Variables affecting energy efficiency and CO2 emissions in the steel industry

Siitonen, Sari; Tuomaala, Mari; Ahtila, Pekka

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2009.12.042

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“…In primary steel production, the substantial energy enduseis due to a process of reducing the iron ore [82]. Meanwhile, the scrap (recycled steel) use is a significant factor for improving energy efficiency [63]. Thus, electric arc furnace (EAF) production routing may be preferable to the integrated blast furnace (BF)/basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.…”

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Linking of Barriers to Energy Efficiency Improvement in Indonesia’s Steel Industry

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Abstract:Energy use in Indonesia's steel industry accounts for about 20-35% of total production costs. Consequently, energy end-use efficiency is a crucial measure that is used to reduce energy intensity and decrease production costs. This article aims to investigate the relationships among different barriers to energy efficiency improvement (EEI), using a framework with the following six constructs: government policy, the financial-economic factor, the managerial-organizational factor, the technological factor, workforce, and quality and type of feedstock and fuel used. The data were collected from steel firm practitioners in Indonesia, using a questionnaire to test our framework. The results demonstrate that the applied framework was applicable. We find that EEI is moderately influenced by all constructs but that the managerial-organizational factor has the greatest direct effect on improvements and is the most significant factor.

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Linking of Barriers to Energy Efficiency Improvement in Indonesia’s Steel Industry

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“…Many energy efficiency indicators and energy benchmarking approaches have been performed worldwide to analyse industrial energy use and energy efficiency potential (Saygin et al, 2011). In numerous studies, appropriate energy efficiency indicators have been applied to estimate energy efficiency performance in different sectors (Neelis et al, 2007;Siitonen et al, 2010;Saygin et al, 2011;Oda et al, 2012). Such indicators can also be used by industries to draw lessons on how to improve their reliability and flexibility.…”

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Measuring the efficiency of energy-intensive industries across European countries

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“…Scientific literature is rich in the studies that analyse the issues of energy consumption and energy efficiency in a particular country or industry level [1,[21][22][23][24][25][26]. But it is important to note that efficient usage of energy in an industry or in a country starts and largely depends on the people and their awareness of the necessity to save energy.…”

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The Impact of Socio-Economic Indicators on Sustainable Consumption of Domestic Electricity in Lithuania

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Lithuania is one of the EU Member States, where the rate of energy consumption is comparatively low but consumption of electricity has been gradually increasing over the last few years. Despite this trend, households in only three EU Member States consume less electricity than Lithuanian households. The purpose of this research is to analyse the impact of socio-economic factors on the domestic electricity consumption in Lithuania, i.e., to establish whether electricity consumption is determined by socio-economic conditions or population's awareness to save energy. Cointegration analysis, causality test and error-correction model were used for the analysis. The results reveal that there is a long run equilibrium relationship between residential electricity consumption per capita and GDP at current prices as well as the ratio of the registered unemployed to the working-age population. In consequence, the results of the research propose that improvement of living standards for Lithuanian community calls for the necessity to pay particular attention to the promotion of sustainable electricity consumption by providing consumers with appropriate information and feedback in order to seek new energy-related consumption practices.

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Variables affecting energy efficiency and CO2 emissions in the steel industry

Cited by 94 publications

References 14 publications

Linking of Barriers to Energy Efficiency Improvement in Indonesia’s Steel Industry

Linking of Barriers to Energy Efficiency Improvement in Indonesia’s Steel Industry

Measuring the efficiency of energy-intensive industries across European countries

The Impact of Socio-Economic Indicators on Sustainable Consumption of Domestic Electricity in Lithuania

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