Energy efficiency and environmental regulations for mitigating carbon emissions in Chinese Provinces

IF 3.2 4区工程技术 Q3 ENERGY & FUELS

Energy Efficiency Pub Date : 2024-08-07 DOI:10.1007/s12053-024-10248-3

Magdalena Radulescu, Javier Cifuentes-Faura, Kamel Si Mohammed, Hind Alofaysan

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Taking into account the contributions of economic performance (GDP), urbanization (URB), industrial structure (IND), and renewable energy consumption (REC), this paper examines the impact of green technology innovation (GTE), energy efficiency (EF), and environmental regulation (ER) on CO2 emissions in Chinese provinces from 2010 to 2020. Using the GMM method for the initial estimation, the MMQR as 2nd generation test for robustness and innovative panel causality presented by the JKS test, we have found: 1) a one percent boom in GDP is linked with a 0.08% upward push in CO₂ emissions throughout 30 provinces in China. 2) the renewable energy and energy efficiency data seems to effectively decrease CO₂ emissions, with a more pronounced impact observed at the upper quantile. 3) The environmental policy is limited across all quantiles. The study examines novel implications regarding sustainable development and carbon neutrality objectives.

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中国各省降低碳排放的能效和环境法规

考虑到经济表现（GDP）、城市化（URB）、产业结构（IND）和可再生能源消费（REC）的贡献，本文研究了 2010-2020 年中国各省绿色技术创新（GTE）、能源效率（EF）和环境监管（ER）对二氧化碳排放的影响。通过使用 GMM 方法进行初始估计、MMQR 作为第二代稳健性检验以及 JKS 检验提出的创新性面板因果关系，我们发现：1）GDP 增长 1%与中国 30 个省份二氧化碳排放量上升 0.08%相关联。2）可再生能源和能源效率数据似乎能有效减少二氧化碳排放量，在上四分位数观察到更明显的影响。3) 环境政策在所有量级上都是有限的。本研究探讨了有关可持续发展和碳中和目标的新含义。

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Energy Efficiency ENERGY & FUELS-ENERGY & FUELS

CiteScore

5.80

自引率

6.50%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The journal Energy Efficiency covers wide-ranging aspects of energy efficiency in the residential, tertiary, industrial and transport sectors. Coverage includes a number of different topics and disciplines including energy efficiency policies at local, regional, national and international levels; long term impact of energy efficiency; technologies to improve energy efficiency; consumer behavior and the dynamics of consumption; socio-economic impacts of energy efficiency measures; energy efficiency as a virtual utility; transportation issues; building issues; energy management systems and energy services; energy planning and risk assessment; energy efficiency in developing countries and economies in transition; non-energy benefits of energy efficiency and opportunities for policy integration; energy education and training, and emerging technologies. See Aims and Scope for more details.