scholarly journals Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Energy Consumption in Chinese Rural Households

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaowei Ma ◽  
Dandan Liu ◽  
Danni Chen ◽  
Mei Wang ◽  
Chuandong Li
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
Rural Energy

Abstract The sustainable development of China's economy has brought about a large increase in energy consumption of residents, especially in rural areas. Nowadays, the per capita energy consumption in rural areas has exceeded the urban residents. Therefore, it is of great significance to pay attention to the energy consumption of rural households in order to realize the harmonious development of energy and economy in China. Based on the survey data of rural households in central and eastern China, this paper uses the method of CLAD estimation of Tobit model to study the influencing factors and structural characteristics of rural households' energy consumption, so as to analyze how to deal with the rapid growth of rural energy consumption and optimize the rural energy structure. The results show that the energy structure of rural households is unreasonable, rural families are using more traditional and inferior cooking heating energy, and there are some differences in different regions; Family characteristics, family wealth and energy conservation initiative have an impact on total energy consumption and different types of energy. Increasing income, education level, electrical appliances quantity and energy conservation initiative are conducive to optimizing the energy structure of the family and promoting the transformation of energy structure.

scholarly journals Research on the Status Quo and Existing Problems of Rural Energy Development in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 01007
Author(s):  
Wang Ning ◽  
Li Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Service Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
Rural Energy ◽  
New Energy

Over more than forty years of deepening reform and opening up, China has become the second largest world economy after the United States. As a component of energy system in China, rural energy is becoming more and more important. With the development of rural economy in China, the efforts of energy conservation and emission reduction have been continuously strengthened and expanded in China. Sustained, safe, and green energy supply is the material basis for the sustainable development of rural economy in China, and it is also a prerequisite for improving the quality of life of rural residents in China. Given living habits and income levels, energy consumption in rural areas in China is still dominated by traditional energy sources such as coal and firewood. There is little use and consumption of new energy. Rural energy is gradually declining for the investment in special funds for rural energy projects is not enough. New energy technology research and development are lagging. At the same time, rural areas have low using efficiency but high demand of energy, which leads more contradictions. In order to meet the needs of farmers for energy production and increase their income, it is necessary to study the countermeasures of rural energy development, which becomes an important part of the construction of a new socialist countryside. Based on the analysis of rural energy developing status and rural energy consumption structure in China, this article pointed out the problems including unreasonable energy structure, insufficient supply, the contradiction between supply and demand, and the lagging construction of follow-up service management system, and uncompleted energy support policies and imperfect incentive measures. We also put forward corresponding countermeasures and suggestions.

scholarly journals Influencing Factors of Commercial Energy Consumption Intention of Rural Residents: Evidence from Rural Chengdu

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1010
Author(s):  
Aichun Jiang ◽  
Qian Zhong ◽  
Yan Wang ◽  
Yibin Ao ◽  
Chuan Chen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Rural Residents ◽  
Rural Construction ◽  
Commercial Energy ◽  
New Rural Construction

With rapid rural urbanization and new rural construction, the commercial energy consumption of rural residents shows a trend of rapid growth, and China’s rural areas are also faced with environmental challenges brought by the increase of commercial energy consumption. China’s commercial energy consumption behavior of rural residents has also undergone tremendous changes. However, scholars have neglected the research on rural residents’ commercial energy consumption intention from a micro perspective. Therefore, this study takes the 5 villages in Chengdu out of the 100 representative villages in the Sichuan province as examples. From the perspective of the head of a family of permanent rural residents, extended planned behavior theory, exploratory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling are used to explore the influencing factors of rural resident commercial energy consumption intention and their relationship. Findings show that subjective norm, perceived behavioral control (PBC), and habit significantly affect residents’ behavioral intention. Habits significantly influence subjective norms and PBC. Therefore, in the new rural construction, rural residents are the main body and participants of energy consumption. Local government departments should plan reasonably according to the needs and characteristics of residents, constantly improve commercial energy infrastructure, improve service level, and further strengthen farmers’ attitude and satisfaction toward commercial energy. Moreover, they should increase the publicity and education of commercial energy, advocate green housing, and promote energy saving consumption reduction, and sustainable development in new rural areas.

scholarly journals Driving and Influencing Factors of Biomass Energy Utilization from the Perspective of Farmers

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 269-274
Author(s):  
Minghao Liu ◽  
Zhaoyong Sun ◽  
Qian Li ◽  
Zheng Wei ◽  
Baorui Liang
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Biomass Energy ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Utilization Efficiency ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Structure

Biomass energy is one of the most important renewable energy sources. Full utilization of this energy helps to optimize agricultural development, improve our living environment, and replace some non-renewable energy sources, thereby promoting the eco-environment across the country. However, biomass energy has not been extensively utilized in rural areas of China. Many farmers are not very enthusiastic about the use of biomass energy. Many scholars have tried to boost the willingness of farmers to utilize biomass energy. Therefore, this paper collects the relevant data from six aspects, namely, environmental factor, cost factor, income factor, behavior factor, policy factor, and personal factor, and constructs a binary logistic regression model. On this basis, the driving and influencing factors of biomass energy utilization were empirically analyzed from the perspective of farmers. The results show that the development of biomass energy is mainly affected by the farmers’ awareness of national energy strategy, the relevant costs of biomass utilization, and the attitude of family members and village committee. The research provides an important reference for further promotion of biomass energy, elevation of its utilization efficiency, and optimization of energy structure in rural China.

