The Middle East, recognized for its extensive oil reserves and dry landscapes, is grappling with a series of interconnected challenges that are influencing its future: energy efficiency, water scarcity, and the necessity for decarbonization. As the world shifts towards a more sustainable and low-carbon future, nations in the Middle East are facing mounting pressure to tackle these issues and adapt to the evolving global environment.

As world leaders meet in Baku, Azerbaijan, for COP29, we near a year since they agreed to double energy efficiency globally – from around 2% to over 4% every year until 2030 – as a critical way to avoid catastrophic climate change.

An optimized model could further reduce the energy needed, decrease pain and tissue damage.

A new analysis from CDP has revealed that almost half of companies globally use no renewable electricity, while more than nine in ten have no energy efficiency targets, thus missing opportunities for cost savings and enhanced resilience.

Global energy consumption continues to rise, driven by factors such as population growth, urbanisation, industrialisation, and economic development. Efforts to improve energy efficiency are critical for managing global energy consumption and addressing sustainability challenges. By reducing the amount of energy needed to provide goods and services, energy efficiency measures can help decouple economic growth from energy consumption, enabling societies to achieve their development goals while minimising environmental impacts.

Researchers at the Australian National University are part of the international team that has built an all-perovskite tandem solar cell based on a wide-bandgap top perovskite cell with a 20.5% efficiency. The 1 cm2 scale tandem device achieved the highest efficiency yet reported for all-perovskite solar cells of this size.

Industrial players currently face a double challenge: how can they battle increasing costs for energy and reduce emissions at the same time. This double challenge has also been the main topic of the Business Breakfast organised by Bilfinger, one of the leading international providers of industrial services in Eastern Europe, in Bucharest this May. Bilfinger experts discussed with representatives of major industrial investors what the challenges are and how to ensure that their operations are energy efficient or even self-sufficient.

A new report by Apparel Impact Institute and Development Finance International Inc. says India needs $6.5 billion in financing to reduce its textile and apparel industry’s emissions by 45% by 2030 through renewable energy and energy efficiency interventions. While around $2.5 billion is available, there is still a $4 billion financing gap in India.

The paper-based wearable device could offer ongoing, high-efficiency power generation for applications such as sensors, drug delivery, or electrical stimulation.

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Current energy consumption trends in commercial buildings highlight the urgent need for improved energy efficiency. Inefficient HVAC systems not only drive up operational costs but also contribute significantly to environmental degradation through higher CO2 emissions. Through developing a service and maintenance strategy, using digital insights to review the existing equipment and systems, giving a baseline on the energy consumption and what system improvements could be made, businesses and building owners can expect to see improvements in energy efficiency, enhance indoor air quality, and reduce both costs and carbon footprints.

ABB has opened a new €20 million injection molding manufacturing site at Evergem, near Ghent in Belgium, to meet the growing demand for safe, smart and sustainable electrification solutions in Europe.

Infineon Technologies AG has unveiled the next milestone in semiconductor manufacturing technology. Infineon has reached a breakthrough in handling and processing the thinnest silicon power wafers ever manufactured, with a thickness of only 20 micrometers and a diameter of 300 millimeters, in a high-scale semiconductor fab.

Ngoài đẩy mạnh công tác truyền thông, khuyến khích khách hàng cài đặt và sử dụng hệ sinh thái chăm sóc khách hàng, EVNHANOI đã và đang tích cực triển khai đa dạng các giải pháp tiết kiệm điện theo từng nhóm khách hàng.

Tiết kiệm điện nói chung và tiết kiệm điện trong các cơ quan, công sở nói riêng phải thực hiện lâu dài trong suốt quá trình tiêu thụ điện chứ không phải chỉ thực hiện vào thời gian cao điểm hè. Lượng điện năng tiêu thụ tại cơ quan công sở chiếm tỷ lệ khá lớn trong tiêu dùng điện. Vì vậy việc sử dụng điện tiết kiệm ngày càng trở nên cần thiết và nên được các cơ quan công sở triển khai mạnh mẽ hơn.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of Korea has fully launched an energy efficiency rating system for electric vehicles, categorizing 278 models into five levels.

The city state is looking at greener energy sources and wants to make every aspect of data center energy consumption, from cooling to coding, more efficient.

The paper industry has become a part of the modern economies as it supplies everything from office supplies to packaging materials. And also, this industry is one of the most energy-consuming industries globally.

Saving energy directly increases profitability. However, it is sometimes overlooked in cost control. By benchmarking yourself, you can find your energy saving potential, which could add up to 30% of your total energy consumption in the plastics industry. A more detailed view at the machine-level of energy use could unlock a whole array of benefits.

The Vietnamese government’s new decree, announced at the end of October, encourages the development of self-consumption rooftop solar power systems. However, many investors feel that the regulatory details are unclear, making the application process much more difficult.