Energy efficiency contributed 25% of UK economic growth since 1971 In a new study in the journal Energies, we try to accurately model this chain of successive energy conversions to explore the energy-economy relationship in the UK. We find that gains in energy efficiency have contributed a quarter of all growth in UK GDP over the period 1971-2013. In short, energy has a much larger role in economic growth than conventional wisdom supposes.
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