Rural residential energy transition and energy consumption intensity in China

Han, Hongyun; Wu, Shu

doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2018.04.033

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“…Traditional fuels had a lower share in energy demand, whereas they failed to be avoided by higher-income households. These results are in line with the findings obtained from studies on preferred fuel among rural households in China [29,30] and urban households in India [31,32]. They reported that higher-income households are more likely to use LPG rather than kerosene.…”

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Determinants of Variation in Household Energy Choice and Consumption: Case from Mahabad City, Iran

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This study seeks to find a method to identify the dominant pattern of energy choice and consumption in households, centering on demographic factors affecting the use of home appliances. To this aim, this study dealt with a variety of energy sources widely used by households, namely, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), electricity, and kerosene for cooking, heating and cooling, lighting, and home appliances. Additionally, significant associations for the household energy choice and consumption were identified for demographic variables including household size, gender, head-of-household age, educational level, and income group. A logistic regression analysis was performed to obtain quantitative data provided by a survey from 821 households across residential districts of urban and rural areas in Mahabad city, northwest Iran. Obtained data were analyzed within a proposed three-energy dimension model (3-ED). The results showed that, in the case of other variables remaining constant, income may lead to variation in LPG and electricity consumption. Unlike other independent variables, the head-of-household age failed to have a significant impact. The findings can contribute to a better understanding of effective factors got household energy choice and consumption in other cities, and they can be useful for the support of policy-makers in their consumption patterns.

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Determinants of Variation in Household Energy Choice and Consumption: Case from Mahabad City, Iran

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“…Biomass has been used for cooking and heating for thousands of years on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau [34], but our study indicated that the consumption of biomass energy showed a declining curve from 90.11% to 72.18% to 51.59%. [33]. In our research, we found that the proportion using commercial energy (coal and electricity) among PFH, HCO, and NFH showed an upward trend, accounting for 9.9%, 27.81%, and 48.41%, respectively.…”

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“…From the energy structure perspective, farming households in PPA were mainly dependent on cow manure, accounting for 90.10% of their total energy consumption, while the main energy sources for FPA were coal (49.80%) and firewood (40.06%), and in FA it was straw (50.30%) ( Figure 2). Previous studies also found that the pastoralists in Qinghai and Tibet used yak dung and sheep fecal pellets as their main energy sources [32], even though a study on China's rural energy structure found that the proportions of straw, firewood, biogas, coal, oil, LPG, electricity, and solar energy in rural residential energy consumption shifted from, respectively, 49.36%, 30.99%, 0.25%, 18.12%, 0.38%, 0.004%, 0.83%, and 0.08% in 1991 to 35.71%, 20.19%, 3.31%, 17.55%, 4.85%, 2.61%, 11.90%, and 3.87% in 2014 [33]. In our research, we found that the proportion using commercial energy (coal and electricity) among PFH, HCO, and NFH showed an upward trend, accounting for 9.9%, 27.81%, and 48.41%, respectively.…”

Section: Energy Consumption Of Farmer Households With Different Livelmentioning

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The Influence of Farmers’ Livelihood Strategies on Household Energy Consumption in the Eastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China

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As an essential factor for sustainable development, energy plays a very important role in sustaining a modern lifestyle, particularly in poor rural areas. Considering that farmers' livelihood in such areas is enormously dependent on services provided by environmental resources, it makes sense to investigate the relationships and interactions between farming households' livelihood strategies and their energy consumption. The findings and outcomes would be expected to contribute to the body of knowledge and benefit local policy-making toward sustainable transformation in the long run. Taking Gannan as an example, this study employed a participatory rural appraisal approach, with first-hand data mainly from field surveys, using a stratified random sampling method to illustrate the influence of farmers' livelihood strategies for household energy consumption in the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. Seven townships in Gannan were covered, three of them in pure pastoral areas, two in farming-pastoral areas, and two in farming areas. From these, 230 households were selected as study samples, with a valid return of 217 questionnaires, among which 78 came from pure pastoral areas, 60 from farming-pastoral areas, and 79 from farming areas. The results show that livelihood has a significant impact on farmers' household energy consumption patterns, and increasing family income level and education level and improving the availability of commodity energy resources will help farmers reduce the proportion of biomass energy consumption and increase the proportion of commodity energy consumption. Furthermore, measures such as developing nonagricultural industries, improving the energy infrastructure, and enhancing farmers' energy-saving awareness should be seriously considered to optimize farmers' living energy consumption patterns in these poverty-stricken and eco-frangible regions.

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“…To some degree, their fluctuation tendencies reflect the evolution of China's rural energy issues, changing from energy shortage through national energy security to climate change [47]. The intention of energy policies is to regulate residents' energy consumption behaviors [54]. The focus of Chinas rural energy policies has changed since the reform and opening up [47], and so has that of biomass energy policies (see Table 1).…”

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“…The intention of energy policies is to regulate residents' energy consumption behaviors [54]. The focus of Chinas rural energy policies has changed since the reform and opening up [47], and so has that of biomass energy policies (see Table 1).…”

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Determinants of the Behavioral Lock-in of Rural Residents’ Direct Biomass Energy Consumption in China

Han

2019

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The transition from traditional to modern energy is widely accepted as a critical facilitator of improved health, social, and livelihood outcomes, but over three quarters of China’s rural population are still persisting with traditional energy practices. Using panel data on 28 provinces during 1991–2014, this paper investigates how institutional pressure, status quo inertia, and the allure of power and control affect rural residents’ direct biomass energy consumption (RRDBEC) in China. The empirical results show that: (1) the institutional pressure of the number of staff in rural energy administrative agencies facilitates the lock-in of RRDBEC, but government funding on rural energy development has an opposite impact; (2) status quo inertia, depicted by the lagged term of planting proportion of grain and the expenditure proportion of meat, is verified to lock RRDBEC; (3) the allure of power and control, depicted by the lagged term of ownership of firewood-saving stoves, strengthens the lock-in of RRDBEC; (4) income level, education level, and dependency ratio are verified as significant and negative determinants of RRDBEC, while fuel prices lock RRDBEC. Therefore, the policy implications include transforming the functions of rural energy administrative agencies, increasing government funds, carrying out public education of health and environment awareness, and providing economic incentives.

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Rural residential energy transition and energy consumption intensity in China

Cited by 87 publications

References 78 publications

Determinants of Variation in Household Energy Choice and Consumption: Case from Mahabad City, Iran

Determinants of Variation in Household Energy Choice and Consumption: Case from Mahabad City, Iran

The Influence of Farmers’ Livelihood Strategies on Household Energy Consumption in the Eastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China

Determinants of the Behavioral Lock-in of Rural Residents’ Direct Biomass Energy Consumption in China

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