Is China's energy policy effective for power plants? Evidence from the 12th Five-Year Plan energy saving targets

N Zhang, Y Zhao, N Wang - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
We propose the meta-frontier hybrid data envelopment analysis (MHDEA) model, a non-
parametric methodology, to assess the total factor carbon performance index (TCPI) of …

Analysis on operational efficiency and its influencing factors of China's nuclear power plants

B Lin, Y Xie - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
After implementing the new reform policy of the electric system in 2015, the market-oriented
reform of nuclear power prices has been further deepened, as China's nuclear power plants …

Improve technical efficiency of China's coal-fired power enterprises: Taking a coal-fired-withdrawl context

G Li, L Ruonan, M Yingdan, Z Xiaoli - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In the process of energy transition, reference standards are needed to guide the orderly
withdrawal of coal-fired power enterprises. This study applies stochastic frontier analysis to …

Assessing China's provincial electricity spot market pilot operations: Lessons from Guangdong province

Y Liu, Z Jiang, B Guo - Energy Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Aiming at improving the efficiency of power generation, China announced its plan to reform
the electricity wholesale market. A focal point of the wholesale market reform is to introduce …

Carbon efficiency and abatement cost of China's coal-fired power plants

L Du, Y Lu, C Ma - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose a new model to investigate the carbon efficiency and carbon
abatement cost of coal-fired power plants in China based on the directional distance …

What is the appropriate pricing mechanism for China's renewable energy in a new era?

X Zhao, Z Zhong, C Gan, F Yan, S Zhang - Computers & Industrial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Along with the cost reduction and the scaling up of renewable energy, China is phasing out
its feed-in tariff (FIT) approach, a fixed pricing mechanism which has been applied to China's …

The environmental benefits of electricity industry restructuring in China: Ownership mixing vs. vertical unbundling

C Wang, Y Guo, Y Yang, S Chen - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
Ownership mixing and vertical unbundling are the two pending restructuring reforms in
electricity industry in many developing countries, while few studies compared the two …

Does the local electricity price affect labor demand? Evidence from China's industrial enterprises

J Li, Q Jiang, K Dong, X Dong - Environment, Development and …, 2022 - Springer
With increasing global concerns about the environment, the crucial question of how to
balance employment and environmental protection has become one of the central issues …

Has the market-oriented reform of 2015 affected the performance of China's power grid firms?

BC Xie, N Duan, KK Ni, T Zhang - Energy and Climate Change, 2022 - Elsevier
The efficiency analysis of incentive regulations on utilities is an important issue to investigate
the impact of the market-oriented reform. This paper analyzes the influence of the 2015 …

The Impacts of Market Segmentation on Thermal Power Generation Efficiency

M Liu, C Ju, Y Wang - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022 - frontiersin.org
China's power industry is in a critical transformation period. The new round of power system
reform in 2015 will have a profound impact on China's power industry. Therefore, it's …