Regional renewable energy development in China: A multidimensional assessment

Wang, Y; Zhang, D; Ji, Q; Shi, X

Regional renewable energy development in China: A multidimensional assessment

Wang, Y Zhang, D Ji, Q Shi, X

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020, 124
Issue Date:: 2020-05-01

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dc.contributor.author	Wang, Y
dc.contributor.author	Zhang, D
dc.contributor.author	Ji, Q
dc.contributor.author	Shi, X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9653-7395
dc.date.accessioned	2020-09-22T20:31:15Z
dc.date.available	2020-09-22T20:31:15Z
dc.date.issued	2020-05-01
dc.identifier.citation	Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020, 124
dc.identifier.issn	1364-0321
dc.identifier.issn	1879-0690
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/142815
dc.description.abstract	© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Renewable energy (RE) is strategically important to achieve sustainability. Its development in China, however, is clearly imbalanced across regions. The uneven distribution of natural resources, financial resources and other factors across this country has brought serious challenges to the policymakers. It is thus important to give a comprehensive evaluation of China's regional RE development. To do so, this paper introduces a multidimensional approach and establishes a quantitative evaluation framework. Based on the existing literature, five dimensions of factors have been chosen for the framwork: economic foundation, institutions, technological development potential, energy security and environmental protection, and current status of the RE sector. A dynamic principal component analysis technique is applied to data from 29 provinces between 2008 and 2014. The results demonstrate large variations in RE development across provinces in China. More economically developed regions, such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong, have maintained a higher ranking and have clear advantages in almost all dimensions. Policy implications and recommendations for more balanced development across China are drawn from the empirical results. This approach can also be extended to investigate similar issues in other countries.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.rser.2020.109797
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	09 Engineering
dc.subject.classification	Energy
dc.title	Regional renewable energy development in China: A multidimensional assessment
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	124
utslib.for	09 Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)/Australia-China Relations Institute
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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dc.date.updated	2020-09-22T20:31:09Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	124

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© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Renewable energy (RE) is strategically important to achieve sustainability. Its development in China, however, is clearly imbalanced across regions. The uneven distribution of natural resources, financial resources and other factors across this country has brought serious challenges to the policymakers. It is thus important to give a comprehensive evaluation of China's regional RE development. To do so, this paper introduces a multidimensional approach and establishes a quantitative evaluation framework. Based on the existing literature, five dimensions of factors have been chosen for the framwork: economic foundation, institutions, technological development potential, energy security and environmental protection, and current status of the RE sector. A dynamic principal component analysis technique is applied to data from 29 provinces between 2008 and 2014. The results demonstrate large variations in RE development across provinces in China. More economically developed regions, such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong, have maintained a higher ranking and have clear advantages in almost all dimensions. Policy implications and recommendations for more balanced development across China are drawn from the empirical results. This approach can also be extended to investigate similar issues in other countries.

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