『Abstract
The study analyzes China's industrial energy consumption trends
from 1996 to 2010 with a focus on the impact of the Top-1000 Enterprises
Energy-Saving Program and the Ten Key Energy-Saving Projects.
From 1996 to 2010, China's industrial energy consumption increased
by 134%, even as the industrial economic energy intensity decreased
by 46%. Decomposition analysis shows that the production effect
was the dominant cause of the rapid growth in industrial energy
consumption, while the efficiency effect was the major factor
showing the growth of industrial energy consumption. The structural
effect had a relatively small and fluctuating influence. Analysis
shows the strong association of industrial energy consumption
with the growth of China's economy and changing energy policies.
An assessment of the Top-1000 Enterprises Energy-Saving Program
and the Ten Key Energy-saving Projects indicates that the economic
energy intensity of major energy-intensive industrial sub-sectors,
as well as the physical energy intensity of major energy-intensive
industrial products, decreased significantly during China's 11th
Five Year Plan (FYP) period (2006-2010). This study also shows
the importance and challenge of realizing structural change toward
less energy-intensive activities in China during the 12th FYP
period (2011-2015).
Keywords: Industry; Energy intensity; Decomposition』
1. Introduction
2. Data
3. Results and analysis
3.1. Energy intensity, elasticity, and decomposition
3.2. Assessment of the impact of the Top-1000 Program and the
Ten Key Projects
3.2.1. Assessment of energy savings of Top-1000 Program
3.2.2. Assessment of energy savings of the Ten Key Projects
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References