Electricity intensity convergence in IEA/OECD countries: Aggregate and sectoral analysis |
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Authors: | Brantley Liddle |
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Affiliation: | Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Level 13, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne, VIC 8001, Australia |
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Abstract: | Convergence in electricity intensity is analyzed among a sample of IEA countries. Sigma-convergence (the narrowing of the distribution) and to a lesser degree gamma-convergence (movement within the distribution) are detected. However, electricity intensity convergence is less dramatic than energy intensity convergence. Convergence within the end-use sectors is more diverse: in terms of the rates, timing, extent, and ultimate modal structure of the distributions. Commercial electricity intensity has more recently converged toward a bell-shape distribution. By contrast, industry electricity intensity is largely converging toward two distinct groups of countries: one with relatively high electricity intensity and another one with relatively low electricity intensity. Different still is related residential electricity consumption per capita where a small group of countries has stopped growing; another group has slowed considerably, while a third group experienced rapid growth. |
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Keywords: | Electricity intensity Sigma- and gamma-convergence IEA/OECD countries |
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