Indicators for energy transition targets in China and Germany: A text analysis

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.106012

	Indicators for energy transition targets in China and Germany: A text analysis
	Yu, Lu 1,2,3; Xue, Bing 1; Stueckrad, Stefan 1; Thomas, Heiko 1; Cai, Guotian 4
刊名	ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
	2020-04-01
卷号	111 页码:11
关键词	Energy indicators Energy policy Energy governance Energy transition China Germany
ISSN号	1470-160X
DOI	10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.106012
通讯作者	Xue, Bing(bing.xue@iass-potsdam.de)
英文摘要	Indicators are an essential component of national strategies and policies relating to energy transition and regulation. Both China and Germany are expected to take the lead on the global effort to achieve clean energy and a reduction in GHG emissions. A better understanding of the institutional environment in both countries will guide those who follow them. By using text analysis, we have examined the main energy indicators used in official strategies and policies and divided them into ten categories. We have found that both countries value renewable energy as a solution to energy transition, although in China "non-fossil energy" appears more often in political documents, and "nuclear energy" is valued as an important source. In Germany, short-, medium- and long-term indicators are clearly stated and are consistent over time and between documents. Meanwhile, in China the indicators and targets are updated every five years, which fits with the rapid domestic development of the country but fails to provide a clear long-term vision. We argue that the roots of such differences can be found in governance systems, the global energy market, and national political and economic priorities, and that international cooperation is needed to standardize energy indicators so that the global energy transition can be navigated more effectively.
资助项目	Natural Science Foundation of China[41971166] ; Natural Science Foundation of China[41471116] ; German BMBF Kopernikus Project[4] ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS[2016181]
WOS关键词	SOLAR WATER-HEATERS ; RENEWABLE ENERGY ; CLIMATE POLICY ; SUSTAINABILITY ; SYSTEMS ; CONSUMPTION ; GOVERNANCE ; AUSTRALIA ; EMISSIONS ; INDUSTRY
WOS研究方向	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER
WOS记录号	WOS:000512603300054
资助机构	Natural Science Foundation of China ; German BMBF Kopernikus Project ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.giec.ac.cn/handle/344007/26609]
专题	中国科学院广州能源研究所
通讯作者	Xue, Bing
作者单位	1.IASS, Otto Nagel Str 14, D-14467 Potsdam, Germany 2.German Dev Inst, DIE, D-53113 Bonn, Germany 3.Zhejiang Univ, Dept Land Management, Hangzhou 310058, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou Inst Energy Convers, Guangzhou 510640, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yu, Lu,Xue, Bing,Stueckrad, Stefan,et al. Indicators for energy transition targets in China and Germany: A text analysis[J]. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS,2020,111:11.
APA	Yu, Lu,Xue, Bing,Stueckrad, Stefan,Thomas, Heiko,&Cai, Guotian.(2020).Indicators for energy transition targets in China and Germany: A text analysis.ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS,111,11.
MLA	Yu, Lu,et al."Indicators for energy transition targets in China and Germany: A text analysis".ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS 111(2020):11.