Research on China’s rural household energy consumption - Household investigation of typical counties in 8 economic zones

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• 作者：Wang Xiaohua^a ; ^b ; ^{xhwang@njau.edu.cn} ; Li Kunquan^a ; ^b ; Li Hua^a ; ^b ; Bai Di^a ; ^b ; Liu Jingru^c
• 关键词：Biomass energy ; Household energy consumption ; Rural energy ; Household investigation ; China
• 刊名：Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：68
• 期：part_P1
• 页码：28-32
• 全文大小：306 K
• 卷排序：68

文摘

Rural household energy consumption is an important component of national energy consumption and plays an important role in rural social and ecological environment developments. In this paper, energy consumption of 1440 households in 8 typical counties of 8 China's economic zones was investigated. The investigation data analysis revealed significant difference of different economic zones in rural household energy consumption level and structure. For 8 studying counties, the annual average energy consumption per capita was 26.7 GJ, 10.4 GJ the lowest (Shanghang County) and 86.6 GJ the highest (Shulan County). In energy consumption, straw, biogas, fuel wood and electricity accounted for 44.33%, 23.13%, 12.79% and 9.61%, respectively. Rural families with high incomes preferred commercial energies (e.g. electricity and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)) to biomass energy (e.g. straw and fuel wood). The traditional biomass energy is still the main energy source for China's rural household. Research results provide references to understand current situations and future development of China's rural household energy consumption, and formulate related energy and environmental policies.