Temporal and spatial variations of energy consumption in rural China |
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| Authors: | LX Zhang ZF Yang B Chen GQ Chen YQ Zhang |
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| Institution: | 1. State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;2. National Laboratory for Complex Systems and Turbulence, Department of Mechanics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;3. School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, AL 36849-5418, USA;1. Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;2. Jinan University, School of Environment, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong, China;3. School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States;2. School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China;3. Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing, Beijing 100081, China;4. Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Western Australia, Australia;5. Beijing Natural Science Foundation, Beijing 100195, China;1. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China;2. School of Economics, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018, China;1. State Key Laboratory of Cryosphere Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China;2. MOE Key Laboratory of Western China''s Environmental System, Research School of Arid Environment and Climate Change, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;3. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Universita'' di Perugia, Via G. Duranti 93, 06125 Perugia, Italy;4. College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, China;5. College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;1. School of Economics and Trade, Hunan University, Changsha, 410006, China;2. Institute of Finance and Economics Research, School of Urban and Regional Science, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, 200433, China |
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| Abstract: | Presented in this paper is an overview of energy consumption in rural China in view of temporal and spatial variations. Characterized by steadily decreased proportion of biomass use and increased percentage of coal and electricity use, coal and biomass are still the major energy sources in rural areas, accounting for nearly 80% of the total rural energy consumption. Moreover, the energy consumption varies significantly across provinces both in total sum and by fuel types due to diversities of geographic features, economic development levels and local energy source availability. Three statistical groups are clustered associated with quantitative change and structural change, exhibiting evident transition from noncommercial energy pattern to commercial energy pattern. Much more work need to be done to cope with the forthcoming dramatic changes associated with booming rural economy and newly released policy from the points of both energy security and environmental pressure in China. |
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