Article
Environmental Sciences
Khalid Khan, Chi-Wei Su
Summary: Research indicates an optimal level of urbanization in newly industrialized countries to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Industrialization, economic growth, and energy consumption have a positive impact, while renewable energy has a negative effect. Policymakers need to promote low carbon energy development and improve energy consumption structures.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Tuan-Biao Jiang, Zi-Wei Deng, Yu-Peng Zhi, Hao Cheng, Qing Gao
Summary: The relationship between urbanization rate and death incidence in inland provinces of China shows a non-linear single threshold effect, with the negative impact of urbanization on death rate decreasing when per capita GDP exceeds a threshold. This effect is significant in the northern provinces and not present in the southern ones.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Qusai Mohammad Qasim Alabed, Fathin Faizah Said, Zulkefly Abdul Karim, Mohd Azlan Shah Zaidi, Mohammed Daher Alshammary
Summary: The study found a nonlinear relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in the MENA region, with a positive impact in the low energy consumption regime and a negative impact in the high energy consumption regime. Similarly, a nonlinear relationship was observed between CO2 emissions and economic growth, with a positive relationship in the low CO2 emissions regime and a negative relationship in the high CO2 emissions regime.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Qiang Wang, Jiaqi Guo, Rongrong Li
Summary: The study used a dynamic panel threshold regression model to investigate the relationship between official development assistance and carbon emissions in 59 low-income and lower-middle-income countries. The research found that the urbanization level of recipient countries has a threshold effect on the relationship between official development assistance and carbon emissions. Additionally, the conditional convergence level of carbon emission growth in low-urbanization areas is significantly higher than that in high-urbanization areas.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Haichao Liu, Wing-Keung Wong, Phan The Cong, Abdelmohsen A. Nassani, Mohamed Haffar, Ayman Abu-Rumman
Summary: This study examines the impact of energy consumption, economic development, urbanization, and energy consumption on carbon emissions using panel cointegration tests and pooled mean group (PMG-ARDL) approaches. The results reveal that urbanization has no significant effect on environmental quality, while energy usage significantly increases environmental harm. Further research indicates that environmental distortion is a long-term consequence of economic expansion. The responsibility of achieving a green and clean environment lies with government officials and politicians, who should prioritize appropriate energy management, urban planning, and pollution reduction without impeding economic growth.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mei Wang, Yifan Zheng, Shaojun Ma, Jun Lu
Summary: The impact of human capital on energy consumption is explored in this study using panel data from 30 provinces in China from 2000 to 2020. The research shows that human capital can reduce both local and surrounding energy consumption through spillover effects. The impact exhibits a U-shaped curve, decreasing initially and then increasing, as economic growth reaches a threshold level. The study informs policy and provides insights for investors and policymakers by demonstrating the energy conservation effects of human capital.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Jinyu Chen, Qian Luo, Yan Tu, Xiaohang Ren, Niki Naderi
Summary: The study reveals that renewable energy transition has a positive impact on metal consumption, with the industrial structure effect playing a significant role as a mediator in this relationship.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Muhammad Noshab Hussain, Zaiyang Li, Shaohua Yang
Summary: This study examines the heterogeneous effect of urbanization and nonrenewable energy consumption on the environment in 54 African nations. Panel data from 1996 to 2019 is used for analysis. Various statistical techniques, including panel quantile regression, augmented mean group, panel threshold regression, and the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis, are employed to explore the relationship between income and carbon emissions. The findings indicate that urbanization and nonrenewable energy consumption have a negative impact on the environment in Africa. Additionally, there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between economic growth and CO2 emissions, confirming the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis. It is suggested that urbanization should be properly planned in order to avoid environmental degradation, and African countries should adopt green urbanization practices and promote the use of renewable energy and clean manufacturing technologies. Institutions are encouraged to implement standards, regulations, and policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions. African countries should respond actively to these issues by charting a unique and diverse path for urban development.
