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Transforming the Energy and CO2 Performance of Industry
At their 2005 Gleneagles Summit the G8 leaders asked the IEA to provide advice on a clean, clever and competitive energy future, including how to transform the energy performance of industry. In response, the IEA has worked closely with industrial stakeholders to analyse industrial energy use, efficiency and CO2 emissions. This has included constructing new indicators to track past performance and current potentials and developing scenarios to analyse the future impacts of technology related policies.
The results show that industrial energy efficiency has improved dramatically over the last 25 years. Yet important opportunities for additional gains remain. For instance, if heavy industry applied proven technologies and best practices everywhere today, energy use could be reduced by between 18% and 26% and CO2 emissions would decline by between 1.9 Gt and 3.2 Gt per year. The largest savings potentials can be found in the iron/steel, cement and chemicals and petrochemicals sectors. Looking to the future, the scenarios show that by developing and applying new technologies, including carbon-capture and storage, it is possible to return industrial CO2 emissions to below today’s levels by 2050, despite a doubling of industrial output.
Workshops:
Workshop on International Comparison of Industrial Energy Efficiency
Beijing, China: 18-19 March 2008
Industry Scenarios and Indicators: Expert Review Workshop
IEA, Paris: 11-12 February 2008
Tracking Industrial Energy Efficiency and CO2 Emissions: The Way Forward
IEA, Paris: 1-2 October 2007
Energy Efficiency and GHG Emission Reduction in the Aluminium Industry Workshop
Paris: 24 May 2007
International Workshop on Energy Efficiency and CO2 Reduction Prospects in Ammonia Production
Ho Chi Minh City: 12-14 March 2007
Feedstock Substitutes, Energy Efficient Technology and CO2 Reduction for Petrochemical Products
IEA, Paris: 12-13 December 2006
Iron & Steel
OECD/IEA/IISI Workshop on Sectoral Approaches in Steel
Paris: 7- 8 November 2006
International Seminar on Energy and the Forest Products Industry
FAO, Rome: 30-31 October 2006
Energy Efficient Technologies and CO2 Reduction Potentials in the Pulp and Paper Industry
IEA, Paris: 9 October 2006
Energy Efficiency and CO2 Emission Reduction Potentials and Policies in the Cement Industry
IEA, Paris: 4-5 September 2006
Industrial Electric Motor Systems Workshop
IEA, Paris: 15-16 May 2006
Paper:
Assessing Measures of Energy Efficiency Performance and their Application in Industry
IEA Information Paper, February 2008
Publication:
Energy Technology Transitions for Industry: Strategies for the Next Industrial Revolution (15 September 2009)
Tracking Industrial EE and CO2 Emissions
