1. Interstate energy efficiency of Indian paper industry: A slack-based non-parametric approach
- Author
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Javed Ahmad Bhat, Salman Haider, and Bandi Kamaiah
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020209 energy ,Mechanical Engineering ,02 engineering and technology ,Building and Construction ,010501 environmental sciences ,Pulp and paper industry ,01 natural sciences ,Pollution ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,General Energy ,Order (exchange) ,Energy intensity ,Scale (social sciences) ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Data envelopment analysis ,Economics ,Position (finance) ,Production (economics) ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Inefficiency ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Civil and Structural Engineering ,Efficient energy use - Abstract
This study aims at to make a heuristic analysis of energy efficiency performance of Indian paper industry in a non-parametric production theoretic approach. Using the data for 2004–05 to 2013–14, radial and non-radial variants of DEA were employed to estimate energy saving potential and identify the relative position of paper industry across the states. Preliminary analysis in terms of energy intensity scores showed declining trends of energy intensity over the period of analysis for most of the states except states like Assam, Chhattisgarh, Kerala and Punjab where it does not decline much. Assuming a variable returns to scale (VRS) technology under the conditions of inherent heterogeneity and market imperfection, the slack-based measure (SBM) reported a much higher energy saving potential than reported by other measures in the study. Further by taking scale efficiency into account, the study documented the higher contribution of pure energy inefficiency in explaining the total energy inefficiency within the paper industry relative to scale inefficiency. Finally, the study recommends the propagation of energy efficiency program through a market-based and regulatory mechanism along with consolidation and technological advancement of individual units, in order to tap vast energy saving potential and thereby ensure the growth and environmental sustainability.
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- 2018