Abstract
With the economic development and the increased energy consumption, challenges of environmental pollution control have been intensified in Beijing. To promote sustainable socioeconomic development, energy consumption restructure and the environment governance have become important issues of Beijing. Based on the grey correlation model, this paper analyzed the relationship between energy consumption structure and environmental pollution in Beijing. It is empirically shown that coal and oil consumption in Beijing’s energy consumption were highly correlated with environmental pollution, while natural gas consumption had the least impact on environmental pollution emissions. The findings of the study provided an empirical support to how to optimize the energy consumption structure and decrease the environment pollution.
Highlights
Energy demand in Beijing continues to grow on the back of relatively fast socioeconomic development
The purpose of this research was to analyze the relationship between energy consumption structure and environment pollution of Beijing
From the grey correlation analysis between energy consumption and environmental pollution in Beijing, the results showed that the oil and coal consumption are highly correlated with environmental pollution
Summary
Energy demand in Beijing continues to grow on the back of relatively fast socioeconomic development. Beijing’s energy production was 37.34 million tons of standard coal and energy consumption of Beijing reached 71.33 million tons of standard coal in 2017(BMBS, 2018). With the economic development and the increased energy consumption, challenges of environmental pollution control have been intensified in Beijing. In 2017, the average annual concentration of PM2.5 reached 57.1μg/m3 in 2017, which ranking the 26th among 31 provinces and municipalities of China (NBS, 2018). While the external dependence of energy continues to rise, the total amount of atmospheric pollutants still exceeds the environmental capacity. Since the increase of haze weather in 2014, air quality and residents’ health have been seriously affected, which makes it very urgent for Beijing to control environmental pollution, and strengthen ecological construction
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