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In the near term, energy-efficient equipment will emerge as a key area to sustain growth during the current volatile period in Europe. Equipment which supports enhanced energy efficiency, and therefore optimized energy usage, will experience greater demand, Frost & Sullivan says. No comment yet.
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New Industrial Efficiency Technology Database (IETD) delivers rich and relevant information about the best available and latest energy efficient technologies and practices... Delete the scoop?
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In a policy paper published on Wednesday (10 October), the European Commission attempts to re-launch manufacturing activity and bring back industries to Europe. It sets out a new aspirational goal to increase the industry's share of EU GDP to around 20% by 2020, up from 16% currently. Delete the scoop?
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A new report on decarbonising industry up to 2050 has been published by the Department of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies at Lund University in Sweden. The report has a Swedish focus but the solutions and technologies are relevant for all. Delete the scoop?
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The U.S. has 2,400 hydropower dams, many of which sport out-of-date generating equipment that is, well, generations old. That’s the bad news. The good news is, it all adds up to the potential for a massive energy efficiency upgrade program that could significantly boost U.S. hydropower generation without the monumental expense and environmental disruption involved in new dam construction. In fact, the first round of hydropower upgrades is already underway at an average cost of less than 4 cents per kilowatt-hour. Via Hans De Keulenaer Delete the scoop?
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Paul F. Monaghan explains why he recommends energy managers to set aside the issue of industry sector and visit any local organization that has ISO 50001. The same management issues determine whether or not you have good energy practices. Delete the scoop?
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Companies are not actually driven by societal climate change mitigation and adaptation objectives; rather, they are driven by their need to reduce their own business risks by adapting to changing policy, market, and climate forces, and to enhance their competitive advantage through new products and services. Delete the scoop?
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Balijepalli believes that an efficient power forecasting tool is extremely essential in today’s scenario when our country is facing a power crisis of the worst kind. And with the gap between demand and supply of power continuing to widen, the situation looks bleak. What it requires are drastic steps. Till the time that happens, an innovation like km-tech can be relied upon to ease the situation, as it will help the players in the power sector better manage their power needs and also save them some money in the process. Explaining the issues with the existing forecasting tools, he says, “The existing forecasting technologies face the drawback of using a large historian data before being able to predict to standard practical accuracy levels. Moreover, most of the existing technologies fail to capture the dynamics of even moderately irregular variation patterns of the variables, which are to be estimated. In order to attain these attributes some of these technologies tend to lose the golden property of 'Simplicity'. Extendibility to the future electricity grid environment and applicability to a wide variety of forecasting problems are the other major drawbacks.” Via Hans De Keulenaer Delete the scoop?
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Worldwide, the digital warehouses use about 30 billion watts of electricity, roughly equivalent to the output of 30 nuclear power plants, according to estimates industry experts compiled for The Times. Data centers in the United States account for one-quarter to one-third of that load, the estimates show. “It’s staggering for most people, even people in the industry, to understand the numbers, the sheer size of these systems,” said Peter Gross, who helped design hundreds of data centers. “A single data center can take more power than a medium-size town.” Via Hans De Keulenaer Delete the scoop?
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The FINANCIAL -- The achievement of a team of experts who developed the ISO 50001 International Standard for energy management has been recognized through an award for superior performance, presented on 19 September at the 35th ISO General Assembly, held in San Diego, USA. Delete the scoop?
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VF Corporation has announced it will use Schneider Electric's online energy management and sustainability platform to track energy, water and emissions data across all of its brands including The North Face, Timberland and Wrangler. Delete the scoop?
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The Kyoto Protocol's emissions offset market is oversupplied by 13 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide, more than 1,000 times greater than the anticipated demand of 11.5 million mt, according to analysis by Thomson Reuters Point Carbon. 
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September 19, 2012 6:45 AM
If the 13 billion tons are genuine, it would be great news, as it represents about 3 years of emissions of the Eu, or about half a year of global emissions. However, the collapse of the CDM price requires a more stringent framework. It also creates incentives for governments to fullfil their carbon obligations abroad at a discount.
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The recent boom in shale gas production and the subsequent decrease in the price of natural gas have left some wondering what the role for energy efficiency will be in the future. Via ecoInsight, Stephane Bilodeau Delete the scoop?
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The IEA Demand Side Management Programme (IEA DSM) is publishing a new report which shows that energy companies that focus on delivering good energy services to their customers achieve energy savings, increase profit and earn higher customer satisfaction. This is contrary to the common view that selling less energy is bad business. Delete the scoop?
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No new carbon dioxide emissions reductions targets for 2030 will be announced until after the next EU parliamentary elections in 2014, the EU’s top climate civil servant has said. Delete the scoop?
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Mark your calendars to attend the 10th biennial Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry scheduled for July 23- 26, 2013 at the Conference Center Niagara Falls in Niagara Falls, NY. Abstract submission is open. Delete the scoop?
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At the UK's Sustainabilitylive conference, Wind Direct's Chris Porter discusses the commercial and financial aspects of developing a large-scale wind turbine on your site. Delete the scoop?
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The EU's Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) was adopted last week by the EU Council, a package of mandatory measures the EU claims could help cut energy consumption by 20% and save €50 billion a year. Via Joan Tarruell, Hans De Keulenaer Delete the scoop?
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Impact evaluation of industrial energy efficiency programs is a necessary activity to ensure public funds are used in a responsible manner. However, some stakeholders believe the manner in which industrial programs are currently evaluated for their impacts does not accurately reflect the reality of how customers use industrial energy efficiency programs. Others believe the metrics sought in evaluation are not meaningful and alternatives could be considered. Delete the scoop?
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Nanostructured thermoelectric material breaks record for turning heat into electricity. Materials known as thermoelectrics use temperature differences to drive electrons from one end to another. The displaced electrons create a voltage that can in turn be used to power other things, much like a battery. A new created material has a conversion efficiency of about 15% — double that of normal PbTe thermoelectrics. Delete the scoop?
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Macquarie Equities Research said in a client note several days ago that energy efficiency measures really do seem to be having an impact on electricity demand, and the effect is likely to continue. It’s not just theoretical or wishful, the analysts said. “Unfortunately for investors,” the firm said, “utilities expect this demand destruction to continue or even accelerate.” Delete the scoop?
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He acknowledged that there was “an inherent perverse disincentive for utility suppliers to support energy efficiency, since their earnings expand along with increased utilities usage”. Hence, there is a need for suppliers to receive incentives so they could, for instance “take the lead and help an industrial customer retrofit their building to be more energy-efficient, in locations where the customer lacks expertise to do so or faces competing demands for its capital”.
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Many banks are wary to finance renewable energy projects, and that hesitation can stall or even stop new projects. Delete the scoop?
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In the study on workplace habits, just one in ten workers acknowledged energy efficiency as their role, with the results revealing that employees frequently “pass the buck” when it comes to taking responsibility for saving energy at work: many junior executives believed it was the role of the office manager, while many office managers said it was the responsibility of the owner or more senior managers. Delete the scoop?
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Following this NY Times Infographics, "56% of all energy in US economy is wasted. Some Energy is always lost when fuel are burned and n'est escape. Inefficient technology and design are also culprits." Via Stephane Bilodeau Delete the scoop?
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