Comprehensive Evaluation of the New Energy Power Generation Development at the Regional Level: An Empirical Analysis from China

Xiaoye Jin, Meiying Li and Fansheng Meng
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Xiaoye Jin: School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
Meiying Li: Accounting College, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin 150001, China
Fansheng Meng: School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 23, 1-15

Abstract: In order to build an environment-friendly society and realize the coordinated allocation and effective utilization of resources and finally achieve China’s energy supply security, it is imperative to vigorously develop new energy sources. This study establishes a four-level new energy power generation (NEPG) development index system from multiple dimensions. Taking the installed capacity and generating capacity of China’s NEPG in 2016 and 2017 as samples, we used the improved entropy method, to analyze the development of different types of NEPG among 31 provinces from three aspects: absolute value, relative value, and incremental value. Finally, we comprehensively evaluated the NEPG development in each province. The empirical analysis shows that the spatial distribution of NEPG development in China is uneven, the growth rate is different, the development gap is obvious, and the development efficiency is quite different.

Keywords: NEPG; development; improved entropy method; Pearson correlation; K-means clustering (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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