School of Economics and Management, Panzhihua University, Panzhihua, 617000, Sichuan, China.
Department of Management Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Dec;29(60):90419-90434. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-22054-4. Epub 2022 Jul 23.
The repercussions of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic go well beyond health concerns, affecting virtually every aspect of our lives, including daily energy consumption. Therefore, this study explores the impact of COVID-19 on renewable and non-renewable energy consumption in the USA, which has been severely affected by the recent pandemic. We conducted a detailed analysis of the energy consumption demands of various sectors in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Our in-depth analysis comprises two parts. Initially, we determine the monthly growth change by utilizing the month-on-month method. Subsequently, we used the quantile-on-quantile approach of Sim and Zhou (2015) on data spanning from December 2019 to August 2021 to explore the impact of COVID-19 on energy consumption across the whole distribution. The study's outcomes underscored that compared to renewable energy, non-renewable energy consumption was more affected by the COVID-19 lockdown, and the overall energy consumption (both renewable and non-renewable) remained low. These findings accentuate global strategic management tools to tackle COVID-19 cooperatively and restore the energy mix. Such measures are critical for energy access, security, and evenhandedness.
新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）疫情的影响远远超出了健康问题，几乎影响到我们生活的方方面面，包括日常能源消耗。因此，本研究探讨了 COVID-19 对美国可再生和不可再生能源消费的影响，美国近期的疫情对其产生了严重影响。我们对 COVID-19 爆发期间各部门的能源消费需求进行了详细分析。我们的深入分析包括两个部分。首先，我们利用月度方法确定每月的增长变化。随后，我们使用 Sim 和 Zhou（2015）的数据分位数-分位数方法来探索 COVID-19 对 2019 年 12 月至 2021 年 8 月期间整个分布的能源消费的影响。研究结果强调，与可再生能源相比，不可再生能源消费受 COVID-19 封锁的影响更大，整体能源消费（包括可再生和不可再生）仍然较低。这些发现强调了全球战略管理工具在合作应对 COVID-19 并恢复能源组合方面的重要性。这些措施对于能源获取、安全甚至公平性至关重要。
