Effective Management of Energy Consumption during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of ICT Solutions

Energies

Manuela Tvaronavičienė¹  Jurgita Raudeliūnienė¹  Irina Firsova²  Wadim Strielkowski³  Inna Lukashenko⁴ 

[1] Department of Business Technologies and Entrepreneurship, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Sauletekio 11, 10223 Vilnius, Lithuania;Department of Logistics and Marketing, Faculty of Economics and Business, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Leningradskiy Prospekt 55, 125993 Moscow, Russia;Department of Trade and Finance, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Prague 6, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic;Department of World Finance, Faculty of International Economic Relations, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Leningradskiy Prospekt 49, 125993 Moscow, Russia;

关键词: ICT solutions;    project management;    sustainable development;    energy consumption;    COVID-19;    renewable energy;   

DOI  :  10.3390/en14040893

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This research tackles effective and functional management practices in energy consumption using advanced technological solutions to mitigate unexpected events. This study specifically focuses on the recent COVID-19 pandemic that led to a reduction in energy consumption and therefore meddled with the project management’s status quo for the energy sources. Moreover, this research analyzes the role of information and communication technology (ICT) solutions in energy management before and after the recent coronavirus pandemic turmoil. This study also examined the role and place of sustainable energy resources in the effective management of energy consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic. The main purpose of this research is to demonstrate how the recent coronavirus pandemic affected energy consumption and energy prices in many countries and how it paved the way for the new ICT in managing energy consumption. This study elaborated a model to show how these changes evolved in selected European Union (EU) Member States. It turns out that adjusted electricity consumption, as well as the average daily spot electricity prices for the baseload power in the EU countries, declined, and this trend is likely to continue in the next years to come. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, substantial changes in the economy led to reduced office space usage, cutting commuting and business trips, and bringing commercial travel almost to a halt, further shifting the energy balance towards renewable energy sources (RES). Besides, it becomes apparent that ICT solutions used in maintaining and superintending the energy balance are gaining popularity and wide recognition worldwide and will help pave the way towards modern and smart high-renewables grids.

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