Publications: Energy Transition

Journal Article
Switching on auxiliary devices in vehicular fuel efficiency tests can help cut CO2 emissions by millions of tons

Zhang, D., et al. (2021).
One Earth, 4, 135–145 (doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.12.010)

Joint Program Report
Distributional Impacts of Low-Carbon Policies in USA and Spain: Does One Size Fit All?
Report 354

Garcia-Muros, X., J. Morris and S. Paltsev (2021).
Joint Program Report Series, August, 12 p. [Download]

Journal Article
The Covid-19 effect on the Paris Agreement

Reilly, J.M., Y.-H.H. Chen and H.D. Jacoby (2021).
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 8(16) (doi: 10.1057/s41599-020-00698-2)

Journal Article
Scenarios for the deployment of carbon capture and storage in the power sector in a portfolio of mitigation options

Morris, J., H. Kheshgi, S. Paltsev and H. Herzog (2021).
Climate Change Economics, 12(1), 215001 (doi: 10.1142/S2010007821500019)

Journal Article
The role of shale gas in shaping the U.S. long-run CO2 emissions

Chen, Y.-H.H., J.M. Reilly and S. Paltsev (2021).
Energy & Environment, 32(4), 737-755 (doi:10.1177/0958305X20953412)

Journal Article
Will using newer input-output data for general equilibrium modeling provide a better estimate for the CO2 mitigation cost?

Hong, W.-H., H.-C. Chai, Y.-H.H. Chen, J. M. Reilly and S. Paltsev (2021).
Economic Systems Research, 33(2), 157-170 (doi: 10.1080/09535314.2020.1784098)

Journal Article
The economics of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) deployment in a 1.5°C or 2°C world

Fajardy M., J. Morris, A. Gurgel, H. Herzog, N. MacDowell and S. Paltsev  (2021).
Global Environmental Change, 68, 102262 (doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102262)

Journal Article
Utility-scale portable energy storage systems

He, G., J. Michalek, S. Kar, Q. Chen, D. Zhang and J.F. Whitacre  (2020).
Joule, Online first (doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2020.12.005)

Journal Article
Integrated climate-change assessment scenarios and carbon dioxide removal

Schweizer, V.J., K.L. Ebi, D.P. van Vuuren, H.D. Jacoby, K. Riahi, J. Strefler, K. Takahashi, B.J. Van Ruijven and J.P. Weyant (2020).
One Earth, 3(2), 166-172 (doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.08.001)

Journal Article
Use of natural gas and oil as a source of feedstocks

Kapsalyamova, Z. and S. Paltsev (2020).
Energy Economics, 92, 104984 (doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104984)

Joint Program Report
Future energy: In search of a scenario reflecting current and future pressures and trends
Report 344

Morris, J., D. Hone, M. Haigh, A. Sokolov and S. Paltsev (2020).
Joint Program Report Series, November, 24 p. [Download]

Joint Program Report
The economics of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) deployment in a 1.5°C or 2°C world
Report 345

Fajardy, M., J. Morris, A. Gurgel, H. Herzog, N. MacDowell, S. Paltsev (2020).
Joint Program Report Series, [Download]

Journal Article
The role of synthetic biology in atmospheric greenhouse gas reduction: Prospects and challenges

DeLisi, C., A. Patrinos, M. MacCracken, D. Drell, G. Annas, A. Arkin6, G. Church, R. Cook-Deegan, H. Jacoby, M. Lidstrom, J. Melillo, R. Milo, K. Paustian, J. Reilly, R. Roberts, D. Segre, S. Solomon, D. Woolf, S. Wullschleger and X. Yang   (2020).
BioDesign Research, 2020 (1016207) (doi: 10.34133/2020/1016207)

Journal Article
Global CO2 impacts of light-duty electric vehicles

Ghandi, A. and S. Paltsev (2020).
Transportation Research Part D, 87(Article 102524) (doi: 10.1016/j.trd.2020.102524)

Working Paper
Plausible Energy Futures: An MIT Energy Initiative Working Paper

Arbabzadeh, M., E. Gençer, J.M. Morris, S. Paltsev and R.C. Armstrong (2020).
MIT Energy Initiative Working Paper,

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