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Domestic Heating and China’s Sustainable Energy Goals

verfasst von : Xin Xu, Lei Xu, Laubie Li

Erschienen in: Theories of Change

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

With proprietary datasets we examine China’s domestic heating energy consumptions between 2010 and 2015. We find that, together with the upward trend in the country’s total domestic heating energy consumption, electricity and natural gas fast replace coal as major sources of energy. Total domestic heating energy consumption, coal and electricity consumptions are negatively related to the households’ disposable income. Steam heating capacity, an energy efficiency indicator, is negatively related to total domestic heating energy consumption. In addition, weather conditions are also key factors towards domestic heating energy consumption in China.

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Fußnoten
1
The Paris Climate Change Conference is the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the 11th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP). (UNFCCC website http://​unfccc.​int/​meetings/​paris_​nov_​2015/​meeting/​8926.​php accessed on 10 December 2017).
 
2
State Council announced that China A21 was integrated into the Ninth Five-Year Plan and the Long-Term Objectives for the year 2010.
 
3
The NDRC 2007 Plan formulated China’s target that the share of renewable energy consumptions would increase to 10 percent by 2010 and 15 percent by 2015. Respectively 30 and 70 percent of rural households would use clean renewable energy by 2010 and 2020, (NDRC website http://​www.​martinot.​info/​China_​RE_​Plan_​to_​2020_​Sep-2007.​pdf accessed on 13 January 2018).
 
4
Due to the lack of heating device type, age and ownership data, we have to treat the heating device owned by the households as statistically exogenous.
 
5
Since energy efficiency is proven a strong indicator of domestic energy consumption, we have to select appropriate efficiency indicator. Most households in China adopt steam, water and electricity for domestic heating purpose. Steam heating capacity and hot water heating capacity can be used directly indicate the energy efficiency. However, due to multi-collinearity reasons, electricity heating is not suitable as energy efficiency indicator.
 
6
In China, district heating is always provided by single suppliers without market competition. Energy prices are various in each region in unit price and valuation method. In this study we use energy expenditure to replace unit energy price.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Domestic Heating and China’s Sustainable Energy Goals
verfasst von
Xin Xu
Lei Xu
Laubie Li
Copyright-Jahr
2021
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52275-9_26