scholarly journals From “Coal to Gas” to “Coal to Biomass”: The Strategic Choice of Social Capital in China

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 4171
Author(s):  
Qiang Wang ◽  
Thomas Dogot ◽  
Yueling Yang ◽  
Jian Jiao ◽  
Boyang Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Decision Model ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Strategic Choices ◽  
The Public

Currently, the Chinese government is promoting the transformation of clean energy in rural areas to reduce the consumption of coal to cope with the smog. It is mainly based on “coal to gas”. The development of biomass resources in agricultural areas is an alternative means of energy supply. In order to improve rural energy structure, we propose to upgrade “coal to gas” to “coal to biomass” derived from centralized biogas production (CBP) and straw-briquetting fuel (SBF). This study deals with the question of financing such projects. The public–private partnership (PPP) model is seen as a response that can mobilize social capital to finance investments in these new modes of production and energy supply in rural areas. Based on an analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of the two projects considered above, an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was carried out with the assistance of experts in order to clarify the strategic choices which are more suitable for investors. First, we built a PPP strategic-decision model. The decision model was divided into four strategies (pioneering strategy, struggling strategy, conservative strategy and striving strategy) and two development intensities (conservative and proactive). We used this method to construct a SWOT–AHP model of the PPP strategy for CBP and SBF based on the investigation from the experts. The strategic-decision model identified that a pioneering strategy based on opportunity type is promised for SBF, while a more aggressive type strategy in struggling strategy is essential for the CBP. In order to encourage investors to adopt a positive and optimistic attitude towards the two projects, the public authorities have a role of guidance to ensure the mobilization of the social capital necessary for the construction of the projects.

Economic Analysis of Biogas Cogeneration Systems of Medium-Sized Breeding Plants

2013 ◽  
Vol 860-863 ◽  
pp. 538-543
Author(s):  
Lina Liao ◽  
Qing Rong Liu ◽  
Ying Jun Ruan ◽  
Jia Zheng Wu ◽  
Ya Peng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Supply System ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Fossil Energy ◽  
Energy Supply System ◽  
Poultry Breeding

More and more countries are focusing on the lack of resources with the consumption of large quantities of fossil energy. The Chinese government is actively promoting the policies related to the transformation of the energy structure which will increase the proportion of clean energy consumption and reduce the proportion of fossil energy consumption in order to relieve the pressure on domestic energy. Interest in the generation of biogas from agricultural residues is increasing rapidly due to its climate benefits. This article is committed to analysis the economic performance of the biogas cogeneration energy supply system of livestock and poultry breeding plants in southern China. The model of the biogas cogeneration energy supply system of livestock and poultry breeding plants in southern China and the advices to the government will also been proposed as a result. According to the results, biogas cogeneration system is feasible in economy with reasonable device configuration and operating strategy.

scholarly journals An empirical study on application and efficiency of gridded management in public service supply of Chinese Government

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bai XiuYin ◽  
Muhammad Imran Hanif ◽  
Li Fensheng ◽  
Muhammad Shehzad Hanif ◽  
Gu Yinhua
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Operation Mode ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Service Provision ◽  
The Government ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

Purpose Gridded management in the public service supply is still in the experience exploratory stage, and this paper aims to analyze the inherent logic and operation mode of the gridding mechanism of the public supply based on the existing theory study and practices, and verify its efficiency so as to come to the conclusion whether it could be promoted to a wider range. Design/methodology/approach The methodology applied in this paper was case study/deductive induction. Findings The grid model in the public service supply needs to be demonstrated completely in theoretical logic and operation principles before it is promoted across the country. Meanwhile, full support of the government is required in terms of service concept, function distribution, technical parameters and infrastructure. Research limitations/implications The inherent logic and operation mode of the gridding mechanism of the public service supply needs enough practice tests. The practical test of efficiency analysis of the gridding mechanism of the public service supply is not enough. Social implications This paper validated whether the gridding mechanism that originated from China’s urban management can be promoted to all over the country in the public service supply. It provides references for government policy. Originality/value This paper constructs a gridded management model for public service provision in urban and rural areas on the basis of an analysis of the plight of traditional model of public service provision, thus delivering the same standard of public service for both urban and rural areas through optimization of resource allocation without requiring more supply and fundamental change to the content of service.

