Digital financing platforms - a solution to finance smart city projects?

The ETEKINA project aims to recover 57-70% of the waste heat stream in energy intensive industries which up to now just go out of the chimney. The new heat pipe heat exchangers are an efficient tool to recover heat from industrial processes.

A buyer of electricity can be offered a traceable link of power supply from specific source(s) of renewable power. TYMLEZ can offer an API*-box for traceability of energy right from its source all way to the consumer.

EEFIG has been working with the financial community and relevant stakeholders to accelerate private finance to energy efficiency. The DEESME project summarises experience and strategies for the creation of support mechanisms, handling limited human resources and guiding SMEs to actions also contributing to reducing imports of fossil fuels from unreliable sources.

Recently there has been more and more in the media about hydrogen as a future fuel. These discussions often talk about hydrogen using a colour coding - which has the potential to confuse an already complicated matter even further. To support discussion I have pulled together a summary.

The EU is going to be boosted by an investment of almost 1 billion euros. About 84% of this amount should be used to support projects related to electricity and Smart grids. The aim is to transform the traditional power grid into a super-efficient network.

Study into 41 EU-funded energy efficiency projects across Europe looked at primary energy savings, greenhouse gas savings, investment triggered, market stakeholders with increased skills on energy issues, and renewable energy generated. The projects received €58.5m of funding from the EU.

European Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) requires Member States to establish national incentives to help SMEs carry out energy audits. Currently only 25% of SMEs in Europe have undertaken an energy audit.

Carbon dioxide emissions are a common issue for many intensive-energy industries. But Ceramics companies are increasingly turning to creative solutions to reduce their climate footprint. Ceramic tile manufacturing industry does not have a reputation for being exactly environmentally friendly.

The whole manufacturing sector digital maturity is currently scattered. Some sectors only now entering what is commonly called industry 4.0. Others are still lagging with minimal level of digital capabilities applied to their processes. There are quite significant differences even among global players.