GX & Decarbonization Research

William Craft, Philip Oldfield, Mehdi Robati +1

This paper proposes a method to assess whether building embodied emissions align with future climate pathways. It provides a framework for measuring building-sector performance and defining science-based targets (SBTs), addressing the often…

Subhi Singh, Pravin Kumar Agrawal, Shubham Goenka

This study analyzes sustainable finance, ESG frameworks, green bond issuance, and climate finance flows in India, examining India's position in global sustainable finance mechanisms. Using data from GSIA, CPI, IFC, and RBI, it employs trend…

Pham Ngoc Huong Quynh, Nguyễn Thị Huyền, Trần Thị Kim Thanh +2

This study empirically tests an extended Theory of Planned Behavior model to explain solar PV adoption intention among rural Vietnamese households. Using SEM on 404 survey responses, it confirms attitude's mediating role, with environmental…

Shrija Mandal, Aaditya Khanal, Bibek Uprety

This paper analyzes the economics of power-to-methanol using curtailed renewable energy, evaluating the impact of carbon sourcing, hydrogen storage, and temporal electricity constraints on cost and feasibility.

Fernando Tormos-Aponte

This perspective examines the unequal consequences of US grid unreliability, drawing on Hurricane María outages. It argues that environmental justice and just transition principles should guide grid resilience investments, data improvements…

Cary Kincaid Corcoran, Julia Hansson, Linda Wårell +5

This study provides the first comparative analysis of drivers and barriers for green hydrogen and hydrogen-based fuels in Nordic ports, based on five case studies in Sweden and Iceland and 64 stakeholder interviews. Shared drivers include m…

María Cecilia Ruiz Cardona, Carlos Humberto González Escobar

This study examines Colombia's paradox of clean electricity coexisting with fossil fuel exports and energy-poor territories. Using critical discourse analysis, case studies, and participatory workshops, it identifies six barriers to just tr…

Nguyen Thu Thuy, Thuy Hang Pham Thi, Hung Van Vu +2

Using data from 29 Asian countries (1970-2021), this study analyzes the impact of green energy consumption and institutional quality on environmental quality. Green energy consumption is not statistically significant, but improved instituti…

Ogechi Vivian Nwadiaru

This dissertation proposes a framework to integrate equity into energy planning optimization models, focusing on energy storage for autonomy, reliability, and resilience. It uses stakeholder values as metrics and comprises three essays on c…

Jinyoung Ham, Dohyung Jang, Haeseong Shin +2

This study develops a dynamic model of a PV-AWE-Batt-SOFC hybrid system using AMESim® to evaluate optimal configurations and energy management strategies for multi-energy stations. It provides economic, environmental, and technical indicato…

Régis Rathmann, Beatriz Matias El Assad, Diego Ribeiro do Amaral +5

This paper evaluates the environmental sustainability of Brazil's soy-based biofuel production policy. While biofuels are considered renewable energy, concerns arise from land-use change and agricultural inputs. The study examines the polic…

Venkata Sai Avvaru, Haegyum Kim

This presentation discusses the development of disordered rock salt (DRX) oxyfluoride cathodes for lithium-ion batteries, which avoid critical elements like cobalt and nickel. It covers recent progress in highly fluorinated DRX compounds fo…

Andrew Smerald, Hannes Imhof, Edwin Haas +9

A process-based modeling framework (LandscapeDNDC) estimates national-scale agricultural N2O emissions for Germany, yielding 35 kt N/yr (2017-2022), 28% higher than the national inventory but within uncertainty. It captures climate variabil…

Kehinde A. Adeyeye, Charles Mbohwa

A systematic review of hybrid energy systems (HES) in urban Southern Africa (2010-2025) finds PV-battery-grid dominance, with mean LCOE of $0.18/kWh and CO2 reductions of 56.8-90.3%. Urban HES shows strong decarbonization and economic viabi…

Lidong Li, Tala Awada, Mark Stone +2

Using a deep learning model, this study evaluates the impacts of land-use and climate change on global soil organic carbon (SOC) storage. It identifies relative humidity (RH) as a previously overlooked control on SOC, showing that warming-i…

Liying Qiu, Rahman Khorramfar, Wang Shen +2

This study evaluates how climate change affects resource adequacy risks in wind and solar power systems and reconsiders optimal siting of renewable plants. By integrating climate models with power system models, it quantifies operational ch…

Preetha Krishnasamy, Muralikrishnan Gopalakrishnan, Titus Sigamani +1

This paper analyzes the UK's Future Power System Architecture (FPSA) program, re-evaluating the overall design and structure of the electricity system. By integrating smart grid technologies and advanced system design, it examines stakehold…

Dursun Yenal Erzurumlu, Zeynep Ünal, Yonis Gulzar +1

This study evaluates the carbon sequestration potential of fruit trees in urban and agricultural areas. By estimating carbon fixation based on tree species and growth conditions, it provides insights for land-use planning and climate mitiga…

Nathalie Ferré, Philipp Wagner, Alessandra Bonci +1

This chapter examines Tunisia's renewable energy transition as a site of contentious politics, where inclusive and sovereignty-oriented futures clash with export-oriented projects like TuNur and Elmed that risk green extractivism. It argues…

Carlos Tornel, A.D. Dunlap, Joanna Allan +2

This review critiques the rapid discursive shift to low-carbon infrastructures, arguing that they often add to fossil fuel systems and impose disproportionate costs on the Global South through mineral extraction and supply chains. It propos…