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Emerging Energy-Efficient Technologies for Industry

U.S. industry consumes approximately 37% of the nations energy to produce 24% of the nations GDP. Increasingly, society is confronted with the challenge of moving toward a cleaner, more sustainable path of production and consumption, while increasing global competitiveness. Technology is essential in achieving these challenges. We report on a recent analysis of emerging energy-efficient technologies for industry, focusing on over 50 selected technologies. The technologies are characterized with respect to energy efficiency, economics and environmental performance. This paper provides an overview of the results, demonstrating that we are not running out of technologies to improve energy efficiency, economic and environmental performance, and neither will we in the future. The study shows that many of the technologies have important non-energy benefits, ranging from reduced environmental impact to improved productivity, and reduced capital costs compared to current technologies.

  • Authors: Ernst Worrell, Nathan Martin Lynn Price and Michael Ruth
  • Year: 2002
  • Organisation: University of California
  • Publisher: Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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