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LAPSE:2023.25650
Energy Efficiency and Carbon Emission Impact on Competitiveness in the European Energy Intensive Industries
Andrius Zuoza, Vaida Pilinkienė
March 29, 2023
Climate change and efforts to mitigate it have given rise to an interest in the relationship between industry competitiveness, energy efficiency, and carbon emissions. A better understanding of this relationship can be essential for economic and environmental decision-makers. This paper presents empirical research evaluating industry competitiveness through the factors of energy efficiency and carbon emission in Europe’s most energy-intensive industries. The designed industry competitiveness measure index consists of seven components, grouped into three equally weighted sub-indexes: export performance, energy, and environmental. The export performance of the industry is described by the industry export growth rate, the share of the industry’s export, and the effects on the industry’s competitiveness of changes in a country’s export. The energy intensity of the industry and energy prices are integrated into the energy sub-index. The environmental sub-index consists of the industry’s emissions intensity, and the ratio of freely allocated allowances and verified emissions indicators. The findings indicate that countries with the highest index value also have a positive energy intensity and carbon emission indicator value. The average index value of each industry gradually reduces to zero, and the standard deviation of the index value shows a diminishing trend throughout all sectors, which implies that competitiveness in all sectors is increasing and that all countries are nearing the industry average. The ANOVA results show that: (1) the competitiveness index value was statistically significantly different in the investigated countries; (2) the competitiveness index value was statistically non-significantly different in the investigated industries; (3) there was a significant effect of the interaction between country and industry on the competitiveness index value. These results suggest that the country itself and industry/country interaction significantly affect the competitiveness index. However, it should be mentioned that industry per se does not substantially affect the competitiveness index score.
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Energy Efficiency, energy-intensive industries, industry competitiveness
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Zuoza A, Pilinkienė V. Energy Efficiency and Carbon Emission Impact on Competitiveness in the European Energy Intensive Industries. (2023). LAPSE:2023.25650
Author Affiliations
Zuoza A: Lithuanian Energy Institute, Breslaujos St. 3, LT-44403 Kaunas, Lithuania
Pilinkienė V: School of Economics and Business, Kaunas University of Technology, K. Donelaičio 73, LT-44029 Kaunas, Lithuania
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Energies
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14
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15
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4700
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2021
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2021-08-03
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1996-1073
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