Energy usage, problems and policy proposals: evidence from distinctive villages in poverty-stricken loess areas

International Conference on Energy Engineering and Environmental Protection 2017

能源学;生态环境科学

Xie, Xinglong^1 ; Xue, Weixian^1

Xi'An University of Technology, Xi'an

710048, China^1

关键词: Energy engineering;    Energy patterns;    Energy usage;    Growing bodies;    Plant damage;    Remaining Power;    Sample areas;    Soil erosion;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/121/5/052097/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/121/5/052097

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this paper is to examine energy consumption among poverty-stricken loess areas of middle Gansu, and put forward a settlement to energy upgrading and meanwhile mitigating environmental contagion and shaking off poverty. Energy consumption of 371 households from 3 distinctive categories of landform is explored. The surveyed data investigation displays that energy consumption composition is marked by clear dissimilarity of power mix, with stalk(41%) and coal(32.3%) acting as the major form, fire grass a powerful supplement, and the remaining power resources playing a tiny part for the mountain; coal(52.45%) being the dominant power, dry grasses(20%) and stalk (17.6%) performing a supplemental part, other resources of power being at the insignificant position for the semi-mountain; beside which there being a similar energy pattern on the plain except stalk composing a tiny share of 7.5%. This energy mix is mainly attributed to economic poverty, and provokes a list of ills such as plant damage, water loss and soil erosion, ultimately posing a formidable threat to sustainable development. A fresh energy engineering mode termed quaternity-dominating pattern is introduced and addressed, which can lift the sample areas out of poverty both in economics and energy. The paper concludes with pointing out practical proposals on launching and running this energy engineering project for the sample areas. This paper contributes to the growing body of knowledge by exploring energy use among poverty-stricken regions, usually being disregarded in most studies of China.