Multilevel and Multiregional Analysis of the Electricity Metabolism of Mexico across Sectors

This paper presents a novel tool for electricity planning, based on an improvement of MuSIASEM (Multiscale Integrated Analysis of the Societal and Ecological Metabolism) by incorporating a new regional analysis of the electricity metabolism across levels. An analysis of Mexico illustrates this toolk...

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Main Authors: Natalie Ortiz-Guerrero, Rafael González-López
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Series:Electricity
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4826/4/1/1
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author Natalie Ortiz-Guerrero
Rafael González-López
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description This paper presents a novel tool for electricity planning, based on an improvement of MuSIASEM (Multiscale Integrated Analysis of the Societal and Ecological Metabolism) by incorporating a new regional analysis of the electricity metabolism across levels. An analysis of Mexico illustrates this toolkit and shows that the industry sector has economic energy intensity (EEI) with 40.3 MWh/MMXN reaching a higher value than the commerce and services sector with 0.84 MWh/MMXN. Regarding the economic labor productivity (ELP) indicator (AV/h), the industrial sector with 208.5 TMXN/Kh reached a higher value than the commercial and services sector with 114.3 TMXN/Kh. Regarding the exosomatic metabolic rate (EMR), the household sector obtained 59.3 KWh/Kh, whereas the economic sector reached 2486.4 KWh/Kh. Disaggregation of the EMR indicator into economic sectors shows that the industrial sector reached 8.4 KWh/Kh and the commercial and services sector reached 0.10 KWh/Kh. The lack of complete data for the agricultural sector does not allow us to calculate EEI, ELP, and EMR indicators accurately. This innovative approach is useful for governance because it helps us to understand and reduce asymmetries across regions in terms of electricity consumption, resulting in more social equality and a better economic equilibrium across sectors and regions.
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spelling doaj.art-e21299fe3c4c42f1aa507311f40308542023-03-28T13:29:34ZengMDPI AGElectricity2673-48262023-01-014112110.3390/electricity4010001Multilevel and Multiregional Analysis of the Electricity Metabolism of Mexico across SectorsNatalie Ortiz-Guerrero0Rafael González-López1Plataforma Nacional Energía Ambiente y Sociedad (PLANEAS), Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Mexico City 03940, MexicoPlataforma Nacional Energía Ambiente y Sociedad (PLANEAS), Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Mexico City 03940, MexicoThis paper presents a novel tool for electricity planning, based on an improvement of MuSIASEM (Multiscale Integrated Analysis of the Societal and Ecological Metabolism) by incorporating a new regional analysis of the electricity metabolism across levels. An analysis of Mexico illustrates this toolkit and shows that the industry sector has economic energy intensity (EEI) with 40.3 MWh/MMXN reaching a higher value than the commerce and services sector with 0.84 MWh/MMXN. Regarding the economic labor productivity (ELP) indicator (AV/h), the industrial sector with 208.5 TMXN/Kh reached a higher value than the commercial and services sector with 114.3 TMXN/Kh. Regarding the exosomatic metabolic rate (EMR), the household sector obtained 59.3 KWh/Kh, whereas the economic sector reached 2486.4 KWh/Kh. Disaggregation of the EMR indicator into economic sectors shows that the industrial sector reached 8.4 KWh/Kh and the commercial and services sector reached 0.10 KWh/Kh. The lack of complete data for the agricultural sector does not allow us to calculate EEI, ELP, and EMR indicators accurately. This innovative approach is useful for governance because it helps us to understand and reduce asymmetries across regions in terms of electricity consumption, resulting in more social equality and a better economic equilibrium across sectors and regions.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4826/4/1/1multilevel electricity analysismultiregional electricity analysiselectricity planningMuSIASEM
spellingShingle Natalie Ortiz-Guerrero
Rafael González-López
Multilevel and Multiregional Analysis of the Electricity Metabolism of Mexico across Sectors
Electricity
multilevel electricity analysis
multiregional electricity analysis
electricity planning
MuSIASEM
title Multilevel and Multiregional Analysis of the Electricity Metabolism of Mexico across Sectors
title_full Multilevel and Multiregional Analysis of the Electricity Metabolism of Mexico across Sectors
title_fullStr Multilevel and Multiregional Analysis of the Electricity Metabolism of Mexico across Sectors
title_full_unstemmed Multilevel and Multiregional Analysis of the Electricity Metabolism of Mexico across Sectors
title_short Multilevel and Multiregional Analysis of the Electricity Metabolism of Mexico across Sectors
title_sort multilevel and multiregional analysis of the electricity metabolism of mexico across sectors
topic multilevel electricity analysis
multiregional electricity analysis
electricity planning
MuSIASEM
url https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4826/4/1/1
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