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ArticleJournal of cleaner production2022

The COVID-19 pandemic and energy transitions: Evidence from low-carbon power generation in China.

Kai Li, Shaozhou Qi, Xunpeng Shi

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Article in Journal of cleaner production, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Kai LiClimate Change and Energy Economics Study Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Shaozhou QiClimate Change and Energy Economics Study Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Xunpeng ShiAustralia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to a decline in carbon emissions or an improvement in air quality. Yet little is known about how the pandemic has affected the "low-carbon" energy transition. Here, using difference-in-differences (DID) models with historical controls, this study analyzed the overall impact of COVID-19 on China's low-carbon power generation and examined the COVID-19 effect on the direction of the energy transition with a monthly province-specific, source-specific dataset. It was found that the COVID-19 pandemic increased the low-carbon power generation by 4.59% (0.0648 billion kWh), mainly driven by solar and wind power generation, especially solar power generation. Heterogeneous effects indicate that the pandemic has accelerated the transition of the power generation mix and the primary energy mix from carbon-intensive energy to modern renewables (such as solar and wind power). Finally, this study put forward several policy implications, including the need to promote the long-term development of renewables, green recovery, and so on.

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ChinaEnergy transitionLow-carbon power generationThe COVID-19 pandemic

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PMID35847606
PMCPMC9270063

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