Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes (EEIP), a not-for-profit industrial energy efficiency platform based in Brussels, recently launched its new business tool, EnergyPages, the first Directory 2.0 – a community based energy efficiency marketplace. EnergyPages is an electronic telephone book for the industrial energy efficiency community in most regions of the world. It was designed to … Continue reading EnergyPages
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Major reduction in US carbon emissions since 2010
The website Process, solutions for the process industries, describes the reduction in carbon emissions from large facilities that have taken place in the US since 2010. Are their comparable data for other countries? US carbon emissions down 10% since 2010 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released data showing that the amount of greenhouse … Continue reading Major reduction in US carbon emissions since 2010
Number of the week – 30781
This is the number of followers that the Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes (EEIP), a not-for-profit organisation based in Brussels, has in its “energy efficiency community.” EEIP is only two years old but it has steadily built a strong and loyal following. Launched at the European Commission in April 2011, EEIP is the first B2PTM … Continue reading Number of the week – 30781
Green financing for industry still a problem in the UK
OILFIREDUP writes about a recent business survey that shows the difficulties that companies are having in accessing financing to invest in green technologies. It would be good to know if there are similar surveys or similar problems in other European countries. British Business Struggling To Access Green Finance A survey undertaken recently by the … Continue reading Green financing for industry still a problem in the UK
Concerns about Europe’s competitiveness
Joshua Chaffin writes in the Financial Times about the warnings from the head of Germany’s largest utility about the advantage that the US has in energy costs. It does not mention that the US has always had some advantage because taxes and other forms of duties have always been higher in Europe. But the article … Continue reading Concerns about Europe’s competitiveness
Mining industry moves towards using renewables
Henry Lazenby writes in Mining Weekly about the shift in approach for energy supply taken by many mining companies. As the article states, there is a shift from outdated perceptions to a new generation of miners. This is definitely a welcome development. Renewable energy's evolution to change mining economics Until quite recently, miners generally … Continue reading Mining industry moves towards using renewables
Business and sustainable development
With the next eceee industrial summer study less than a year away, analysing how business considers the various aspects of sustainability is very important. John Drummond, chairman of sustainable behaviour change at Corporate Culture, wrote recently in the Guardian about a new survey that shows that the majority of businesses are taking behaviour change seriously … Continue reading Business and sustainable development
Action Plan for a competitive and sustainable steel industry in Europe
Heat Recovery in Energy Intensive Industries (H-REII) is a project supported by the EU LIFE Programme. Energy intensive industrial processes (iron, steel and cement production, glass making, etc.) emit heat and carbon dioxide (CO2) into the environment. Technological and non-technological barriers have negatively influenced the introduction of more energy efficient systems that are able to … Continue reading Action Plan for a competitive and sustainable steel industry in Europe
Energy savings by industry can be significant
Daniel Hunter writes in Freshbusinessthinking.com about the significant savings that industry could have by improving their use of energy efficiency. Now that industrial energy efficiency is included in the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive, this should be a wake up call to the benefits all through Europe. Energy efficiency measures for larger firms could save … Continue reading Energy savings by industry can be significant
Linking energy efficiency and climate change
Peter Hannam writes in the Southern Weekly from New South Wales about how important it is to keep up the effort on energy efficiency, even if there is a shift on carbon pricing. Carbon change 'must not halt energy efficiency' Australia's businesses would be wrong to think an earlier-than-planned shift to a floating price … Continue reading Linking energy efficiency and climate change
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 