Industrial Energy Efficiency Towards Green Deal Transition. Case of Latvia.

Green industrial policy: Accelerating structural change towards wealthy green economies

Towards Semantic Latvia

Tim Berners-Lee and co-authors in their seminal paper “The Semantic Web”, published in 2001, outlined their vision about the future Semantic Web. But today we are still far from the implementation of this vision. Despite fundamental achievements, like definition of OWL (Web Ontology Language) and rapid progress of RDF/OWL content creation, storage and processing tools, there are still very few ...

Industrial Energy Efficiency Opportunities in Ukraine

As part of the energy assistance program to help Ukraine shut down the Chornobyl nuclear reactors, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) asked the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to identify and appraise industrial energy efficiency projects in Ukraine. The industrial sector currently accounts for over 60% of Ukraine’s energy consumption. Most industrial enterprises in Ukraine use en...

An interdisciplinary perspective on industrial energy efficiency

This paper combines engineering and social science approaches to enhance our understanding of industrial energy efficiency and broaden our perspective on policy making in Europe. Sustainable development demands new strategies, solutions, and policy-making approaches. Numerous studies of energy efficiency potential state that cost-effective energy efficiency technologies in industry are not alwa...

Energy Efficiency Frontier – Lean and Green Refining

Refining is one of the most energy intensive processes in the manufacture of paper and paperboard. While refining combines a blend of science, art, and operating experience, nearly all papermakers acknowledge that we over-refine our paper machine stock fiber. Series and parallel equipment line-ups are commonplace, and different hydraulic paths are necessary to accommodate the plethora blends of...