Energy management practices in Bangladesh's iron and steel industries

Hasan, Alaa; Hoq, Tanbhir; Thollander, Patrik

doi:10.1016/j.esr.2018.09.002

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“…Even with the same energy infrastructure, culture, and policy, the textile industry had significantly different barriers from the iron and steel industry. In the case of the iron and steel industry, the identified barriers to energy efficiency were mainly financial and technical, focusing on a slow rate of return and inadequate information about energy-efficient technology options [12]. Similar studies were conducted in another developing country, Ghana.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…The total respondents were 31 out of the 78 asked to participate. This rate of feedback can be considered as good, considering Bangladesh's corporate and research community culture [12]. Respondents were requested to rank the perceived barriers to and drivers for energy efficiency in the range of 1 to 5, where 1 implies "not important at all" and 5 implies "very important".…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Scientific studies identified some factors (e.g., policy, energy cost allocation, strategy, management support, dedicated energy expert/manager, pay-off criteria, etc.) which are associated with a successful energy management scheme [12,[48][49][50][51][52][53][54]. Figure 5 presents the criteria for a successful energy management system for an industry.…”

Section: Energy Management In Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this study, the energy management matrix was used, consisting of association, strategy, data frameworks, consciousness or awareness, and investment [10,12]. Scientific literature was used to find the measuring aspects for various sub-classes of the energy matrix [11].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, to the best of our knowledge, there were no other comprehensive studies conducted on the energy efficiency and energy management practices of the textile industry of Bangladesh. In previous studies, the barriers to and drivers for energy efficiency in the steel industry of Bangladesh were studied [12]. The textile industries that allocate 7% of their turnover toward energy costs are considered in this study.…”

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Bangladesh faced a substantial growth in primary energy demand in the last few years. According to several studies, energy generation is not the only means to address energy demand; efficient energy management practices are also very critical. A pertinent contribution in the energy management at the industrial sector ensures the proper utilization of energy. Energy management and its efficiency in the textile industries of Bangladesh are studied in this paper. The outcomes demonstrate several barriers to energy management practices which are inadequate technical cost-effective measures, inadequate capital expenditure, and poor research and development. However, this study also demonstrates that the risk of high energy prices in the future, assistance from energy professionals, and an energy management scheme constitute the important drivers for the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the studied textile mills. The studied textile industries seem unaccustomed to the dedicated energy service company concept, and insufficient information regarding energy service companies (ESCOs) and the shortage of trained professionals in energy management seem to be the reasons behind this. This paper likewise finds that 3–4% energy efficiency improvements can be gained with the help of energy management practices in these industries.

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confidence: 99%