Improving energy efficiency facilitates the transition to cleaner energy sources, saves energy resources and plays an important role in reducing the carbon intensity of the economy. The article presents an analysis of promising areas for improving energy efficiency in large sectors of the Russian economy (industry, transport, buildings) and an assessment of their impact on the dynamics of energy intensity in these sectors and the economy as a whole. The study was conducted using an original set of models that allows for multivariate calculations for different conditions. The article presents the obtained results of the prospective dynamics of reducing the energy intensity of the economy and its sectors at different rates of development and opportunities for increasing energy efficiency, due to the use of low-carbon and energy-saving technologies and a reduction in the use of hydrocarbon energy sources. For the first time, an assessment of the impact of changes in material intensity along the entire production chain on energy consumption was obtained. A comparison of the research results with existing long-term forecasts of international energy organizations is presented.
Mazurova et al. (Wed,) studied this question.