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Table 6 Technology gap ratio (TGR) and rankings of thermal power and hydropower in 2013 and 2017

From: Energy efficiency in China: optimization and comparison between hydropower and thermal power

DMU

Thermal power

Hydropower

2013

2017

2013

2017

Rank

TGR

Rank

TGR

Rank

TGR

Rank

TGR

Beijing

27

0.2300

10

0.9868

1

1

11

0.9693

Tianjin

18

0.3924

1

1

–

–

–

–

Hebei

19

0.3785

9

0.9953

1

1

20

0.7903

Liaoning

21

0.3434

1

1

1

1

23

0.7206

Shanghai

13

0.4513

1

1

–

–

–

–

Jiangsu

15

0.4346

18

0.9346

1

1

17

0.8294

Zhejiang

16

0.4256

7

0.9988

1

1

26

0.6332

Fujian

17

0.4012

1

1

28

0.3171

28

0.2749

Shandong

11

0.4984

8

0.9975

1

1

19

0.7970

Guangdong

12

0.4732

1

1

26

0.6851

25

0.6834

Hainan

22

0.2960

6

0.9999

1

1

24

0.6968

Eastern mean

2

0.3931

1

0.9921

3

0.8891

3

0.7105

Shanxi

1

1

14

0.9621

19

0.9639

22

0.7844

Inner Mongolia

1

1

29

0.7951

25

0.9248

21

0.7852

Jilin

1

1

11

0.9807

18

0.9809

15

0.8479

Heilongjiang

1

1

13

0.9644

17

0.9819

18

0.8262

Anhui

1

1

24

0.8787

21

0.9529

16

0.8346

Jiangxi

1

1

12

0.9784

15

0.9859

13

0.9210

Henan

1

1

20

0.8973

16

0.9858

14

0.8505

Hubei

1

1

17

0.9386

27

0.4717

27

0.4521

Hunan

1

1

16

0.9472

13

0.9908

9

0.9752

Guangxi

10

0.9951

15

0.9586

14

0.9904

10

0.9732

Central mean

1

0.9995

2

0.9301

2

0.9229

2

0.8250

Chongqing

28

0.1988

28

0.8415

23

0.9458

6

0.9969

Sichuan

30

0.1805

26

0.8702

1

1

1

1

Guizhou

24

0.2760

19

0.9073

22

0.9478

7

0.9934

Yunnan

29

0.1834

22

0.8953

1

1

1

1

Shaanxi

23

0.2871

25

0.8775

24

0.9405

12

0.9525

Gansu

26

0.2371

23

0.8943

1

1

8

0.9836

Qinghai

25

0.2432

27

0.8678

1

1

5

0.9971

Ningxia

14

0.4346

21

0.8963

12

0.9982

1

1

Xinjiang

20

0.3764

30

0.7187

20

0.9616

1

1

Western mean

3

0.2686

3

0.8632

1

0.9771

1

0.9915