The impact of different COVID-19 containment measures on electricity consumption in Europe
Journal article
Bahmanyar, A., Estebsari, A. and Ernst, D. (2020). The impact of different COVID-19 containment measures on electricity consumption in Europe. Energy Research & Social Science. 68 (101683). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101683
Authors | Bahmanyar, A., Estebsari, A. and Ernst, D. |
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Abstract | As of March 13, 2020, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) considered Europe as the centre of the global COVID-19 outbreak. All countries within Europe had a confirmed case of COVID-19 by March 17. In response to the pandemic, different European countries took different approaches. This paper compares the impact of different containment measures taken by European countries in response to COVID-19 on their electricity consumption profiles. The comparisons are made for Spain, Italy, Belgium and the UK as countries with severe restrictions, and for the Netherlands and Sweden as countries with less restrictive measures. The results show that the consumption profiles reflect the difference in peoples’ activities in different countries using various measures. |
Keywords | COVID-19; Coronavirus; European power systems; Consumer behaviour |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | Energy Research & Social Science |
Journal citation | 68 (101683) |
Publisher | Elsevier BV |
ISSN | 2214-6296 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101683 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 06 Jul 2020 |
01 Oct 2020 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 24 Jun 2020 |
Deposited | 21 Jul 2020 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/8q115
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