NATURAL RESOURCES FORUM
(2023)
Article
Business
Shiwei Yu, Jie Liu, Xing Hu, Peng Tian
Summary: The study found that increasing renewable energy development has a significant impact on reducing energy intensity, while economic development and non-renewable energy consumption structure have different effects on energy intensity. In order to improve the technical content of international trade products, all countries should increase renewable energy consumption.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Bedassa Dessalegn Kitessa, Semu Moges Ayalew, Geremew Sahilu Gebrie, Solomon Tesfamariam Teferi
Summary: Rapid and economical acquisition of high-precision urban water-energy demand is of great significance for the optimal allocation of sustainable urban water-energy supply. This study proposes a linear mathematical regression algorithm model to accurately forecast the water-energy demand of Addis Ababa City from 2020 to 2050, considering urbanization drivers such as population, gross domestic product, per capita income, and technology-based water-energy delivery efficiency.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Nidhaleddine Ben Cheikh, Younes Ben Zaied
Summary: This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between CO2 emissions and income growth in the MENA region, proposes a new approach for modeling the emissions-income nexus without assuming the EKC, and identifies a threshold effect in CO2 emissions. The study highlights the role of the energy fuel mix in mitigating emissions as MENA countries transition to low-carbon and renewable energy sources.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Fei Yao, Huasheng Zhu, Maojun Wang
Summary: Research found a complex nonlinear relationship between urbanization and CO2 emissions, with significant heterogeneity in the impact on cities of different population sizes. The various dimensions of urbanization have different effects on CO2 emissions, with a threshold effect observed.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Thermodynamics
Ruifang He, Meirui Zhong, Jianbai Huang
Summary: This study introduces a dynamic panel threshold model to investigate the effects of technological progress on metal consumption in the electricity industry, finding that domestic technological progress plays a more important role in changing metal consumption structure than foreign technological spillover progress.
Article
Nuclear Science & Technology
Nigar Demircan Cakar, Seyfettin Erdogan, Ayfer Gedikli, Mehmet Akif Oncu
Summary: Global climate change has led to increased sensitivity towards environmental quality, particularly in developed countries. This study examines the impact of nuclear energy consumption and technological innovation on environmental quality in G7 countries from 1970 to 2015. The findings reveal that the relationship between nuclear energy consumption and carbon emissions varies depending on the innovation level of nuclear power plants. It is concluded that nuclear energy consumption reduces carbon emissions more effectively after a certain level of innovation, thus contributing to improving environmental quality.
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Olivier Joseph Abban, Hongxing Yao
Summary: The Belt and Road Initiative aims to promote economic development through cooperation, but also impacts job creation, economic growth, environmental changes, and energy consumption. Attention has been drawn to CO2 emissions and environmental changes resulting from economic growth, emphasizing the importance of reducing CO2 emissions and transitioning to renewable energy sources.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Boqiang Lin, Yicheng Zhou
Summary: The formulation of economic growth targets has a significant impact on energy consumption in China, particularly in the eastern and midwestern regions. The study reveals that unreasonable industrial structure and extensive urbanization mode are the main mechanisms through which economic growth targets affect energy consumption. Furthermore, fiscal decentralization plays a crucial role in this relationship, as an increased degree of decentralization leads to a stronger promotion effect of growth targets on energy consumption. Overall, this study highlights the importance of deepening the reform of the government's target-based management system for promoting energy conservation at the local level.
PROCESS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
(2023)
Article
Economics
Yongda He, Boqiang Lin
Summary: The asymmetric response of Chinese refined oil prices to crude oil prices is an issue of economic efficiency, and the collusion of oil oligarchs hinders market-oriented reform and economic sustainability. This paper tests whether the prices of refined oil products in China exhibit asymmetric fluctuations, and examines if there are unreasonable pricing behaviors among oil companies. The results show that there is a long-term asymmetry in gasoline and diesel prices, possibly due to the increased market power of oil companies in the refining sector. The findings suggest that oil oligarchs may have passed cost information to price regulators, leading to an unreasonable part of China's refined oil prices and undermining market efficiency.
