Open AccessEnergy consumption structure and economic growth in the Russian Federation
Author(s) -
Alfiya Kuznetsova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/734/1/012206
Subject(s) - agricultural economics , agriculture , consumption (sociology) , energy consumption , business , production (economics) , gross domestic product , population , energy intensity , product (mathematics) , electricity , distribution (mathematics) , gross regional product , natural resource economics , economics , economy , economic growth , geography , engineering , mathematical analysis , social science , demography , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , sociology , electrical engineering , macroeconomics
Energy consumption is an indicator of the level of economic development in almost any country. Russia is in fourth place in the world in terms of the amount of electricity generated. Between 1990 and 2017, the amount of electric energy consumed in the country increased by one percent, however, the capacity of power plants in the Russian Federation increased by 27.7%. The largest consumption of fuel and energy resources is accounted for by mining (63-70%), production and distribution of energy, gas and water (28-30%), manufacturing (28-29%), transport and communications (21 - 22%), other activities (8%), construction (2.2-3.7%), agriculture (3-3.5%). Four Russian federal districts use over 80% of electric energy: Ural, Siberian, Volga and Central. In the structure of consumption of fuel and energy resources in 2018, the largest share belongs to mining - 53.3%; domestic use of electric energy by urban and rural population - 14.4%; transportation and storage - 8.1%, trade - 3%, agriculture - 1.7%, construction - 1.1%, information and communications - 0.6%, other types of economic activity - 9%. The largest share in the structure of the gross domestic product is occupied by production (26%), wholesale and retail trade (14%) and other. The economic growth of any country is primarily associated with energy consumption.