A comprehensive city-level final energy consumption dataset including renewable energy for China, 2005–2021

Guanglei Yang, Guoxing Zhang, Dongqin Cao, Xiulin Gao, Xiaojuan Wang, Shaowen Yang, Pansong Jiang, Donglan Zha*, Yuli Shan*

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Abstract

The role of China is increasingly pivotal in climate change mitigation, and the formulation of energy conservation and emission reduction policies requires city-level information. The effectiveness of national policy implementation is contingent upon the support and involvement of local governments. Accurate data on final energy consumption is vital to formulate and implement city-level energy transitions and energy conservation and emission reduction policies. However, there is a dearth of data sources pertaining to China’s city-level final energy consumption. To address these gaps, we developed computational modeling techniques along with top-down and downscaling methods to estimate China’s city-level final energy consumption. In this way, we compiled a final energy consumption inventory for 331 Chinese cities from 2005 to 2021, covering seven economic sectors, 30 fossil fuels, and four clean power sources. Moreover, we discussed the validity of the estimation results from multiple perspectives to enhance estimation accuracy. This dataset can be utilized for analysis in various cutting-edge research fields such as energy transition dynamics, transition risk management strategies, and policy formulation processes.
Original languageEnglish
Article number738
Number of pages10
JournalScientific Data
Volume11
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Jul 2024

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