Improving energy efficiency beyond the SDG 7 target
Georgia has the technical potential to further accelerate energy efficiency beyond the SDG 7.3 target. This can be achieved through demand side energy efficiency measures in the residential and transport sectors. Additional demand-side energy efficiency measures further reduces the TFEC by 353 ktoe, compared to the SDG scenario.
In order to reach even further, such as in the “enhancing NDC by decarbonising power sector scenario”, the increased share of renewable energy in the power sector further reduces the energy intensity due to the higher conversion efficiency of renewables compared to fossil-fuel-based technologies. For example, phasing out fossil fuel-based power technologies reduces the total primary supply by 553 ktoe, or in energy intensity terms, a reduction of 0.54 MJ/US$.