Designing Effective National Programs to Improve Industrial Energy Efficiency
This guidance note, about Industrial energy efficiency is closely linked to the economic competitiveness of countries with significant manufacturing bases and to the energy security of countries that rely heavily on imported energy. For individual...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26066127/designing-effective-national-programs-improve-industrial-energy-efficiency http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23947 |
| Summary: | This guidance note, about Industrial
energy efficiency is closely linked to the economic
competitiveness of countries with significant manufacturing
bases and to the energy security of countries that rely
heavily on imported energy. For individual enterprises,
improving energy efficiency strengthens the bottom line,
often reducing direct energy costs by 10 to 30 percent
Industry accounts for approximately 30 percent of global
final energy consumption and a similar share of carbon
dioxide (CO2) emissions. Its total energy intensity could be
reduced by about 25 percent by modernizing technology,
particularly in developing countries. The main barriers to
achieving broad energy efficiency gains are insufficient
information; difficulty obtaining financing; and, in many
developing countries, insufficient capacity for identifying,
preparing, and delivering projects. A welldesigned national
industrial energy efficiency program should include clear
policy goals linked to tangible targets; a range of policy
instruments to guide and encourage action; and measures to
build implementation capacity and facilitate financing. The
role of the government is to facilitate or even to mandate
the removal of impediments to successful investment in
energy efficiency. Carefully calibrated interventions can
address local and global environmental concerns while
generating social and economic benefits. Governments should
take a leadership role by analyzing how energy drives
productivity and how improvements in energy efficiency can
increase the bottom line. Further information about this
note can be seen here in : http://www.iipnetwork.org/IEE. |
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