It is a significant topic of the development of Chinese macro economy in medium and long term to build high-efficiency modern energy system and balance the relation between ecological environmental protection and development of economic society. Based on the theory of sustainable development, the domestic and foreign researches involving energy, environment and economic growth are collected in the three aspects of environment & energy safety, energy development (economic growth) & environmental protection and energy substitution (renewable energy) & energy forecast. The main characters and defects of existing research findings are summarized and the outlook of future further researches is given.