Study of the Development of Low-Carbon Energy in Beijing

Abstract

As in recent years Beijing has stuck to the new concept of development with the supply-side structural reform as the main thread, its socioeconomic growth has ushered in a new pattern revolving around the strategic positioning of the capital city. Meanwhile, the energy demand and supporting task of megacities have become more complicated and diverse and raised higher requirements for energy development. By drawing urban carbon emission charts, this article conducts an in-depth analysis of the carbon emissions of Beijing in 2017 largely in light of the supply side and the consumer end. The results show that total carbon emissions of Beijing are on the decrease, mainly because Beijing has continuously optimized its energy structure with a significantly increased proportion of clean energy, energetically developed renewable energies and continued to increase the rate of comprehensive energy utilization.

Spatiotemporal Coupling Effect of Regional Economic Development and De-Carbonisation of Energy Use in China: Empirical Analysis Based on Panel and Spatial Durbin Models

“…The connotations and coupling mechanisms of economic development and energy consumption are considered along with China's economic and energy situation. Moreover, under the guiding principles of scientificity, systematisation, typicality, consistency, and quantifiability, the existing research results [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] are examined and experts and scholars in relevant fields are consulted to identify the key indicators that can reflect objective reality, for which adequate data are available. Seven indicators are selected from the three dimensions of economic aggregation and structure, economic efficiency, and economic and social development to build a comprehensive evaluation index system of the regional economic development level.…”

“…The key research issues include the dynamic relationship between the energy consumption and economic growth [1][2][3][4][5] and coupled and coordinated development of energy, economy, and environment systems [6,7]. Research on low-carbonisation of energy consumption has been focused on evaluating the development of energy low-carbonisation and the development path [8][9][10][11]. However, research on evaluating the regional energy consumption differences from the perspective of low-carbon development is limited, and only a few researchers have examined the evolution characteristics of the coordinated development of the regional economy and low-carbonisation of energy consumption from the spatial and temporal dimensions.…”