Selected Publications

Shangwei Liu, Gang He, Minghao Qiu, Daniel M. Kammen (2025). Can China break the 'cost curse' of nuclear power? Nature, 643: 1186–1188. Link
Coverage: New York Times, The Economist, Harvard Belfer, CUNY, JHU
My comment blog for Roosevelt Institute
Our paper received millions of views and wide discussion on social media.

Shangwei Liu, Yang Guo, Fabian Wagner, Hongxun Liu, Ryna Yiyun Cui, Denise L. Mauzerall (2024). Diversifying heat sources in China's urban district heating systems will reduce risk of carbon lock-in. Nature Energy, 9, 1021–1031. Link
Coverage: Princeton SPIA
Policy brief submitted to China's State Council

Shangwei Liu, Hongxun Liu, Denise L. Mauzerall (2023). Improving building envelope efficiency lowers costs and emissions from rural residential heating in China. Environmental Science & Technology, 57, 595–605. Link