Article
Thermodynamics
Zhizhou Tan, Xianhai Zeng, Boqiang Lin
Summary: This study investigates the economic viability of retrofitting current coal-fired power plants with biomass co-firing and carbon capture and storage technology as a feasible option for decarbonization. Using the real options approach, the study evaluates the potential project value under different uncertainties and policy scenarios. The study suggests that raising carbon prices and implementing a composite policy scheme including electricity price subsidy and carbon tax credit can promote retrofit projects and effectively advance decarbonization efforts worldwide.
Article
Thermodynamics
Boqiang Lin, Chenchen Huang
Summary: Improving energy efficiency is crucial for reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions. Digital technology is believed to greatly enhance energy efficiency. Investigating the connection between digitalization and energy efficiency can provide valuable insights for achieving the global carbon neutrality goal. This study constructed a digital evaluation index system and analyzed data from 90 countries between 2000 and 2020. The findings suggest an inverted U-shaped relationship between digitization and energy intensity, with a threshold level of 0.4324 for improving energy efficiency through digitization. Developed countries have reached this stage, while developing countries have not. The study highlights the causal relationship between digitalization and energy efficiency and provides factual support for digital and decarbonization transitions.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yicheng Zhou, Boqiang Lin
Summary: Fiscal transfer payments (TRANS) are an important supplement to fiscal decentralization in China and play a significant role in economic development. This study empirically examines the impact of TRANS on energy-environmental performance (EEP) using panel data from 30 provinces in China. The results show that TRANS have a U-shaped relationship with energy conservation and emission reduction (ECER), and the impact varies across different regions. The investment-driven effect, infrastructure effect, and industrial structure effect are identified as important channels through which TRANS influence ECER. The findings suggest that the government should increase fiscal investment in ECER and consider the development stage of different regions.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Boqiang Lin, Chongchong Xu
Summary: Capital and energy are closely interconnected input factors in firm production and operation. The impact of capital-biased tax incentives on firm energy performance during capital investment is not well understood. This study uses the 2014 and 2015 accelerated depreciation policy as quasi-natural experiments to examine the effect of these incentives on firm energy intensity. The findings suggest that the accelerated depreciation policy significantly increases firm energy intensity, particularly for small-scale firms, capital-intensive firms, and firms in energy-endowed regions.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Business, Finance
Boqiang Lin, Siquan Wang
Summary: This study explores the impact of renewable energy business expansion on firm performance by analyzing the business data of Chinese listed renewable energy companies and conducting a comparative analysis with American enterprises. The results show that the expansion of renewable energy business contributes to outstanding performance for firms, and Chinese enterprises achieved greater relative performance improvement in this aspect.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
(2023)
Article
Business, Finance
Boqiang Lin, Xia Wang
Summary: The rapid development of e-commerce has led to an increase in express packaging, causing environmental pollution and resource waste. To achieve green governance of express packaging, government regulations and corporate participation are necessary, but the role of consumers is also crucial.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE
(2023)
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Ruiyang Ma, Boqiang Lin
Summary: This study explores the impact of digital infrastructure construction on green economic transformation through theoretical analysis. The results indicate that digital infrastructure can enable green economic performance in Chinese cities, particularly in the eastern and economically developed cities. The study also provides constructive policy suggestions.
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Business, Finance
Hermas Abudu, Presley K. Wesseh Jr, Boqiang Lin
Summary: Research on the impact of the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement shows that political propaganda and climate change denialism have significant consequences for climate change policies and the achievement of sustainable development goals. The study also reveals that CCD is influenced by a state's economic growth, with low-income capitalist states more prone to deny climate change due to their focus on economic expansion at the expense of environmental sustainability.
