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Recent estimates of energy efficiency potential in the USA

verfasst von: Priya Sreedharan

Erschienen in: Energy Efficiency | Ausgabe 3/2013

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Understanding the potential for reducing energy demand through increased end-use energy efficiency can inform energy and climate policy decisions. However, if potential estimates are vastly different, they engender controversial debates, clouding the usefulness of energy efficiency in shaping a clean energy future. A substantive question thus arises: is there a general consensus on the potential estimates? To answer this question, this paper reviews recent studies of US national and regional energy efficiency potential in buildings and industry. Although these studies are based on differing assumptions, methods, and data, they suggest technically possible reductions of ~25–40 % in electricity demand and ~30 % in natural gas demand in 2020 and economic reductions of ~10–25 % in electricity demand and ~20 % in natural gas demand in 2020. These estimates imply that electricity growth from 2009 to 2020 ranges from turning US electricity demand growth negative, to reducing it to a growth rate of ~0.3 %/year (compared to ~1 % baseline growth).

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Titel: Recent estimates of energy efficiency potential in the USA
verfasst von: Priya Sreedharan
Publikationsdatum: 01.08.2013
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Energy Efficiency / Ausgabe 3/2013
Print ISSN: 1570-646X
Elektronische ISSN: 1570-6478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-012-9183-5

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