3 papers
eess.SY2026
Relining or Replacement: How Timing, Costs, and Infrastructure Shape U.S. Primary Steel Decarbonization
Mohamed Atouife, Yuezhang He, Jesse D. Jenkins
Imminent blast furnace relinings create a consequential investment window for U.S. primary steel decarbonization. Using plant-level capacity planning and stochastic operations mode…
physics.soc-ph2025
Industrial overcapacity can enable seasonal flexibility in electricity use
Ruike Lyu, Anna Li, Jianxiao Wang +6
In many countries, declining demand in energy-intensive industries (EIIs) such as cement, steel, and aluminum is leading to industrial overcapacity. Although industrial overcapacit…
eess.SY2025
Scaling green hydrogen and CCUS via cement-methanol co-production in China
Yuezhang He, Hongxi Luo, Yuancheng Lin +8
High costs of green hydrogen and of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) have hindered policy ambition and slowed real-world deployment, despite their importance f…