Research Characteristics and Development Trend of Global Low-Carbon Power—Based on Bibliometric Analysis of 1983–2021

Xin-Cheng Meng, Yeon-Ho Seong and Min-Kyu Lee
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Xin-Cheng Meng: Graduate School of Management of Technology, Pukyong National University, 365 Sinseon-ro, Nam-gu, Busan 48547, Korea
Yeon-Ho Seong: Ocean Research Division, Korea Maritime Institute, 26 Haeyang-ro 301 Beon-gil, Yeongdo-gu, Busan 49111, Korea
Min-Kyu Lee: Department of Industrial and Data Engineering, Major in Industrial Data Science & Engineering, Pukyong National University, 365 Sinseon-ro, Nam-gu, Busan 48547, Korea

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 16, 1-20

Abstract: Achieving Net zero emissions is a common challenge facing all mankind. Low-carbon electricity has always been the main research field of global GHG emission control. The current article aims to use the bibliometric analysis to describe the characteristics and trends of low-carbon electricity publications from 1983 to 2021. We found that: (1) the number of publications in this area has shown an overall increase in the past 33 years. (2) the United States is the most powerful country in this field of research. Moreover, with the exception of major developed countries, more and more emerging economies have also joined the research on low-carbon power systems. (3) co-citation analysis and literature clustering characteristics show that the knowledge base in this field is focused on the decomposition of driving factors for carbon dioxide emissions and the optimization of the operation of renewable energy (RE) in low-carbon power systems. (4) the utilization of RE is a hot topic in low-carbon power research. Through this research, global scholars can be provided with the latest overview of valuable low-carbon energy research trends.

Keywords: low-carbon power; renewable energy; electrical energy storage; bibliometric analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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