Energy development in rural China toward a clean energy system: utilization status, co-benefit mechanism, and countermeasures

S Yin, Z Zhao - Frontiers in Energy Research, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In order to promote the construction of a clean, low-carbon, and diversified modern rural new
energy system, this study examines the development, utilization, connection, and system …

Heating choices and residential willingness to pay for clean heating: Evidence from a household survey in rural China

C Bai, J Zhan, H Wang, Z Yang, H Liu, W Liu, C Wang… - Energy Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the severity of climate change, the Chinese government has committed to the carbon
neutrality target. Winter heating is a major source of carbon emissions in northern China …

Climate change cognition and biodiversity conservation awareness facilitate household clean energy consumption: Evidence from a biodiversity hotspot

L Zhou, W He, Y Kong, Z Zhang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2025 - Elsevier
Household energy consumption significantly contributes to carbon emissions and climate
change. In biodiversity hotspots, where energy transition is crucial for both climate action …

[HTML][HTML] Sharing energy poverty: The nexus between social interaction-oriented gift expenditure and energy poverty in rural China

J Li, W Ma - Energy Research & Social Science, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examines how social interaction-oriented gift expenditure affects the energy
poverty of rural households in China, accounting for energy inaccessibility, unaffordability …

Climate change adaptation and fishers' subjective well-being in Indonesia: Is there a link?

MS Rahman, WC Huang, H Toiba… - Regional Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change adaptation is crucial to sustaining fishers' livelihood and well-being.
However, no studies have investigated the nexus between climate change adaptation and …

Impact of off-farm employment on cooking fuel choices: Implications for rural-urban transformation in advancing sustainable energy transformation

L Zheng - Energy Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
Off-farm employment is a prominent manifestation of rural-urban transformation in
develo** countries, and it theoretically plays a critical role in rural sustainable energy …

Digital literacy and the rural cooking energy transition: Evidence from rural China

H Lu, T Li, G Li, Q Luo, M Gao - Energy Policy, 2025 - Elsevier
The adoption of clean energy is crucial for the sustainable development of human society.
An in-depth study of the relationship between digital literacy and farmers' culinary energy …

[HTML][HTML] Clean energy use and subjective and objective health outcomes in rural China

H Zhu, W Ma, P Vatsa, H Zheng - Energy Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
This study analyses the impact of clean energy use on rural residents' subjective health
outcomes (self-reported health status, health change, and discomfort) and objective health …

Impact of mobile payment adoption on household expenditures and subjective well‐being

Q He, W Ma, P Vatsa, H Zheng - Review of Development …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper estimates the effects of mobile payment adoption on household expenditures
and people's subjective well‐being. We consider four categories of household expenditures …

Importance of neighbors in rural households' conversion to cleaner cooking fuels: The impact and mechanisms of peer effects

J Gu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
While household conversion to clean cooking fuels is well documented, the peer influence
of neighbors on rural households using clean cooking fuels has not been investigated. This …