TY - JOUR
T1 - Regional energy efficiency evaluation in China
T2 - A super efficiency slack-based measure model with undesirable outputs
AU - Yang, Ting
AU - Chen, Wen
AU - Zhou, Kaile
AU - Ren, Minglun
PY - 2018/10/10
Y1 - 2018/10/10
N2 - With the rapid development of global economy, the demand for energy has increased significantly. Therefore, energy efficiency improvement is essential for global energy and economic transformation. In the Chinese context, study on the energy efficiency of various provinces can contribute to better understand China's energy utilization status and provide policy implications for improving China's energy utilization efficiency. In this study, based on the super efficiency slack-based measure model with undesirable outputs, the energy efficiency of China's 30 provinces in 2013 and 2014 was investigated. Then, the energy efficiency of the eastern, central and western China was compared and further discussed. Finally, according to the results, the relevant policy implications were put forward. The results showed that China's overall energy efficiency had decreased while taking the undesirable outputs into consideration. In addition, eastern China had the highest energy efficiency and the energy efficiency of western China was relatively low. The energy efficiency gap among China's provinces was still large. Therefore, it was necessary to improve China's overall energy efficiency by developing targeted policies considering regional conditions.
AB - With the rapid development of global economy, the demand for energy has increased significantly. Therefore, energy efficiency improvement is essential for global energy and economic transformation. In the Chinese context, study on the energy efficiency of various provinces can contribute to better understand China's energy utilization status and provide policy implications for improving China's energy utilization efficiency. In this study, based on the super efficiency slack-based measure model with undesirable outputs, the energy efficiency of China's 30 provinces in 2013 and 2014 was investigated. Then, the energy efficiency of the eastern, central and western China was compared and further discussed. Finally, according to the results, the relevant policy implications were put forward. The results showed that China's overall energy efficiency had decreased while taking the undesirable outputs into consideration. In addition, eastern China had the highest energy efficiency and the energy efficiency of western China was relatively low. The energy efficiency gap among China's provinces was still large. Therefore, it was necessary to improve China's overall energy efficiency by developing targeted policies considering regional conditions.
KW - Energy efficiency
KW - Slack-based measure model
KW - Super efficiency model
KW - Undesirable outputs
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.07.098
DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.07.098
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0959-6526
VL - 198
SP - 859
EP - 866
JO - Journal of Cleaner Production
JF - Journal of Cleaner Production
ER -
