Readjustment potentials in industrial energy efficiency and structure

Casler, Stephen D.; Hannon, Bruce

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“…Exceptions could be the US, where energy intensities remained almost constant before the energy crisis (Casler and Hannon, 1989;Hannesson, 2002). However, most economies experienced considerably big changes in energy intensity.…”

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“…This restructuring of the economy towards the e-sector (industrialisation) increases overall energy intensity in the economy. When energy prices don't grow -or even fall as it could be observed in certain periods prior the energy crises -there are incentives to substitute labour by energy in the production process (Casler and Hannon, 1989).…”

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“…Studies covering the period before the energy crisis, i.e. 1950 -1970, show increasing or constant energy intensities across most of the analysed developed and emerging economies (see, e.g., Casler and Hannon (1989), Hannesson (2002), and Proops (1984)). For the period after the energy crisis, however, there is strong evidence for substantial reductions in energy intensity (increases in energy productivity) in the majority of developed economies (see, e.g., Greening, Davis, and Schipper (1998), Liddle (2012), Mulder and Groot (2012), Sun (1998), Voigt et al (2014), and Wang (2013)).…”

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Abstract This paper uses a theoretical model with Directed Technical Change to analyse the observed heterogeneous energy intensity developments. Based on the empirical evidence on the underlying drivers of energy intensity developments, we decompose changes in aggregate energy intensity into structural changes in the economy (Sector Effect) and within-sector energy efficiency improvements (Efficiency Effect). We analyse how energy price growth and the relative productivity of both sectors affect the direction of research and hence the relative importance of the aforementioned two effects. The relative importance of these effects is determined by energy price growth and relative sector productivity that drive the direction of research. In economies that are relatively more advanced in sectors with low energy intensities, the Sector Effect dominates energy intensity dynamics given no or moderate energy price growth. In contrast, the Efficiency Effect dominates energy intensity developments in economies with a high relative technological level within their energy-intensive industries if moderate energy price growth is above a certain threshold. We further show that temporal energy price shocks might induce a permanent redirection of innovation activities towards sectors with low-energy intensities. Terms of use: Documents inKeywords: directed technical change, energy efficiency, energy intensity, structural change.JEL-Classification: O33, Q43, Q55. * We thank Jürgen Meckl, Ulf Moslener, Jana Brandt, Lothar Grall, Matthias Greiff, and the participants of the 9th MAGKS Colloquium (Marburg) for fruitful comments.

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“…As figure 1-2 shows, a 20-percent emissions reduction is much more than OTA's Moderate scenario but less than its Tough scenario. During the 1970s the extraordinary freeze in energy consumption-while the Gross National Product (GNP) grew 35 percent-was about twothirds due to increases in energy efficiency and one-third due to structural change 5 in the economy. Investments in more efficient technologies were facilitated by higher energy prices and the regulatory climate.…”

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“…This could narrow the investigation for conservation policies for that material. Another means to assign material flows to cause is to define the change in material use efficiency: M per dollar of G [9]. The ratio can be defined for a particular material as…”

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Energy and materials conservation: applying pioneering research and techniques to current non-energy materials conservation issues

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The research of the Energy Research Group (ERG) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign through the 1970s and early 1980s has recurring bouts of popularity. That research traced the flow of various energy types from nature to the final product or service, using modified economic input–output analysis. That information allowed for a comparison of alternative uses of products and services that delivered the same demand. The goal of the study was to identify the energy-conserving potential of the alternatives. Interest in that research has risen and fallen with the price of energy through three cycles now, with the current interest also encompassing materials conservation. Although the specific numerical results of this work are dated, the process by which the analysis was conducted creates, at least, a suggestion for future analysis in the arena of materials research. A review of the ERG history, including techniques pioneered for investigating the potential for energy conservation and some of the ancillary lessons learned along the way, may be of some use to those working on issues of materials conservation today. In the coming years, the most relevant research will include assessment of the socio-economic–ecological impact of technological materials conservation policies.

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Readjustment potentials in industrial energy efficiency and structure

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Directed Technical Change and Energy Intensity Dynamics: Structural Change vs. Energy Efficiency

Directed Technical Change and Energy Intensity Dynamics: Structural Change vs. Energy Efficiency

Changing by degrees: steps to reduce greenhouse gases

Energy and materials conservation: applying pioneering research and techniques to current non-energy materials conservation issues

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