European Energy Prospects

1976 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 40-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.F. Ray
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
North Sea ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Usage ◽  
Upward Trend ◽  
New Energy ◽  
Relative Dependence ◽  
Reduction Of Energy Consumption ◽  
Imported Oil

The 1975 reduction of energy consumption was chiefly due to the recession; plans and forecasts for 1975-80 indicate a return towards pre-1973 energy usage and the upward trend becomes moderated only in 1980-85. Europe's relative dependence on imported oil is likely to decline, due to increased production of North Sea oil and of nuclear electricity, as well as to the better utilization of other indigenous sources, though there are some uncertainties about these. Beyond 1985, however, new energy sources are likely to be needed; in order to secure them in time, R & D effort ought to be strengthened now, and on a cooperative international basis.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Energy Consumption in the Context of Sustainable Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 4147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alina Zaharia ◽  
Maria Claudia Diaconeasa ◽  
Laura Brad ◽  
Georgiana-Raluca Lădaru ◽  
Corina Ioanăș
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
Final Energy ◽  
New Energy ◽  
Final Energy Consumption ◽  
Reduction Of Energy Consumption

Based on the global need to reduce the primary and final energy consumption, as part of the climate change mitigation strategy, the present study aims at determining the influence of different economic, social and environmental factors on the two types of consumption while emphasizing the importance of this topic for the research area. The novelty of the study resides in the factors considered in the panel analysis as well as in the combination of the analysis methods: the panel data analysis and the bibliometric analysis. The main results show that factors such as greenhouse gas emissions, gross domestic product, population and labour growth have a positive relationship with both primary and final energy consumption, which means an increase of energy consumption. Meanwhile, factors such as feminine population increase, healthcare expenditures or energy taxes have a negative relationship, which determine a reduction of energy consumption. The results should be of interest to the authorities in designing new energy reduction policies for contributing to sustainable development goals, as well as to the researchers.

ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN HOTEL INDUSTRY – CASE STUDY IN OHRID

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-300
Author(s):  
Gordana Petrovska Reckoski ◽  
Risto Reckoska ◽  
Angela Vasileska
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
New Energy ◽  
Swot Analyses

Renewable energy is necessary for each industry functioning, also for hotel industry. It’s necessary for warming, lightening hotels, for kitchens functioning in hotels, for transport vehicles movement, for hotel pools, etc. In lack of classic energy sources, long period of time some work is done on finding new energy sources, besides oil and coal, water and wind. Nowadays, solar energy is very popular, which is already supplied, bio-energy, wind energy, water energy, geothermal and gas energy, steam, and still a work is done on permanent finding of new renewable energy sources (fuel cell resources, ocean/wave resources). In this paper, overworked data is shown, brought by Ohrid hotels and SWOT analyses has been done of energy consumption in hotel industry in Ohrid, with proposals for modernization, efficiency, aiming to modern tourism development, environment protection, human health protection. In this way, basic demands for entering the European Union will be satisfied and legislative harmonization in Republic of Macedonia with other EU members is going to be realized.

Energy Consumption Pattern of a Decentralized Community in Oyo State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Odesola Isaac F. ◽  
◽  
Awoyemi Omotola ◽  
Folorunso Amos ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Consumption Pattern ◽  
Energy Usage ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Energy Consumption Patterns ◽  
Energy Consumption Pattern

Energy is required in the manufacturing process of various products and in the movement of goods and services within and outside a country. Energy consumption patterns, which consist of energy sources, quantities and the demographics of the consumers, help in drawing a clearer picture of the economic situation of the location. This work involves a survey of the energy consumption pattern carried out in a decentralized community. As established from the research, there is a direct correlation between economic development and energy consumption. It is therefore imperative to study the energy usage in rural areas to help decision makers tackle their energy problems. A survey questionnaire was designed for this study and energy conversion method was employed for the conversion of the raw data collected into energy units to determine the quantities of energy consumed in various sectors at the Alagbaa community in Akanran, Ona Ara Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria. The survey covered a heterogeneous population of different income groups and social groups. Studies were carried out on the total and average quantities of energy consumed in the domestic (cooking and home electrification), transportation and agricultural sectors. Home electrification accounted for 37% of the total energy used while transportation, cooking and agriculture accounted for 35%, 13% and 15% respectively. From the study, it was found that economic inequality is also displayed in the choice of energy sources with higher deviation found in the total amount energy consumption. It was also realized that the least conventional source of energy, firewood, showed higher deviation. It also revealed that 50% of the energy used was channelled to non-economic activities.