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Boqiang Lin, Hengsong Zhao
Summary: This study investigates the impact of trade policy on carbon-intensive industries and empirically tests the effects of trade barriers on carbon emissions. The findings reveal the existence of asymmetric trade barriers across different countries and provide political and trade explanations. Additionally, the study observes a significant implicit subsidy provided by certain highly developed countries for carbon-intensive imported products.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Boqiang Lin, Sami Ullah
Summary: According to Pakistan's Nationally Determined Contribution, the country aims to reduce its emissions by 50% by 2030, with 15% coming from domestic resources and 35% contingent on international grant financing, requiring USD 101 billion for energy transition. This study examines the impact of energy depletion, green growth, technological cooperation grants, and labor force on CO2 emissions in Pakistan. The findings suggest that energy depletion leads to environmental contamination in the long run, while green growth, technological cooperation grants, and labor force contribute to the reduction of environmental contaminations.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Business
Boqiang Lin, Yongjing Xie
Summary: Digital transformation has a significant impact on the green technology innovation performance of enterprises, and this impact is moderated by board characteristics. The study findings suggest that digital transformation indirectly promotes the green technology innovation performance of enterprises through increased R&D investments, optimized human capital structure, and enhanced management efficiency.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Thermodynamics
Chongchong Zhang, Xiangyu Cai, Boqiang Lin
Summary: This study examines the relationship between grid upgrading and renewable energy generation in China and finds a U-shaped relationship between them. It also provides policy recommendations for the low-carbon transition of China's power sector.
Article
Business, Finance
Rui Bai, Boqiang Lin
Summary: This paper applies evolutionary game analysis and empirical research to conclude that green finance plays a significant role in promoting green innovation. The conclusions are robust even after using alternative measurement and estimation methods. By considering endogeneity, the paper treats the establishment of green finance reform pilot zones as a quasi-natural experiment and analyzes the policy effect of green finance on green innovation using the Differences-in-Differences model. Furthermore, the paper finds that green finance has a stronger positive effect on green innovation when firms have a lower risk-taking level.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
M. Genovese, F. Piraino, P. Fragiacomo
Summary: This research proposes the concept of a hydrogen valley in southern Italy, where hydrogen is produced centrally and delivered via fuel cell hybrid trains to refueling stations, providing transportation services. The analysis from both technical and economic perspectives shows that the cost of hydrogen and energy efficiency reached competitive levels, and hydrogen rail transport offers significant benefits in terms of emissions reduction and economic gains compared to conventional diesel trains and fully electric trains.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Miaomiao Liu, Payam Nejat, Pinlu Cao, Carlos Jimenez-Bescos, John Kaiser Calautit
Summary: This article provides a critical review of the performance of windcatchers, pointing out the current research gaps and issues, and proposing directions for further investigation and market prospects.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Solomon Boadu, Ebenezer Otoo
Summary: Despite Africa's vast energy resources, including wind energy, the continent faces challenges in developing its wind energy industry. Northern African countries and South Africa currently dominate the wind energy sector in Africa. To uplift Africa's socio-economic status, strong political will, supportive policies, and institutional frameworks are needed to drive the development of wind energy and overcome existing challenges.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
E. K. Grubbs, S. M. Gruss, V. Z. Schull, M. J. Gosney, M. V. Mickelbart, S. Brouder, M. W. Gitau, P. Bermel, M. R. Tuinstra, R. Agrawal
Summary: As the global population grows, the demand for food, energy, and water will increase significantly. However, limited land availability and competition for solar resources pose challenges to resource generation technologies. In the United States, both agriculture and solar energy production have adopted densification schemes to improve yields and energy output per unit of land. This research proposes an Agrivoltaic food and energy coproduction architecture that optimizes power generation while maintaining crop productivity by implementing ideal anti-tracking during critical growth periods. This technology offers a viable pathway for widespread solar implementation throughout the contiguous United States.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Han Shao, Rui Henriques, Hugo Morais, Elisabetta Tedeschi
