Barriers and Policy Solutions to Energy Efficiency as a Carbon Emissions Reduction Strategy

Prindle, Bill; Zarnikau, Jay; Allis, Erica

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“…Several studies have examined the relationship between investments and energy efficiency with varying approaches and scopes, including: (I) a fairly broad-ranged, general approach [6], [7], [8], [9]; (II) an approach focused on developed and developing countries [10], [11], [12], [13]; (III) a one-country approach [14] in the Indian context; (IV) an industrial approach [15], [16], [17]; (V) an approach based on specific industries [18] in the energy intensive sectors context, [19] in the paper industry, [20] in the iron and steel industry; (VI) effects of particular policy strategy between energy efficiency and investments [21], [22], [23]; (VII) an approach attentive to the barriers and obstacles to energy efficiency investments in the industrial sector [24], [25], [26]; and (VIII) an approach focused on energy efficiency and technology investment [27], [28], [29], [30]. These studies have mainly focused on the potential savings of energy or costs, the application of specific technologies, costbenefit analysis and qualitative, rather than quantitative, aspects thereof.…”

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Investments and Energy Efficiency in Colombian Manufacturing Industries

Martínez

2010

Energy & Environment

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This paper investigates the effects of investments on energy efficiency performance using data from Colombian manufacturing industries. These industries were analysed as a whole and as energy intensive sectors and nonenergy intensive sectors between 1998 and 2005. Using a simple factor demand model, we estimate the structural parameters of the model using both time-series and cross-sectional dimensions of the data, and we include the effect that investments have on energy efficiency in Colombian manufacturing industries. The results showed that in Colombian manufacturing industries overall, as well as in non-energy intensive sectors, the main variables that determine energy efficiency performance are energy prices, machinery and equipment investments and foreign investments. Whereas electricity prices show lower significance levels, investments in research and development (R&D) are not statistically significant. In contrast, for energy intensive sectors, only energy prices and foreign investments are statistically significant. Therefore, these results demonstrate the close relationship between energy prices and investments with respect to energy efficiency improvements in Colombian manufacturing industries. These findings have important implications for policy makers aiming to encourage governments to adopt strategies that combine energy prices and technological change, as well as those policy makers wishing to strengthen foreign investment in order to improve technology development, productivity and energy efficiency in manufacturing industries.

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