Maharashtra Districts: Energy Intensity across Sectors (2011 vs 2019)
Energy Intensity is the measure of Energy Efficiency in a country. It measures the energy supplied to the economy per unit value of economic output[1]. The unit of measurement is megajoules per unit of GDP. In this article here, we measure the electricity intensity of various districts across various economic sectors. The unit of measurement is kWh of electricity consumed to produce ? 1 crore of GDDP (gross district domestic product).
We measure the electricity consumed across Agricultural, Industrial and Commercial sectors in Maharashtra across all districts. We look at electricity consumption and GDDP across all sectors in 2011 and 2019.
In fig. 1 below we compare the electricity consumed between 2011 and 2019 across 3 sectors in all districts.
From fig. 1 we notice that Industrial sector in Pune consumed the most electricity in 2011 and 2019. In 2011, In Mumbai and Mumbai Suburban regions, Commercial sector consumes the most electricity. And Ahmadnagar and Solapur show the highest electricity consumption in the Agriculture sector. In 2019, we see that the electricity consumption of the Commercial sector in Mumbai and Mumbai Suburban regions have dropped in absolute numbers. This could be because some of the commercial activity has shifted to other districts or energy efficiency has improved across the entire sector in that region; an improbability.
Figure 2 looks at the contribution of GDDP of each sector in each district. The valuable sectors are the Industrial and Commercial sectors in the districts of Mumbai, its Suburban, Thane, Palghar and Pune regions. The GDDP in 2019 is at 2011-12 constant prices, which discounts for inflation. Between 2011 and 2019, the valuable sectors are also focused on the same geographies. A closer inspection may reveal the certain districts have grown faster than the others.
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In figure 3, we measure the Energy Intensities of all Sectors in all Districts. We notice that in Bid district, the electricity intensity at 5.39 lakh units per crore of GDDP hasn’t changed much in 2019 showing 5.54 lakh units of electricity to generate a crore of GDDP in Agriculture sector. This implies an inefficient system, where more electricity is being consumed to generate a crore of GDDP. In contrast, we notice Mumbai and Suburban regions have almost halved their intensity, implying that better efficiencies were achieved.
The objective is to reduce the energy intensity values. The closer it is the zero, the better and efficient is the sector. This also indicates the sectors and the regions where active intervention is necessary. More granular data is required to make policy decisions, but there is some challenge with the quality and consistency of data for certain districts.
In the next week, we will compare the energy intensities of Maharashtra with the rest of the country and the world to understand the transition journey we have before us.
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