An input–output structural decomposition analysis of changes in China’s renewable energy consumption
- 15 October 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
- Vol. 29 (11), 16678-16691
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16905-9
Abstract
Governments actively encourage renewable energy use to deal with climate change and achieve carbon emission reduction targets. It is crucial to find out the driving factors that affect the utilization of renewable energy. Therefore, based on China’s 2010–2016 input–output table, this paper uses the input–output model and structural decomposition analysis (SDA) to analyze the driving factors of renewable energy changes in the production end, household end, and the aggregate economy. The results show that the changes in the consumption structure (F) is the most crucial factor for renewable energy use, followed by technology progress (T) and final demand per capita (V). Sector SEHW (supply of electric power, heat power, and water) and MCRP (manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products) are the two vital sectors to achieve China’s energy transition of the production level. However, as for households, the proportion of renewable energy has been declining. Hence, the government should promote renewable energy use and achieve the green transition in production and household levels. Graphical abstractFunding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (71850012)
- National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences (19AZD014)
- Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Department (2018GK1020)
- Hunan Social Science Achievement Review Committee (XSP21YBC087)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (72104075)
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