An Empirical Study of Energy Industry with Energy Materials and an Indexing System

Abstract:

Since energy saving and energy materials is becoming a hot theme, the new energy industry is developing quickly in China, but it is vague how to develop in the future. So a technology foresight to new energy industry is important for energy saving and energy materials. In this paper, an indexes system for technology foresight of new energy industry is built. An empirical study is given through Shaanxi’s data, and the technology fields and tasks of new energy industry during future five years are forecasted by questionnaire survey and Delphi method. This study can provide government helpful advices to regulate development trend and adjust structure of energy industry and energy saving.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 578)
• Pages: 12-16
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.578.12
• Online since: October 2012
• Authors: Wei Xian Xue, Rong Guo
• Keywords: Energy Saving, Indexes System, Questionnaire Survey, Technology Foresight

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