Drivers of renewable energy penetration and its role in power sector's deep decarbonization towards carbon peak

B Yu, D Fang, K Xiao, Y Pan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The power sector is a linchpin of global carbon mitigation goal, and renewables are
increasingly the preferred source of new electricity generation globally. It is necessary to …

[HTML][HTML] Gleaning insights from German energy transition and large-scale underground energy storage for China's carbon neutrality

Y Xie, X Wu, Z Hou, Z Li, J Luo, CT Lüddeke… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The global energy transition is a widespread phenomenon that requires international
exchange of experiences and mutual learning. Germany's success in its first phase of …

Assessing the digital economy and its carbon-mitigation effects: The case of China

J Wang, K Dong, X Dong, F Taghizadeh-Hesary - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
With the proposal of China's carbon neutrality target and the accelerated process of digital
development, it is necessary for China to explore the prominent role of digital economy in …

City-level emission peak and drivers in China

Y Shan, Y Guan, Y Hang, H Zheng, Y Li, D Guan, J Li… - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
China is playing an increasing role in global climate change mitigation, and local authorities
need more city-specific information on the emissions trends and patterns when designing …

Synergy of pollution control and carbon reduction in China: Spatial–temporal characteristics, regional differences, and convergence

C Nie, CC Lee - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Promoting the synergy of pollution control (PC) and carbon reduction (CR) is an important
strategy for ecological civilization construction in China. Based on constructing a measuring …

An integrated evaluation on China's provincial carbon peak and carbon neutrality

P Yang, S Peng, N Benani, L Dong, X Li, R Liu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the climate is warming up and climate disasters occur more frequently, China's carbon
peak and carbon neutrality targets are gaining attention, with provinces starting to set carbon …

Carbon mitigation potential afforded by rooftop photovoltaic in China

Z Zhang, M Chen, T Zhong, R Zhu, Z Qian… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Rooftop photovoltaics (RPVs) are crucial in achieving energy transition and climate goals,
especially in cities with high building density and substantial energy consumption …

Achieving carbon neutrality through green technological progress: Evidence from China

J Cai, H Zheng, M Vardanyan, Z Shen - Energy Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change related environmental problems are pushing a constantly growing number
of countries to set carbon neutrality goals. Increasing reliance on ecologically friendly …

How does agricultural specialization affect carbon emissions in China?

R Wang, Y Zhang, C Zou - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural carbon emissions have long attracted scholars' interest. In recent decades,
China has gradually explored the path of agricultural specialization without large-scale …

China's pathway to carbon neutrality for the iron and steel industry

X Yu, C Tan - Global Environmental Change, 2022 - Elsevier
As a hard-to-abate sector, the iron and steel industry is responsible for 22% of China's total
carbon emissions and therefore plays a crucial role in achieving China's carbon peaking …