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creators_name: Nakicenovic, N.
creators_name: Gilli, P.V.
creators_name: Kurz, R.
creators_id: 395
creators_id: 1576
creators_orcid: 0000-0001-7176-4604
title: Regional and global exergy and energy efficiencies
ispublished: pub
internal_subjects: iis_ene
internal_subjects: iis_cli
internal_subjects: iis_env
internal_subjects: iis_ecn
divisions: prog_ecs
abstract: We present estimates of global energy efficiency by applying second-law (exergy) analysis to regional and global energy balances. We use a uniform analysis of national and regional energy balances and aggregate these balances first for three main economic regions and subsequently into world totals. The procedure involves assessment of energy and exergy efficiencies at each step of energy conversion, from primary exergy to final and useful exergy. Ideally, the analysis should be extended to include actual delivered energy services; unfortunately, data are scarce and only rough estimates can be given for this last stage of energy conversion. The overall result is that the current global primary to useful exergy efficiency is about one-tenth of the theoretical maximum and the service efficiency is even lower.
date: 1996-03
date_type: published
publisher: Elsevier
id_number: 10.1016/0360-5442(96)00001-1
iiasapubid: XJ-96-032
iiasa_bibref: Energy - The International Journal; 21(3):223-237 [1996]
creators_browse_id: 214
creators_browse_id: 1398
full_text_status: none
publication: Energy
volume: 21
number: 3
pagerange: 223-237
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1873-6785
coversheets_dirty: FALSE
fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
citation:   Nakicenovic, N. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/214.html> ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7176-4604 <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7176-4604>, Gilli, P.V., & Kurz, R. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/1398.html>  (1996).  Regional and global exergy and energy efficiencies.   Energy 21 (3) 223-237. 10.1016/0360-5442(96)00001-1 <https://doi.org/10.1016/0360-5442%2896%2900001-1>.