Huang, P;
Liu, Y;
(2017)
Renewable Energy Development in China: Spatial Clustering and Socio-Spatial Embeddedness.
Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports
, 4
(2)
pp. 38-43.
10.1007/s40518-017-0070-8.
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Abstract
Purpose of review: In the past decade, China has made remarkable achievements in the development of renewable energies. This article adopts a geographical perspective for China’s current wave of renewable energy transitions, by viewing the transition outcomes through the lenses of spatial clustering and socio-spatial embeddedness. Recent findings: We find that many renewable energy industry clusters have emerged nationwide and different patterns are uncovered for the clustering in extant literature, either through bottom-up agglomeration around pioneering enterprises, or driven by top-down government strategy and planning. There is scant research on the reconfiguration of socio-spatial arrangements, which is an important but very often neglected facet of energy transitions. We further discuss the regional disparities in China’s renewable energy development, in which resource-rich regions are mainly in the north part of China, while central, eastern, and southern regions possess substantial advantages in fostering industry clusters. Summary: In the end, we propose two avenues for future research: firstly, to explore why different clustering patterns emerge in a certain region but not in another, and what implications these cases of clustering can draw for other regions in China or other latecomer countries; secondly, to uncover how renewable energy application and popularization shape local socio-spatial arrangements.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Renewable Energy Development in China: Spatial Clustering and Socio-Spatial Embeddedness |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1007/s40518-017-0070-8 |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40518-017-0070-8 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | © The Author(s) 2017. Open Access: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
Keywords: | Renewable energy, Industrial clustering, Energy infrastructure, Built environment, Social practice, Culture of consumption |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10038148 |
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