Promoting global energy system transformation toward carbon neutrality: a four-stage pathway of system integration

Engineering ›› DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2025.07.031

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Linwei Ma ^a^,^b^,^*
, Maximilian Arras ^a^,^b

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