Measurement and Analysis of Urban Total Factor Energy Efficiency in China

Abstract

The improvement of urban energy efficiency is of great significance to reduce carbon emissions and achieve China’s goal of carbon peak in 2030. Taking 266 cities as the research objects, the energy efficiency of each city is measured by Super-SBM model. Then the energy efficiency is decomposed by Malmquist index. The results show that: In 2006, the number of cities in high-efficiency areas is small and high efficiency areas are mostly distributed in the northeast and southeast coastal areas. There was a phenomenon of low efficiency areas agglomeration. But in 2017, the number of high-efficiency cities increased significantly. The number of high-efficiency cities in Northeast China increased, the number of high-efficiency cities in Southeast coastal areas decreased, and the number of high-efficiency cities in Central China increased and showed a phenomenon of agglomeration of high-efficiency areas or relatively high efficiency areas. According to the decomposition of urban energy efficiency, technological progress is the main driving force for the improvement of energy efficiency, and the decline of technical efficiency inhibits the improvement of energy efficiency in various cities.