Energy consumption in China's rural areas: A study based on the village energy survey. (1st February 2017)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Energy consumption in China's rural areas: A study based on the village energy survey. (1st February 2017)
- Main Title:
- Energy consumption in China's rural areas: A study based on the village energy survey
- Authors:
- Wang, Ren
Jiang, Zhujun - Abstract:
- Abstract: China's composition of energy sources is highly geographically dependent. A large rural population still reside in areas where carbonate composites are the major energy sources. Consequently, the resulted carbon pollution has been an increasingly seriously environmental problem. We conduct a field survey with a sample of 6000 rural households in 30 rural counties in 25 provinces in China. The findings include the following. First, for cooking, fuelwood is the most commonly used fuel in rural areas although some economically developed rural areas employ natural gas. Second, most rural residents use coal for heating in winter season, while places like Guangdong mainly utilize gas, and Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai primarily employ electricity. Third, the combustion of fuelwood and coal poses severe threat to the environment and rural residents' health. We argue that the key to improving China's rural energy consumption structure is to boost the income level of the rural residents. Meanwhile, the government should increase the investment on the research and implementation of the renewable energy, on construction of the power grid and other energy infrastructure. Targeted subsidy in certain areas is a useful supplement mechanism. Highlights: Fuelwood and coal are the most important energy sources for rural househoulds in China. Income plays an important role in the choice of energy and energy switch. Consuming fuelwood and coal bring serious health impacts for ruralAbstract: China's composition of energy sources is highly geographically dependent. A large rural population still reside in areas where carbonate composites are the major energy sources. Consequently, the resulted carbon pollution has been an increasingly seriously environmental problem. We conduct a field survey with a sample of 6000 rural households in 30 rural counties in 25 provinces in China. The findings include the following. First, for cooking, fuelwood is the most commonly used fuel in rural areas although some economically developed rural areas employ natural gas. Second, most rural residents use coal for heating in winter season, while places like Guangdong mainly utilize gas, and Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai primarily employ electricity. Third, the combustion of fuelwood and coal poses severe threat to the environment and rural residents' health. We argue that the key to improving China's rural energy consumption structure is to boost the income level of the rural residents. Meanwhile, the government should increase the investment on the research and implementation of the renewable energy, on construction of the power grid and other energy infrastructure. Targeted subsidy in certain areas is a useful supplement mechanism. Highlights: Fuelwood and coal are the most important energy sources for rural househoulds in China. Income plays an important role in the choice of energy and energy switch. Consuming fuelwood and coal bring serious health impacts for rural househoulds. The government should provide more subsidies to encourage renewable energy use. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of cleaner production. Volume 143(2017)
- Journal:
- Journal of cleaner production
- Issue:
- Volume 143(2017)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 143, Issue 2017 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 143
- Issue:
- 2017
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0143-2017-0000
- Page Start:
- 452
- Page End:
- 461
- Publication Date:
- 2017-02-01
- Subjects:
- Energy survey -- Rural energy consumption -- Rural income
Factory and trade waste -- Management -- Periodicals
Manufactures -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals
Déchets industriels -- Gestion -- Périodiques
Usines -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Périodiques
628.5 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09596526 ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.090 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0959-6526
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