Summary: The integration of offshore wind energy into the electric grid provides opportunities in terms of environmental sustainability and cost efficiency, but poses challenges to power quality. This survey offers a deeper understanding of disturbance detection and classification tools, exploring root causes, disturbance locations, and algorithmic solutions. It highlights synchronized waveform measurement and discusses evaluation metrics for detection and classification algorithms. Additionally, a novel system-wide monitoring framework is proposed.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Eleni Davidson, Yair Schwartz, Joe Williams, Dejan Mumovic
Summary: A continued upward trend in global greenhouse gas emissions poses risks to global infrastructure and built assets. Maintaining high indoor environmental quality standards is a challenge for higher education institutions under future climates. Passive cooling mechanisms may be insufficient to tolerate predicted temperature increases. Different building typologies have varying energy demand projections.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kexin Pang, Jian Zhou, Stamatis Tsianikas, David W. Coit, Yizhong Ma
Summary: This study proposes a new framework for long-term microgrid expansion planning, using deep reinforcement learning method to consider various uncertainties and constraints. The framework aims to enhance the effectiveness of microgrid expansion planning from the perspectives of economy, resilience, and greenhouse gas emission reduction.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jun Zhao, Kangyin Dong, Xiucheng Dong
Summary: The continuous growth of global electricity penetration has provided modern energy for alleviating energy poverty, but its impact on carbon neutrality has been overlooked. The research reveals that clean electricity from traditional fossil energy and renewable energy has a positive influence on the greenhouse effect. Eradicating energy poverty can effectively alleviate the greenhouse effect, especially in non-Belt and Road Initiative (B&RI) nations.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hossein Shahbeik, Hamed Kazemi Shariat Panahi, Mona Dehhaghi, Gilles J. Guillemin, Alireza Fallahi, Homa Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha, Hamid Amiri, Mohammad Rehan, Deepak Raikwar, Hannes Latine, Bruno Pandalone, Benyamin Khoshnevisan, Christian Sonne, Luigi Vaccaro, Abdul-Sattar Nizami, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Su Shiung Lam, Junting Pan, Rafael Luque, Bert Sels, Wanxi Peng, Meisam Tabatabaei, Mortaza Aghbashlo
Summary: This review explores the production of biocrude oil from biomass feedstocks through the process of hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL). It discusses the impact of process parameters on the quality, quantity, cost, and environmental impacts of biofuels. The review also highlights the challenges and prospects for the future development of biocrude oil.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Meysam Majidi Nezhad, Mehdi Neshat, Georgios Sylaios, Davide Astiaso Garcia
Summary: Digital twins promise innovation for the marine renewable energy sector by using modern technological advances and the existing maritime knowledge frameworks. This research presents critical aspects of digital twin implementation challenges in marine energy digitalization approaches that use and combine data systems.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yeganeh Sharifian, Hamdi Abdi
Summary: This paper discusses the background and objectives of the multi-area economic dispatch problem, as well as various techniques and methods applied in this field. It also covers comprehensive formulations of the problem and important issues in the field of probabilistic MAED, along with some related concepts and suggestions.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
J. G. B. Churchill, V. B. Borugadda, A. K. Dalai
Summary: The increasing global energy demand and the need to reduce fossil fuel reliance have created a demand for renewable and sustainable fuel sources. This review explores the potential of tall oil, a by-product of the pulping industry, as a feedstock for biofuels. The review provides an overview of tall oil production, purification, and treatment, and investigates recent trends and barriers towards tall oil-derived biofuels.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
David C. Broadstock, Xiangnan Wang
Summary: This study provides a general review of research on district cooling, identifying key topics and themes and highlighting potential research priorities for future studies.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
L. Scharnhorst, D. Sloot, N. Lehmann, A. Ardone, W. Fichtner
Summary: This study investigates and analyzes the barriers to demand response in industrial and commercial sectors, highlighting their significance. Concerns about diminished product quality, disruptions to production processes, human resource management, and revenue uncertainty are identified as the most frequently cited barriers. Overcoming these barriers requires bridging knowledge gaps, allocating sufficient resources, and adapting external incentives and policies.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Tong Feng, Yuechi Sun, Yating Shi, Jie Ma, Chunmei Feng, Zhenni Chen
Summary: Air pollution is a significant global challenge, and policymakers have implemented policies to reduce it. Evaluating the effectiveness of these policies is critical, and our study reveals trends and gaps in air pollution policy research. We found that research has shifted from focusing solely on air pollutants to including methodologies, policies, and health implications. China has emerged as a major contributor in this field of research.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