Strategies and Suggestions to Utilize Biomass Energy in Rural Areas of Chongqing

2012 ◽  
Vol 488-489 ◽  
pp. 975-979 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Qiang Xiong ◽  
Gang Yong
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Thermal Efficiency ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Development Stage ◽  
Biomass Energy ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
Rural Energy ◽  
Initial Development

Biomass energy is a typical renewable energy. It is of great significance to develop and utilize biomass as it can solve the problems of rural energy, ease pressure on the environment and implement the strategy of sustainable development. Abundant biomass energy can be found in rural areas of Chongqing, but its use is still in the initial development stage. Chongqing rural energy structure is based on the original straw and firewood, whose combustion is direct and has low thermal efficiency. This paper gives some strategies and suggestions on the use of biomass energy in rural area of Chongqing.

Calculation of Carbon Dioxide Emission in Nanjing City and its Influencing Factors

2014 ◽  
Vol 665 ◽  
pp. 517-520
Author(s):  
Qiang Zhao ◽  
Xiu Mei Li ◽  
Xiang Yu Cui
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emission ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Index Decomposition ◽  
Laspeyres Index

The research estimates the carbon dioxide emissions of energy consumption from 2003 to 2011 using the method in IPCC national greenhouse gases listing guidance, by adopting the method of Kaya identities and Laspeyres index decomposition technique to analyze the influencing factors and the influencing degree. The result shows that the main factors influencing carbon dioxide emissions are energy structure and per capita GDP, and to develop clean energy, to improve energy structure are important choice to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of energy consumption, realize low carbon in the future. This research provides an important reference to protect the environment and to promote the sustainable development of economy.

The Study on Community Energy Planning and Emission Reduction in China

2012 ◽  
Vol 433-440 ◽  
pp. 1442-1446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Hua Zhou ◽  
Zi Chao Tan ◽  
Guo Qiang Yang ◽  
She Ming Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emission ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
Regional Energy ◽  
Save Energy ◽  
Reduce Carbon Dioxide

Climate change is becoming a highlight of the world. As the world's second largest CO2 emission country, China faces increasing pressure. Energy consumption and utilizing is the major source of CO2 emissions. Optimization of the regional energy configuration can not only reduce energy consumption, but also reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Thus, it will achieve energy conservation and sustainable development. Based on the Eco-city constructed by China and Sino-Singapore, this paper calculates the regional energy-saving under the requirement of existing Energy Conservation Code, plans its energy saving quantity by taking some measurements and then predicts the carbon dioxide emission reductions. The result shows that using effective measures to save energy can reduce 227772t carbon dioxide emissions. Using renewable energy and energy saving measures will reduce 371414t CO2, which has a striking effect. So changing energy structure and using renew energy are main measures to reduce CO2 emission.

Research and Investigation on Present Energy Conservation in Northen Rural Houses

2012 ◽  
Vol 608-609 ◽  
pp. 1709-1715
Author(s):  
Gang Li ◽  
Zhen Li ◽  
Guo Hui Feng ◽  
Qian Liu ◽  
Qian Wang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Temperature Uniformity ◽  
Water Heater ◽  
Indoor Temperature ◽  
Indoor Thermal Comfort ◽  
Effective Use

More researchers pay attention to energy consumption and conservation in cities before .This paper finds out the current structure of rural houses, the type and utilizing situation of energy and the typical heating methods in current northen rural areas of china, and points out exist problems in these aspects by Field investigation and analysis.The author proposes that insulation layers of external walls and windows are preferred measures of energy consrevation and the additional southen sunspace is also a highly effective method in northen rural areas; the hanging kang has a much better performance than landing kang which should be strongly recommended,and a new kang with PCM helps to save fuel consumption, increase temperature uniformity of kang surface , stabilize indoor temperature and improve indoor thermal comfort,which should be paid enough attention; the effective use of excess heat in solar energy water heater should be paid sufficient attention,and biogas should be strongly advocated and properly guided.

Analysis on the Relationship between Typical House Mode and Heating Energy Consumption in Cold Rural Areas of Eastern China

2013 ◽  
Vol 368-370 ◽  
pp. 607-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Yan Zhang ◽  
Bin Chen ◽  
Yan Qing Liu ◽  
Xv Liang Han
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Correct Selection ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Heating Energy Consumption

In cold rural areas of Eastern China, heating energy consumption was increased year by year, affected by some factors such as building materials, different courtyard layouts and residential constructions. Based on field measurements and multiple perspectives analysis of typical houses, the heat of cold air infiltration in one house could be reduced by 18.3 %, while the courtyard design was adapted to local climatic conditions. Heating energy consumption could be reduced by 15% for reasonable energy utilization, and which could be reduced by 50% for rational design of building layout and correct selection of materials for building envelope.

scholarly journals How Did the Changes in Industrial and Energy Structure Influence Energy Consumption in Shandong, China?

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Sheng-Wen Tseng ◽  
◽  
Yen-Yu Chen ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
Coal Consumption ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
Density Reduction ◽  
New Energy ◽  
Regional Product

The Gross Regional Product (GRP) of Shandong ranks third in China, but its energy and coal consumption rank first. However, in the past studies, no effort was made to analyze the influence of Shandong energy conservation and emission reduction policies on energy consumption changes. To make up for this gap, the revised divisia index and the energy consumption structure methods were used in this study to analyze the driving force of changes in energy consumption in Shandong from 2005 to 2016. The results of this research show that: Firstly, the control of energy-intensive industries and strong energy conservation policies had become the main driving forces for energy density reduction. Secondly, the energy structure optimization policies only increased the proportion of hydro, nuclear and new energy production to replace a proportion of oil, but could not effectively reduce the consumption and proportion of coal. The continuous increase in coal consumption offset the energy conservation effect by key industries during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan period. It is clear that a reduction in the amount of coal used and an increase in the proportion of hydro, nuclear and new energy (especially in the industrial sector) is at the core of the energy problems in Shandong. Policy recommendations are proposed that are based on the findings of this study.

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