Assessing the energy intensities of imports

Assessing the energy intensities of imports

Embodied energy intensities denote the amount of energy (direct and indirect) that is required to produce one unit of economic output. These embodied energy intensities should include imports. The energy intensities of imports are in most cases unknown and are therefore often neglected or assumed to...

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Published in:Energy economics Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 67 - 83
Main Authors: Battjes, J.J., Noorman, K.J., Biesiot, W.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01-02-1998
Elsevier Science
Elsevier
Guildford :IPC Science and Technology Press,1979
Elsevier Science Ltd
Series:Energy Economics
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Economics
Energy
Energy economics
Energy intensities
Exact sciences and technology
General aspects
Imports
Manycountries
OECD-Europe
Statistical analysis
Studies
Netherlands
Europe
Ireland
Germany
Western Europe
Energy intensities
OECD-Europe
Imports
Input output analysis
Economy
Import
Methodology
Computing method
Industrialized country
Energy intensity
Input output table
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Summary:Embodied energy intensities denote the amount of energy (direct and indirect) that is required to produce one unit of economic output. These embodied energy intensities should include imports. The energy intensities of imports are in most cases unknown and are therefore often neglected or assumed to be equal to the domestic energy intensities of similar products. Both assumptions introduce errors in the indigenously calculated embodied energy intensities. This certainly applies to countries with a relatively high contribution of imports and a specific economic structure. This article advocates to estimate the energy intensities of imports by means of the average energy intensities of the region in which the country is situated. In this context, different estimation procedures for the embodied energy intensities of imports are presented for a number of countries within OECD-Europe.
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ISSN:0140-9883
1873-6181
DOI:10.1016/S0140-9883(97)00016-9