Profitability of Dutch greenhouse firms is largely dependent on energy costs, and policy makers focus on reducing the … use of energy by these firms. This article uses Russell measures of TE to develop indicators of energy productivity growth …. Results show that energy productivity grew by 2.8% annually in the period 1976-95, with technical progress being the key …

Profitability of Dutch greenhouse firms is largely dependent on energy costs, and policy makers focus on reducing the … use of energy by these firms. This article uses Russell measures of TE to develop indicators of energy productivity growth …. Results show that energy productivity grew by 2.8% annually in the period 1976 95, with technical progress being the key …

profitability as well as energy efficiency. …According to the basic law of supply and demand, as the cost of energy input rises, ceteris paribus, producer prefers … to employ smaller quantity of energy input and substitute cheaper inputs for more expensive energy during the production …