Perceived fiscal subsidy predicts rural residential acceptance of clean heating: Evidence from an indoor-survey in a pilot city in China

Gong, Yuanchao; Cai, Bofeng; Sun, Yan

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111687

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“…As can be seen, this problem must be solved in order to increase green energy investments. Additionally, Gong et al [40] and Breetz et al [41] also claimed that the governments should support green energy investors. Tax cuts to be applied to these projects will provide investors with a significant cost advantage.…”

Section: A Green Energy Investmentsmentioning

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TRIZ-Based Green Energy Project Evaluation Using Innovation Life Cycle and Fuzzy Modeling

2021

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This study evaluates theory of the solution of inventive problems (TRIZ)-based green energy project network based on innovation life cycle. In this context, TRIZ-based combinations are obtained by integer patterns for green energy projects. In the next phase, activity priorities of TRIZ-based principles are measured for green energy projects with Pythagorean fuzzy (PF) technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS). Finally, project evaluation review technique (PERT) and PF decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) approaches are taken into consideration to score the green energy projects based on innovation life cycle using inventive problem-solving principles. TRIZbased principles are also ranked by using Vise Kriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR). Additionally, all calculations have also been made with Spherical fuzzy (SF) sets in addition to the PF sets. It is concluded that the analysis results are quite reliable. The main contribution of this study is that innovative strategies are identified for green energy investment projects with a novel methodology. The findings indicate that dynamicity and transformation of properties play a crucial role in this process. Therefore, green energy investors should closely follow technological developments in this area and the products used in green energy investments should be easily adapted to these developments. Additionally, the principal of prior action should be considered to reduce the costs instead of periodic action. It is obvious that the necessary controls should be made before the project starts to increase the efficiency and productivity.

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Section: A Green Energy Investmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

TRIZ-Based Green Energy Project Evaluation Using Innovation Life Cycle and Fuzzy Modeling

2021

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“…According to International Energy Agency (IEA), energy subsidies are commonly used by governments to reduce residential energy consumption costs [8]. Price subsidies can effectively promote the use of clean energy [9,10]. As compared with bulk coal heating, clean heating in rural areas increases the cost of rural households [11].…”

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“…If the pricing mechanism is unreasonable, demands for electricity, natural gas, and transport fuels in the residential sector will be inelastic [13]. In the process of accepting policy, rural residents mentally rely too much on external financial support, which may affect the long-term effective execution of the policy [10]. The subsidy standard of clean heating is the key standard for ensuring sustainable development [14].…”

Section: Literature Review 21 Energy Subsidiesmentioning

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Subsidies, Clean Heating Choices, and Policy Costs: Evidence from Rural Households in Northern China

Song

Zhu

2020

Sustainability

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Clean heating renovation is important for optimizing the regional energy structure and improving the quality of the atmospheric environment in Northern China. According to survey data of 1298 rural households in the “coal-to-gas” reform in Hengshui of Hebei Province, in this paper, we construct a clean heating subsidy model which focuses on clean heating choices, the reburning rate, and the subsidy cost. The key parameters affecting farmers’ choice of clean heating, including the lifeline, classification of rural households, and gas price elasticity, are estimated. Furthermore, we simulate changes between the existing and new subsidy policies, including the impact on the welfare of rural residents. We present the following findings: (1) under the current subsidy standard, the level of gas heating lifeline in Hengshui is 700 m3, the proportion of low-gas-consumption households is approximately 47.38%, and the reburning rate ranges from 47.38% to 63.80%; (2) under a new subsidy standard which we designed to ensure that households will not reburn the coal, the optimal subsidy value is 1.23 CNY/m3, the optimal subsidy volume is 970 m3, and the total subsidy demonstrates an increase of 46.21%; and (3) the government’s subsidy standards should focus on low-income households.

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“…The persistent exposure of social dissatisfaction and mounting queries about the design of the project since 2017 have pointed to more complicated problems beyond the misbehaviors of local officials. Academic literature has not attended to this issue systematically, although researchers have started to evaluate the effectiveness of the project based on specific locations with different evaluation parameters (Wang et al, 2019a;Barrington-Leigh et al, 2019;Zhang et al, 2019b;Gong et al, 2020;Hu, 2020;Wu et al, 2020;Yan et al, 2020).…”

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De-Coalizing Rural China: A Critical Examination of the Coal to Clean Heating Project from a Policy Process Perspective

2021

Front. Energy Res.

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This article critically examines the Coal to Clean Heating Project (CCHP) implemented in rural northern China from a policy process perspective. On the one hand, CCHP is an effective environmental policy that has reduced a large quantity of low quality bulk coal; on the other hand, however, it has created mounting socio-economic and political challenges, pushing the well-intended project into a deep dilemma. Moreover, existent discussions tend to attribute the dilemma to the “inappropriate implementation” of street-level bureaucrats. Through the lens of policy process, this article identifies key features of five critical temporal stages of CCHP: agenda setting, policy formulation, policy implementation, policy evaluation and policy adjustment. It illustrates that the policy process of CCHP has followed a politics-administration-dominated approach characterized by both positive attributes such as rapid resource mobilization and efficient implementation, and negative factors such as deficient policy design, overuse of mandatory instruments, and neglect of social acceptance. The major challenges that CCHP currently faces are identified, and policy implications are proposed based on the insights drawn from the policy process perspective. It concludes by highlighting the complexity of energy transition and the strength of linking energy transition research with a policy process perspective.

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Perceived fiscal subsidy predicts rural residential acceptance of clean heating: Evidence from an indoor-survey in a pilot city in China

Cited by 55 publications

References 26 publications

TRIZ-Based Green Energy Project Evaluation Using Innovation Life Cycle and Fuzzy Modeling

TRIZ-Based Green Energy Project Evaluation Using Innovation Life Cycle and Fuzzy Modeling

Subsidies, Clean Heating Choices, and Policy Costs: Evidence from Rural Households in Northern China

De-Coalizing Rural China: A Critical Examination of the Coal to Clean Heating Project from a Policy Process Perspective

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