-centre sustainability evaluation upstream, before resource consumption. It combines hard admissibility constraints, workload characterisation, local resource-state assessment, fe…

Zhang Q, Sheng S, Liu T

A two-stage lexicographic framework for geo-distributed AI inference that preserves service while optimizing carbon and water. Trace-driven analysis of 26,392 requests reveals a 21-point carbon-water frontier, quantifying trade-offs. Provid…

Dimitriadis D, Papana A, Katrakilidis C

This study examines carbon intensity convergence across European NUTS-2 regions using panel data from 2000-2024 and spatial econometric models. It finds significant conditional beta-convergence, persistent spatial dependence, and slower adj…

Ho-Tran L, Pfenninger-Lee S

This study provides a global classification of renewable energy zones, analogous to Koppen-Geiger climate zones, to identify deployment constraints and opportunities for wind-solar-only systems. It finds that land with abundant and temporal…

Zhu, Ziwei, Clements, Hayley, Zhang, Xiaoling

This study quantifies the impact of energy-transition mineral mining on biodiversity, measured as species abundance loss. It decomposes effects into direct conversion, disturbance, and fragmentation, and projects future mining pressure unde…

Springer, Martin, Brown, Matthew, Ovaitt, Silvana +4

PVDeg is an open-source Python package developed at NREL for modeling photovoltaic (PV) module degradation. It simulates degradation mechanisms like LeTID and hydrolysis using weather data, integrating Monte Carlo uncertainty propagation an…

Dzikowski, Ryszard

This white paper proposes a standardized energy-logistics architecture using molecular energy carriers to address renewable curtailment and grid congestion. It argues that existing technologies can be integrated through standardized interfa…

Yao, Huaying

This replication package audits corporate climate-target claims against mandatory verified emissions from the EU Transaction Log and US EPA GHGRP. Using only public data, it parses 1,779 claims into six adjudication tiers and documents sens…

Dubey, Yash, Sievert, Katrin, Schmidt, Tobias

This dataset supports research evaluating the cost-effectiveness of synthetic fuels and CO2 removal for achieving net-zero aviation. It provides foundational data for comparing economic options in aviation decarbonization.

Ziluo Fu, Wei Shen

This paper analyzes the IMO Net-Zero Framework (NZF) through a two-level game lens, explaining why approval for circulation in April 2025 did not lead to timely adoption. It identifies domestic, regional, and sectoral constraints—such as EU…