Energy Use in Denmark and other OECD countries. Comparison of trends through the early 1990s

摘要

This report updates an earlier analysis and international comparison of energy use in Denmark and other countries. After a brief introduction summarizing trends in Danish energy use to 1992 (1993 for some sectors) we revisit the evolution of the structure and intensity of energy use in each sector. We show that Denmark has overall a less energy-intensive economy than most OECD economies, except in the household and freight sectors. We show that Denmark experienced the greatest cuts in space heating energy intensity of any of the countries we analyzed, and about average declines in the energy intensities in manufacturing. The energy intensity of persona transportation (travel) did not fall, while that for freight actually increased. Overall, however, Denmark reduced energy intensities - saved energy - at the greatest pace of all the countries analyzed through 1989, but that pace slowed after that time. (au)