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Survey of rural household energy consumption in China

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  • Xiaohua, Wang
  • Zhenming, Fend

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Based on comprehensive energy surveys of 3240 households in six different regions, we present the level and structure of rural household energy consumption. There are large differences among regions which depend on locality and availability of fuels. Energy consumption per household accounts for 700–1200 kgce (we use 7000 kcal/kgce), 40–60% of which is used for cooking; 60–90% of total household energy consumption is in the form of biomass. The average energy-conversion efficiency using biomass fuels is in the range 10–20%. Where the strain of traditional patterns of biomass use on the resource base became too severe, the balance between local agricultural and hillside ecosystems has unraveled and caused accelerating destruction of limited land resources. Higher income households need more commercial energy, especially in the form of electricity. Rural household energy will continue to depend mainly on biomass.

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  • Xiaohua, Wang & Zhenming, Fend, 1996. "Survey of rural household energy consumption in China," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 21(7), pages 703-705.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:21:y:1996:i:7:p:703-705
    DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(96)00019-9
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    1. Christophe Muller & Huijie Yan, 2018. "Household Fuel Use in Rural China," Working Papers halshs-01735847, HAL.
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    5. Barron, Eric & Chapman, Duane & Khanna, Neha & Rose, Adam Z. & Schultz, Peter A. & Kasting, James F., 1996. "Penn State -Cornell Integrated Assessment Model," Working Papers 127929, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management.
    6. Mirza, Bilal & Kemp, Rene, 2009. "Why Rural Rich Remain Energy Poor," MERIT Working Papers 2009-024, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
    7. Csutora, Maria & Zsoka, Agnes & Harangozo, Gabor, 2021. "The Grounded Survey – An integrative mixed method for scrutinizing household energy behavior," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).

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