Europe’s energy-intensive industries coping with covid crisis while trying to stay on sustainable path
Europe’s industry has significant challenges today. We are fortunate that the European Union provides a robust policy framework for industry that covers many themes: climate change, energy efficiency,…
Read Full articleEU Policies for Advancing Green Hydrogen
Context and Strategic Importance Green hydrogen, produced through the electrolysis of water using renewable energy sources, is increasingly recognized as crucial for the EU's energy transition and…
Read Full articleEvolution in energy efficiency financing
First published here. On the 9th July I attended the launch of the Mayor of London's Energy Efficiency Fund (MEEF), a £500m public-private energy efficiency fund established by the Greater London…
Read Full articleDepleting stupidity
First published here . I was glad to see that Amory Lovins returned to the subject of the size of the energy efficiency resource in a recent paper in Environmental Research Letters . Amory mentions…
Read Full articleWhirlwind: Approval process European Commission´s clean energy package
The Brussels Winter Package whirlwind The European Commission’s clean energy – or ‘winter’ – package is producing a whirlwind of activity in its approval process. I have seen it at first hand over the…
Read Full articleMore than Ronaldo - How 5 innovative Portuguese companies drive energy efficiency
How to drive energy efficiency markets? Make energy efficiency projects bankable Gain client trust by delivering energy savings as promised How that works? During last years, energy efficiency experts…
Read Full articleAre ZNE-ready manufactured homes on the horizon
First published here . Earlier this year, we looked at how zero net energy can make life more comfortable as the weather gets weirder , and how utilities can strategically use ZNE to address the…
Read Full articleEurope’s steel industry and the need to decarbonise
A recent article by Ben Jones in the Financial Times ( Europe’s steel industry needs a credible plan to go green , August 6, 2020) discussed the problems that the steel industry is having in reducing…
Read Full articleUtilize all the available energy — Heat recovery
Today, global industry consumes a vast amount of energy. The biggest challenge is that as much as half of it is wasted due to the inefficient and complicated recovery of low-grade energy. Heat in the…
Read Full articleDoes VR work for Energy Efficiency markets? A review of the VR presentation of the Investor Confidence Project at Hannover Messe 2018
Experiences from using Virtual Reality in B2B communication (download full review of our HM VR event on the Investor Confidence Project ICP here ) We are exploring Virtual Reality and its application…
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