
Reflections on the recent 2020 EEFIG plenary
On February 18th, the Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group (EEFIG) held its annual plenary session in Brussels .EEFIG was established in 2013 by the European Commission Directorate-General…
Read Full articleIoT - Equipped LED lighting systems enhance Energy Efficiency
From Jayne Keynes, first published here There are plenty of compelling reasons why US buildings need to switch to LED lighting systems and use the IoT for lighting and illumination. The prevailing…
Read Full article10 Facts about Wind Power
Wind power is one of the fastest growing industrial segments in the world. Being once a niche market in Europe, wind has added more capacity than any other technology over the last decade. Now, wind power nears the 500 GW milestone, providing jobs and power to regions across the globe. Wind energy is the most efficient solution to reduce emissions in the power sector. Onshore wind is now the…
Read Full Business PracticeRenewables: wind farms and grid support functions
Renewable energy is increasingly a challenge to maintain grid stability. Therefore power stations are often required to provide adaptable grid-supporting functions in the form of so-called “grid codes” or feed-in regulations. This case study describes the situation in Portugal, the need to adapt to Portaria 596 grid code and how the reactive current converters of Knorr-Bremse PowerTech deliver…
Read Full Business PracticeTOWARDS A DECARBONIZED EUROPE: Increasing energy efficiency in SMEs for clean energy transition
Building on the results of 7 EU-funded projects*, this session provides guidelines and good practice to implement energy efficiency solutions and to facilitate the energy transition. SMEs have a high untapped energy saving potential which can be…
DetailsRevolutionizing Urban Living: Insights from the STARDUST Project
Harnessing Innovation for Sustainable Cities The STARDUST project, a pioneering initiative under the European Commission's Smart Cities Marketplace, has been at the forefront of transforming cities…
Read Full articleReflections on the European Commission’s proposal for a European Green Deal
If we are in a climate crisis, it is time to leave no stone unturned. In the 1970s, there were two major oil crises and action was mobilised on many fronts. The International Energy Agency was created…
Read Full article#03 Augmented Reality (AR) - From visualized data to x-applications for the digital energy industry.
Augmented reality can do much more than make the invisible visible. It connects our analog and digital data worlds. In doing so, it creates transitions that did not exist before. 2D data can be linked…
Read Full articleEnergy Culture – Improving industrial energy efficiency through behavioral change
Despite the efforts made over the last 20 years, research suggests that there remains an important potential to reduce energy consumption in energy intensive industry by 15-25%. The same research…
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Ainara Alonso
Ainara Alonso is the Communication Manager at the Low Carbon & Circular Economy Business Action (LCBA) in Latin-America. The LCBA Latam is an EU-funded Doing-Business platform aimed at developing B2B relations between EU providers and companies based…
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