Energy efficiency and industrial output: The case of the iron and steel industry

Florens Flues, Dirk Rübbelke and Stefan Vögele

No 13-101, ZEW Discussion Papers from ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Abstract: The iron and steel industry is one of the most carbon emitting and energy consuming sectors in Europe. At the same time this sector is of high economic importance for the European Union. Therefore, while public environmental and energy policies target this sector, there is political concern that it suffers too much from these policy measures. Various actors fear a policy-induced decline in steel production, and possibly an international reallocation of production plants. This study analyzes the role that input prices and public policies may play in attaining an environmentally more sustainable steel production and how this - in turn - affect total steel output. As we find out for examples of major European steel producing countries, a kind of rebound effect of energy-efficiency improvements in steel production on total steel output may arise.

Keywords: energy efficiency; iron and steel industry; environmental protection; rebound effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L51 L61 Q43 Q50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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Working Paper: Energy Efficiency and Industrial Output: The Case of the Iron and Steel Industry (2013)
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