Energy biased technology change: Focused on Chinese energy-intensive industries

Zha, Donglan; Kavuri, Anil Savio; Si, Songjian

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.11.001

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“…1, the first three high energy-consuming sectors in China over 18 years are the manufacturing industry (MI), household energy consumption (HEC) (mainly from the building operation's energy consumption), and transportation industry (TI). Many energy efficiency research studies related to those three sectors have been conducted (Xu and Lin, 2016;Zha et al, 2017).…”

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Assessing the effects of technological progress on energy efficiency in the construction industry: A case of China

Zhu

Zhang

et al. 2019

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Energy-saving technologies in buildings have received great attention from energy efficiency researchers in the construction sector. Traditional research tends to focus on the energy used during building operation and in construction materials production, but it usually neglects the energy consumed in the building construction process. Very few studies have explored the impacts of technological progress on energy efficiency in the construction industry. This paper presents a model of the building construction process based on Cobb-Douglas production function. The model estimates the effects of technological progress on energy efficiency with the objective to examine the role that technological progress plays in energy savings in China's construction industry. The modeling results indicated that technological progress improved energy efficiency by an average of 7.1% per year from 1997 to 2014. Furthermore, three main technological progress factors (the efficiency of machinery and equipment, the proportion change of the energy structure, and research and development investment) were selected to analyze their effects on energy efficiency improvement. These positive effects were verified, and results show the effects of first two factors are significant. Finally, recommendations for promoting energy efficiency in the construction industry are proposed.

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Assessing the effects of technological progress on energy efficiency in the construction industry: A case of China

Zhu

Zhang

et al. 2019

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…In this manner, analysis of the role various determinants play in the evolution of energy intensity will substantially benefits China by providing appropriate energy strategies to be put forward by the policy makers [5][6][7][8][9][10]. There are a number of researchers who have explored the driving forces behind China's energy intensity, and accordingly have put forward policy guidance for the reduction of energy intensity; in addition, they reached the conclusion that technological advancement constitutes one of the key determinants impacting energy intensity [11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

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The Impact of Foreign and Indigenous Innovations on the Energy Intensity of China’s Industries

Chen

Huang

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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China’s industrial sectors have an approximate consumption amounting to 70% of the aggregate power of the entire country. Investigating the driving forces of the decline in the energy intensity is essential for accelerating China’s conversion into a low-carbon economy. Nowadays, there has been no agreement as yet when it comes to the impacts of China’s industrial sectors on energy intensity. The current research work studies the impacts of key driving forces, in particular foreign as well as indigenous innovations, on China’s industrial energy intensity in 34 industrial sectors between 2000 and 2010. Linear and nonlinear analysis methodologies are put to use. The linear empirical findings show that indigenous innovation primarily contributes to driving down the industrial energy intensity across the sampling duration. The foreign innovations, which take the shape of FDI as well as imports, are seen as benefiting the decline in industrial energy intensity; on the other hand, exports ramp up the industrial energy intensity. An additional investigation, on the basis of the panel threshold framework, indicates that the impact of foreign innovations by means of openness as well as industrial energy intensity has an association with the technological absorptive potential. The empirical evidence puts forward some pivotal inferences for policymakers with regard to China’s declining industrial energy intensity—for instance, exploitation of the maximum benefit associated with the technology spillovers; in addition, it is important to take into consideration the attributes and scenarios that impact industrial energy intensity.

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“…This means that policies, especially a reasonable control on the energy consumption adjustment, should be taken as supplementary to technical change. The related research demonstrates that it is low energy pricing that leads to the high-energy consumption of China [30][31][32]. The lower energy prices thanks to government intervention cannot truly reflect the supply-demand relation of the energy market and the external environment brought by energy use.…”

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The Energy Rebound Effect for the Construction Industry: Empirical Evidence from China

Bai

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:As the largest energy consumer and carbon emitter, China has made substantial efforts to improve energy efficiency to save energy, while the energy rebound effect mitigates its effectiveness. This paper is based on the logical relationship among capital input, technical change, economic growth, and energy consumption, adapting an alternative estimation model to estimate the energy rebound effect for the construction industry in China. Empirical results reveal that the average energy rebound effect for the construction industry in China was about 59.5% during the period of 1990-2014. It is indicated that the energy rebound effect does exist in China's construction industry and it presents a fluctuating declining trend. This indicates that approximately half of the potential energy saving by technical change is achieved. It could be concluded that proper energy pricing reforms and energy taxes should be implemented to promote sustainable development in the construction industry for China's government.

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Energy biased technology change: Focused on Chinese energy-intensive industries

Cited by 34 publications

References 33 publications

Assessing the effects of technological progress on energy efficiency in the construction industry: A case of China

Assessing the effects of technological progress on energy efficiency in the construction industry: A case of China

The Impact of Foreign and Indigenous Innovations on the Energy Intensity of China’s Industries

The Energy Rebound Effect for the Construction Industry: Empirical Evidence from China

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