Assessing the energy vulnerability: Case of industrialised countries

By Edgard Gnansounou. 2008

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The emergence of new big consumer countries on the energy markets and the perspective of oil and gas depletion at the end of the current century raise the concerns about fair distribution of the remaining resources for the common and sustainable well-being of the mankind. High volatility of energy prices discourages the investment and delays the energy technology transition. Voluntary measures are needed mainly in industrialised countries in order to develop alternative and sustainable energy sources, to enable technology transfer towards emerging and developing countries and to avoid struggle for energy procurement. In this paper, a composite index of energy demand/supply weaknesses is defined as a proxy of energy vulnerability. The proposed index is based on several indicators such as energy intensity, oil and gas import dependency, CO2 content of primary energy supply, electricity supply weaknesses and non-diversity in transport fuels. The assessment of this composite index for selected industrialised countries is discussed as well as the sensitivity to various factors.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Energy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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On the causal dynamics between emissions, nuclear energy, renewable energy, and economic growth ☆ (2010, background): “The concentration of energy sources in the volatile region of the Middle East involves risks for many countries in terms of the reliability of the supply of energy (Gnansounou, 2008).”
Indicators of security of natural gas supply in Asia (2010, methodology): “Gnansounou (2008) defined a composite index of energy demand/supply weaknesses as a proxy of energy vulnerability. The index is based on several indicators such as energy intensity, oil and gas import dependency, CO2 content of primary energy supply, electricity supply weaknesses and non-diversity i”
CO2 emissions, nuclear energy, renewable energy and economic growth in the US (2010, background): “The high degree of concentration of energy supply sources in the volatile region of the Middle East, where over 68% of oil reserves are located clearly involves risks for the US in terms of the reliability of its supply of energy needs (Gnansounou, 2008).”
Electricity consumption and economic growth: Exploring panel-specific differences (2015, background): “As indicated by Gnansounou (2008) the net import of electricity is one of the three sub-‐dimensions of the electricity dependency or supply vulnerability (the non-‐diversification of electricity generation and th”
Does Improvement in Trade Openness Facilitate Renewable Energy Transition? Evidence from Selected South Asian Economies (2018, background): “However, the process of diversifying the use of different types of natural energy resources in the least developed countries (LDCs), in particular, is often held back courtesy lack of energy investments in those countries (Gnansounou, 2008).”
Conceptualizing Energy Security (2012, background): “It is immediately obvious that the number of threats that could be considered under this definition is huge (Gnansounou 2008).”
The geopolitics of renewables; exploring the political implications of renewable energy systems (2016, background): “Vulnerability expresses the consequences of energy supply interruptions (Gnansounou 2008, 3735).”
Energy vulnerability around the world: The global energy vulnerability index (GEVI) (2020, methodology): “The index on which this study mainly relies theoretically is the synthetic index of energy demand/supply weaknesses defined as a proxy of energy vulnerability (Gnansounou, 2008).”