TY - JOUR
T1 - How Does Industrial Intellectualization Affect Energy Intensity? Evidence from China
AU - Wu, Haitao
AU - Zhong, Ruohan
AU - Wang, Zhen
AU - Qu, Yuanfeng
AU - Yang, Xiaodong
AU - Hao, Yu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 by the IAEE
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - Since the 21st century, as the digital economy has flourished and the Fourth Industrial Revolution has deepened, emerging technologies have exerted a significant influence on social development, leading to the rapid informatization and digitalization of society. Therefore, in the digital age, industrial intellectualization and energy intensity may interact. In this study, an industrial intelligent system is constructed considering three aspects, and the relationship is explored between industrial intellectualization and energy intensity from 2006 to 2018 in China. Industrial intellectualization can effectively improve energy efficiency and thus restrain energy intensity with a significant lag effect. In addition, China’s energy intensity is highly spatially autocorrelated and spatially agglomerated. The negative spatial spillover effect of industrial intellectualization on energy intensity is also of concern. Finally, the nonlinear effects of industrial intellectualization on energy intensity are comprehensively analyzed under different levels of economic growth, technological progress, industrial restructuring, educational progress, financial development, and environmental regulation.
AB - Since the 21st century, as the digital economy has flourished and the Fourth Industrial Revolution has deepened, emerging technologies have exerted a significant influence on social development, leading to the rapid informatization and digitalization of society. Therefore, in the digital age, industrial intellectualization and energy intensity may interact. In this study, an industrial intelligent system is constructed considering three aspects, and the relationship is explored between industrial intellectualization and energy intensity from 2006 to 2018 in China. Industrial intellectualization can effectively improve energy efficiency and thus restrain energy intensity with a significant lag effect. In addition, China’s energy intensity is highly spatially autocorrelated and spatially agglomerated. The negative spatial spillover effect of industrial intellectualization on energy intensity is also of concern. Finally, the nonlinear effects of industrial intellectualization on energy intensity are comprehensively analyzed under different levels of economic growth, technological progress, industrial restructuring, educational progress, financial development, and environmental regulation.
KW - Energy intensity
KW - Industrial intellectualization
KW - Spatial econometrics
KW - Threshold panel model
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105023376785
U2 - 10.5547/01956574.45.2.hawu
DO - 10.5547/01956574.45.2.hawu
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105023376785
SN - 0195-6574
VL - 45
SP - 49
EP - 70
JO - Energy Journal
JF - Energy Journal
IS - 2
ER -