The level and structure of rural energy consumption have been changing greatly in the developed region of China, where the economy is growing rapidly. The growth of rural industry is giving rise to a substantial increase in energy demand. The availability of reliable and secure energy supplies...

A stratification sampling method has been applied to investigate 384 households in 12 villages of four towns in Yangzhong county. Responses to a questionnaire show that the average annual energy consumption per rural household is 298.7 kgce (we use 7000 kcal/kgce), with average energy of 0.59...

Based on comprehensive energy surveys of 3240 households in six different regions, we present the level and structure of rural household energy consumption. There are large differences among regions which depend on locality and availability of fuels. Energy consumption per household accounts for...

Villages of Yangzhong County, typical of comparatively well-off countryside in Eastern China, are in a period of rapid transformation of their energy consumption from non-commercial to commercial. A five-year questionnaire of rural household energy consumption showed marked change in energy...

Social and economic development in Jiangsu of China requires increased energy supplies. The total energy used was 81.0 MTce in 1995 and about 80% of it is coal. The energy demand per 10 000 yuan GNP was 2.45 Tce. Jiangsu has become one of the most severely polluted provinces in China and...