TITLE:
Regional Differences and Convergence Analysis of Green Energy Efficiency in China
AUTHORS:
Xiaoyu Liu, Hao Li
KEYWORDS:
Green Energy Efficiency, Super-SBM, Spatial Econometrics
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Power and Energy Engineering,
Vol.6 No.6,
June
28,
2018
ABSTRACT: As an important aspect for the survival and development of human society, energy is an important factor that restricts the economic and social development of a country. This paper measured the green energy efficiency of thirty provinces of China from 2000 to 2016 by using the Super-SBM, introducing it to the spatial economic model to study the convergence of green energy efficiency. The results show that: the overall green energy efficiency of China shows a downward trend with time, and it gradually decreases from east to west. The three regions have significant differences. Among them, there is no β absolute convergence trend for the eastern, central, western regions and the country as a whole, but there is β relative convergence. The level of economic development, R & D investment, the level of technology improvement, and foreign direct investment have positive effects on the development of green energy efficiency. The industrial structure has a positive effect in the eastern but a negative effect in the western.