Is financial development beneficial to improve the efficiency of green development? Evidence from the “Belt and Road” countries

L Yang, M Ni - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
With the deepening of “the Belt and Road”(B&R) construction, green development has
become a consensus. Financial backing is considered essential both in political and …

Assessing the green energy development in China and its carbon reduction effect: Using a quantile approach

B Xu, B Lin - Energy Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
Developing green energy has become a critical way to deal with energy shortage and global
warming. The objective is to investigate the driving factors of green energy development in …

Spatiotemporal characteristics and influencing factors of renewable energy production in China: A spatial econometric analysis

J Xu, T Lv, X Hou, X Deng, N Li, F Liu - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigates the spatiotemporal distribution characteristics and influencing factors
of renewable energy production to inform the optimization of renewable energy production …

Understanding the green total factor energy efficiency gap between regional manufacturing—insight from infrastructure development

Y Chen, B Lin - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Infrastructure development and energy efficiency improvement are crucial to the high-quality
transformation of the economy. However, little literature discusses how infrastructure …

How to control China's energy consumption through technological progress: a spatial heterogeneous investigation

J Huang, S Xiang, P Wu, X Chen - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Technological progress has long been recognised as one of the most effective tools for
resolving the contradiction between economic growth and energy consumption. However …

Ideal scheme selection of an integrated conventional and renewable energy system combining multi-objective optimization and matching performance analysis

J Xu, Y Chen, J Wang, PD Lund, D Wang - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Integrating advanced renewable energy into traditional energy systems could be quite
beneficial for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. A solar and geothermal energy …

How has China's urban compactness affected urban CO2 abatement costs?

K Yin, X Yao - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2025 - Elsevier
While many studies highlight the substantial emissions reduction potential of compact urban
structures, their economic implications for carbon abatement are often overlooked. Unlike …

Does economic development help achieve the goals of environmental regulation? Evidence from partially linear functional-coefficient model

A Wang, S Hu, J Li - Energy Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
The goal of environmental regulations is to reduce pollutant emissions without substantial
hamper to economy. However, the impacts of environmental regulations on economic …

Using machine learning to model technological heterogeneity in carbon emission efficiency evaluation: The case of China's cities

A Wang, S Hu, J Li - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
Improving carbon emission efficiency is essential to address climate change. The widely
used methods of modelling heterogeneity in efficiency evaluation tend to artificially classify …

Has China's carbon emissions trading (CET) policy improved green investment in carbon-intensive enterprises?

YJ Zhang, W Shi - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper develops an intertemporal theoretical model of enterprises' green investment
behavior to reveal the role of carbon emissions trading (CET) in promoting enterprise green …