John Roach writes an important article on the NBCNews website about how mining companies globally are realising the important benefits of using renewable energy in their operations. Who Digs Solar and Wind Power? That's Right: Miners Mines from the Americas to Africa and Australia are slowly becoming unlikely hotspots for the production and use … Continue reading Mining industry looks seriously at renewable energy
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Explaining how the mandatory energy audit scheme for large industry works in the UK
Mehran Massih, Jason Y. Pratt and Jeffrey L. Salinger from the legal advisory firm Shearman & Sterling LLP provide an excellent description of how the mandatory energy audit requirement will be implemented in the UK. This is good reading for all who are following the implementation of the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive. UK Energy … Continue reading Explaining how the mandatory energy audit scheme for large industry works in the UK
India focusing on improving energy performance of industry
Kate Galbraith writes in the New York Times about the progress India is making in encouraging the nation’s industrial plants to improve its energy efficiency. The country knows it has to address its growing GHG emissions and it sees improved energy efficiency as an important step forward. Indian Factories Will Count and Sell Their … Continue reading India focusing on improving energy performance of industry
New report from European Environment Agency: Industrial air pollution has high economic cost
The European Environment Agency (EEA) has come out with an important new study on industrial air pollution. Air pollution and GHG emissions from industry cost Europe between €59 and €189 billion in 2012, the report shows. The upper estimate is approximately equivalent to the GDP of Finland or half the GDP of Poland. Over the … Continue reading New report from European Environment Agency: Industrial air pollution has high economic cost
How renewable energy is showing its benefits in the mining sector
The SolarServer website provides a good article on how renewable energy is increasingly be considered in the mining sector, a sector not known to look favourably towards renewable energy. Renewable energy systems are up to 70 percent less expensive than diesel power at mining sites, says German consulting firm Mining companies were not traditionally … Continue reading How renewable energy is showing its benefits in the mining sector
Promoting industrial energy efficiency
Wayne Kovach writes on the Manufacturing Business Technology website about the Better Plants Programme in the US. Manufacturers Gear Up For More Energy Efficiency The Better Plants Program recently recognized eleven manufacturers for their efforts in reducing energy consumption. The energy-efficiency based government initiative enrolls businesses that commit to reducing their energy intensity by … Continue reading Promoting industrial energy efficiency
How businesses are getting ‘smart’ about saving energy
Krystle Morey provides us with a good post from the Albany Business Review in the US about the benefits to manufacturers from investing in smart technologies. Manufacturer invests in 'smart' equipment to save on energy costs After watching his energy bill jump 40 percent last year during the winter, Scott Stevens is taking steps … Continue reading How businesses are getting ‘smart’ about saving energy
Siemens remains committed to fossil fuels
The German manufacturer Siemens is a global leader in many technologies and had been shifting to more on renewable energy. Yes, of course many are related to energy efficiency as well. But, as Fiona Harvey and Suzanne Goldenberg write in The Guardian, coal still key to future growth despite strong focus on renewables. … Continue reading Siemens remains committed to fossil fuels
East Europe showing its competitive edge
This is an interesting article by Clare Nuttall in businessnewseurope. It is not an energy story per se but it shows the apparent robustness of the industrial sector in Eastern and Central Europe. It is well worth the read. Europe’s low-cost factory Southeast Europe is fast becoming the low-cost manufacturing centre for the Continent, … Continue reading East Europe showing its competitive edge
What does this mean for investing in energy efficiency?
This article by Tanya Powley in the Financial Times is not about energy or energy efficiency, but it does reflect the reluctance of investment in general in Britain’s industry. Britain’s economy is doing much better than most of the European Union and yet, several years after the start of the current financial crisis, we are … Continue reading What does this mean for investing in energy efficiency?
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