Energy efficiency in the transport sector in the EU-27: A dynamic dematerialization analysis

Jadwiga R. Ziolkowska and Bozydar Ziolkowski

Energy Economics, 2015, vol. 51, issue C, 21-30

Abstract: Energy use in the European Union's (EU) transport sector amounted to 340Mtoe11Mtoe=megatoe (one million toe). Toe — ton of oil equivalent. in 1999 with the following increasing trend up to 379Mtoe in 2007 and a decrease from 2008 on, down to 365Mtoe in 2010. This changing pattern posed several fundamental questions and uncertainties regarding the broader picture of energy efficiency and environmental protection. One of them refers to absolute changes in energy use efficiency in the transport sector over time and the ways of measuring efficiency. Traditional scientific approaches conceptualized to measure efficiency of energy use do not address annual dynamics of changes in the energy use in a given sector per capita. Thus, they are not precise enough for political and methodological purposes as they do not reflect the exact amount of energy consumed in the respective countries and societies.

Keywords: Product generational dematerialization (PGD) indicator; Energy efficiency; Transportation; European Union (EU); Sustainable management policy; Sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 O5 Q4 R4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2015.06.012

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