14/09/22

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RATIONAL USE OF ENERGY notes

World Bunkers refers to the consumption made for travels or similar

not tied to a single country or area. For example a flight from
barcelona to chicago consumes fuel, but which of the two countries
is responsible?

Energy intensity, is related to energy consumption divided by GDP.

Portugal is now a well industrialised country. Its population is low,

but its energy consumption is way lower than expected.

Every number is in MTOE??

If we want to reduce the consumption we need of course to reduce

and improve the final consumption, but also the transformation, the
transportation and the production phases.

Overall electricity generation increases during the years, because

consumption increases.
The goal in Europe is to eliminate solid fuels and substitute gas with
renewably produced gas. That would mean to change 70% of
electricity generation sources by 2030.

BE AWARE THAT ENERGY AND ELECTRICITY ARE OFTEN MIXED IN

THESE SLIDES.

Hydrogen can be considered a renewable gas. It could also be use

as a heating fuel. If it were to increase, the other fuels (especially
the ones used for heating) would decrease.

CO2 emissions in Europe are decreasing a little bit. The

consumption is pretty much the same. This means that we are
burning better, with better efficiency.

CO2 emission intensity = kg CO2 emitted per toe generated.