Outputs

Selected papers that reflect our work across climate change, Earth system science, vegetation dynamics, hydrology, remote sensing, AI for climate, and sustainable energy systems.

Outputs

Knowledge ExploreRenewable energy

Renewable energy

We examine renewable-energy pathways, hydropower constraints, floating solar, wind-energy resilience, forestation, and restoration as coupled climate and resource questions.

33 papers, 3 projects, 1 dataset, 1 software/tool
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2026-05-01Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Wind Estimation based on Flight Dynamics of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Its Environmental Application

Dukun Chen, Weifeng Su, Shaojie Jiang, Honglong Yang, Chunsheng Zhang, Shutong Jiang, Dongyang Chang, Yuxin Liang, Hao Wang, Xin Yang, Tzung-May Fu, Zhenzhong Zeng, Lei Zhu, Huizhong Shen, Chen Wang, Jianhuai Ye

Renewable energyWind energy
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2026-03-09GIScience & Remote Sensing

Global instantaneous monitoring of reservoir water levels using ICESat-2 photon-counting LiDAR

Xin Jiang, Yuyu Zhou, Huizhong Shen, Zhilin Guo, Zhenzhong Zeng

Global warmingChanging water cycle
Earth system feedbacksVegetation monitoring
Renewable energyHydropower
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2026-02-27Science Bulletin

The first decline in US wind power generation despite the installed capacity growth in the 21st century

Jiayu Xu, Yiheng Tao, Zhenzhong Zeng

Renewable energyWind energy
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2026-01-20Earth System Science Data Discussions

Decadal surge of water-surface solar in China

Yan, Yue, Jiang, Xin, Wei, Sihuan, Jin, Yubin, Zou, Xinyu, Liu, Junwei, Cai, Yaotong, Ye, Jianhuai, Guo, Zhilin, Zeng, Zhenzhong

Global warmingChanging water cycle
Earth system feedbacksVegetation monitoringFeedback and complex system
Renewable energySolar energy
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2023-01Nature Water

A global-scale framework for hydropower development incorporating strict environmental constraints

Xu, Rongrong, Zeng, Zhenzhong, Pan, Ming, Ziegler, Alan D., Holden, Joseph, Spracklen, Dominick V., Brown, Lee E., He, Xinyue, Chen, Deliang, Ye, Bin, Xu, Haiwei, Jerez, Sonia, Zheng, Chunmiao, Liu, Junguo, Lin, Peirong, Yang, Yuan, Zou, Junyu, Wang, Dashan, Gu, Mingyi, Yang, Zongliang, Li, Dongfeng, Huang, Junling, Lakshmi, Venkataraman, Wood, Eric. F.

Global warmingChanging water cycle
Renewable energyHydropower
AI for geoscienceAI for energyAI for climate
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2022-07Nature Geoscience

High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability

Li, Dongfeng, Lu, Xixi, Walling, Desmond E., Zhang, Ting, Steiner, Jakob F., Wasson, Robert J., Harrison, Stephan, Nepal, Santosh, Nie, Yong, Immerzeel, Walter W., Shugar, Dan H., Koppes, Mich&232;le, Lane, Stuart, Zeng, Zhenzhong, Sun, Xiaofei, Yegorov, Alexandr, Bolch, Tobias

Earth system feedbacksEcosystem resilience
Renewable energyHydropower
AI for geoscienceAI for energyAI for climate
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2022The Palgrave Handbook of Global Sustainability

Wind Energy

Liu, Yi, Zeng, Zhenzhong

Renewable energyWind energy
AI for geoscienceAI for energyAI for climate
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2024.1.1-2028.12.31300 万参与(课题组负责人)国家自然科学基金国际(地区)合作与交流项目

气候变化对澜湄流域水-粮-能耦合系统的影响机制研究

围绕澜湄流域水、粮食与能源耦合系统,研究气候变化影响机制。

Global warmingChanging water cycle
Earth system feedbacksFeedback and complex system
Renewable energyHydropower
2022.10.1-2025.9.3030 万主持广东省科技厅 / 广东省基础与应用基础研究基金项目-海上风电联合基金-面上项目

气候变化背景下的粤港澳大湾区海上风能资源评估与预测

评估并预测气候变化背景下粤港澳大湾区海上风能资源。

Renewable energyWind energy
AI for geoscienceAI for energy
2021.1.1-2024.12.3155 万主持国家自然科学基金面上项目

21 世纪中国地表风速变化及其对风能生产的影响机制

研究中国地表风速变化及其对风能生产的影响机制。

Global warmingLand warming
Renewable energyWind energy
1973-2021Open dataset and code

GGWS-PCNN global wind speed

A global gridded monthly wind speed dataset using partial convolutional neural networks, HadISD observations, and 34 climate models for 1973-2021.

Renewable energyWind energy
AI for geoscienceAI for Earth twinsAI for energyAI for climate
Code resource

Floating solar power

Code resources for assessing energy production and water savings from floating solar photovoltaics on global reservoirs.

Global warmingChanging water cycle
Renewable energySolar energyHydropower
AI for geoscienceAI for energy