GX Research Hub · English
GX & Decarbonization Research
This page provides an English interface to the gxceed GX paper corpus. The corpus aggregates papers from 13 open 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.
🇨🇳 China📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalResources Conservation and Recycling2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Integrating health and climate priorities in coal retirement strategies for China: a policy-adaptive approach
Jinyang Huang, Jiacong Cai, Zhan Zhao +6
This paper proposes a policy-adaptive framework integrating health (air quality) and climate priorities in China's coal retirement strategies. It develops phased retirement plans tailored to regional coal plant characteristics, optimizing b…
CN📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalJournal of Cleaner Production2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Recycled copper and V2G accelerate carbon neutrality in China: Decoupling power and passenger vehicle sectors from copper constraints
Ling Zhang, Xiang Xiang Wang, Yan Li +2
This study analyzes how recycled copper and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology can accelerate carbon neutrality in China by decoupling the power and passenger vehicle sectors from copper supply constraints, enabling faster decarbonization.
🌍 Global📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalProduction Engineering Archives2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Exploring the linkage between digital transformation, green innovation, and carbon neutrality: Implications for business sustainability
Ashish Dwivedi, Vipulesh Shardeo, Anchal Patil +2
Using the TOE framework and Grey Ordinal Priority Approach, this study identifies 16 critical factors for integrating digital transformation, green innovation, and carbon neutrality. Based on expert inputs, top factors are digital orientati…
🇨🇳 China📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalEnvironmental Science & Technology2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Navigating Ambition and Equity: Systemic Codependency in China’s Carbon Neutrality Pathways
Songmin Yu, Fu Zhao, Lingyu Yang +4
Using a national-scale energy system model with provincial resolution and high temporal granularity (48 time slices), this study explores China's carbon neutrality pathways under 1.5, 1.6, and 2.0 °C targets with six allocation principles. …
🌍 Global📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalKorea International Trade Research Institute2026#Energy TransitionDOI
A Study on the Carbon Emission Reduction Effects of Trade in Low-Carbon Technology Using the AMG Estimator: Considering Cross-sectional Dependency and Heterogeneity in Country Panel
Soo-Min Hong, Su-Han Woo
This study analyzes the heterogeneous effects of trade in low-carbon technology (LCT) products on carbon emissions in the transportation sector using a 24-year panel of 188 countries and AMG estimators. LCT exports reduce emissions while im…
🇪🇺 Europe📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Towards a carbon-neutral regional energy system: Final report of the PEAK Project
Milla Hannula, Giovanna Andrea Pinilla De La Cruz, Hannu Laaksonen +7
The PEAK project integrated technical, societal, and business perspectives to support a carbon-neutral regional energy system in Ostrobothnia, Finland. It analyzed renewable energy potential and grid flexibility, engaged stakeholders, and e…
🇪🇺 Europe📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalEnvironmental Management2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Mapping renewable energy futures in the Cologne planning region: Land-use constraints and landscape impacts
Dragan Petrovic, Friederike Schrade, Stephan Bösch +1
This study models renewable energy expansion in the Cologne planning region using GIS and a siting algorithm. Under current planning, climate-neutral electricity production is unattainable; only a 50% reduction in energy demand makes target…
🇪🇺 Europe📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalEnvironmental Management2026#Energy TransitionDOI
The Economics of Mitigating Flexible Hydropower: A Systematic Review
Nusrat Jahan Bipa, Giuseppe Roberto Pisaturo, Terese E. Venus
This systematic review examines the economic dimensions of mitigating hydropeaking from flexible hydropower. It finds that operational constraints can reduce revenue by 1-8%, while structural measures like re-regulation reservoirs maintain …
🇨🇳 China📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalChemSusChem2026#Energy TransitionDOI
From Waste to Worth: Advances in Anode Graphite Recovery From Spent Lithium‐Ion Batteries
Kai Wang, Yì Wáng, Jun Zeng +5
This review systematically summarizes recycling technologies for spent graphite anodes from lithium-ion batteries. It covers failure mechanisms, regeneration strategies, and applications, noting that current pyrometallurgical methods are en…
📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Energy System Innovation for Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Smart Energy Solutions in Sabah
Connie Shin@Cassy Ompok Lee Bih Ni