Feedback as an Energy Conservation Strategy

1978 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 537-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive Seligman
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Energy Usage ◽  
Immediate Feedback ◽  
Consumption Rates ◽  
Reduction Of Energy Consumption ◽  
Actual Energy Consumption

A great deal of psychological research has suggested that giving immediate feedback to an individual on the effects of his actions enables him better to control his actions. The application of this idea to the reduction of energy consumption is clear. In general homeowners are motivated by cost and other pressures to reduce their home energy consumption. Therefore, if they are given daily feedback on their actual energy consumption, this ought to enable them to better control their consumption rates. Why should feedback have this effect? First, since most homeowners are unaware of the amount of energy they use (the monthly utility bill is not clear or detailed enough to be very helpful), feedback provides information about energy usage. Second, frequent feedback indicates the success of various attempted conservation strategies; it can lead the homeowner to discover and to maintain conservation habits.

scholarly journals Generalized Building Energy Efficiency and New Energy Utilization

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 ◽  
pp. 01007
Author(s):  
Li Yang ◽  
Piman Sun
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Conservation ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Building Energy ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Zero Energy ◽  
Building Energy Conservation ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Energy

The development of human society is a non-stop gear, and the way we use energy is about the future. How to use resources reasonably and effectively is the pressure we face. The increase in population is the problem of resource allocation—insufficient inventory of traditional energy sources. Economic development is a double-sided blade, and ecological environmental protection is our focus. Research and development of new energy and renewable energy is a way to block dependence on traditional energy sources. It is the inevitable way for human beings to coexist harmoniously with ecology in the future. The development of the construction industry has also brought about a greater proportion of energy consumption. Building heating, ventilation, air conditioning and lighting account for about one-third of the total energy consumption. The carbon dioxide emissions of the construction industry account for more than half of the total emissions, which has a great impact on the environment. The broad definition of building energy conservation is proposed, and the significance of using new energy to building energy conservation is expanded from the perspective of macro environment, including the use of integrated energy, solar energy, and energy islands to achieve zero energy consumption in building energy conservation. The construction has effectively promoted the development of zero energy consumption in terms of the life cycle and environmental protection.

An Empirical Research on Relationship between Economic Growth and New Energy Consumption in China

2014 ◽  
Vol 1073-1076 ◽  
pp. 2583-2586
Author(s):  
Yan Ren
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Granger Causality ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
New Energy ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Carbon Economy

This article took the lead to study the relationship between new energy consumption, traditional energy consumption and economic growth in China from 1990 to 2012, employed methods of regressive model and Granger causality estimation. Econometric software—Eviews 6.0 was used during the calculation process. The empirical study showed that both new energy consumption and traditional energy consumption could promote economic growth in China. However the influences of new energy consumption and traditional energy consumption on Chinese economic growth have the asymmetry. The effect of new energy consumption on economic growth was lower than that of traditional energy consumption. In the short term, new energy consumption was the Granger causality of economic growth in China. However economic growth was also the Granger causality of new energy consumption in the long term. Therefore, in order to achieve sustainable development and low carbon economy in China, it is imperative to make new energy sources play a more important role in economic growth and replace traditional energy sources gradually.

scholarly journals Energy Consumption Pattern of a Decentralized Community in Oyo State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Odesola Isaac F. ◽  
◽  
Awoyemi Omotola ◽  
Folorunso Amos ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Consumption Pattern ◽  
Energy Usage ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Energy Consumption Patterns ◽  
Energy Consumption Pattern

Energy is required in the manufacturing process of various products and in the movement of goods and services within and outside a country. Energy consumption patterns, which consist of energy sources, quantities and the demographics of the consumers, help in drawing a clearer picture of the economic situation of the location. This work involves a survey of the energy consumption pattern carried out in a decentralized community. As established from the research, there is a direct correlation between economic development and energy consumption. It is therefore imperative to study the energy usage in rural areas to help decision makers tackle their energy problems. A survey questionnaire was designed for this study and energy conversion method was employed for the conversion of the raw data collected into energy units to determine the quantities of energy consumed in various sectors at the Alagbaa community in Akanran, Ona Ara Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria. The survey covered a heterogeneous population of different income groups and social groups. Studies were carried out on the total and average quantities of energy consumed in the domestic (cooking and home electrification), transportation and agricultural sectors. Home electrification accounted for 37% of the total energy used while transportation, cooking and agriculture accounted for 35%, 13% and 15% respectively. From the study, it was found that economic inequality is also displayed in the choice of energy sources with higher deviation found in the total amount energy consumption. It was also realized that the least conventional source of energy, firewood, showed higher deviation. It also revealed that 50% of the energy used was channelled to non-economic activities.

scholarly journals Empirical Research on the Relationship amongst Renewable Energy Consumption, Economic Growth and Foreign Direct Investment in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 332
Author(s):  
Janusz Grabara ◽  
Arsen Tleppayev ◽  
Malika Dabylova ◽  
Leonardus W. W. Mihardjo ◽  
Zdzisława Dacko-Pikiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Renewable Energy Consumption ◽  
Integration Test ◽  
The Relationship

In this contemporary era, environmental problems spread at different levels in all countries of the world. Economic growth does not just depend on prioritizing the environment or improving the environmental situation. If the foreign direct investment is directed to the polluting industries, they will increase pollution and damage the environment. The purpose of the study is to consider the relationship between foreign direct investment in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and economic growth and renewable energy consumption. The study is based on data obtained from 1992 to 2018. The results show that there is a two-way link between foreign direct investment and renewable energy consumption in the considered two countries. The Granger causality test approach is applied to explore the causal relationship between the variables. The Johansen co-integration test approach is also employed to test for a relationship. The empirical results verify the existence of co-integration between the series. The main factors influencing renewable energy are economic growth and electricity consumption. To reduce dependence on fuel-based energy sources, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan need to attract energy to renewable energy sources and implement energy efficiency based on rapid progress. This is because renewable energy sources play the role of an engine that stimulates the production process in the economy for all countries.

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