A Comparative Method for Assessment of Sustainable Energy Development across Regions: An Analysis of 30 Provinces in China

Jiayang Chen, Ying Kong, Shunyong Yin and Jianjun Xia ()
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Jiayang Chen: Department of Building Science, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Ying Kong: Department of Building Science, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Shunyong Yin: Department of Building Science, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Jianjun Xia: Department of Building Science, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 15, 1-19

Abstract: Sustainable energy development (SED) has attracted the attention of the whole world. It has a wide range of concepts and rich connotations, which is difficult to be described with a single indicator. Therefore, scholars usually use multiple indicators to evaluate SED in multiple dimensions. Existing studies mostly took countries as the research objects, and there were fewer studies on sub-regions (provincial-level regions). In fact, due to factors such as resource endowment and industrial structure, there would be obvious differences in the energy system of different regions even within a country, such as China. This study took 30 provinces in China from 2010 to 2019 as the research object, and constructed a provincial-level SED evaluation system. Analytical methods of indicator contribution were also proposed to evaluate the improvement of specific indicators and their contribution to SED on both spatial and temporal scales. The findings could help identify where provinces are doing well or poorly in SED, thereby clarifying priorities for future improvements.

Keywords: sustainable energy development; energy indicators; Chinese provinces (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: 2022
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