Spatial Dynamics of Electricity Usage in India

India's manufacturing sector has undergone many spatial adjustments since 1989, including, for example, the organized sector's migration to rural locations, the powerful rise of informal manufacturing within cities, and the development of intermediate cities for manufacturing. This paper investigates the impact of these spatial adjustments for electricity usage in India s manufacturing sector. Striking spatial differences in energy usage exist, and whether spatial adjustments exacerbate or alleviate energy consumption strains is important for issues ranging from reducing India's power blackouts to stemming rising pollution levels. Using detailed surveys for the organized and unorganized sectors, the analysis finds that electricity usage per unit of output in urban plants declined steadily during 1989-2010. In the rural areas, by contrast, electricity consumption per unit of output for organized sector plants peaked in 2000 and thereafter declined. Decomposing the observed trends in aggregate electricity usage from 2000 onwards, the paper finds that most reductions in electricity usage per unit of output came from reductions in existing sites of activity (defined through state-industry-urban/rural cells). The second biggest factor leading to reduced usage was lower usage in fast-growing sectors. By contrast, spatial movements of manufacturing activity across India did not significantly change usage levels and may have even increased them. This appears to have been in part because of the split nature of the mobility, with organized and unorganized sectors migrating in opposite directions.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Ghani, Ejaz, Goswami, Arti Grover, Kerr, William R.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014-10
Subjects:	ABUNDANT ENERGY, ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, AGGREGATE LEVEL, ALUMINUM, APPROACH, AQUACULTURE, AVAILABILITY, BALANCE, BASES, BUILDING CODES, CALCULATION, CARBON, CARBON EMISSIONS, CEMENT, CHANGES IN ENERGY INTENSITY, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, COAL, COAL GAS, COMBUSTIBLE BIOMASS, COMMERCIAL ENERGY, CONVERGENCE, COOKING, COST OF ELECTRICITY, DIESEL, DOMESTIC USE, EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT, EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, EFFICIENT USE, EFFICIENT USE OF ENERGY, ELECTRIC GENERATION, ELECTRIC GENERATION CAPACITY, ELECTRIC POWER, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY BOARDS, ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, ELECTRICITY COSTS, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY GENERATION EFFICIENCY, ELECTRICITY PRICE, ELECTRICITY PRICES, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, ELECTRICITY SYSTEM, ELECTRICITY USAGE, ELECTRICITY USE, EMISSIONS, EMPLOYMENT, ENERGY CONSERVATION, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY ECONOMICS, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT, ENERGY INPUT, ENERGY INTENSITY, ENERGY INTENSIVE, ENERGY OUTLOOK, ENERGY POLICY, ENERGY PRICE, ENERGY PRICES, ENERGY PRODUCERS, ENERGY PRODUCTION, ENERGY RESOURCES, ENERGY SAVINGS, ENERGY SECURITY, ENERGY SERVICE, ENERGY SERVICE COMPANIES, ENERGY SOURCES, ENERGY SUPPLY, ENERGY USAGE, ENERGY USE, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, FOSSIL, FOSSIL FUELS, FUEL, FUEL CONSUMPTION, FUEL OIL, GAS, GENERATION, GENERATION CAPACITY, GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY, GHG, GRID ELECTRICITY, INCOME, IRON, LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS, METALS, NATURAL GAS, NEW PLANTS, OIL, OIL EQUIVALENT, PAPER PRODUCTS, PATTERNS OF ENERGY PRODUCTION, PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM GAS, PETROLEUM REFINING, PLANT OUTPUT, POLLUTION, POLLUTION LEVELS, POWER, POWER DISTRIBUTION, POWER GENERATION, POWER PLANTS, POWER SECTOR, POWER SHORTAGES, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SYSTEM, PRICE OF ELECTRICITY, PROCESS USES, PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY, QUANTITY OF ELECTRICITY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY CAPACITY, RENEWABLE GENERATION, RENEWABLE SOURCES, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, SECONDARY MARKETS, SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, THERMAL POWER, THERMAL POWER SECTOR, TOTAL ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION, TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE, UTILITIES, VERTICAL AXIS, VOLTAGE, WOOD PRODUCTS, WORLD ENERGY, WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20270207/spatial-dynamics-electricity-usage-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20504
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