This study examines smart energy solutions in Sabah, Malaysia, including renewable energy integration, decentralized grids, and digital monitoring. It finds that while technology is advancing, infrastructure gaps and policy limitations hind…
🌍 Global📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalEnergies2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Methods, Tools, and Processes for Participation in Just Energy Transitions: A Systematic Literature Review
Beste Gün Aslan, Patrícia Fortes, Nuno Videira
This systematic review of 42 articles examines the role of participation in just energy transitions. Findings show that participation enables stakeholders and policymakers to incorporate plural values and procedural justice, but there is a …
🇪🇺 Europe📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalBuildings2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Neighborhood Renovation for Reaching EU Targets with Smart Analysis on the Way to 2030 and 2035
Ebru Alakavuk, Duygu Çınar Umdu, Aleyna Koyuncu +1
This study introduces a simplified smart analysis method and decision-support framework for net-zero energy and emissions transitions at the neighborhood level. Applied to a mixed-use area in Izmir, Turkey, it evaluates four intervention st…
🌍 Global📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)2026#Energy TransitionDOI
CENTRAL ASIA IN THE GLOBAL ENERGY SYSTEM: DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS, CARBON NEUTRALITY AND GEOPOLITICAL INTERESTS
Mamajonova Sabrina Sattorjonovna
This paper analyzes the strategic role of Central Asia in the global shift to a low-carbon economy, examining its resource potential, energy structure, and the geopolitical interests of major powers. It outlines challenges and prospects for…
🇺🇸 USA📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalIconic Research and Engineering Journals2026#Energy TransitionDOI
U.S. State Energy Transition Dynamics: Renewable Adoption, Fossil Displacement, and Forecasting with Ensemble Machine Learning
Christopher Odedina, Tochuckwu Akaegbusi
This study analyzes U.S. state-level energy transition from 1990 to 2024 using panel econometrics, clustering, and machine learning. It identifies four state archetypes (early movers, progressive large-scale adopters, gradually transitionin…
🇨🇳 China📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalReview of Development Economics2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Sustainable Development Transition and Employment Constraints: An Empirical Analysis of Energy and Environment in <scp>BRICS</scp> and <scp>G7</scp>
Mehmet Akif Destek, Muhammad Farhan Bashir, Najia Saqib +1
This study examines how the transition to clean energy and environmental technologies affects unemployment in BRICS and G7 countries. Results show that energy transition increases employment in developing countries but decreases it in devel…
🇺🇸 USA📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalNature Sustainability2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Methane leakage thresholds for net climate benefits of wastewater biogas recovery
Xiatong Li, Jun‐Jie Zhu, Yuqing Yan +2
This US national-scale assessment of methane leakage thresholds for wastewater biogas recovery finds leakage rates range from 0.4% to 65%, with many facilities exceeding net-zero thresholds (2-10%). Grid decarbonization shifts viability tow…
JournalFigshare2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Competition, conflict and consequences: offshore geospatial planning for the energy transition
Ruth V. Hamilton, John R. Underhill
This paper analyzes offshore spatial competition driven by the energy transition, using the UK North Sea as a case. It highlights subsurface, seabed, water column, and airspace conflicts, emphasizing geological storage for decarbonization. …
📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalFigshare2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Appendix C: Competition, conflict and consequences: offshore geospatial planning for the energy transition
Ruth V. Hamilton, John R. Underhill
This paper analyzes the conflict between fishing and offshore wind in the English North Sea, examining challenges for geospatial planning in the energy transition. It quantifies overlap between fishing activity and wind farm plans, proposin…
🇪🇺 Europe📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalEnergy Research & Social Science2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Strategic retrenchment in the energy transition: Shell Pernis and the emergence of second-order carbon lock-in
Gregory C. Unruh, Fernanda Arreola, Pablo del Río
This study examines Shell's Pernis refinery to reveal how relaxing first-order carbon lock-in can trigger second-order lock-in, redirecting or delaying deep decarbonization. It introduces a distinction between first- and second-order lock-i…
📚 Peer-reviewed · JournalJournal of Chemical Engineering and Renewable Fuels2026#Energy TransitionDOI
Prospects for Gasoline and Petrochemical Production in the Context of the Energy Transition
Heriberto Díaz Velázquez
This review surveys alternative fuels (biofuels, e-fuels) and zero-emission vehicles (BEVs) as replacements for fossil fuels, and discusses the future of the petrochemical industry centered on C1 chemistry. It provides a Mexican perspective…