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何钢. Associate Professor @CUNY Baruch College / Graduate Center. I study and teach #EnergySystems #ClimatePolicy #EnergyTransition. Personal Web: https://drganghe.github.io/ DEEP Policy Lab: https://deeppolicylab.github.io/research.html 🔌💡 .. more

Gang He is an expert on energy and climate policy. He is an associate professor in the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College, City University of New York. .. more

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Gang He @hegang.bsky.social · Nov 13

A self-introduction thread:

I study and teach #energysystems, energy and #climatepolicy, and clean #energytransition.

Summary of work:
- Clean energy supply chain
- Power system decarbonization
- Climate impact on energy systems
- Just transition
- Everything carbon neutrality

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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 5d

A study co-authored by Prof. @hegang.bsky.social shows that imported solar panels prevented nearly 600 premature deaths and delivered $28 billion in climate and health benefits to the United States

Imported Solar Panels Save U.S. Lives and Cut Billions in Climate Costs, Study Finds

Professor Gang He co-authored a study showing that imported solar panels prevented nearly 600 premature deaths and delivered $28 billion in climate and health benefits to the United States.

www.gc.cuny.edu

Gang He @hegang.bsky.social · 6d

We thank the Global Energy Initiative at ClimateWorks Foundation for supporting this research project.

Learn more about the clean energy supply chain research at Deep Policy Lab:
deeppolicylab.github.io/research/cle...

Clean Energy Supply Chains – Deep Policy Lab

Ensuring sustainable, resilient, and just global clean energy supply chains to achieve climate goals.

deeppolicylab.github.io

Gang He @hegang.bsky.social · 6d

📖 Preprint pdf: drganghe.github.io/files/papers...

📰CUNY GC News: www.gc.cuny.edu/news/importe...

📢 Release summary: deeppolicylab.github.io/news/2025-10...

📊 Source data and code: zenodo.org/records/1662...

drganghe.github.io

Gang He @hegang.bsky.social · 6d

These benefits extended beyond the importing states, with over 40% of air quality gains flowing to people elsewhere—residents in non-importing states also benefited from them.

Policy decisions about trade and supply chains must consider these broader societal impacts—not just economic metrics.

Gang He @hegang.bsky.social · 6d

Our study shows that global clean energy supply chains don’t just cut costs—they deliver wide-reaching social environmental benefits: cleaner air, healthier communities, and emission mitigation toward decarbonization.

Gang He @hegang.bsky.social · 6d

Key insights: Between our study period 2014–2022, imported solar photovoltaics
✅ Displaced 305 TWh of fossil fuel electricity
✅ Avoided 178 million tons of CO₂ emissions
✅ Prevented 595 premature deaths
✅ Delivered $28 billion in combined health and climate benefits ($180/kW annualized benefits)

Gang He @hegang.bsky.social · 6d

We analyzed detailed PV shipment and power plant data across the U.S., using a reduced-complexity air quality model to track how solar energy displaced fossil fuels and improved air quality in different regions.

Gang He @hegang.bsky.social · 6d

New Paper in @cp-oneearth.bsky.social with @minghaoqiu.bsky.social and Peter Marcotullio.

Title: Imported solar photovoltaics contributed to health and climate benefits in the United States

Read the article: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lvC79C%7E... (free access before November 27, 2025)

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Marxe School @marxe.baruch.cuny.edu · 20d

Thank you for joining Climate Week NYC 2025 Webinar: The Role of Nuclear Energy in Decarbonization and Powering the AI Era! 🌍⚡

Missed it? Watch the full recording here: tinyurl.com/MarxeClimate...

#MarxeSchool #MarxeEvents #NuclearEnergy #AI #Decarbonization #Sustainability

Gang He @hegang.bsky.social · Sep 11

🚨 Climate Week NYC 2025🚨

Can nuclear power help us reach net-zero and power the AI era?

Join us Sept 23 (10–11:30 AM ET, online) with

Dr. @dankammen.bsky.social
Dr. @shangwei-liu.bsky.social
Dr. @lovering.bsky.social
Dr. Nicolas Zweibaum

👉 Register: baruch.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hi All,
Claire and I hope that you will give our new podcast, EnergyMatters a listen

We'll be covering nuclear power, energy startups, Moore's Law, energy efficiency, energy access and justice ...

@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social

sites.libsyn.com/589665/why-e...

Energy Matters with Claire and Dan: Why Energy Matters

Hosts Dan Kammen and Claire Broido Johnson kick off Energy Matters with a candid look at the science, business, and urgency of the climate crisis. From clean cooking in Kenya ...

sites.libsyn.com

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Marxe School @marxe.baruch.cuny.edu · Aug 13

🌍 As the world turns to nuclear energy to meet rising demand, cost remains the biggest barrier. A new @nature.com commentary by #MarxeFaculty @hegang.bsky.social and colleagues shows how China is driving costs down—defying global trends.

🔗 ow.ly/MsXE50WyNxA

#NuclearEnergy #ClimateAction

China reins in the spiralling construction costs of nuclear power — what can other countries learn?

Strengthening regulations and domestic supply chains could be key to making nuclear power more economically viable.

Reposted by Gang He, Matthew S. Erie

National Committee on U.S.-China Relations @ncuscr.bsky.social · Aug 13

@ncuscr.bsky.social is delighted to announce the twenty fellows who make up the ninth cohort of our Public Intellectuals Program.

Learn more about the newest #PIPFellows:
www.ncuscr.org/twenty-leadi...

Twenty Leading China Specialists Selected for Ninth Round of Public Intellectuals Program

The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations is pleased to announce the ninth round of fellows in its  Public Intellectuals Program (PIP), generously funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York. The ...

