Analysis of the energy intensity evolution in the Brazilian industrial sector--1995 to 2005

Fabiano Ionta Andrade Silva and Sinclair Mallet Guy Guerra

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2009, vol. 13, issue 9, 2589-2596

Abstract: This study developed a method to evaluate the evolution of energy intensity in the Brazilian industrial sector from 1995 to 2004. In order to do so, it was necessary to obtain six different measures (indicators) of the sector energy intensity. Considering the concept of energy intensity as the ratio between energy consumption and the level of economic activity, two measures were used for the energy consumption: a thermal (physical) and an economic one. For the level of economic activity, three measures were used: value of production, value of delivered goods and added value. In the Brazilian industrial sector, most of these indicators have behaved in a similar way. In a disaggregated way, energy intensity indicators show a unified direction of its evolution. However, a more elaborate study on the consumption profile of the Brazilian industrial sector and its economical activities indicates the presence of important deviations concerning the annual rate of change in energy intensity. Besides, there is no evident relation between these deviations and the composition of the different indicators of energy intensity.

Keywords: Energy; efficiency; Energy; intensity; Industrial; sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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