Energy Discussion

Boeing Europe, Russia and Middle Asia Commercial Planes Sales vice president Marlin Dailey expressed that they were environmental conscious and have been studying on green fuel using and realizing tests for a while. According to the plan, within five to 10 years, Boeing and Airbus jetliners could be flying the friendly green skies with a blend of fuel made from plants rather than petroleum. The idea of replacing petrol with bio-fuel in cars is a significant trend in the car industry. Last year Ford announced a £1 billion research project to convert more of its vehicles to these new fuel sources.

The airline and its partners are testing up to eight bio-fuels to determine which is most effective at altitude. Ethanol, which is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to petrol in cars, has been rejected because it does not burn well in thin-oxygen environments.

This trend offers D-8’s palm oil producer states such as Indonesia and Malaysia a good opportunity once realized. In D-8 Working Group meeting last year, in Jakarta, Indonesia , renewable energy using palm oil for bio-diesel was discussed seriously among member states. Malaysia and Indonesia are suppliers of palm oil in the world that can be applied for bio-diesel. This year, the Working Group of oil and gas will have a meeting in Cairo, Egypt .

Courtesy: http://developing8.org/

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What is energy conservation? Energy conservation is an action to save energy and reduce energy consumption.

Why is it so important to save energy and reduce energy consumption? There would be many explanation, but surely that we already know that energy source is limited, and the energy cost is increasing day by day. When energy supply is low, the price will be high. For the limited ability to purchase, the only option is to save.

Next we will discuss a few alternative to conserve energy. What is the first thing to do? Lets take a simple management principle : PDCA : plan – do – check – action. First thing to do is planning and the most important thing to do in planning is information gathering as first assumption in plan-making.

So, in the first phase, we shall gather information as much as possible about our energy profile (from source to waste). This process is called the “Energy Audit”.

Next : What is Energy Audit?

The simplest definition for an energy audit is as follows: An energy audit serves the purpose of identifying where a building or plant facility uses energy and identifies energy conservation opportunities.

There is a direct correlation between audit cost (i.e your effort to collect information) and amount of energy you could save. So, it also important, that first we shall determine what kind of audit that will be performed.

Then the second is we shall determine the focus of energy saving will be performed. Will it be from the process, or from the total energy consumed? Or both? Each focus would bring different result and different effort.

Next we will discuss further about types of audit and the differences.