Abstract:
This paper analyses the energy use in the manufacture of cement in India during 1992–2005. Cement
manufacturing requires large amounts of various energy inputs. The most common types of energy
carriers used are coal, electricity, natural gas and fuel oil. Over the years, the fuel use shift is less, but
use of natural gas has decreased and that of electricity has increased. Using panel data, stochastic
frontier production function method has been used to evaluate the efficiency of individual firms and
industries across the years. The results show a significant decrease in energy as well as carbon
intensities because of differences in production techniques.
