UNIDO: Industrial energy efficiency: Picking the low-hanging fruit
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…
Read Full articleUnlocking Energy Efficiency: How Top Management Decisions Shape Industrial Sustainability
In an era of rising energy costs and increasing environmental concerns, industrial companies are facing mounting pressure to improve their energy efficiency. A recent survey conducted across five…
Read Full articleCheaper Storage, Bigger Markets, Lots of EVs… Are you Ready?
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…
Read Full articleIndustrial motors energy saving potential: 5 nuclear power plants!
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…
Read Full articleRevolutionizing Energy: Discover 5 plus 1 Different Methods for Producing Clean and Abundant Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a versatile and clean energy source that can be used for a variety of purposes, such as transportation, power generation, and industrial processes. One of the main challenges in the…
Read Full articleFarewell to Traditional Compressor-Based Refrigeration?
From Ozgun Danaci, DNV GL Until recently, the healthcare industry relied on ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers with compressor-based cascade refrigeration systems. Cascade systems are simply two…
Read Full articleOnward we go – starting the credentialing process for ICP Europe industry projects
The Investor Confidence Project, funded by the European Commission, was brought to Europe to develop a system to give confidence to all active stakeholders. There are still concerns that investing in…
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 articleReport: Solar Installations to spike 14% in 2020
Global solar installations will continue double-digit growth rates into the new decade, according to the new 2020 Global Photovoltaic (PV) Demand Forecast by IHS Markit. New annual installations in…
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…
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