Publications & Research projects

A selection of peer-reviewed studies and research initiatives utilizing the RMC series models is presented below.

Publications

• Shiyu Li, Zanfeng Wang, Wenji Zhou*, Anlan Lin, Hongtao Ren*. ‘Provincial employment effects of coal mine retirement in China’s carbon-neutral transition.’ Energy Policy, 210, 115038 (2026).
  
  

• Wenji Zhou, Hongtao Ren*, Xiao-Bing Zhang, Shuai Shao*. ‘Assessing uncertain technological progress in the decarbonization pathway of China’s hydrogen energy system.’ Energy Economics, 141, 108135 (2025).
  
  

• Zuhang Zhang, Wenji Zhou*, Gao Hui, Julian Hunt, Xiao-Bing Zhang, Hongtao Ren, Ping Qin. ‘Evaluating the CO2 Emissions Implications of Hydrogen Energy Policies in North China Based on a Dedicated Hydrogen Planning Model.’ Climate Policy, 25(8), 1131–1143, (2025).
  
  

Research projects

• Key Program of the National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC), 2026-2028. ‘The impact of modern industrial system development on the construction of a new energy system and the corresponding countermeasures’ (Grant No.: 25AZD032, PI: Prof. Wenji Zhou)
  
  

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2024-2027. ‘Asset-stranding Risks on Energy Firms under the Carbon Neutrality Goals and Spillover Effects on the Capital Market in mainland China and Hong Kong’ (Grant No.: 72361167635, PI: Prof. Wenji Zhou)
  
  

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2022-2026. ‘System coupling of renewable energy accommodation and hydrogen chemical industry and the synergistic decarbonization pathway’ (Grant No.: 72274204, PI: Prof. Wenji Zhou)
  
  

• Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2022-2026. ‘Carbon peaking and neutrality goal and the coordinated development of resources, environment and economy in China’ (Grant No.: 72141308, PI: Prof. Xinye Zheng)
  
  

• Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2023-2025. ‘Research on the multi-dimensional regionally heterogeneous impacts from the energy transition under carbon neutrality target and its countermeasures’ (Grant No.: 72243007, PI: Prof. Xi Lu, sub-project leader: Prof. Wenji Zhou)