China has incurred a steady decrease of energy intensity (EI, energy consumption per unit of GDP) since the 1980s, for example, a decrease of 29.3% from 1995 to 2004. EI trends of individual provinces vary, although the whole country shows declining energy intensity. The energy-intensity trends...

While digital finance and renewable energy consumption (REC) are two timely issues, it remains unclear whether the former affects the latter, especially in developing economies. This paper examines the impact of digital finance on China's REC between 2011 and 2018 and explores the underlying...