Spatial regional electricity intensity and equitable well-being to support just transition
Abstract
The European Union has set ambitious targets for energy efficiency to promote energy sustainability and
decarbonisation of energy systems by introducing performance indicators that can be used in different
contexts at international, national or regional level. In particular, the macroeconomic indicator of Electrical
Intensity (EI) and Sustainable Electrical Intensity (SEI) can be used to measure energy performance on
different scales, to identify the amount of energy used per unit of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), thus
providing a picture of sustainability in economic and spatial terms. In order to support appropriate urban
and territorial policies that can have a positive effect not only on GDP, but more generally on the fair and
sustainable well-being of citizens, the complexity of the EI must be addressed by assessing the impacts of
energy efficiency interventions and the development of renewable energy installations. The aim of the work
is to develop a comparative approach between the spatial distribution the total electricity consumption (EI
index) and the total renewable electrical consumption (SEI index) of the Italian Regions - and a dataset of
BES indicators - Equitable and Sustainable Well-being - to evaluate of the regional electricity transition.
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