The following article is the keynote article in the Global Sustain Yearbook 2016/17 by LI Yong, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Li Yong focusses on…

The firm, which manages nearly $7 trillion in assets, claims it will ensure sustainability is a key factor in investment strategies moving forward. In a letter to investors Tuesday, Larry Fink, CEO of…

Recognising industry’s contribution to clean energy The European Commission has published its proposals for the contribution of clean energy in meeting the EU’s obligations for the Paris climate…

What is said about the energy saving potential of VSD (variable speed drive) in industry? Replacing conventional motors by those with variable speed would save about 41 percent of the energy used in…

ICP Partners help spread the Investor Ready Energy Efficiency TM (IREE) Certification scheme in local countries In a nutshell… The Investor Confidence Project (ICP) Europe is tackling two of the main…

We communicate in many ways. Often it is in our voice, but it can be in our actions, our body language, our facial expressions, our writings and so on. A few weeks ago, I was a speaker at the…

In response to the urgent need for a greener, more efficient energy system, the European Union has taken bold steps to digitalize its energy infrastructure. As Europe moves towards its ambitious 2030…

This week, there is a big article in the Financial Times about how Brussels is re-tooling industrial policy. The focus of the article is on how there is increasing support to develop the battery…

Davion Hill, first published here. We’ve talked a lot about falling energy storage costs, and you’ve heard me say cost reductions of 8-15% per year have been the historical norm, at least for the last…

This is not a blog about AI, machine learning or even deep learning. It is about a quick review on how far energy management software (EMS) has developed over the last years. And if we can see first…