Manage energy transition for a greener world
WEI PENG 彭暐
Assistant Professor
School of International Affairs & Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Penn State University
Email: weipeng@psu.edu Phone: 814-865-9408
Address: 228 Lewis Katz (SIA) or 219B Sackett (CEE), University Park, PA 16802
Profile Links: Google Scholar; ResearchGate; Twitter

News
Recent Publications
Our paper that studies the equity implications of electric vehicles was recently published in Environmental Research Letters.
April 24, 2023
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Dr. Peng and colleagues recently published a paper on the role electric vehicles play in reducing India's CO2 and air pollutant emissions generated from road transport.
November 17, 2022
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Dr. Peng and doctoral student Huilin Luo were both mentioned in this Penn State news article about our group's Sloan Grant.
November 01, 2022
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Hui Yang’s new paper on the impacts socio-demographic factors have on future health burdens from air pollution was recently published in Nature Sustainability.
October 24, 2022
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Dr. Peng and colleagues recently published an article on how to integrate air quality and health concerns in our decarbonization strategies.
August 5, 2022
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Doctoral student Hui Yang won the prestigious and highly selective Norwood Wherry Memorial Graduate Fellowship from College of Engineering!
December 16, 2021
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Four group members will present at the AGU Fall Meeting! Check them out!
December 14, 2021
More information: AGU Website
Dr. Peng was quoted as a new collaborator on a $72 million NASA-funded research consortium
November 11, 2021
More information: Penn State News
Doctoral Student Hui Yang presented her RGGI work in the Climate Change Economics Webinar series
November 3, 2021
More information: Climate Change Economics
Doctoral Student Hui Yang spoke on a panel on "Health First PA" about the implications of PA's entry into RGGI
October 21, 2021
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Our NSF project on the Health Effects of Deep Decarbonization (HEALED) is featured in the Penn State News
September 27, 2021
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Hui Yang and Dr. Peng were mentioned in NPR coverage on Emissions and Health Implications of PA's entry into RGGI.
September 20, 2021
More information: State Impact Pennsylvania
April 2023
Equity Implications of Electric Vehicles: A Systematic Review on the Spatial Distribution of Emissions, Air Pollution, and Health Impacts. A Sharma, J Shiwang, A Lee & W Peng. Environmental Research Letters, 18. 2023
January 2023
Narrowing Fossil Fuel Consumption in the Indian Road Transport Sector Towards Reaching Carbon Neutrality.
M S Hossain, Y R Fang, T Ma, C Huang, W Peng, J Urpelainen, C Hebbale & H Dai. Energy Policy, 172. 2023.
December 2022
Feasible Climate Mitigation. P Stern, T Dietz, K Nielsen, W Peng, M Vandenbergh. Nature Climate Change, 13, 6-8. 2022
October 2022
Socio-demographic factors shaping the future global health burden from air pollution. H Yang, X Huang, D.M. Westervelt, L Horowitz, & W Peng. Nature Sustainability. 2022.
August 2022
Integrating air quality and health considerations into power sector decarbonization strategies. W Peng and Y Ou. Environ. Res. Lett. 2022.
December 2021
Foundations for a Low-Carbon Energy System in China. H Lee, D P Schrag, M Bunn, M Davidson, W Peng, W Pu, M Zhimin. Cambridge University Press. 2021.
November 2021
Climate action with revenue recycling has benefits for poverty, inequality and well-being. M Budolfson, F Dennig, Fkson, S Feindt, M Ferranna, M Fleurbaey, D Klenert, U Kornek, K Kuruc, A Méjean, W Peng, N Scovronick, D Spears, F Wagner & S Zuber. Nature Climate Change. 2021.
November 2021
Protecting the poor with a carbon tax and equal per capita dividend. M Budolfson, F Dennig, Fkson, S Feindt, M Ferranna, M Fleurbaey, D Klenert, U Kornek, K Kuruc, A Méjean, W Peng, N Scovronick, D Spears, F Wagner & S Zuber. Nature Climate Change. 2021.
October 2021
To achieve deep cuts in US emissions, state-driven policy is only slightly more expensive than nationally uniform policy. W Peng, G Iyer, M Binsted, J Marlon, L Clarke, J A Edmonds, & D G Victor. Nature Climate Change. 2021.
August 2021
Emissions and Health Implications of Pennsylvania's Entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. H Yang, A T Pham, J R Landry, S A Blumsack, and W Peng . Environmental Science and Technology. 2021.
August 2021
June 2021
U.S.–China Collaboration is Vital to Global Plans for a Healthy Environment and Sustainable Development. M Xu, G T Daigger, C Xi, ..., W Peng, et al. Environmental Science & Technology. 2021.
May 2021
The importance of health co-benefits under different climate policy cooperation frameworks. N Scovronick, D Anthoff, F Dennig, F Errickson, M Ferranna, W Peng, D Spears, F Wagner, M Budolfson. Environmental Research Letters, 2021, 16(5).
July 2021