List of Publication

 

Peer-reviewed English Journals

 

  1. Xi Yang, Chris P. Nielsen, Shaojie Song, Michael B. McElroy. Breaking the hard-to-abate bottleneck in China’s path to carbon neutrality with clean hydrogen. (First author, Corresponding author). Nature Energy, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01114-6.(IF=60.86, selected as Research Highlights in Nature journal, http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03084-x). 
  2. Shaojie Song, Haiyang Lin, Peter Sherman, Xi Yang, Chris P. Nielsen, Xinyu Chen, Michael B. McElroy. Production of Hydrogen from Offshore wind in China and Cost competitive Supply to Japan. Nature Communications. 2021, 12:6953. (IF=14.92)
  3. Shaojie Song, Haiyang Lin, Peter Sherman, Xi Yang, Shi Chen, Xi Lu, Tianguang Lu, Xinyu Chen, Michael B. McElroy. Deep Decarbonization of the Indian Economy: 2050 Prospects for Wind, Solar, and Green Hydrogen. iScience (Cell Press). 2022, 25 (6), 104399. (SCI, IF= 4.447)
  4. Yang Xi, Teng Fei. The air quality co-benefit of coal control strategy in China. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2018, 129: 373-382. (SCI, IF=8.086, ESI top 1% high citation)
  5. Yang Xi, Pang Jun, Teng Fei, Gong Ruixin, Cecilia Springer. The environmental co-benefit and economic impact of China’s low-carbon pathways: Evidence from linking bottom-up and top-down models. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021,136(2021)110438. (SCI, IF=12.110) (Cited in two chapters in the 2022 IPCC AR6 WGIII report)
  6. Yang Xi, Lin Wanqi, Gong Ruixin, Mingzhe Zhu, Cecilia Springer. Transport decarbonization in big cities: An integrated environmental co-beneft analysis of vehicles purchases quota-limit and new energy vehicles promotion policy in Beijing. Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021, 71: 102976. (SCI, IF=7.587).
  7. Yang Xi, Teng Feng, Xi Xiaoqian, Egor Khayrullin, Zhang Qi. Cost-benefit analysis of China’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions based on carbon marginal cost curves. Applied Energy, 2018, 227(2018) 415-425. (SCI, IF=8.848)
  8. Yang Xi, Teng Fei. Air quality benefit of China’s mitigation target to peak its emission by 2030. Climate Policy, 2018, 18(1): 99~110. (SSCI, IF=4.011)
  9. Yang Xi, Gu Alun, Jiang Fujie, Xie Wenli, Wu Qi. Integrated Assessment Modeling of China’s Shale Gas Resource: Energy System Optimization, Environmental Cobenefits, and Methane Risk. Energies, 2021, 14, 53. (SCI, IF=2.702)
  10. Yang Xi, Teng Fei, Wang Xin, Zhang Qi. System optimization and co-benefit analysis of China’s deep-carbonization effort towards its INDC target. Energy Procedia, 2017, 105: 3314 – 3319. (EI)
  11. Yang Xi, Xi Xiaoqian, Guo Shan, Lin Wanqi. Effect of China’s energy conservation efforts on reducing health damage. Energy Procedia, 2019, 158: 3768–3773. (EI)
  12. Yang X, Teng F, Wang G. Incorporating environmental co-benefits into climate policies: A regional study of the cement industry in China. Applied Energy. 2013, 112: 1446-1453 (SCI, IF=8.848)
  13. Yang X, Teng F, Wang G. Quantifying co-benefit potentials in the Chinese cement sector during 12th Five Year Plan: an analysis based on marginal abatement cost with monetized environmental effect. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2013, 58: 102-111 (SCI, IF=6.65)
  14. Yang X, Wan H, Chen S, Zhang Q. A Scenario Analysis of Oil and Gas Consumption in China to 2030 Considering CO2 Emission Constraint. Petroleum Science. 2016, 13:370-383. (SCI, IF=1.62)
  15. Yang X, Xi X, Guo S, Lin W, Feng X. Carbon Mitigation Pathway Evaluation and Environmental Benefit Analysis of Mitigation Technologies in China’s Petrochemical and Chemical Industry. Energies. 2018, 11(12): 3331-3345. (SCI, IF=2.67)
  16. Yang X, Xi X, Lin W, Guo S, Feng X, Gilmore E. Evaluation of environmental health benefts of China’s building energy conservation policies: an integrated assessment on national and provincial levels. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 2018, 28(3): 215-239 (SCI, IF=1.43)
  17. Govinda Timilsina, Jun Pang, Xi Yang. Macroeconomic impacts of power sector reforms in China. Energy Policy, 2021, 157: 112509 (SSCI, IF=6.142)
  18. Govinda Timilsina, Jun Pang, Xi Yang. Enhancing the quality of climate policy analysis in China: Linking bottom-up and top-down models. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2021, 151: 111551 (SCI, IF=12.110)
  19. Yang X, Teng F, Wang G. Allocation of carbon intensity targets for 2020: an exploration of energy conservation potential in China”, Manufacture Engineering and Environment Engineering 2014, Vol 2. WITPress. DOI:10.2495/MEEE131442 (EI)
  20. R Gong, Q Jin, X Yang, S Guan. Evaluation and Optimization of Financing Efficiency for New Energy Vehicle Enterprises. Earth and Environmental Science 793 (1), 012004 (EI) 
  21. Yang X, Teng F, Wang G. The Role of China in 2-Degree World: The Needs for Change in Energy System Planning. Energy Procedia. 2014, 61: 419–422 (EI)
  22. H Chen, G Wang, P Li, S Zhao, X Yang, D Sibinde. Forecast on Mid-and Long-Term Energy and Emission in Guangdong Province, China. Earth and Environmental Science 495 (1), 012079. (EI)
  23. Yang X, Teng F, Wang G. Possibility of Multiple benefits for climate change policies. Science and Engineering Advances in Artificial Intelligence. 2011,1(6): 239-244
  24. X Yang, X Pan. China's Energy System Optimization Under INDC Commitments: Study Based on MAPLE Model. Implications of North American Energy Self-Sufficiency, 34th USAEE/IAEE, 2016.  
  25. Xiaoqian Xi, Hailong Li, Fredrik Wallin, Adners Avelin, Xi Yang, Zhixin Yu. Air pollution related externality of district heating – a case study of Changping, Beijing. Energy Procedia, 2019, 158: 4323–4330. (EI)
  26. H Chen, X Yang, S Zhao, G Wang, W Xie, P Li. Study on Energy Consumption Structure of Guangdong Transportation Sector. Earth and Environmental Science 495 (1), 012012. (EI)
  27. Xin Wang, Fei Teng, Xi Yang, Rongqiang Wei. Accessing the role of electricity storage in China’s high renewable energy penetration future. Energy Procedia. 2017, 105:4084-4089. (EI)
  28. W Han, R Gong, X Yang, S Guan. Assessment and Forecast of Operating Efficiency of Power Generation Industry in the Context of Electricity Marketization. Earth and Environmental Science 793 (1), 012003 (EI)
  29. H.Lin, Q. Wu, X. Chen, X. Yang, X. Guo, J. Lv, T. Lu, S. Song, and M. McElroy. Economic and technological feasibility of using power-to-hydrogen technology under higher wind penetration in China. Renewable Energy, 2021, 173: 569-580. (SCI, IF=8.001)
  30. X Yang, Y Gao, M Zhu, C Springer. Assessing Methane Emissions from the Natural Gas Industry: Reviewing the Case of China in a Comparative Framework. Current Climate Change Reports (SCI, IF=9.711). 2022, doi: 10.1007/s40641-022-00187-5.

