Energy efficiency’s key role in explaining the performance of energy consumption in Andalusia (Spain)

Abstract

The EU commitment to improve energy efficiency will help the EU economies to reduce energy consumption and achieve the desired decoupling between economic and energy consumption growth. For that aim, not only are the member states' commitments important, the role that the European regions adopt when they develop their own energy policies is also paramount. Among them, the Andalusia region (south of Spain) has been chosen as a case study due to its economic and energy characteristics. This paper aims to inform about the role played by energy efficiency, explaining the energy consumption behaviour in Andalusia and in comparison with the Spanish average for the period 2000-2015, through the Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) decomposition method.

Do household energy services affect each other directly? The direct rebound effect of household electricity consumption in Spain

“…Other recent empirical evidence related to the rebound effect for Spain is done by Cansino et al (2019) and Román-Collado and Colinet (2018), whereas Román-Collado and Colinet Carmona (2021) focused on the Spanish region of Andalusia. They used a Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index I (LMDI-I) decomposition model to test how energy efficiency affects energy consumption in different economic sectors in Spain.…”

“…Román-Collado and Colinet (2018) highlighted the relevance of focusing on Spanish household energy consumption, as it became the most relevant energy consumption change in Spain with a 25.1% increase from 2000 to 2013. Román-Collado and Colinet Carmona (2021) found that, to achieve Spain's energy consumption targets, the energy consumption of Andalusia should reach the average Spanish energy consumption. The main additional contribution of this article is the consideration of alternative energy sources in the estimation of the DRE for the energy source of electricity for Spanish households.…”