Energy Finance Articles
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Real-World Benefits of Energy-Saving Smart Buildings
Conventional buildings aren’t very efficient. There’s no way to see where and when you use the most energy. It’s hard to adjust conditions when more visitors or fewer workers are in the building. Waste, it seems, is inevitable, and it’s impossible to make significant savings a reality.In contrast, a smart building uses advanced technologies to control the environment and improve efficiency. What ...
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Investment Prospects for Biomass Pyrolysis Plant in Europe
In the landscape of renewable energy solutions, biomass pyrolysis plants emerge as compelling avenues for sustainable resource utilization and energy production. With the European Union's ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting renewable energy sources, the investment prospects for biomass pyrolysis plants in Europe have garnered significant attention from investors ...
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Strategies to Reduce Straddle Carrier Costs in Port Operations
Straddle carriers play a crucial role in container handling operations at ports, but their operation and maintenance costs can be significant. To remain competitive and maximize profitability, port operators must implement strategies to reduce straddle carrier costs without compromising efficiency or safety. In this guide, we'll explore several effective ways to save on straddle carrier expenses. ...
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The Growing Role of Energy Efficiency in Public Administration
Historically, the role of the Public Administration has been to drive, promote, support and create a framework in which companies contribute their knowledge and experience in the different sectors, enabling citizens to improve their well-being every day and to be able to count on a multitude of services that perfectly cover their needs. Nowadays, there is a clear change of priorities in society ...
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How to Build a Brand for Energy Meters?
Energy meters are industrial products that are used to measure and record power consumption. They are widely used in industrial and mining enterprises, commercial markets, residential areas, and new energy generation scenarios. Although energy meters belong to the industrial category, brand image and brand building are also very important. To establish the brand image of an energy meter, it is ...
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Infrastructure and Electricity Meters In Africa
Infrastructure and Electricity Meters In AfricaAfrica, the second largest continent in the world, is currently home to over 1.3 billion people, and its economy has experienced significant growth in recent years. However, despite this progress, the continent's infrastructure and energy sector still face numerous challenges that hinder further development. This essay will examine the current status ...
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Reducing Energy Costs in the industrial sector [WEBINAR]
We are pleased to announce our upcoming webinar where our experts discuss consumption and savings in the industrial sector to help you identify areas of improvement and opportunities, using real-life examples. Hosted by our team of energy experts, the webinar will take place on Wednesday the 4th of May at 11 am (10 am). As you know, the industrial sector plays a vital role in the economy of any ...
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Project - FP204 - Sustainable Renewables Risk Mitigation Initiative (SRMI) Facility (Phase 2 Resilience focus) [SRMI-Resilience]
Even though renewable energy (RE) is now an economically viable option on par and often surpassing the return on investment compared to more traditional energy resources, the investment level towards RE resources in developing countries have remained at a standstill in recent years. In developing countries, a range of investment barriers such as the limited capacity of utilities for energy ...
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Generating Profits from your Tyre Pyrolysis Plant
Tyre pyrolysis is the procedure of extracting useful substances from used tyres. The most common substances that are extracted are oil, carbon black and steel. There are a number of advantages to tyre pyrolysis, including reducing environmental pollution and generating alternative energy. If you're contemplating investing in a tyre pyrolysis plant, here's what you need to know. Knowing the tyre ...
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3 Reasons Businesses are Investing in Energy Optimization
Businesses and commercial building owners are facing more pressure than ever to improve building energy efficiency. Whether these energy initiatives are implemented in response to societal pressures, financial volatility, or government mandates, energy optimization is becoming a more popular priority across industries. What is Energy Optimization? Energy optimization, is the process of ...
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Energy Management in Historical Buildings [Case Study – Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau]
When we talk about historical heritage and energy efficiency, many actions may cross your mind: you may think of renovation works, improving insulation, repairing cracking, changing supplies, lighting... Any of these actions are valid, together with regular monitoring of consumption to analyse whether the measures taken are truly effective or not. In Europe, 35% of the building stock is more than ...
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Let's Meet At Enlit Europe!
We are glad to inform you that YTL will attend Enlit 2022 during 29th Nov.- 01st Dec. 2022 In Frankfurt ,Germany With Booth No.12.1F70. Sincerely hope you will come to visit our booth at your convenience, and we will share our latest technology and product with you. Pls keep us informed if you will go there. Looking forward to hearing from ...
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The Return on Investment of an Energy Management System
The building stock is a major consumer of energy and accounts for 40% of total energy consumption in Europe. Approximately half of this consumption occurs during the design and construction phase and has to be controlled by builders, engineers, architects and other actors. The other half occurs during the lifetime of buildings (IDAE), as they require lighting, heating, running water... Once the ...
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Get-set for a Net-Zero Australia with Solar
The climate picture painted by much of the media makes it easy to be pessimistic. Fortunately it’s not all bad news. According to the Clean Energy Regulator (CER), in 2021 Australia set a new record for renewable energy investments for the fifth year in a row. Last year (2021) 380,000 new solar panels with a combined capacity of 3.2 gigawatts were installed, which means that more than one ...
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Do you know that 80% of enterprises' energy saving programs are not up to expectations?
Do you know that 80% of enterprises' energy saving programs are not up to expectations? Industrial enterprises, commercial complexes of the various operating costs, electricity costs more than 70%, how to reduce electricity consumption at the same time, and actively respond to the EU EED "Energy Saving Directive", the survey found that the vast majority of enterprises on the concept of energy ...
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How to Reduce Energy Costs in Shops through Technology
The retail sector has many energy challenges, including balancing sustainability with comfort for customers and employees. Lighting, temperature and spaces are all designed to the nearest millimetre to provide a good shopping experience, but what about energy? In brightly lit shops or those with large spaces, controlling temperature, ventilation and lighting can be complex from an efficiency ...
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Have Banks Become the new Energy Service Companies?
Energy efficiency is making its way into all sectors, and banks are now developing solutions to be part of the energy transition process. The targets set by governments and institutions to reduce emissions and preserve the planet have a direct impact on the energy sector. You may already know this figure, but we would like to remind you that one of the objectives of the Paris Agreement is to ...
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RUPTL 2021-30: PLN steps up ambitions to accelerate clean energy investments in Indonesia - Case Study
The Government of Indonesia and PLN (the national power utility) released last month the new Electricity Business Plan (RUPTL) 2021-30, which sets out Indonesia’s future power capacity and network development plans over the next 10 years. This new RUPTL (touted as the “greenest” RUPTL to date) marks a turning point in the country’s energy transition as, for the first time, ...
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Role of National Oil Companies (NOCs) in energy transition: no more business as usual?
National Oil Companies (NOCs) are complex companies with different strengths and goals than their international peers. And as the world plans to gradually shift away from hydrocarbons, NOCs will follow different trajectories. Some have industry-leading technology, engineering capacity and strong balance sheet to invest in energy transition, but many are already struggling and will be challenged ...
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6 Reasons why you should Track your Energy Efficiency Projects
Although some of the reasons below may seem obvious to you, many professionals do not take them into account during the project. As a result, they fail to achieve their goals. So why is it so important to regularly track your energy efficiency projects? Mainly because with the information you will obtain during energy monitoring, you will be able to: 1. Knowing the real energy savings at ...
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