Impact of high-speed rail opening on the site selection of renewable energy enterprises: empirical evidence from China

IF 5.8 3区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Carbon Balance and Management Pub Date : 2025-08-26 DOI:10.1186/s13021-025-00321-4

Wenjun Han, Xianhua Wu, Yiting Wang, Shiyun Huang

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Abstract

High-speed rail is a crucial transportation infrastructure in China and has a significant impact on the location choice of renewable energy enterprises. However, it is unclear how substantial is this impact, and how can it be measured. Research on these topics is quite limited. This study collects the data on various prefecture-level cities in China and their renewable energy enterprises from 2006 to 2020. Using high-speed rail openings as a dummy variable and a multi-period Difference-in-Differences (DID) approach, this study empirically examines the effect of high-speed rail openings on the site selection of renewable energy enterprises. The findings indicate that: (1) The coefficient for the impact of high-speed rail openings on the site selection of renewable energy enterprises is significantly positive, suggesting that high-speed rail policies facilitate cites’ acceptance of these enterprises; (2) There is a regional imbalance in the site selection for renewable energy enterprises, with economically developed cities showing greater receptivity; (3) Cities with higher waste treatment rates tend to attract more renewable energy enterprises.

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高铁开通对可再生能源企业选址的影响：来自中国的经验证据

高速铁路是中国重要的交通基础设施，对可再生能源企业的区位选择具有重要影响。然而，目前尚不清楚这种影响有多大，以及如何衡量。对这些主题的研究相当有限。本研究收集了2006 - 2020年中国各地级市及其可再生能源企业的数据。本研究以高铁开放度为虚拟变量，采用多期差分法实证考察了高铁开放度对可再生能源企业选址的影响。研究结果表明：(1)高铁开通对可再生能源企业选址的影响系数显著为正，表明高铁政策促进了城市对可再生能源企业的接纳；②可再生能源企业的选址存在区域不平衡，经济发达的城市可接受性更强；(3)垃圾处理率高的城市往往吸引更多的可再生能源企业。

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Carbon Balance and Management Environmental Science-Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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7.60

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14 weeks

期刊介绍： Carbon Balance and Management is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of research aimed at developing a comprehensive policy relevant to the understanding of the global carbon cycle. The global carbon cycle involves important couplings between climate, atmospheric CO2 and the terrestrial and oceanic biospheres. The current transformation of the carbon cycle due to changes in climate and atmospheric composition is widely recognized as potentially dangerous for the biosphere and for the well-being of humankind, and therefore monitoring, understanding and predicting the evolution of the carbon cycle in the context of the whole biosphere (both terrestrial and marine) is a challenge to the scientific community. This demands interdisciplinary research and new approaches for studying geographical and temporal distributions of carbon pools and fluxes, control and feedback mechanisms of the carbon-climate system, points of intervention and windows of opportunity for managing the carbon-climate-human system. Carbon Balance and Management is a medium for researchers in the field to convey the results of their research across disciplinary boundaries. Through this dissemination of research, the journal aims to support the work of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) and to provide governmental and non-governmental organizations with instantaneous access to continually emerging knowledge, including paradigm shifts and consensual views.