Lingfeng Liang, Yabing Xu, Bin Liu, Chunlu Liu, Youquan Xu, Mark Luther
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Abstract
Energy and economic growth are closely linked and have negative impacts on the environment. Both environmental protection and economic development are significant global focal points of concern. Australian economic growth has slowed but energy consumption has increased. The relationship between economic growth and energy consumption has changed significantly. However, existing methods for accounting energy transfers between industries overlook the role of embodied energy, making them insufficient to fully capture the actual energy usage in both domestic and international trade. This study investigates the structural changes in embodied energy in the Australian economy. The paper integrates sectors as the section nodes for a network and constructs a two-layer network model to analyze energy flows both between and within nodes. The results show that the Australian embodied energy network exhibited significant variations in efficiency and interconnectedness over time, with a trend toward shorter, more interconnected paths from 2015 to 2019, enhancing overall network efficiency. The Australian embodied energy network currently faces significant funding constraints. The findings show that the Australian economic sectors have increased energy consumption in production without contributing to economic growth due to the concentration of resources within the network.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Cleaner Production is an international, transdisciplinary journal that addresses and discusses theoretical and practical Cleaner Production, Environmental, and Sustainability issues. It aims to help societies become more sustainable by focusing on the concept of 'Cleaner Production', which aims at preventing waste production and increasing efficiencies in energy, water, resources, and human capital use. The journal serves as a platform for corporations, governments, education institutions, regions, and societies to engage in discussions and research related to Cleaner Production, environmental, and sustainability practices.