Greening Industry through Energy Efficiency Measures
The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) co-hosted the final workshop on “Promoting Industrial Energy Efficiency through System Optimization and Energy Management Standards” in Ho Chi Minh City on January 20.
The workshop was financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and UNIDO. The main purpose of this event was to present briefly the contents of the project to relevant government agencies, industrial enterprises, financial institutions, vendors, service providers and energy consultants. The project will be submitted to the GEF Secretariat by the end of February 2010.
Despite global financial problems, the Vietnamese industry grew 12 percent in 2009 contributing to a GDP growth of 5.3 percent. Energy consumption in Vietnam increased about 11 percent per annum in the period of 1990-2004. It is projected that the energy demand will grow eight percent per annum till 2020. Industry is the largest energy consuming sector in the country, accounting for 36 percent of the total energy consumption in 2006. Industrial energy related carbon dioxide emissions account for almost a quarter of worldwide emissions as per the International Energy Agency (based in Paris) and impact on climate change. Hence, improving energy efficiency in industry is essential for sustainable growth. The government of Vietnam introduced the National Energy Efficiency Program in 2006. This National Program aims to achieve 3-5 percent energy savings in total energy consumption in the country during the period of 2006-2010 and 5-8 percent savings during the period of 2011-2015.
The Industrial Energy Efficiency project of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) Office under the Ministry of Industry and Trade and UNIDO will focus primarily on two areas: (1) Introduction of the energy management standard for integrating energy efficiency into the management cycle and (2) Promotion of system optimization to capture system level energy efficiency. The project is expected to commerce by mid 2010.
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