Research on the Distribution Dynamics and Convergence of Renewable Energy in China

Dongxiao Yang and Lingjie Liu ()
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Dongxiao Yang: Collage of Economics and Trade, Hunan University of Technology and Business, Changsha 410205, China
Lingjie Liu: Collage of Economics and Trade, Hunan University of Technology and Business, Changsha 410205, China

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 9, 1-22

Abstract: It is important to study the difference, distribution dynamics and convergence of China’s renewable energy development level to stimulate its potential. Based on China’s provincial panel data from 2006 to 2021, this paper analyzes the regional characteristics of China’s renewable energy development using the Dagum Gini coefficient, kernel density estimation, σ convergence and spatial β convergence, and draws the following conclusions: Firstly, renewable energy in the country and the four major regions have achieved stable growth. Secondly, the intra-group differences in China and the four major regions are gradually decreasing, and the contribution rate of inter-group differences to the overall differences is gradually increasing, which is the main source of the overall differences. Thirdly, the national renewable energy development has a positive spatial correlation. Fourthly, there are σ convergence and spatial β convergence in the whole country and the four major regions; the σ convergence coefficient gradually decreases, and the β convergence regression coefficient is significantly negative. Therefore, this paper proposes the following recommendations: formulate government policies according to local conditions, strengthen technical exchanges and cooperation among regions, and encourage investment in renewable energy development; thus, we can promote a more efficient realization of the “dual carbon” goal.

Keywords: the difference; distribution dynamics; convergence; renewable energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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