Embracing the Low-Carbon Economy of Sustainable Energy Development

2010 ◽  
Vol 62 (04) ◽  
pp. 18-20
Author(s):  
Zhou Jiping
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Carbon Economy

scholarly journals Application of Threshold Regression Analysis to Study the Impact of Clean Energy Development on China’s Carbon Productivity

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 1060 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongri Han ◽  
Tuochen Li ◽  
Shaosong Feng ◽  
Ziyi Shi
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Threshold Effect ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Carbon Productivity ◽  
Carbon Economy

Facing the pressures of international carbon emission reduction, the transformation into a low-carbon economy has become a common issue of all countries. The core of developing a low-carbon economy is to increase carbon productivity, which can be measured as the economic benefits of unit carbon emissions. Therefore, using province-level panel data in China from 2009 to 2017, we analyze the carbon productivity level of each region, and empirically investigate the threshold effect of clean energy development on carbon productivity under different technological innovation levels. The results show that the carbon productivity is rising, and China’s economic development pattern has been shifting towards low-carbon and sustainable development. Furthermore, the driving force of clean energy development on carbon productivity is not monotonously increasing (decreasing) but is a “double threshold effect” of technological innovation capability. Finally, based on the research conclusions and realistic requirements of China’s low-carbon economic transformation, this paper proposes improving carbon productivity from the aspects of innovation capability improvement and institutional guarantee.

China's energy development strategy under the low-carbon economy

Energy ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (11) ◽  
pp. 4257-4264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing Jiang ◽  
Zhenqing Sun ◽  
Meiqin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Carbon Economy

Low Carbon Economy and Sustainable Energy Development in Rural Areas of Sichuan Province, China

2012 ◽  
Vol 476-478 ◽  
pp. 824-827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Bao
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Alternative Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Options

Sichuan Province faces several development challenges including those linked to climate change. Energy usage in Sichuan Province, for example, is already constrained because of a range of development challenges (energy availability; access; affordability of alternative energy sources; and a range of health impacts, including air pollution). There calls for a transition to a low carbon energy options. Although the major obstacles preventing people from discontinuing domestic traditional biomass fuels or coal combustion are poverty, the ready availability and social acceptability of energy options cannot be underrated. This paper therefore highlights some of the persistent challenges associated with sustainable energy transitions in Sichuan Province. We aim to explore how renewable and low-carbon energies can maintain sustainable rural energy development and partially replace fossil fuels development in rural areas of Sichuan Province and thereby serve as mitigation options is a possible future transition towards a low-carbon system relying on renewable and low-carbon energies.

Research on China’s Optimization and Development of New Energy under Low-Carbon Economy

2012 ◽  
Vol 622-623 ◽  
pp. 1706-1710
Author(s):  
Yun Na Wu ◽  
Jian Chen ◽  
He Ping Wang ◽  
Min Gao
Keyword(s):  
Structural Optimization ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Switching Point ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Energy Emission ◽  
New Energy ◽  
Value Flow ◽  
Carbon Economy

In recent years, fluctuations have been on traditional gases prices, problems of energy emission pollution are also worsening. In the Copenhagen conference at the end of 2009, developing new energy is again appealed by many countries, among which China clearly proposed that it will take the new energy development as a switching point to optimize and upgrade the new energy industry development. This thesis is about a deep analysis on the genera of new energy industry as well as its life-circle and value flow, thereafter is some suggestion to the chain and structural optimization of China’s future new energy development.

scholarly journals Input–output efficiency model of urban green-energy development from the perspective of a low-carbon economy

Clean Energy ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 905-916
Author(s):  
Hongliang Wu ◽  
Ling Wang ◽  
Daoxin Peng ◽  
Benjie Liu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Development ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Urban Energy ◽  
Output Efficiency ◽  
Carbon Economy

Abstract With the acceleration of urbanization, cities are the main targets for carbon neutrality and urban energy is the terminal of energy consumption and the integration point of various energy systems. Therefore, there is a need to promote the development of urban green energy and achieve low input and high output to achieve a low-carbon economy in cities. Previous studies have not considered the input–output efficiency of urban green-energy development. This study fills this gap. Based on the economic–energy–environmental framework, an input–output efficiency-evaluation index system for urban green-energy development was constructed. Based on improved data-envelopment analysis, a comparative evaluation of the input–output efficiency of green-energy development was carried out in 30 provinces in China in 2019. Considering the differences in regions, the development of urban green energy in different provinces was classified. From the perspective of a low-carbon economy, economic growth factors and environmental constraint factors were set. Together with the generalized Divisia index approach, the input–output efficiency optimization directions of urban green-energy development were obtained. The results showed that the input–output efficiencies of urban green-energy development in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia and other provinces and cities were relatively high. Provinces with faster economic development and higher environmental carrying capacity have advantages after optimization and will become pilot areas for the development of urban green energy. This research provides a reference for the development of urban green energy in various provinces from the input and output perspective.

scholarly journals Regulatory Imperatives for Renewable Energy: South African Perspectives

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Tumai Murombo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
South African ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Energy Regulation ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Renewable Electricity ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Carbon Economy

Abstract Access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy is a pre-condition for sustainable economic development. This is the case in South Africa, where the workforce and entrenched fossil fuel industry remain sceptical about a transition to renewable energy. This article explores the complexity of energy regulation in countries with a deep-seated economic dependency on fossil fuels. South Africa presents a good case study of the challenge of balancing the environmental, social and economic imperatives of energy. It unpacks the drivers behind directed regulation towards renewable electricity. A painful, but necessary, “just transition” to a low-carbon economy requires laws to phase-out fossil fuels, without exposing public funds to private profit seekers. The South African experience of renewable electricity demonstrates the challenges of regulatory uncertainty. Careful legal reforms are necessary to rid existing electricity laws of their inertia and achieve a low-carbon economy while ensuring access to affordable, reliable and environmentally sustainable energy.

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