Global changes in electricity consumption during COVID-19

Abstract

HighlightsElectricity consumption changes during COVID-19 are estimated for 58 regions Impacts on electricity consumption are highly heterogeneous across regions Consumption changes are tightly linked to mobility and government restrictions Consumption changes also relate to a region's pre-pandemic sensitivity to holidays

Power Generation Infrastructure and its Effect on Electric Energy Consumption: Context in Indonesia, 2013–2020

“…Generally, residents turn to nutritious food and take medicines during the pandemic era. Spending such as electrical energy are excluded from the priority hierarchy of household needs even though the government enforces "self-quarantine" at home and "mobility restrictions" in public spaces, including schools and campuses that adopt "learning from home" which basically requires electrical energy for internet services (Alavi et al, 2022;Buechler et al, 2022;Jiang et al, 2021;Xu et al, 2021).…”

Impact of COVID-19 on the energy consumption of commercial buildings: A case study in Singapore

“…Local retailers turned to online sales, leading to a significant reduction in demand for retail space [19] . Buechler et al [20] concluded that tighter government restrictions and greater mobility reductions are closely associated with reduced electricity consumption, particularly in retail and leisure.…”

Examining the Impact of COVID-19 in Indonesia through Household Electricity Consumption and Modern Lifestyle

“…This situation gets worse when COVID-19 ceases to become a global pandemic [5]. The COVID-19 outbreak has increasingly drawn researchers' attention, with several studies investigating how lockdown measures impact overall electricity consumption loads [6][7][8][9]. In order to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, the government issued a large-scale social restriction policy (PSBB).…”