Special Issue "Energy Economy Aspect of Sustainability"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 September 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Yu Hao
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Guest Editor
School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, 100081 Beijing, China
Interests: environmental policy; ecological economics; energy economics
Prof. Dr. Shengling Zhang
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Guest Editor
School of Economics and Resource Management, Beijing Normal University, 100875 Beijng, China
Interests: energy economics; resource economics; environmental policy
Dr. Haitao Wu
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Guest Editor
School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, 100081 Beijing, China
Interests: environmental policy; ecological economics; energy economics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Economic development requires a lot of energy; however, the excessive consumption of energy causes environmental pollution. Due to this and to the fact that energy resources are limited, it has become increasingly important to improve energy efficiency so to control in a coordinated manner energy production and use, environment health, and economic development. The development of new energy production technologies and the improvement of energy utilization technologies can, to a certain extent, improve energy efficiency, save production costs, and reduce pollutant emissions. So far, the increase in energy demands has led to a waste of energy resources without improving their utilization, thus causing serious environmental damage. The emission of environmental pollutants has become the now unsustainable output of energy input. In fact, on the one hand, it damages the ecosystem and affects human life; on the other hand, the investment of capital, labor, technology, and other elements to control environmental pollution is hindering the economic growth. Therefore, it is necessary to find a way to improve energy efficiency and reduce the negative effects of uncontrolled energy consumption. In this respect, technological progress is an effective means to improve energy efficiency and promote sustainable development.

This Special Issue will collect selected papers presenting original and innovative contributions to the study of technological progress, green investment, digital economy, energy efficiency, and sustainable development.

Prof. Dr. Yu Hao
Prof. Dr. Shengling Zhang
Dr. Haitao Wu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • green investment
  • total factor energy efficiency
  • digital economy
  • environmental regulation
  • ecological sustainability
  • sustainable development
  • technological progress

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How Do International Conflicts Impact China’s Energy Security and Economic Growth? A Case Study of the US Economic Sanctions on Iran
Sustainability 2021, 13(12), 6903; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126903 - 18 Jun 2021
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International conflicts cause global energy price fluctuations and supply disruptions, which can threaten energy security and economic growth in energy-importing countries, including China. However, the implications and impact mechanisms of international conflicts on the energy security and economy of oil-importing countries have been [...] Read more.
International conflicts cause global energy price fluctuations and supply disruptions, which can threaten energy security and economic growth in energy-importing countries, including China. However, the implications and impact mechanisms of international conflicts on the energy security and economy of oil-importing countries have been poorly explored. Using US economic sanctions on Iran as a case, a global energy-extended computable general equilibrium model, GTAP-E, is employed to assess the impacts of international conflicts on China’s energy production, trade and supply, sectoral outputs, and economic growth. The results indicate that the USA–Iran tension would threaten China’s energy security, mainly due to the instability of the energy supply and the consequent upsurge of energy prices. However, if increased oil exports from other Persian Gulf countries compensate for the global oil supply shortages, China’s energy supply would be generally assured. Moreover, because of the close energy cooperation links between Iran and China, the sanctions could decrease the Chinese outputs of non-energy sectors and economic growth. Nevertheless, compared with sole-sanction situations, the results from a possible USA–Iran tension escalation, going as far as Iran’s closure of the Hormuz Strait, could pose a more serious risk to China’s energy security and economic growth. Full article
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Analysis of the Impacts of Economic Growth Targets and Marketization on Energy Efficiency: Evidence from China
Sustainability 2021, 13(8), 4393; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084393 - 15 Apr 2021
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OEnergy efficiency is a vital factor to promote sustainable development. In this paper, the directional distance function–global Malmquist–Luenberger model (DDF-GML) is applied to measure the energy efficiency levels of 30 provinces in China from 2000 to 2017. Simultaneously, the impacts of the economic [...] Read more.
OEnergy efficiency is a vital factor to promote sustainable development. In this paper, the directional distance function–global Malmquist–Luenberger model (DDF-GML) is applied to measure the energy efficiency levels of 30 provinces in China from 2000 to 2017. Simultaneously, the impacts of the economic growth targets and marketization on energy efficiency are empirically tested using the generalized system moment estimation (SYS-GMM) and mediation effect model. The statistical results reveal that energy efficiency is on the rise every year as a whole. Mediated by marketization, economic growth targets inhibit energy efficiency by distorting marketization. Moreover, there is significant regional heterogeneity in the impacts of economic growth targets on energy efficiency. The inhibition effect of economic growth targets on energy efficiency in the eastern region is greater than in the central and western regions. The above empirical results are determined to be robust through testing. Full article
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