My research primarily focuses on environmental and energy economics, with secondary interest in innovation economics and industrial organization. I am particularly interested in energy transitions and negative emission towards a Net Zero economy.

Publications

Feng, S. and I. Lazkano. 2022. “Innovation Trends in Electricity Storage: What Drives Global Innovation?Energy Policy, Vol. 167, 113084. 

Feng, S. 2024. “Do Market-based Environmental Policies Encourage Innovation in Energy Storage?” Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Vol.26, 673-713.  

Feng, S. and I. Lazkano. 2025. "Energy Storage and Clean Energy Transitions," Energy Policy, Vol. 198, 114447. 

Working Papers and Work in Progress

"Does the Shale Gas Revolution Hinder Clean Energy Innovation?" with Itziar Lazkano and Ekin Ayasli, revise and resubmit at Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy.

"How to attain a faster and fairer fossil fuel transition," with Sam Fankhauser et al., under review at Nature Climate Change.

"Did the EV adoption policy in China drive innovation in Energy Storage Technologies?" with Yi Han, Itziar Lazkano and Marlo Magno Vasquez Gozalez, under review at Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.

"Greenhouse Gas Removal Policy Taxonomy," with Johanna Arlinghaus, Joseph Stemmler, Sam Fankhauser and Steve Smith.

"Innovation of Geological Carbon Removal along the Value Chain."

Consultation

CO2RE and GGR-D Submission for "Integration Greenhouse Gas Removals in the UK Emissions Trading Scheme," co-led with Joseph Stemmler.

Conference Presentations

The 8th Canadian PhD and Early Career Workshop in Environmental and Resource Economics, Ottawa, Canada

Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative 2021 Virtual Workshop

The 26th EAERE Annual Conference Berlin 2021

The 27th Ulvon Conference 2021

EAERE Summer School in Resource and Environmental Economics 2021, Graz, Austria

2021 Berkeley/Sloan Summer School in Environmental and Energy Economics

The 38th Annual USAEE/IAEE North American Virtual Conference

Peer Review

European Journal of Political Economy