The Impact of Renewable Energy Development on Regional Carbon Emission Reduction
Based on the Spatio-Temporal Analysis of 30 Provinces in China
发表日期：2025-06-12
期刊：Environmental management
作者：Chuang Li; Xiaofan Yang; Liping Wang
单位：Finance and Economics College, Jimei University, Xiamen, 361021, China. lindsey18@jmu.edu.cn.;School of Business Administration, Jimei University, Xiamen, 361021, China
摘要：The development of renewable energy has become an important means for the world to cope with climate change, ensure energy security, and protect the ecological environment. Using the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2013 to 2021, this study used the mediating effect model and the spatial Durbin model (SDM) to explore the mechanism and spatial effects of renewable energy development on China's regional carbon emission reduction. The results show that: (1) Renewable energy development can help to reduce carbon emission intensity. (2) The results of mechanism analysis show that renewable energy development reduces carbon intensity by improving energy structure, promoting industrial structure optimization, and industrial structure upgrading. (3) The development of renewable energy can not only reduce the local carbon intensity but also have a positive spillover effect on the carbon intensity of neighboring regions. (4) Further analysis shows that the long-term effect of renewable energy development on carbon emissions is greater than the short-term effect. At the same time, the heterogeneity analysis shows that compared with the Yellow River basin, the development of renewable energy has a significant carbon emission reduction effect in the Yangtze River Economic Belt region. Energy-rich areas fall into the "resource curse", which makes the carbon emission reduction effect of renewable energy development not significant. This paper has certain reference significance for promoting reasonable decomposition between regions and formulating renewable energy development policies.
关键词：Carbon intensity;Dynamic spatial Durbin model;Regional carbon reduction;Renewable energy;Spatial spillover effect
链接：The Impact of Renewable Energy Development on Regional Carbon Emission Reduction: Based on the Spatio-Temporal Analysis of 30 Provinces in China.
