Industrial energy use in Ontario from 1962 to 1984

Gardner, Douglas T.

doi:10.1016/0140-9883(93)90039-t

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“…Examples of such studies are Jenne and Cattell (1983) and Bending, et al (1991). The energy intensity approach has been used in a large number of empirical and country-specific studies [Bossanyi, (1979); Jenne and Cattell (1983); Ang (1994); Li, et al (1990); Gardner (1993); Huang (1993)].…”

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Assessing Energy Consumption and Energy Intensity Changes in Pakistan: An Application of Complete Decomposition Model

Alam¹,

Butt²

2022

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Complete decomposition model has been employed in the present study to decompose the changes in energy consumption and energy intensity in Pakistan during 1960 to 1998. A general decomposition model raises a problem due to residual term. In some models the residual term is omitted, which causes a large estimation error, while in some models the residual term is regarded as an interaction that might create a puzzle for the analysis. A complete decomposition model is used here to solve this problem.

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Assessing Energy Consumption and Energy Intensity Changes in Pakistan: An Application of Complete Decomposition Model

Alam¹,

Butt²

2022

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“…It is important to note that a fall in energy intensity does not necessarily mean total energy consumption is falling. The ratio of energy per GDP can still fall even if total energy use rises because particularly in the 1980s (Gardner, 1993;Howarth et al, 1993l, Boyd andRoop, 2004;Wing, 2007;Metcalf, 2008, Natural Resources Canada, 2013). In the more recent studies, Huntington (2010) and Mulder (2015) also highlight the importance of structural changes in the U.S. and some OECD countries due to international trade.…”

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Changes in Energy Intensity in Canada

Moshiri¹,

Duah²

2016

The Energy Journal

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Canada is one of the top energy users and CO 2 emitters among the OECD countries. However, energy intensity has been declining, on average, by about 1.4 percent since 1980. In this paper, we use the Fisher Ideal Index to determine the contribution of changes in the composition of economic activities and efficiency to a decline in energy intensity in Canada at national, provincial, and industry levels. We also apply panel data estimation methods to further investigate the factors driving energy intensity, efficiency and activity indexes for the period 1981-2008. We test for endogeneity as well as cross-section dependency in the provincial data and control for factors such as climate, policy, and energy endowment. The national and provincial decomposition results suggest that most of the reduction in energy intensity has occurred mainly due to improvements in energy efficiency rather than shifts in economic activities. Within the industry, while energy intensity has declined significantly in manufacturing, it has remained stable in transportation, utilities, and construction, and increased significantly in oil extraction and mining industries. The provincial panel regression results indicate that energy intensity is higher in provinces with higher average incomes, faster population growth, colder climate, and a higher capital-labour ratio, and lower in provinces with higher energy prices and higher investment. The industry panel regression results show that investment has contributed to energy efficiency in utilities and mining and to a shift away from energy-intensive activities in manufacturing and transportation industries. Technological advances have been most effective in increasing energy efficiency in construction and utilities and in decreasing energy-intensive activities in manufacturing industries. The results indicate that although efficiency contributes to a reduction in energy intensity in Canada, increasing activity in energy-intensive industries, such as oil and mining, partially offsets the efficiency gains in other industries.

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“…A sizeable literature now exists in this field (see Su and Ang, 2012), focused on industrial energy use, including studies based on Canadian data (Torrie et al, 1989;Gardner, 1993;Nanduri et al, 2002;Palmer, Energy Economics 56 (2016) …”

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Understanding energy systems change in Canada: 1. Decomposition of total energy intensity

2016

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JEL classification: O44 C43 Q43Between 1995 and 2010, the total energy intensity (E/GDP, PJ/Gross Domestic Product in 2002$) of the Canadian economy declined by 23% or − 2.64 MJ/$. To understand why, the Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMD-I) method was used to decompose a large body of government statistical data supporting the observed E/GDP decline. The analysis shows that (a) 48% (1.27 MJ/$) of the decline was associated with an inter-sector structural change in the economy (i.e. an increased contribution to the total GDP of the low energy-using commercial and institutional sector compared with the high energy-using manufacturing and heavy industry sectors); (b) 24% (0.62 MJ/$) was attributed to the impact of the Canadian GDP growing faster than population; (c) 22% (0.58 MJ/$) of the decline was associated with an overall decrease in business energy intensity. A deeper analysis of business sectors shows a positive impact of 0.4 MJ/$ from increased energy intensity in the oil and gas sector, offset by a 0.98 MJ/$ decline due to energy intensity declines in the other business sectors; (d) 6.3% (0.17 MJ/$) of the decline was associated with an improvement in the energy intensity of households, mostly from residential energy use rather than personal transportation energy use. These results provide insights for policy makers regarding those aspects of the Canadian economy that contribute to, or work against, efforts to transform energy systems toward sustainability.

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Industrial energy use in Ontario from 1962 to 1984

Cited by 20 publications

References 6 publications

Assessing Energy Consumption and Energy Intensity Changes in Pakistan: An Application of Complete Decomposition Model

Assessing Energy Consumption and Energy Intensity Changes in Pakistan: An Application of Complete Decomposition Model

Changes in Energy Intensity in Canada

Understanding energy systems change in Canada: 1. Decomposition of total energy intensity

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