Effect of Coal Consumption on the Upgrading of Industrial Structure

Abstract

This paper attempts to study the effect of China’s coal consumption on the upgrading of industrial structure based on the relevant data obtained from the China Statistical Yearbook (1992–2021). The results showed that (1) China’s coal consumption has a downward trend, but it is still more than 56.8%. Similarly, the consumption of nonpetrochemical energy is not high, but the increase with respect to time is large. (2) Percentage of China’s tertiary industry reached a maximum of 54.5% in 2020. However, there is a huge gap when compared to the global data. For example, the tertiary industries accounted for 77.4% in the US in 2017 and 71.3% in the UK in 2019. (3) In the short term, China’s coal consumption will continue to promote the upgrading of industrial structure; in the long run, it is not obvious that China’s coal consumption continues to drive the upgrading of industrial structure. (4) The intensity of the sustainable driving effect of China’s coal consumption on the upgrading of industrial structure will gradually weaken from 0.0647 to 0.00102.

Analysis of the Sustainable Driving Effect of Building Energy Consumption on Economic Development Based on the Sustainable Driving Force Model

“…Ref. [57] directly uses the Granger causality test and distributed lag model to study the impact of coal consumption on industrial structure upgrading, but quantitative research on SDF is not expanded in the discussion. Based on the above discussion, the following research is conducted in this article.…”

“…Secondly, drawing on Refs. [45,57] and using the Granger causality test and distributed lag regression model in econometrics, a systematic quantitative study of SDF is conducted. Finally, the quantitative research method of SDF model is used to study the sustainable driving effect of BEC on China's economic development, which verifies the research results of SDF.…”

Bimetallic-MOF-Derived ZnxCo3–xO4/Carbon Nanofiber Composited Sorbents for High-Temperature Coal Gas Desulfurization

“…As the largest coal consumer in the world, China has increased its coal consumption from 4980 million tons to 5210 million tons despite a reduction of its proportion in the national energy structure from 56.8 to 56.0% in 2021 . The clean and efficient utilization of coal thus becomes significant for the country to achieve the strategic goal of “emission peak and carbon neutralization”.…”

“…As the largest coal consumer in the world, China has increased its coal consumption from 4980 million tons to 5210 million tons despite a reduction of its proportion in the national energy structure from 56.8 to 56.0% in 2021. 1 The clean and efficient utilization of coal thus becomes significant for the country to achieve the strategic goal of "emission peak and carbon neutralization". Nevertheless, in the clean transformation of coal, coal gas, as an indispensable raw material and power source, corrodes equipment and causes catalyst poisoning in subsequent processes due to the presence of H 2 S in it.…”

Porous Carbon Nanofibers Supported Zn@MnOx Sorbents with High Dispersion and Loading for Hot Coal Gas Desulfurization

“…Coal consumption has been increased from 2830 million tons to 2934 million tons in China in 2021. 1 The clean and efficient utilization of coal thus becomes significant for the country to achieve the strategic goal of "Emission peak and carbon neutralization". Nevertheless, in the clean transformation of coal, coal gas, as an indispensable raw material and power source, corrodes equipment and causes catalyst poisoning in subsequent processes, for the presence of H 2 S in it.…”