Study on Region Energy Allocation under Carbon Emission Constraints: Base on Analysis of Carbon Pinch

2014 ◽  
Vol 977 ◽  
pp. 149-154
Author(s):  
Hong Yu ◽  
Jun Feng Wang ◽  
Lei Hu
Keyword(s):  
Energy Supply ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Energy Allocation ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
Regional Energy

Energy Supply and demand, and carbon emission constraints are the problems that must be considered in the process of rapid economic development by national and every province. Under the constraints of energy supply and demand, and carbon emissions, there has practical significance to rational allocate regional energy utilization. With carbon pinch method, this paper research the energy allocation of Tianjin, establish analysis model. Considering the overall and regional energy demand and carbon emission constraints, to determine the usage amount of every kind of fossil energy and clean energy, in order to achieve the best energy structure and optimal balance between energy supply and demand. To provide scientific evidence for local government to make reasonable energy supply and carbon emission constraint index.

scholarly journals Underground Hydro-Pumped Energy Storage Using Coal Mine Goafs: System Performance Analysis and a Case Study for China

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deyi Jiang ◽  
Shao Chen ◽  
Wenhao Liu ◽  
Yiwei Ren ◽  
Pengyv Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Coal Mine ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Storage Capacity ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Utilization Efficiency ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Abandoned Coal Mine

In response to the Paris climate agreement, the Chinese government has taken actions to improve the energy structure by reducing the share of coal-fired thermal power and increasing the use of clean energy. However, due to the extreme shortage of large-scale energy storage facilities, the utilization efficiency of wind and solar power remains low. This paper proposes to use abandoned coal mine goafs serving as large-scale pumped hydro storage (PHS) reservoir. In this paper, suitability of coal mine goafs as PHS underground reservoirs was analyzed with respects to the storage capacity, usable capacity, and ventilation between goaf and outside. The storage capacity is 1.97 × 106 m3 for a typical mining area with an extent of 3 × 5 km2 and a coal seam thickness of 6 m. A typical goaf-PHS system with the energy type αw=0.74 has a performance of 82.8% in the case of annual operation, able to regulate solar-wind energy with an average value of 275 kW. The performance of the proposed goaf-PHS system was analyzed based on the reservoir estimation and meteorological information from a typical region in China. It has been found that using abandoned coal mine goafs to develop PHS plants is technically feasible in wind and solar-rich northwestern and southwestern China.

Smog in China: Trends, Causes and Countermeasures

2014 ◽  
Vol 1010-1012 ◽  
pp. 311-314
Author(s):  
Wei Duo Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Energy Supply ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Coordination Mechanism ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
The Past ◽  
Regional Coordination

In China, the smog has a persistent, multiple and spreading trend in the past three years. This paper summarized the forming conditions of smog, introduced the latest authoritative sources analysis of smog in Beijing and Shanghai and deduced the essence of smog in China: the problems of fuels usage in industry and transportation sectors. Finally, three countermeasures are put forward. Firstly, adjust the energy structure and increase the clean energy supply. Secondly, increase effort of comprehensive control and reduce emission of multi-pollutants. Thirdly, establish the regional coordination mechanism and decrease the regional amount of pollutants.

scholarly journals Study on Rural Residents’ Satisfaction with the Clean Energy Heating Program in Northern China—A Case Study of Shandong Province

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 11412
Author(s):  
Xingmin Liu ◽  
Beibei Qin ◽  
Yong Wu ◽  
Ran Zou ◽  
Qing Ye
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Northern China ◽  
Shandong Province ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Entropy Weight ◽  
Rural Residents

The Chinese government announced the Clean Energy Heating Program in northern China in 2017, promoting clean energy for residents’ winter heating. The key difficulty of implementing this policy initiative lies in rural areas. This research hence focuses on evaluating the implementation of this policy in rural areas. Rural residents who directly benefit from, and are integrally involved in, the implementation process in Shandong Province were surveyed to evaluate their satisfaction with this policy. In order to identify their satisfaction indicators and obstacle factors, a TOPSIS obstacle model adjusted by entropy weight was developed. An evaluation system of the indicators of residents’ satisfaction with the policy was developed and converted into a questionnaire. The designed questionnaire was distributed to 341 rural residents in Jinan, Zibo and Heze in Shandong province. Data analysis suggests that, at the fiscal subsidies level, supporting infrastructure, technical supports and support organizations are four important factors affecting rural residents’ satisfaction. The key obstacle factors identified include technical support, supporting infrastructure, the operation subsidies level, heating cost, period of subsidies and achieved temperature. Corresponding suggestions for further clean energy heating policy design and implementation in rural areas in northern China are provided.

