Journal Articles

The role of shared autonomous electric vehicles in decarbonizing China's passenger transport sector

Qi Ding, Jinhui Ren, Shu Zhang, Wenying Chen

Applied Energy, 422 (2026) 128259.

Extends China TIMES 2.0 to assess how shared autonomous electric vehicles could reduce fleet size, final energy use, material demand, and upstream emissions under China's long-term decarbonization pathways.

The role of shared autonomous electric vehicles in decarbonizing China's passenger transport sector

Qi Ding, Jinhui Ren, Shu Zhang, Wenying Chen

Applied Energy, 422 (2026) 128259.

Extends China TIMES 2.0 to assess how shared autonomous electric vehicles could reduce fleet size, final energy use, material demand, and upstream emissions under China's long-term decarbonization pathways.

Assessing China's Province-Coordinated Power System Carbon-Neutral Transition Pathway

Wenying Chen, Shu Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Jinhui Ren, Qi Ding

Journal of Energy and Climate Change, 1(1) (2025) 1-15.

Uses the China TIMES-30PE model to assess coordinated provincial power-system transition pathways, including renewable deployment, interprovincial transmission, storage, and investment needs.

Assessing China's Province-Coordinated Power System Carbon-Neutral Transition Pathway

Wenying Chen, Shu Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Jinhui Ren, Qi Ding

Journal of Energy and Climate Change, 1(1) (2025) 1-15.

Uses the China TIMES-30PE model to assess coordinated provincial power-system transition pathways, including renewable deployment, interprovincial transmission, storage, and investment needs.

Conference Papers & Presentations

Integrating End-Use Flexibility and Climate-Stress Analysis into Sector-Coupled Energy Transition Pathways: A China TIMES-30PE and PyPSA-China Coupling Framework

Qi Ding, et al.

19th Annual Meeting of the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC19), Accepted oral presentation 2026

Develops a coupled framework linking end-use flexibility, climate stress, integrated energy-system pathways, and high-resolution power-system analysis.

Integrating End-Use Flexibility and Climate-Stress Analysis into Sector-Coupled Energy Transition Pathways: A China TIMES-30PE and PyPSA-China Coupling Framework

Qi Ding, et al.

19th Annual Meeting of the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC19), Accepted oral presentation 2026

Develops a coupled framework linking end-use flexibility, climate stress, integrated energy-system pathways, and high-resolution power-system analysis.

Retired Battery Supply and Energy Storage Demand in China: A Provincial-Scale Assessment

Qi Ding, Wenying Chen

Energy Proceedings, 65 (2026)

Assesses the provincial-scale evolution of retired electric-vehicle battery supply and stationary energy-storage demand in China, with attention to their spatial and temporal mismatch.

Retired Battery Supply and Energy Storage Demand in China: A Provincial-Scale Assessment

Qi Ding, Wenying Chen

Energy Proceedings, 65 (2026)

Assesses the provincial-scale evolution of retired electric-vehicle battery supply and stationary energy-storage demand in China, with attention to their spatial and temporal mismatch.

Economic-Carbon Misalignment in Photovoltaic-Storage Retrofits for 1,000 Public Charging Stations in Beijing

Qi Ding, et al.

20th National Environmental Doctoral Academic Conference, Accepted oral presentation 2025

Studies economic and carbon-performance tradeoffs in photovoltaic-storage retrofits for public charging stations, using charging-infrastructure data to evaluate deployment value and misalignment risks.

Economic-Carbon Misalignment in Photovoltaic-Storage Retrofits for 1,000 Public Charging Stations in Beijing

Qi Ding, et al.

20th National Environmental Doctoral Academic Conference, Accepted oral presentation 2025

Studies economic and carbon-performance tradeoffs in photovoltaic-storage retrofits for public charging stations, using charging-infrastructure data to evaluate deployment value and misalignment risks.

Operational Resilience Value of EV Flexibility under Historically Grounded Climate Stress

Qi Ding, et al.

Tsinghua Heli Anbang Joint Doctoral Academic Forum, Accepted oral presentation 2025

Evaluates the operational resilience value of electric-vehicle flexibility under historically grounded climate stress, connecting transport electrification, power-system flexibility, and climate-risk analysis.

Operational Resilience Value of EV Flexibility under Historically Grounded Climate Stress

Qi Ding, et al.

Tsinghua Heli Anbang Joint Doctoral Academic Forum, Accepted oral presentation 2025

Evaluates the operational resilience value of electric-vehicle flexibility under historically grounded climate stress, connecting transport electrification, power-system flexibility, and climate-risk analysis.

Reports

China's Fifth National Climate Change Assessment Report: GHG Mitigation Policy Actions and Outcomes

Qi Ding, et al.

China's Fifth National Climate Change Assessment Report, Contributing author 2025

Contributed supporting materials for the chapter on GHG mitigation policy actions and outcomes, covering mitigation policies, sectoral progress, and carbon-neutral transition pathways.

China's Fifth National Climate Change Assessment Report: GHG Mitigation Policy Actions and Outcomes

Qi Ding, et al.

China's Fifth National Climate Change Assessment Report, Contributing author 2025

Contributed supporting materials for the chapter on GHG mitigation policy actions and outcomes, covering mitigation policies, sectoral progress, and carbon-neutral transition pathways.

Working Papers

Aligning Retired EV-Battery Supply with Grid-Storage Demand through Interprovincial Coordination in China

Qi Ding, et al.

Applied Energy (manuscript under review) 2026

Analyzes the provincial mismatch between retired EV-battery supply and grid-storage demand in China and evaluates how interprovincial coordination can improve second-life battery utilization.

Aligning Retired EV-Battery Supply with Grid-Storage Demand through Interprovincial Coordination in China

Qi Ding, et al.

Applied Energy (manuscript under review) 2026

Analyzes the provincial mismatch between retired EV-battery supply and grid-storage demand in China and evaluates how interprovincial coordination can improve second-life battery utilization.

Commonalities and differences in national pathways toward net-zero emissions

Anuj Pathak, Saritha Sudharmma Vishwanathan, Shinichiro Fujimori, et al. (including Qi Ding)

Research Square (preprint; manuscript in revision) 2026

Compares national net-zero scenarios for 23 countries from 38 models developed under a common protocol, identifying robust mitigation patterns, country-specific differences, and implications for collective alignment with global climate goals.

Commonalities and differences in national pathways toward net-zero emissions

Anuj Pathak, Saritha Sudharmma Vishwanathan, Shinichiro Fujimori, et al. (including Qi Ding)

Research Square (preprint; manuscript in revision) 2026

Compares national net-zero scenarios for 23 countries from 38 models developed under a common protocol, identifying robust mitigation patterns, country-specific differences, and implications for collective alignment with global climate goals.