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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · Jul 28

The article is here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Congrats to @shangwei-liu.bsky.social‬, @hegang.bsky.social, Minghao Qin, and @dankammen.bsky.social on this timely research!

China reins in the spiralling construction costs of nuclear power — what can other countries learn?

Strengthening regulations and domestic supply chains could be key to making nuclear power more economically viable.

Reposted by Gang He

Nature @nature.com · Jul 28

Once again, the world is betting on nuclear power

go.nature.com/45pOPZm

China reins in the spiralling construction costs of nuclear power — what can other countries learn?

Strengthening regulations and domestic supply chains could be key to making nuclear power more economically viable.

Reposted by Gang He

CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · Jul 28

China is cutting nuclear power costs while others struggle. In @nature.com, Prof. Gang He (@hegang.bsky.social) explains how — and why it matters for global climate action www.gc.cuny.edu/news/chinas-... @eesgccuny.bsky.social @baruch.cuny.edu

China’s Nuclear Power Development Strategy Holds Key to Lower Costs

Professor Gang He co-authors a new "Nature" comment article on taming the nuclear cost curse.

www.gc.cuny.edu

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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · Jul 28

Out today in @nature.com with Shangwei Liu, Gang He, and Minghao Qin our paper on nuclear power construction and (early) plant lifetime operation costs.

@johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @stonybrooku.bsky.social
@harvard.edu @baruch.cuny.edu

Nature 643, 1186-1188 (2025)

doi: doi.org/10.1038/d415...

China reins in the spiralling construction costs of nuclear power — what can other countries learn?

Strengthening regulations and domestic supply chains could be key to making nuclear power more economically viable.

Reposted by Gang He

Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · Nov 14

Well, with the federal mess in full-blown re-creation, time to move to @bsky.app

I had hoped I-M-P-E-A-C-H could have been left behind. But time to R-E-S-I-S-T @donaldtrumpbsky.bsky.social again.

My 2017 resignation ...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Gang He @hegang.bsky.social · Nov 9

New Study Shows Fewer Than 15% of China’s Coal Power Plant Workers Can Easily Transition to Green Jobs by 2060

Publication: One Earth
Date: November 6, 2024
Paper link: cell.com/one-earth/fu...
PDF: cell.com/action/showP...

Fewer than 15% of coal power plant workers in China can easily shift to green jobs by 2060

Green jobs are increasingly regarded as the solution to the displacement of coal-related workers. Yet, the extent to which green jobs are easily accessible to coal power plant workers regarding co-loc...

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Jiang Lin @lin-jiang.bsky.social · Apr 1

Our latest analysis shows 1) cutting the last 10-20% of CO2 emissions in China's #power system is highly cost-effective: less than 1% increase in system costs, dwarfed by substantial #climate and #health benefits; 2) such reduction requires almost a tripling of #China's transmission network by 2050

Cost-effectiveness of removing the last 10%–20% emissions of China's power sector - IOPscienceSearch

Cost-effectiveness of removing the last 10%–20% emissions of China’s power sector, Luo, Qian, Peng, Liqun, He, Gang, Lin, Jiang

iopscience.iop.org

Gang He @hegang.bsky.social · Jul 16

Check out our new paper led by Liqun Peng and @lin-jiang.bsky.social on Role of Pumped Hydro Storage in China's Power System Decarbonization.

Fulltext Share Link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lOxU3ic--...

Reposted by Gang He

Marxe School @marxe.baruch.cuny.edu · Jul 15

“Renewables remain the cheapest source of new electricity generation in many areas of the U.S.” — #MarxeFaculty Dr. Gang He in The Highlands Current on rising rates and the future of energy. ⚡

🔗 highlandscurrent.org/2025/07/04/b...

#EnergyPolicy #Renewables

Beyond the Grid: Cost Overload

Explaining your high utility bills

highlandscurrent.org

Gang He @hegang.bsky.social · May 7

Wonderful news, congratulations Joe!

Gang He @hegang.bsky.social · Apr 2

Our research finds that achieving deep decarbonization in the world's largest power system is not only feasible but also comes with substantial climate and public health benefits, all while incurring minimal additional costs.

Open Source Article: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Jiang Lin @lin-jiang.bsky.social · Apr 1

Our latest analysis shows 1) cutting the last 10-20% of CO2 emissions in China's #power system is highly cost-effective: less than 1% increase in system costs, dwarfed by substantial #climate and #health benefits; 2) such reduction requires almost a tripling of #China's transmission network by 2050

Cost-effectiveness of removing the last 10%–20% emissions of China's power sector - IOPscienceSearch

Cost-effectiveness of removing the last 10%–20% emissions of China’s power sector, Luo, Qian, Peng, Liqun, He, Gang, Lin, Jiang

iopscience.iop.org

Gang He @hegang.bsky.social · Mar 4

Supper cool, congratulations!

Gang He @hegang.bsky.social · Mar 3

Grateful and thrilled to host an amazing lineup of experts this semester who will share their experiences and exciting research to inspire our students.

More details: drganghe.github.io/climate-gues...

Interested in attending virtually? Register here: forms.gle/65hnhJPmnYaz...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Mar 1

NYC! 📣🗽☀️

We’re Standing Up for Science in Washington Square Park on March 7th from 12-3 PM!

Share with someone in NYC who should show up & support Science! ⬇️

#standupforscience2025

flyer for stand up for science with a blue statue of liberty drawing, and event details of the NYC stand up for science march at washington square park from 12-3 PM. More information is available at standupforscience2025.org!

Gang He @hegang.bsky.social · Dec 3

Thank you, Destenie! I’m interested.

Gang He @hegang.bsky.social · Nov 21

So sorry to hear, Dan. Those are beautiful memories!

Gang He @hegang.bsky.social · Nov 19

Thanks, David. Would love to be added. Hope to meet some of you there.