Zheng Wang

About

Zheng’s current research focuses on the resource-cost tradeoffs of wind and solar energy. Drawing on insights from physical geography, he employs machine learning, optimization models and LCOE models to analyze the spatiotemporal characteristics, complementary relationships, scaling effects and cost competitiveness and location superiority of China’s energy resources.

Employment

• Beijing Normal University Associate Professor
  2023 - Present
• Harvard University Visiting Fellow
  2022 - Present

Education

• Harvard University
  2021 - 2022
• Peking University Doc
  2018 - 2022
• China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing
  2014 - 2016

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (20)

• Satellite-observed land surface temperature changes associated with wind farm construction in Northeastern China
  Applied Geography 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103990
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• National assessment reveals widespread wind farm impacts on land surface temperature and vegetation in China
  Geography and Sustainability 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.geosus.2026.100460
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• Resource-environment-economics coupled assessment for photovoltaic module recycling
  Energy Conversion and Management 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2026.121997
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• Can a new power system help maintain planetary boundaries within a safe operating space?
  Energy 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.132030
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• Shaping the solar future: An analysis of policy evolution, prospects and implications in China's photovoltaic industry
  Energy Strategy Reviews 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2024.101474
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• The energy security risk assessment of inefficient wind and solar resources under carbon neutrality in China
  Applied Energy 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.122889
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• Research paradigm for high-precision, large-scale wind energy potential: An example of a geographically-constrained multi-criteria decision analysis model at the km-level in China
  Journal of Cleaner Production 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139614
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• Influential factors of intercity patient mobility and its network structure in China
  Cities 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2022.103975
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• Distributional Justice in Chinese Solar Photovoltaic Power Development Under Feed-In Tariff Scheme
  SSRN Electronic Journal 2022 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4196925
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• Reconstructing deforestation patterns in China from 2000 to 2019
  Ecological Modelling 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.109874
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