An analysis of the energy production efficiency of countries

ABSTRACT

Since energy resources are nonrenewable and may lead to dependence on other countries in time, any country needs to ensure efficient energy production and consumption by taking into account issues such as environmental impacts and climate change. In the light of this, the aim of this study was to analyze the energy production efficiency of 35 countries around the world and to come up with recommendations to determine their positions among other countries and to take required precautions for the future. As the first step in the analysis, each country’s efficiency was obtained by using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), and then Super-Efficiency approach was used to rank the efficient countries.

KEYWORDS:

• Energy
• CO₂ emission
• gross domestic product
• super-efficiency
• data envelopment analysis

Notes

1. “big”; this means that the DMU remains efficient under arbitrary large-increased inputs or decreased outputs, respectively (Scheel 2000).

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Notes on contributors

Safak Kiris

Safak Kiris has been working as an associate professor at Dumlupınar University in Industrial Engineering Department since 2015. She worked as an assistant professor at Dumlupınar University from 2009 to 2015. Kiris received her BSc in 2001, MSc in 2003, and PhD in 2008 in Industrial Engineering Department from Eskişehir Osmangazi University in Eskişehir, Turkey.  She is studying in the fields of efficiency, production planning and scheduling.

Yaşar Kasap

Yaşar Kasap has been working as a professor at Dumlupınar University in Mining Engineering Department. Kasap received her BSc in 1998, MSc in 2000, and PhD in 2008 in Mining Engineering from Eskişehir Osmangazi University in Eskişehir, Turkey. She worked as an assistant professor at Dumlupınar University from 2008 to 2013. Finally, she worked as an associate professor at Dumlupınar University in Mining Engineering Department from 2013. Kasap is a member of the Chamber of Mining Engineers (CME). She is still working in the field of mining efficiency.