Energy efficiency in the industrial sector in the EU, Slovenia, and Spain

Malinauskaitė, Jurgita; Jouhara, Hussam; Egilegor, Bakartxo; Al-Mansour, Fouad; Ahmad, Lujean; Pušnik, Matevž

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2020.118398

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“…From this very piece of evidence, it can be inferred that the energy efficiency achieved in the MENA countries is gradually being recognized as a driver of economic transformation, alongside being one of the major tools to achieve energy security in these nations. Moreover, energy efficiency can also be one of major drivers of Industry 4.0, as identified by Malinauskaite et al (2020) and Sinha et al (2020a). These causal associations might be crucial in developing the policies for sustainable development in the MENA countries.…”

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Impact of technological innovation on energy efficiency in industry 4.0 era: Moderation of shadow economy in sustainable development

Chen

Sinha²,

et al. 2021

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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Despite the ongoing research on energy efficiency and innovation in the context of Industry 4.0, little is known on how degree of leakages in economy can impact the energy efficiency-innovation association. This issue has been addressed by the United Nations in their Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) report also. In the era of Industry 4.0, this issue can be crucial from the perspective of sustainable development, and we are analyzing this issue in case of Middle East and North African (MENA) countries over a period of 1990-2016. The secondgeneration methodological approaches have been adopted. Our results show that technological innovation has a positive impact on energy efficiency, whereas growth in shadow economy has a detrimental impact on energy efficiency. The structural transformation of economy has positive impact on energy efficiency. Based on our results, we have designed an SDG framework, which might help the MENA countries to achieve the objectives of SDG 7, SDG 8, SDG 9, and SDG 4.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of technological innovation on energy efficiency in industry 4.0 era: Moderation of shadow economy in sustainable development

Chen

Sinha²,

et al. 2021

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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“…Researchers have mainly aimed to introduce technologies or improve efficiency in the full industrial sector or country scale. For example, Malinauskaite et al [16] discussed the energy saving potential of efficiency improvements in the industrial sectors of Slovenia and Spain in relation to the revised Energy Efficiency Directive (EED).…”

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Will the Management Structure of Energy Administrators Affect the Achievement of the Electrical Efficiency Mandatory Target for Taiwan Factories?

Liao

Chen

2021

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Since 2014, Taiwan has promoted a 1% annual electricity saving target to promote electrical efficiency efforts. As the industrial sector accounts for approximately 60% of the overall electricity consumption of Taiwan, this sector presents the greatest opportunity for improving Taiwan’s overall energy efficiency. Here, the energy audit data of industrial energy users are analyzed via logistic regression to understand the factors impacting their likelihood of achieving the targeted 1% electricity saving. Of the variables under study, the number of employees and the rank of the energy administrator were significantly correlated with the likelihood of reaching the electricity saving target. Within the management structure of the factory, energy users with higher-ranking energy administrators are more likely to achieve the targeted 1% electricity saving. As it is impractical to rapidly increase the number of employees, higher-ranking employees, i.e., factory executives, should be appointed as energy administrators to improve users’ electrical efficiency and thus reach the targeted 1% annual electricity saving. Based on the findings of our research, we put forward a point of view that in addition to the introduction of new technologies to improve energy efficiency, it can also be achieved through adjustments to the management structure of energy administration.

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“…Meta DDF model China's meta-frontier total-factor carbon emission efficiency of high-tech industry was the highest, followed by that of middle-tech industry, with the lowest being low-tech industry. Malinauskaite et al 40 DEA model After the implementation of the new policy, the energy efficiency of Slovenia and Spain has been significantly improved. Wang et al 41 SBM DEA model The static efficiency of carbon emissions in airlines showed an inverted U-shaped trend during the inspection period.…”

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Dynamic Linkages Among Energy Consumption, Environment and Health Sustainability: Evidence from the Different Income Level Countries

Feng

Ren

Chiu

et al. 2020

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Environment pollution was closely related to human health. The energy consumption is one of the important sources of environmental pollution in the development of economy. This paper used undesirable two-stage meta-frontier DDF (distance difference function) data envelopment analysis model to explore the impact of environment pollutants from energy consumption on the mortality of children and the aged, survival rate of 65 years old and health expenditure efficiency in 27 high income countries, 21 upper middle income countries, and 16 lower middle income countries from 2010 to 2014. High income countries had higher efficiency of energy and health than middle income countries in general. But whether in high income or middle income countries, the efficiency of non-renewable energy is higher than renewable energy. There was much room for both high income countries and middle income countries to improve renewable energy efficiency. Besides, middle income countries need to improve the efficiency of non-renewable energy and reduce pollutant emissions per unit of GDP. In terms of health efficiency, upper middle income countries performed worse than lower income countries. This phenomenon might indicate there was a U-shaped relationship between health efficiency and income level. Upper income countries should pay more attention to the environmental and health problems and cross the U-shaped turning point. The contribution of this article was to consider the heterogeneous performance of energy efficiency, environmental efficiency, and health efficiency under the influence of income level differences, and found that there might be a U-shaped relationship between health efficiency and income level.

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Energy efficiency in the industrial sector in the EU, Slovenia, and Spain

Cited by 92 publications

References 36 publications

Impact of technological innovation on energy efficiency in industry 4.0 era: Moderation of shadow economy in sustainable development

Impact of technological innovation on energy efficiency in industry 4.0 era: Moderation of shadow economy in sustainable development

Will the Management Structure of Energy Administrators Affect the Achievement of the Electrical Efficiency Mandatory Target for Taiwan Factories?

Dynamic Linkages Among Energy Consumption, Environment and Health Sustainability: Evidence from the Different Income Level Countries

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