Energy Efficiency of Major Energy Consuming Countries

Abstract:

This paper uses a total-factor framework to investigate energy efficiency in 22 major energy consuming countries, which consuming more than100 million tons of oil equivalent in 2010, including 14 OECD countries and 8 non-OECD countries. Two DEA models, total-factor energy efficiency model and energy-saving energy efficiency model, are used in this article to analyze the China’s energy efficiency for impersonality and comprehensive, and to find the energy efficiency difference between china and other countries, especially BRICS and neighbor countries.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 260-261)
• Pages: 267-272
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.260-261.267
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Xin Qiang Wei, Bao Sheng Zhang
• Keywords: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Energy Efficiency, Energy Saving

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