The competitiveness of the national economy: energy-related aspects

Eleonora Matuygina,Anastasiya Klabukova,Tatiana Rumyantseva,S Kudriavtcev,V Murgul

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202015704020

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to assess the competitiveness of national production in terms of its resources and energy supply. The authors present the dynamics of energy intensity of some countries and regions of the world and consider the relationship between the level of energy intensity and the competitiveness of national economies. Based on this relationship, countries are grouped depending on the type of the performance indicators of economies. Alternative energy is presented as a tool for improving efficiency of existing industries and for ensuring countries’ position in the world market. The increase in the share of renewable energy in total consumption served as a basis for studying experience of various countries in regulating the development of alternative energy followed by a grouping of methods. The paper analyses both methods associated with the positioning of alternative energy and its incorporation into the existing structure and methods aimed at stimulating the development of alternative energy.

Highlights

The expanded reproduction of living conditions together with population growth requires the intensive involvement of various types of resources in the economic turnover
Because of the predominant orientation of national economies on the use of traditional energy sources in the conditions of resource constraints, such dynamics encourages the search for new energy sources and optimization of the process of energy production and consumption
An additional justification is the negative impact of traditional energy on the environment (for example, in 2018, CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels reached 33.1 Gt CO2, i.e. increased by 1.7% in comparison with 2017, and according to IEA (International Energy Agency), the energy sector accounted for almost two-thirds of emissions [3])

Summary

Introduction

The expanded reproduction of living conditions together with population growth requires the intensive involvement of various types of resources in the economic turnover. Because of the predominant orientation of national economies on the use of traditional energy sources in the conditions of resource constraints, such dynamics encourages the search for new energy sources and optimization of the process of energy production and consumption. An additional justification is the negative impact of traditional energy on the environment (for example, in 2018, CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels reached 33.1 Gt CO2, i.e. increased by 1.7% in comparison with 2017, and according to IEA (International Energy Agency), the energy sector accounted for almost two-thirds of emissions [3]). Mardani A., Zavadskas E.K., Streimikiene D., Juson A. and Khoshnoudi M.A.; Zhang X.P., Cheng X.M.,Yuan J.H. and Gao X.J. [8, 9] focus on the symbiosis of economic (energy) and environmental components of the development of society

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