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Energy Trends: À Chinese Focus

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  • Sergei Petrovich Popov

    (Energy Systems Institute n.a. L.A. Melentyev, SB RAS)

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Due to the scale and diversity of nature and economic conditions of China the author investigates energy consumption trends of household sector (ResCom) not only in temporal but also in spatial dimension. The paper identifies the China’s ResCom energy consumption patterns on a basis of scientific publications review and confirms it by analysis of specialized data, derived from the statistical information at provincial level. The study concludes that by 2012 (for more than 25 years period) ResCom energy consumption in China was formed by the following trends: a) provinces and regions of China vary greatly in levels and structure of energy consumption in municipal sector; b) growth in specific consumption of energy services continues at high rates for all provinces; c) increase in consumption share of network energy resources; d) there is a interchangeability of consumption of petroleum products and natural gas to the public; e) there is a significant potential of growth in ResCom energy consumption; f) after 2008, there was a growth elasticity of GRP on energy consumption of China’s ResCom. The findings can be used to disaggregate energy consumption and forecast the development of energy infrastructure in China.

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  • Sergei Petrovich Popov, 2015. "Energy Trends: À Chinese Focus," Spatial Economics=Prostranstvennaya Ekonomika, Economic Research Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (Khabarovsk, Russia), issue 3, pages 142-157.
    • Handle: RePEc:far:spaeco:y:2015:i:3:p:142-157
    DOI: 10.14530/se.2015.3.142-157
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