REVIEW OF RURAL ENERGY PROBLEM FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY ON JIANGSU OF CHINA

摘要

In recent years, the energy consumption structure and level have experienced a relatively considerable change in rural areas of Jiangsu Province, a large province of China in terms of economic development and population. The total energy consumption was about 61 Mtce in 1997, of which 63.0%, 9.7% and 27.3% were used by rural industry, cooking and farming, respectively, while 44.0%, 26.2%, 7.5%, and 21.8% were from coal, electricity, oil and regenerative energy, respectively. During years 1985 to 1997, the energy consumption elasticity coefficient was 0.63; rural family per capita energy consumption and effective energy available for cooking per household per day were 31.62 kgce (we use 7000 kcal/kgce) and 4483.6 kcal, respectively. This paper assays development trends and suggestions on necessary polices.