How Does Industrial Intellectualization Affect Energy Intensity? Evidence from China-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

How Does Industrial Intellectualization Affect Energy Intensity? Evidence from China

Published:2023-11-15 Issue:2 Volume:45 Page:27-48
ISSN:0195-6574
Container-title:The Energy Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:The Energy Journal

Author:

Wu Haitao¹²,Zhong Ruohan³,Wang Zhen⁴,Qu Yuanfeng⁵,Yang Xiaodong⁶,Hao Yu¹²⁷⁸⁹

Affiliation:

1. School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.

2. Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.

3. School of Applied Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China.

4. School of Mathematics and Statistics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.

5. School of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.

6. School of Economics and Management, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China.

7. Sustainable Development Research Institute for Economy and Society of Beijing, Beijing 100081, China.

8. Yangtze Delta Region Academy of Beijing Institute of Technology, Jiaxing, 314001, China.

9. Beijing Key Lab of Energy Economics and Environmental Management, Beijing 100081, China.

Abstract

Since the 21st century, as the digital economy has flourished and the Fourth Industrial Revolution has deepened, emerging technologies have exerted a significant influence on social development, leading to the rapid informatization and digitalization of society. Therefore, in the digital age, industrial intellectualization and energy intensity may interact. In this study, an industrial intelligent system is constructed considering three aspects, and the relationship is explored between industrial intellectualization and energy intensity from 2006 to 2018 in China. Industrial intellectualization can effectively improve energy efficiency and thus restrain energy intensity with a significant lag effect. In addition, China’s energy intensity is highly spatially autocorrelated and spatially agglomerated. The negative spatial spillover effect of industrial intellectualization on energy intensity is also of concern. Finally, the nonlinear effects of industrial intellectualization on energy intensity are comprehensively analyzed under different levels of economic growth, technological progress, industrial restructuring, educational progress, financial development, and environmental regulation.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Energy,Economics and Econometrics

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.5547/01956574.45.2.hawu

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