CO2 emissions in the Brazilian industrial sector according to the integrated energy planning model (IEPM)

During the 1990s, Brazilian industry accounted for over 34% of CO subscript 2 emissions deriving from fossil fuel consumption, and over 58% of the net CO subscript 2 emissions deriving from biomass consumption. Such as the energy intensity indicator commonly used to measure the energy consumption efficiency in the industrial sector, the emission intensity indicator was adopted to measure the CO subscript 2 emission efficiency in economic terms. However, this indicator masks key variables in the analysis. The effect of these variable becomes apparent when comparing the development of emission intensity with the development of energy intensity, through a third indicator: the specific energy emission. In this article, this comparison is based on a prospective analysis carried out through the IEPM model for three different energy consumption growth scenarios for Brazil's industrial sector.