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Economics
Alhassane Camara, Luc Savard
Summary: Previous literature only focused on partial equilibrium analysis when studying the effects of agricultural input subsidy programs on smallholder market participation, ignoring important general equilibrium effects. This study fills this gap by emphasizing the critical role of targeting in the implementation of agricultural input policies. Findings show that the partial equilibrium analysis underestimates the effects of the input policy and neglects heterogeneities between farmers. Additionally, extending the program to excluded farmers can lead to higher market participation, economic growth, and poverty reduction.
ECONOMIC MODELLING
(2023)
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Economics
Govinda R. Timilsina, Jun Pang, Xi Yang
Summary: This study evaluates the potential macroeconomic impacts of power sector reforms in China and finds that following market-based principles to expand and operate the power system could result in a 20% reduction in electricity prices and over 1% increase in GDP in 2020.
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Economics
Ioannis Tikoudis, Walid Oueslati
Summary: MOLES is an urban Computable General Equilibrium model that aims to uncover the trade-offs between environmental and economic performance in urban areas, capturing the synergetic effects of urban planning and transportation policies. Through an application to Auckland, New Zealand, it was found that a reform promoting a massive switch to public transportation requires increasing the kilometer cost of car use and providing subsidies to public transportation, resulting in fiscal surplus and substantial welfare gains.
COMPUTATIONAL ECONOMICS
(2021)
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Economics
Truong P. Truong, Hiroshi Hamasaki
Summary: This article discusses how to introduce technology details into the electricity sector of CGE models, addresses existing issues, proposes a new method, and validates it through two simulation experiments.
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Environmental Sciences
Gen Li, Runsen Zhang, Toshihiko Masui
Summary: This research involved constructing a CGE model to evaluate China's environmental tax policies, finding that these policies can reduce pollutant emissions but also have negative impacts on GDP. Additionally, disaggregating pollution treatment sectors in the CGE model may lead to underestimation of the pollution treatment effectiveness of environmental tax policies.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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Economics
Walimuni Chamindri Sewanka Mendis Abeysekara, Mahinda Siriwardana, Samuel Meng
Summary: Scientific evidence suggests that agriculture will be adversely affected by global climate change, particularly in South Asia. This study examines the economic impacts of climate change-induced agricultural productivity changes on Sri Lanka, using a computable general equilibrium model. The results show reductions in crop output, increased consumer prices, and a decline in household consumption, highlighting the need for research on climate change adaptation strategies and policy responses to mitigate adverse effects on agriculture and food security.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yeongjun Yeo, Inha Oh
Summary: This study examines the economic impacts of renewable energy expansion policies in Korea, specifically focusing on financing mechanisms. The findings suggest a trade-off between efficiency and equality in financing renewable energy expansion, with lump-sum taxation being the most efficient option but exacerbating income inequality.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
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Economics
Maksym Chepeliev, Israel Osorio-Rodarte, Dominique van der Mensbrugghe
Summary: This paper analyzes the poverty and distributional impacts of different carbon pricing mechanisms and finds that global cooperation can significantly ease the burden on the poor and improve income distribution.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yoshio Kajitani, Norihiko Yamano, Stephanie E. Chang
Summary: Pandemics have significant economic impacts, but lockdown and mobility restrictions are effective measures to control the spread of disease. This study proposes a framework for assessing the economic impact of varying degrees of movement restrictions and evaluates its effectiveness in a case study of COVID-19 control measures in Japan. The framework utilizes mobile network data and employment statistics to determine mobility restrictions and their effects on consumption in different sectors. Economic impacts are assessed using a spatial computable general equilibrium model, yielding accurate estimates in sectors implementing telework and e-commerce. This framework can be applied to other countries using the CGE model and open mobility data, serving as a valuable tool for informing policy-making by balancing infection risks and economic impacts.
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Thermodynamics
Yuling Pan, Feng Dong
Summary: This paper explores the impact of two energy finance policies combined with renewable energy subsidy on energy vulnerability under different carbon peaking scenarios. The study uses computable general equilibrium models to calculate the consumption of fossil energy and renewable energy under different scenarios. The results show that earlier peaking time leads to lower energy vulnerability in the long run. Additionally, implementing energy finance policies after the peaking year can significantly reduce energy vulnerability.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yonatan Vanunu, Jared M. Hotaling, Mike E. Le Pelley, Ben R. Newell
Summary: The study shows that initial attention in risky choice is driven by perceptual properties of the stimulus, while subsequent choices are more influenced by goal-driven factors. Options with the highest values and largest font sizes have the greatest impact on choice, while distractors may attract attention but do not affect actual decision-making.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Juan Diaz-Colunga, Nanxi Lu, Alicia Sanchez-Gorostiaga, Chang-Yu Chang, Helen S. Cai, Joshua E. Goldford, Mikhail Tikhonov, Alvaro Sanchez
Summary: Microbial communities frequently invade one another as a whole, a phenomenon known as community coalescence. This study provides direct evidence that collective invasions can lead to ecological coselection in microbial communities due to cross-feeding interactions at the community level.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Economics
Xaquin Garcia-Muros, Jennifer Morris, Sergey Paltsev
Summary: This study examines the distributional impacts of carbon pricing with different revenue recycling schemes for the USA by integrating national economic model with household microdata. The results show that the choice of revenue recycling scheme has limited effect on policy efficiency but significant distributional impacts.
