Implications of an energy efficiency obligation scheme for the Swedish energy-intensive industries: an evaluation of costs and benefits

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• 作者：Maria Xylia ; Semida Silveira ; Johannes Morfeldt
• 关键词：Energy efficiency obligation scheme ; Cost ; benefit analysis ; Industrial energy efficiency ; Energy efficiency directive ; Sweden
• 刊名：Energy Efficiency
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：10
• 期：1
• 页码：151-169
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• 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
• 刊物主题：Energy Economics; Renewable and Green Energy; Environmental Economics; Environment, general; Sustainable Development;
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1570-6478
• 卷排序：10

文摘

The EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) aims at improving energy efficiency by implementing actions in all sectors of the economy in the EU. Article 7 of the EED sets the target of 1.5 % cumulative annual energy end-use savings. An energy efficiency obligation scheme (EEO) is one of the policy mechanisms proposed to reach this target. This paper assesses the impact of implementing a Swedish EEO and the implications that such a scheme may have for Swedish energy-intensive industries. The assessment was based on cost-benefit analysis (CBA) methodology. The benefit-to-cost ratio (BCR) ranges from 1.56 to 2.17 and the break-even cost ranges from 83.3 to 86.9 €/MWh with sensitivity analyses performed for the emission allowance prices and eventual costs of the EEO. The annual energy savings potential is estimated to be 1.25 TWh/year. A Swedish EEO could motivate investments in energy efficiency measures and thus help Sweden reach the energy efficiency targets set in the EED.