Energy productivity: From policy goal to reality

About the Energy Productivity Project The well-established link between economic growth and energy usage presents a conundrum for policymakers that can be resolved by focusing on energy productivity to promote greater societal welfare. Energy productivity focuses attention on how energy resources can be put to their best use, augmenting scarce energy resources, and how energy efficiency can lift economic growth. The goal of this research project is to provide a deeper understanding on energy productivity. This understanding will enable policymakers to make consistent comparisons of energy productivity between countries and develop better energy policy targets. The program is global, but also focuses particularly on China and the Arab world. It investigates how energy productivity has changed, what have been the drivers, and how policies might be best designed to maximize the economic welfare extracted from the energy system. In line with KAPSARC’s overall objectives, this research project seeks to provide insights to policymakers that can be used to inform energy and environmental policies at both a national and an international level.

关于能源生产率项目探讨经济增长与能源使用之间业已确立的紧密联系，对政策制定者而言构成了一个难题。通过聚焦能源生产率以促进社会福祉的进一步提升，这一难题得以解决。能源生产率着眼于如何将能源资源发挥至最佳效用，增加稀缺的能源资源，以及如何通过提高能源效率来推动经济增长。本研究项目的目标在于深化对能源生产率的理解。这种理解将使政策制定者能够对各国之间的能源生产率进行一致性比较，并制定更为有效的能源政策目标。该项目具有全球性，同时特别关注中国和阿拉伯世界。它探究了能源生产率的变化情况、驱动因素，以及如何设计最佳政策以最大化从能源系统中提取的经济福祉。遵循KAPSARC的整体目标，本研究项目旨在为政策制定者提供可运用于国家及国际层面的能源与环境政策的洞见。