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Automation & Control Systems
T. Burr, S. Croft, A. Favalli, T. Krieger, B. Weaver
Summary: This paper reviews progress and presents new results for uncertainty quantification in nuclear safeguards, focusing on data-driven choices in SD estimation, the use of approximate Bayesian computation, computational calibration, revisions to the GUM, and critique of a Unified Theory of Measurement Errors and Uncertainties.
CHEMOMETRICS AND INTELLIGENT LABORATORY SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Biology
Hajo Eicken, Finn Danielsen, Josephine-Mary Sam, Maryann Fidel, Noor Johnson, Michael K. Poulsen, Olivia A. Lee, Katie Spellman, Lisbeth Iversen, Peter Pulsifer, Martin Enghoff
Summary: Effective responses to rapid environmental change rely on observations to inform planning and decision-making. Comparing top-down, large-scale program driven approaches with bottom-up approaches initiated and steered at the community level can yield benefits, especially when connecting to Indigenous and local knowledge.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Xi Yang, Alun Gu, Fujie Jiang, Wenli Xie, Qi Wu
Summary: Comprehensive evaluation of shale gas resource in China plays a vital role in replacing coal, optimizing the energy structure, and reducing pollutant emissions.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xi Yang, Jun Pang, Fei Teng, Ruixin Gong, Cecilia Springer
Summary: The study found that deep decarbonization pathways can help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and increase non-fossil energy consumption, showing excellent performance in environmental co-benefits and reductions in health issues and environmental pollutants. Additionally, through the model-linking approach, the GDP losses from deep decarbonization in 2030 were reduced.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jun Pang, Govinda Timilsina
Summary: The study reveals that the emissions trading system will reduce CO2 emissions by 4%-22% in 2030 across 31 Chinese provinces. Some provinces may experience GDP losses under certain emissions allocation rules, while others may see GDP gains. However, emissions-intensive provinces like Neimenggu, Ningxia, Shanxi, and Shaanxi are likely to face higher GDP loss regardless of the allocation rules.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Haiyang Lin, Qiuwei Wu, Xinyu Chen, Xi Yang, Xinyang Guo, Jiajun Lv, Tianguang Lu, Shaojie Song, Michael McElroy
Summary: Using wind power to produce hydrogen can replace the coal-dominated hydrogen manufacturing system in China's Inner Mongolia region, providing a cost-competitive alternative while reducing wind curtailment and CO2 emissions. The levelized cost of hydrogen production is projected to decrease in the coming decade with increases in wind power capacity and decreases in capital costs for electrolyzers.
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Construction & Building Technology
Xi Yang, Wanqi Lin, Ruixin Gong, Mingzhe Zhu, Cecilia Springer
Summary: This study innovatively evaluates the executive policy of vehicle quota limits in big cities, using an improved method and integrated analysis model. The results show that the quota-limit policy has significant impacts on emission reduction and public health protection.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Economics
Govinda R. Timilsina, Jun Pang, Xi Yang
Summary: This study evaluates the potential macroeconomic impacts of power sector reforms in China and finds that following market-based principles to expand and operate the power system could result in a 20% reduction in electricity prices and over 1% increase in GDP in 2020.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Shaojie Song, Haiyang Lin, Peter Sherman, Xi Yang, Chris P. Nielsen, Xinyu Chen, Michael B. McElroy
Summary: The paper explores the potential of producing hydrogen by electrolysis fueled by offshore wind power in China as a significant source for Japan's net-zero greenhouse gas emissions commitment by 2050. It concludes that the Chinese source could meet Japan's future projections in terms of volume and cost. Hydrogen is considered essential to Japan's clean energy transition.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Shaojie Song, Haiyang Lin, Peter Sherman, Xi Yang, Shi Chen, Xi Lu, Tianguang Lu, Xinyu Chen, Michael B. McElroy
Summary: The paper explores various options for India to achieve a carbon-free energy future by 2050. It suggests onshore wind and solar sources as the main contributors, with green hydrogen produced through electrolysis as an important supplement. The hydrogen can help manage the variability of wind and solar power, and also replace the current industrial use of gray hydrogen that emits CO2. The paper further discusses the use of green hydrogen to reduce emissions in challenging sectors like industry and transport, and identifies the least costly options for India's zero carbon future.
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Energy & Fuels
Xi Yang, Chris P. Nielsen, Shaojie Song, Michael B. McElroy
Summary: Clean hydrogen has significant value in hard-to-abate sectors, serving as an energy carrier and feedstock for heavy industry, as well as fuel for the transportation sector. A realistic scenario with a production volume of 65.7 Mt by 2060 could lead to substantial cost savings compared to a no-hydrogen scenario.
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Xi Yang, Yiying Gao, Mingzhe Zhu, Cecilia Springer
Summary: This paper compares methane emissions from China's natural gas industry with the USA and Canada, highlighting that methane emissions from the natural gas production phase are the largest in the entire supply chain. Measurement and estimation methods are more advanced in the USA and Canada compared to China, with significant potential for methane emission reduction in the natural gas industry through the implementation of more effective waste reduction technologies.
CURRENT CLIMATE CHANGE REPORTS
(2022)
Proceedings Paper
Energy & Fuels
Xi Yang, Xiaoqian Xi, Wanqi Lin, Shan Guo
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR ENERGY TRANSITIONS
(2019)
Proceedings Paper
Energy & Fuels
Xiaoqian Xi, Hailong Li, Fredrik Wallin, Anders Avelin, Xi Yang, Zhixin Yu
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR ENERGY TRANSITIONS
(2019)
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Environmental Studies
Xi Yang, Fei Teng
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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)