Industrial Structure Adjustment, Technology Innovation and Energy Efficiency Improvement - An Empirical Analysis Based on the Statistical Data of Hubei Province

Abstract:

This paper reviewed and analyzed the literature about the improvement mechanism of energy efficiency, examining the relationship among industrial structure adjustment, technology innovation and energy efficiency with Hubei province’s data during 2001~2010, and finding that industrial structure adjustment and technology innovation can promote energy efficiency very significantly. Even so, because the elimination of backward production capacity will be more difficult and the energy-saving space will be narrower, government should encourage citizens’ participation, pay more attention to the use of market mechanisms, and promote the development and application of the technology using preferential tax policies.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 734-737)
• Pages: 1688-1692
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.734-737.1688
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Ding Qiang Duan*, Qiu Hong Hu
• Keywords: Energy Consumption, Energy Efficiency, Industrial Structure Adjustment, Technology Innovation

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