V. Alcantara et J. Roca, ENERGY AND CO2 EMISSIONS IN SPAIN - METHODOLOGY OF ANALYSIS AND SOME RESULTS FOR 1980-90, Energy economics, 17(3), 1995, pp. 221-230
The article presents a methodology for estimating energy demand and ca
rbon emissions generated by different uses of energy and for separatin
g the different effects which explain the changes in energy demand and
carbon emissions. In contrast with other analyses we do not try to di
stribute the energy demand in terms of final consumption but in terms
of primary energy requirements and we do not consider the energy secto
r as an economic sector. The methodology consists of finding a vector
which for any unit of commercial energy (such as electricity petroleum
products, gas) gives the requirements of the different primary energy
sources. The article applies the methodology to the case of Spain for
the period from 1980 to 1990.