 

Working papers In WORLD Bank Database 

    31. Govinda Timilsina, Jun Pang, Xi Yang. How Much Would China Gain from Power Sector Reforms? An Analysis Using TIMES and CGE Models. The World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 8908. The world bank group 2019.

    32.  Govinda Timilsina, Jun Pang, Xi Yang. Linking Top-Down and Bottom-UP Models for Climate Policy Analysis. The world bank Policy Research Working Paper 8905. The world bank group 2019.

 

Book and report chapters

    33. Carbon Emission Reduction Analysis & Co-Benefit Evaluation Model, Science Press (2019). 

    34. Chapter of equitable burden sharing and co-benefit on climate change policies in “Models and Methodologies for Climate Change Research”, 2015, Published by Science Press. 

    35. Chapter of climate change and co-benefit evaluation in “Energy and Environment: Reflection and Prospect of Energy Policy between China and Japan”, 2013, Published by Tsinghua Press. 

  36. Chapter of China’s deep decarbonization Pathways, in “Pathways to deep decarbonization 2015 report”. Deep Decarbonization Pathway Project Led by IDDRI France. In English. (Cited by the 2022 IPCC AR6 WGIII report)

 

 

Note: Only selected articles are listed here. 

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Research Field:

 

Technology innovation; renewable energy; European climate policy; environmental and social impacts; hydrogen; electrification; hard-to-abate sectors in industries; integrated policies on sustainability; sustainability development goals (SDGs); dynamic quantitative modeling tools; climate justice and inequalities.

 

 

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1244-1079