DecarbEurope campaign launched in Brussels
Today, 12 European organisations have presented the Report “DecarbEurope 2017: Connecting technologies for a cleaner future”. The publication is a first landmark of this multi-partner and…
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Craig Morris is the lead author of Global Energy Transition. He is co-author of Energy Democracy, the first history of Germany’s Energiewende, and is currently Senior Manager at Renewables Grid Initiative.
Author detailsEmpowering Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Energy Transition: The DEESME Project
The global pursuit of sustainable practices has placed increasing emphasis on energy efficiency, with the European Union (EU) at the forefront of initiatives to reduce carbon emissions. However, the…
Read Full articleUshering in the decade of digital
2019 was quite a year for “digitalization” in the Utility sector. Almost every major gathering of Utility peers sported the digital theme in some way shape or form. Internal presentations and meeting…
Read Full articleClimate Chain Coalition
The Climate Chain Coalition (CCC) is an open global initiative to support collaboration among members and stakeholders to advance blockchain (distributed ledger technology) and related digital solutions (e.g. IoT, big data) to help mobilize climate finance and enhance MRV (measurement, reporting and verification) to scale…
Raising the priority for industrial energy efficiency
Energy efficiency policy certainly follows an interesting path, perhaps more so for the industrial sector. Europe has been experimenting with how to unlock the potential of industry so that all…
Read Full articleIndustrial Urban Symbiosis: REDOL Project launched in Zaragoza
Industries consume significant amounts of energy and materials. By connecting manufacturing companies with citizens, cities, and regional sustainability networks and initiatives, a significant…
Read Full articleFeeding the world, preserving the planet
Do you know the environmental impact of the sandwich you had for lunch? Food production requires about 30 percent of the world’s total energy consumption and is still highly reliant on fossil fuels .…
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From Kiel into the world EDUR is characterized by more performance. More competence in centrifugal pumps: Self priming centrifugal pumps, transport of liquid-gas mixtures. More energy efficiency: EDUR pumps meet the targets of the Blue Competence initiative by the German Engineering Association VDMA. More customer…
Energy Management in energy intensive industry
Case study: Back in the spring of 2013 Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST) decided to introduce an energy management system in compliance with DIN EN ISO 50001. The FST head office in Weinheim and the Öhringen site were to kick off the initiative by introducing an energy visualisation system - the basis for an efficient energy management. This was followed by the branch in Oberwihl. The energy…
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