Publications

Energy system savings largely offset the costs of urban building energy efficiency improvements in China

Shangwei Liu, Xiangwen Fu, Liqun Peng, Siyue Guo, Denise L. Mauzerall

Nature Cities · 2026

Can China break the 'cost curse' of nuclear power?

Shangwei Liu, Gang He, Minghao Qiu, Daniel M. Kammen

Nature, 643: 1186–1188 · 2025

Paper Coverage: New York Times The Economist Harvard Belfer CUNY JHU Roosevelt Institute blog

Diversifying heat sources in China's urban district heating systems will reduce risk of carbon lock-in

Shangwei Liu, Yang Guo, Fabian Wagner, Hongxun Liu, Ryna Yiyun Cui, Denise L. Mauzerall

Nature Energy, 9, 1021–1031 · 2024

Paper Coverage: Princeton SPIA

Improving building envelope efficiency lowers costs and emissions from rural residential heating in China

Shangwei Liu, Hongxun Liu, Denise L. Mauzerall

Environmental Science & Technology, 57, 595–605 · 2023