scholarly journals The Influence of Income and Social Capital on the Subjective Well-Being of Elderly Chinese People, Based on a Panel Survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junhong Zhu ◽  
Changyong Liang ◽  
Jeffery Lucas ◽  
Wenjuan Cheng ◽  
Zhaoyang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Relative Income ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Rural Elderly ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Subjective Well Being

China has undergone many economic changes in the past four decades, and has seen an imbalance in economic development between rural and urban regions. Meanwhile, it also has an aging population. Using panel data on 3590 elderly residents aged between 60 and 95 in 28 provinces in China in 2015, this study explored older adults’ subjective well-being in terms of income, relative income, and social capital. The ordinary least square (OLS) regression results showed that the effect of actual income on subjective well-being was weak, and relative income and social capital had a significant effect on the happiness of urban and rural residents; however, there were substantial differences between urban and rural areas associated with economic inequality, social context, social security, and demographic characteristics. Expanding income inequality is contributing to decreased happiness of the rural elderly, while higher social trust and social interaction mitigate this negative influence. This paper also verified that relative income has a mediating or moderating effect on income and the subjective well-being of urban and rural elderly people. The evidence indicates that the Chinese government should pay more attention to reducing the income gap between and within urban and rural groups, and take advantage of social capital to improve the subjective well-being of the elderly population.

The Feasibility Analysis and Pathways Study of China’s 2020 Non-Fossil Energy Target

2013 ◽  
Vol 869-870 ◽  
pp. 559-563
Author(s):  
Yan Xu ◽  
Jia Hai Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Energy Planning ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Fossil Energy ◽  
Primary Energy Demand ◽  
Energy Share

In 2009, Chinese government proposed the 15% target of non-fossil energy share at 2020, and obtained the general concern of the international community. The paper considers the constraints of economic growth, decrease rate of GDP CO2 intensity and primary energy structure to discuss China’s CO2 emissions and primary energy demand in sub-scenarios. Then through the analysis of consistency with the overall economic growth and energy planning and the international society’s expectation on China’s GHG abatement duty to demonstrate the feasibility of the non-fossil energy target. The results show that the 17% of non-fossil energy can meet the various constraints. Finally pathways to realize clean energy development into 2020 are outlined.

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Inclusive Human Development: A Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakesh Kumar Gulati ◽  
Manveen Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Geographic Area ◽  
Cognitive Responses ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Work Family

Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) adoption is increasing globally for human development because of its potential affect in many aspects of economic and societal activities such as GDP growth, employment, productivity, poverty alleviation, quality of life, education, clean water and sanitation, clean energy, and healthcare. Adoption of new technologies has been the main challenge in rural areas and is the main reason for the growing gap between rural and urban economy. The work related ICT use have also yielded mixed results; some studies show the individual’s perceived work-family conflict, negative cognitive responses e.g. techno stress while others show increased productivity, improved job satisfaction and work-family balance due to flexible work timings. This paper attempts to understand the role of ICT in human development areas of health, education and citizen empowerment taking into consideration of digital divide which exists in geographic area and within the communities through literature review.

A successful person, society and civic activism

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 1800-1816
Author(s):  
G.B. Kozyreva ◽  
T.V. Morozova ◽  
R.V. Belaya
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
The Public ◽  
Civic Activism ◽  
The Social ◽  
Human And Social Capital ◽  
Person Model ◽  
Social Disparity

Subject. The article provides considerations on the formation and development of a successful person model in the modern Russian society. Objectives. The study is an attempt to model a successful person in the Russian society, when the ideological subsystem of the institutional matrix is changing. Methods. The study relies upon the theory of institutional matrices by S. Kirdina, theories of human and social capital. We focus on the assumption viewing a person as a carrier of social capital, which conveys a success, socio-economic position, social status, civic activism, doing good to your family and the public, confidence in people and association with your region. The empirical framework comprises data of the sociological survey of the Russian population in 2018. The data were processed through the factor analysis. Results. We devised a model of a successful person in today's Russian society, which reveals that a success, first of all, depends on the economic wellbeing and has little relation to civic activism. The potential involvement (intention, possibility, preparedness) in the social and political life significantly dominates the real engagement of people. The success has a frail correlation with constituents of the social capital, such as confidence in people and doing good to the public. Conclusions and Relevance. Based on the socio-economic wellbeing, that is consumption, the existing model of a successful person proves to be ineffective. The sustainability of socio-economic wellbeing seriously contributes to the social disparity of opportunities, which drive a contemporary Russian to a success in life.

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