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Green computing represents a critical pathway to decarbonize the digital economy while maintaining technological progress. This article examines how sustainable IT strategies including energy-efficient hardware, AI-optimized data centres,…
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The transition to a deeply decarbonized energy system requires coordinated planning of infrastructure investments and operations serving multiple end-uses while considering technology and policy-enabled interactions across sectors.…
Large scale grid expansion planning studies are essential to rapidly and efficiently decarbonizing the electricity sector. These studies help policy makers and grid participants understand which renewable generation, storage, and…
This paper presents models and optimization algorithms to jointly optimize the design and control of the transmission of electric vehicles equipped with one central electric motor (EM). First, considering the required traction power to be…
We study carbon-aware smart charging in a fossil-dominated grid by coupling a simplified hydro-thermal-renewable dispatch model with a tractable linear charging scheduler. The case study is informed by Vietnam's regional data. Thermal units…
The fossil-fuel induced contribution to further warming over the 21st century will be determined largely by integrated CO2 emissions over time rather than the precise timing of the emissions, with a relation of near-proportionality between…
This paper studies how household heterogeneity affects the level and cyclical behavior of the optimal carbon tax in a real economy. We demonstrate that an equity-efficiency trade-off arises due to income inequality and heterogeneity in the…
A transition to a low-carbon electricity supply is crucial to limit the impacts of climate change. Reducing carbon emissions could help prevent the world from reaching a tipping point, where runaway emissions are likely. Runaway emissions…
Replacing traditional fossil fuel vehicles with innovative zero-emission vehicles for the transport in ci ties is one of the major tactics to achieve the UK government 2020 target of cutting emission. We are developing an agent-based…
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) moves atmospheric carbon to geological or land-based sinks. In a first-best setting, the optimal use of CDR is achieved by a removal subsidy that equals the optimal carbon tax and marginal damages. We derive…
The electric power sector is one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in the world. In recent years, there has been an unprecedented increase in electricity demand driven by the so-called Artificial Intelligence (AI)…
A real-coded genetic algorithm is used to schedule the charging of an energy storage system (ESS), operated in tandem with renewable power by an electricity consumer who is subject to time-of-use pricing and a demand charge. Simulations…
In this paper, we consider an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output system, where the beamforming at access points and the phase shifts at IRSs are jointly optimized to maximize energy…
This paper presents an approach for the economic statistical design of the Cumulative Sum (CUSUM) control chart in a multi-objective optimization framework. The proposed methodology integrates economic considerations with statistical…
The growing urgency of the climate crisis has driven the implementation of diverse policy instruments to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Among them, carbon pricing mechanisms such as carbon taxes and emissions trading systems…
Computing is at a moment of profound opportunity. Emerging applications -- such as capable artificial intelligence, immersive virtual realities, and pervasive sensor systems -- drive unprecedented demand for computer. Despite recent…
This study suggests a novel two-stage Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming model considering uncertainty related to implementation of carbon dioxide emission regulatory policies, which are carbon trading and emission taxing and can change…