Embodied energy use in China's infrastructure investment from 1992 to 2007: Calculation and policy implications

Hongtao Liu, Youmin Xi*, Bingqun Ren, Heng Zhou

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Abstract

Infrastructure has become an important topic in a variety of areas of the policy debate, including energy saving and climate change. In this paper, we use an energy input-output model to evaluate the amounts of China's embodied energy use in infrastructure investment from 1992 to 2007. We also use the structure decomposition model to analyze the factors impacting the embodied energy use in infrastructure investment for the same time period. The results show that embodied energy use in infrastructure investment accounted for a significant proportion of China's total energy use with an increasing trend and reflect that improper infrastructure investment represents inefficient use of energy and other resources. Some quantitative information is provided for further determining the low carbon development potentials of China's economy.

Original languageEnglish
Article number858103
JournalScientific World Journal
Volume2012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes

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