Table 3 Structure of rural household energy consumption for the three types of villages (KgCE)
From: Village differences in rural household energy consumption within the Loess hilly region of China
| Â | Crop straw | Grass | Wood | Animal dung | Coal | Electricity | Bio-gas | Solar energy | LPG | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mountainous village | ||||||||||
 Cooking | 452.45 | 0.00 | 16.64 | 0.00 | 245.08 | 2.24 | 41.43 | 75.03 | 0.81 | 833.68 |
 Boiling tea | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.55 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.73 |
 Lighting | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.98 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.98 |
 Heating kang | 380.73 | 240.4 | 0.00 | 125.77 | 31 | 0.97 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 778.87 |
 Stove | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.17 | 0.00 | 379.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 394.32 |
 Home appliance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.94 |
 Total | 833.18 | 240.4 | 41.99 | 125.77 | 655.23 | 16.68 | 41.43 | 75.03 | 0.81 | 2030.52 |
Semi-mountainous village | ||||||||||
 Cooking | 184.21 | 75.43 | 44.64 | 0.00 | 457.79 | 1.37 | 0.00 | 97.22 | 0.00 | 860.66 |
 Boiling tea | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.06 |
 Lighting | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.21 |
 Heating kang | 154.48 | 311.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 57.72 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 523.35 |
 Stove | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.65 | 0.00 | 491.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 511.55 |
 Home appliance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.71 |
 Total | 338.69 | 386.58 | 69.31 | 0.00 | 1007.41 | 22.33 | 0.00 | 97.22 | 0.00 | 1921.54 |
Plains village | ||||||||||
 Cooking | 64.85 | 87.34 | 35.94 | 0.00 | 583.26 | 1.48 | 0.00 | 114.78 | 5.45 | 893.1 |
 Boiling tea | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.24 |
 Lighting | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.31 |
 Heating kang | 97.63 | 352.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 95.95 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 546.01 |
 Stove | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.98 | 0.00 | 675.39 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 702.37 |
 Home appliance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.45 |
 Total | 162.48 | 439.62 | 62.92 | 0.00 | 1354.6 | 26.63 | 0.00 | 114.78 | 5.45 | 2166.48 |