Environmentally Relevant Technologies Crucial for Sustainable Energy Growth in China and India

A recent study highlights the importance of environment-related technologies in achieving sustainable energy growth in China and India. The research, conducted by a team of scholars from Business School, used panel data from 1995 to 2023 to examine the impact of these technologies on non-clean energy, total final energy use, energy efficiency, and economic enrichment in the two countries. The findings suggest that a 1% expansion of environment-related technologies can significantly reduce non-renewable energy, total final energy, and energy intensity by 0.393%, 0.187%, and 0.428% respectively, while stimulating economic advancement by 0.288%.

The study also found that economic growth has a progressive and substantial contribution to total final energy, non-renewable energy, and energy intensity. Additionally, trade openness was found to suppress energy intensity and demand for non-clean energy sources, while boosting total energy demand and economic enrichment. The research concluded that environmentally relevant technologies can help China and India diminish their use of fossil fuel energy and boost growth by improving overall energy efficiency.

Key Takeaways:

• Environmentally relevant technologies can significantly reduce non-renewable energy, total final energy, and energy intensity by 0.393%, 0.187%, and 0.428% respectively.
• Economic growth has a progressive and substantial contribution to total final energy, non-renewable energy, and energy intensity.
• Trade openness suppresses energy intensity and demand for non-clean energy sources, while boosting total energy demand and economic enrichment.
• The Dumetrescu and Hurline panel causality test highlights the feedback causality between economic benefits and fossil fuel energy use.
• The analysis demonstrates bilateral causal relationships between environmentally relevant technologies and trade openness, energy intensity, and total final energy use.
• The study suggests that environmentally relevant technologies can help China and India diminish their use of fossil fuel energy and boost growth by improving overall energy efficiency.

Statistics:

• 1% expansion of environment-related technologies can reduce non-renewable energy by 0.393%.
• 1% expansion of environment-related technologies can reduce total final energy by 0.187%.
• 1% expansion of environment-related technologies can reduce energy intensity by 0.428%.
• Economic growth contributes substantially to total final energy, non-renewable energy, and energy intensity.
• Trade openness suppresses energy intensity by 0.1% on average.

Sources:

• Exploring the Impact of Environment-related Technologies On the Sustainability of Energy and Economic Growth In China and India. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2025. Environment, Development and Sustainability can be contacted at: Springer, Van Godewijckstraat 30, 3311 Gz Dordrecht, Netherlands.
• Yuan-Chun Chen, Nanfang Coll Guangzhou, Business School, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
• Shiyu Li, Arshad Ali, Sihan Ma, Zixuan Li, and Jianyuan Zhao.