PANORAMA E DESAFIOS DA EFICIÊNCIA ENERGÉTICA NO BRASIL

The report argues that Brazil's energy efficiency (EE) policies have been reactive and focused on residential consumption, neglecting the industrial sector, which is the country's largest energy consumer. Economic analysis of 106 industrial sectors shows that while the efficiency of typical firms improved between 2003 and 2015, the market share of the most efficient firms decreased. The study finds a strong correlation between energy efficiency and productive efficiency, suggesting that a total reallocation of productive inputs (capital, labor, and electricity) could have increased aggregate productivity by 81% in 2015, though capital misallocation is the primary driver of these losses.

• Brazil's energy efficiency policies have historically been reactive, triggered by specific energy shortages rather than long-term planning, and have primarily targeted residential consumption.
• The industrial sector is the largest energy consumer in Brazil, accounting for 33% of total consumption, with approximately 80% of industrial firms relying on electricity as their primary energy source.
• Between 2003 and 2015, there was a trend of growth in the energy and productive efficiency of the 'typical firm,' indicating better resource use within companies; however, the market share of the most efficient firms declined, as evidenced by a drop in the Allocative Quality Indicators (IQA).
• Energy efficiency and productive efficiency in the Brazilian industry are interrelated, meaning that challenges in promoting energy efficiency are aligned with broader sectoral productivity issues.
• A full reallocation of productive inputs—capital, labor, and electricity—among firms would have resulted in an 81% gain in aggregate productivity for Brazil in 2015.
• Capital misallocation is the dominant factor limiting aggregate production and total factor productivity in Brazilian industry, contributing more to potential productivity gains (76%) than the correction of electricity distortions (15%).

APA

Assunção, J., Schutze, A., & Brolhato, S. (2018). PANORAMA E DESAFIOS DA EFICIÊNCIA ENERGÉTICA NO BRASIL. Climate Policy Initiative. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Sumario-Panorama-e-Desafios-da-Eficiencia-Energetica-no-Brasil.pdf

Chicago

Assunção, Juliano, Amanda Schutze, and Sara Brolhato. PANORAMA E DESAFIOS DA EFICIÊNCIA ENERGÉTICA NO BRASIL. Climate Policy Initiative, 2018. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Sumario-Panorama-e-Desafios-da-Eficiencia-Energetica-no-Brasil.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{assuno2018panorama, author = {Assunção, Juliano and Schutze, Amanda and Brolhato, Sara}, title = {{PANORAMA E DESAFIOS DA EFICIÊNCIA ENERGÉTICA NO BRASIL}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2018}, month = aug, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Sumario-Panorama-e-Desafios-da-Eficiencia-Energetica-no-Brasil.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }