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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2020.112090
	Driving factors of differences in primary energy intensities of 14 European countries
	Guevara Z.; Henriques S.; Sousa T.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	03014215
卷号	149
英文摘要	The EU is committed to become climate-neutral by 2050 while keeping its prosperity intact. To align the bloc towards this goal, it is fundamental to understand the spatial differences in energy performance among its members. The present study aims to identify the main drivers of primary energy intensity differences among fourteen European countries (i.e., the EU15 without Luxemburg) during the period 2000–2010. To do so, we apply for the first time the multi-factor energy input-output model to spatial structural decomposition analysis. The results show that differences in the industrial direct energy intensity and in the mix of final energy demand were the driving factors of primary energy intensity differences among countries, while, remarkably, structural differences in both the energy sector and in the rest of the economy were not as relevant. This implies that deepening industrial and residential efficiency policies should be a key objective in addition to the current policy efforts to deploy renewables in the energy sector. In addition, we show that the proposed approach helps overcome the main shortcomings of conventional spatial decomposition approaches, e.g., the inconsistent accounting of energy conversion processes in the economy; and its detailed results can be translated into more effective policy making. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Energy input-output analysis EU energy policy EU15 Multi-factor energy input-output model Primary energy intensity Spatial decomposition analysis
英文关键词	Energy conversion; Industrial economics; Conversion process; Energy intensity; Energy performance; European Countries; Spatial decompositions; Spatial differences; Structural decomposition analysis; Structural differences; Energy efficiency; alternative energy; decomposition analysis; energy policy; energy use; European Union; input-output analysis; spatial variation; Europe
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205118
作者单位	School of Government and Public Transformation, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico; Institute of Economic Research, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Lund University, Department of Economic History, Lund, Sweden; MARETEC, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Guevara Z.,Henriques S.,Sousa T.. Driving factors of differences in primary energy intensities of 14 European countries[J],2021,149.
APA	Guevara Z.,Henriques S.,&Sousa T..(2021).Driving factors of differences in primary energy intensities of 14 European countries.Energy Policy,149.
MLA	Guevara Z.,et al."Driving factors of differences in primary energy intensities of 14 European countries".Energy Policy 149(2021).