Sources of China’s Fossil Energy-Use Change
Technology improvement related to energy conservation and energy mix low-carbonization is a critical approach for tackling global warming in China. Therefore, we attempt to identify the technology factors of China’s energy consumption change between 2007 and 2012, when China’s ec...
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| author | Yawen Han Shigemi Kagawa Fumiya Nagashima Keisuke Nansai |
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| description | Technology improvement related to energy conservation and energy mix low-carbonization is a critical approach for tackling global warming in China. Therefore, we attempt to identify the technology factors of China’s energy consumption change between 2007 and 2012, when China’s economy started slowing. This study proposes a new refined structural decomposition analysis (SDA) based on a hybrid multi-regional input⁻output (MRIO) model. The technology factors are expressed through the energy input level effect, energy composition effect, and non-energy input effect. We find that the energy level effect was the primary driver for energy reduction, saving 1205 million tonnes of standard coal equivalent (Mtce) of energy, while 520 Mtce was offset by energy composition and non-energy input effects. The sector analysis shows that the energy input level, energy composition, and non-energy input effects of electricity, the chemical industry, and metallurgy are noteworthy. In addition, the sector contribution to energy-use change, by province, related to the three effects, is also studied. From these results, we propose policy suggestions for further energy saving, in order to achieve China’s energy target through technology improvements by the higher priority contributors identified. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-87e54a07ba29468eaa921c5a362499aa2022-12-22T04:03:58ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732019-02-0112469910.3390/en12040699en12040699Sources of China’s Fossil Energy-Use ChangeYawen Han0Shigemi Kagawa1Fumiya Nagashima2Keisuke Nansai3School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing. 29 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, ChinaFaculty of Economics, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, JapanGraduate School of Economics, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, JapanNational Institute for Environmental Studies of Japan, 16-2 Onokawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0053, JapanTechnology improvement related to energy conservation and energy mix low-carbonization is a critical approach for tackling global warming in China. Therefore, we attempt to identify the technology factors of China’s energy consumption change between 2007 and 2012, when China’s economy started slowing. This study proposes a new refined structural decomposition analysis (SDA) based on a hybrid multi-regional input⁻output (MRIO) model. The technology factors are expressed through the energy input level effect, energy composition effect, and non-energy input effect. We find that the energy level effect was the primary driver for energy reduction, saving 1205 million tonnes of standard coal equivalent (Mtce) of energy, while 520 Mtce was offset by energy composition and non-energy input effects. The sector analysis shows that the energy input level, energy composition, and non-energy input effects of electricity, the chemical industry, and metallurgy are noteworthy. In addition, the sector contribution to energy-use change, by province, related to the three effects, is also studied. From these results, we propose policy suggestions for further energy saving, in order to achieve China’s energy target through technology improvements by the higher priority contributors identified.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/4/699hybrid MRIOSDAenergy savingenergy compositionChina |
| spellingShingle | Yawen Han Shigemi Kagawa Fumiya Nagashima Keisuke Nansai Sources of China’s Fossil Energy-Use Change Energies hybrid MRIO SDA energy saving energy composition China |
| title | Sources of China’s Fossil Energy-Use Change |
| title_full | Sources of China’s Fossil Energy-Use Change |
| title_fullStr | Sources of China’s Fossil Energy-Use Change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sources of China’s Fossil Energy-Use Change |
| title_short | Sources of China’s Fossil Energy-Use Change |
| title_sort | sources of china s fossil energy use change |
| topic | hybrid MRIO SDA energy saving energy composition China |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/4/699 |
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