“一带一路”背景下清洁能源技术创新对能源贫困的作用机制研究

Research on the Mechanism of Clean Energy Technology Innovation on Energy Poverty under the Background of “The Belt and Road”

创新能力的提升是促进可持续发展的关键驱动力之一,也是“一带一路”倡议的重要合作领域。能源贫困作为各国在能源领域面临的重要挑战,阻碍了全球节能减排的发展,而技术创新是解决能源贫困问题的重要举措。因此,为了研究“一带一路”背景下,清洁能源技术创新对能源贫困的影响,本文评估了中国能源贫困综合指数,采用双固定效应面板模型对中国30个省份的清洁能源技术创新对能源贫困的影响及作用机制进行检验。结果显示,清洁能源技术创新可以显著缓解能源贫困,且能源效率在清洁能源技术创新和能源贫困之间起着重要的中介作用。基于此,我们提出了缓解能源贫困和提高能源效率的相关政策。

The improvement of innovation ability is one of the key driving forces to promote sustainable development, and it is also an important cooperation area of the “Belt and Road” initiative. As an important challenge faced by all countries in the energy field, energy poverty has hindered the development of global energy conservation and emission reduction, and technological innovation is an important measure to solve the problem of energy poverty. Therefore, in order to study the impact of clean energy technology innovation on energy poverty under the background of “The Belt and Road”, this paper evaluates the comprehensive index of China’s energy poverty, and uses the double fixed effect panel model to test the impact and mechanism of clean energy technology innovation on energy poverty in 30 provinces of China. The results show that clean energy technology innovation can significantly alleviate energy poverty, and energy efficiency plays an important mediating role between clean energy technology innovation and energy poverty. Based on this, we put forward relevant policies to alleviate energy poverty and improve energy efficiency.