In this paper, we try to explore the relevance between energy production and water withdrawal by means of spatial autocorrelation analysis of water pressure index based on energy production in order to provide a reference for the optimal adjustment of energy structure and the sustainable development of energy and water in China. The results are as follows. At present, the high-productive areas of main energy production in China are mainly distributed in the north and east-central regions, with the energy production of 5 provinces such as Inner Mongolia and Shandong accounting for 67% of the total China's main energy production; low-productive areas appear in some provinces in the south and southwestern parts. There are differences between the spatial distributions of water withdrawal for the 5 kinds of main energy production, and basically the spatial distribution of water withdrawal for each kind is consistent with the regional distribution of energy itself. The high value areas of water pressure index based on energy production are mainly distributed in the central and northern parts of China. The spatial agglomeration analysis shows that the water pressure index based on energy production has obvious spatial concentration characteristics and the H-H concentration feature is significant.

energy structure  /  spatial differentiation  /  water pressure index based on energy production  /  spatial autocorrelation analysis