James Gaede writes on the Efficiency Canada website about a new electricity demand-side management framework in the province of Ontario. Ontario’s new electricity DSM plan: How does it stack up? On January 7, 2025, Ontario announced a new electricity demand-side management framework (‘eDSM framework’). It includes a total budget of $10.9 billion (roughly $900 … Continue reading Canada’s energy transition: Ontario’s new eDSM framework significantly expands electricity demand-side management
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Blog by Stefania Moruzzi: Defining sustainability in manufacturing
Over 75% of the global top 50 machine builders are actively promoting ways in which their machines enable greater sustainability for manufacturers – from energy efficiency to retrofitting. New research from Siemens Financial Services reveals how these machine builders define sustainability enablement, based on their published statements. There is no question that manufacturers are investing … Continue reading Blog by Stefania Moruzzi: Defining sustainability in manufacturing
Energy in Demand News, February 2, 2025
Who would have guessed? Norway’s coalition government has collapsed because of the EU’s energy efficiency directive, energy performance of buildings directive and renewable energy directive! The Eurosceptic junior coalition partner quit after the Prime Minister pushed to implement the energy directives. Norway (which is not a member of the European Union) adopts most of the … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, February 2, 2025
Upcoming event: World Sustainable Energy Days, European Energy Efficiency Conference, 6-7 March 2025
In 2025, the European Energy Efficiency Conference will show how to gain momentum and present policies, programmes and innovation to reach our goals together. The event is part of the World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED), a leading annual conference on the energy transition and climate neutrality with over 650 participants from more than 60 countries. … Continue reading Upcoming event: World Sustainable Energy Days, European Energy Efficiency Conference, 6-7 March 2025
Data centres and the energy storage solution
In an article on the Clean Technica website, Tina Casey discusses the on-going issue of growing energy consumption for data centres and the possible energy storage solution. The concern is that by some estimates, data centre energy demands are projected to consume as much as 9% of US annual electricity generation by the year 2030. … Continue reading Data centres and the energy storage solution
The EC’s Competitive Compass plots a course for policymakers to follow over the next five years
This week the Commission presented the Competitiveness Compass, the first major initiative of this mandate providing a strategic and clear framework to steer the Commission's work. The Compass sets a path for Europe to become the place where future technologies, services, and clean products are invented, manufactured, and put on the market, while being the … Continue reading The EC’s Competitive Compass plots a course for policymakers to follow over the next five years
Energy in Demand News, January 26, 2025
Apart from watching what is going on in Washington DC , our attention has understandably focused again this week on the devastation in the Los Angeles area from the continuing wildfires. The total area affected was recently estimated at more than 16,000 hectares and it is going to take years and a lot of money … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, January 26, 2025
AI presents opportunities and challenges in the energy landscape
Ginelle Greene-Dewasmes, Initiatives Lead, Artificial Intelligence and Energy, World Economic Forum and Thapelo Tladi, Lead, Energy Initiatives, World Economic Forum write on the WEF website about AI’s opportunities and challenges. What are your views? AI's energy dilemma: Challenges, opportunities, and a path forward The energy demand of data centres, including hyper-scale facilities and micro … Continue reading AI presents opportunities and challenges in the energy landscape
Energy in Demand News, January 19, 2025
It was welcome news this week from the Coalition for Energy Savings that, according to latest Eurostat data, there was a sharp drop of the EU's primary and final energy consumption in 2023. Compared to 2022, primary energy consumption dropped by 3.9% and final energy consumption lowered by 3%. This is the largest decline since … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, January 19, 2025
“We need urgent action to accelerate the shift from fossil fuels to renewable and low-carbon energy as well as the rapid rollout of technologies that improve energy efficiency”
In an article for the World Economic Forum annual meeting, Morten Wierod, CEO at ABB, the Swedish-Swiss multinational electrical engineering corporation, gives a strong argument for the importance of energy efficiency. Why electrification and efficiency are the two keys to hitting net zero An urgent challenge of the energy transition is integrating renewable energy … Continue reading “We need urgent action to accelerate the shift from fossil fuels to renewable and low-carbon energy as well as the rapid rollout of technologies that improve energy efficiency”
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