How efficiency measures could almost halve industrial energy demand globally

Stuart Stone
clock • 5 min read
Credit: iStock
Image:

Credit: iStock

Proven low-carbon solutions could slash global energy investment requirements by $15tr through to 2050, while enhancing energy and resource security, new study claims

Implementing proven efficiency measures could reduce energy demand from heavy industry and carbon intensive sectors by up to 45 per cent and slash global energy investment needs by an estimated $15tr through...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

Stuart Stone
Author spotlight

Stuart Stone

View profile
More from Stuart Stone

Study: North Sea extraction would cost up to £80bn more than net zero pathway

Zero emission buses pick up record share of stalling market

More on Energy

Study: North Sea extraction would cost up to £80bn more than net zero pathway
Energy

Study: North Sea extraction would cost up to £80bn more than net zero pathway

EXCLUSIVE: New analysis reveals it could take up to 20 years to build the infrastructure needed for the UK to ‘max out’ the North Sea - and it would only reduce imports by two per cent

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 16 April 2026 • 4 min read
How efficiency measures could almost halve industrial energy demand globally
Energy

How efficiency measures could almost halve industrial energy demand globally

Proven low-carbon solutions could slash global energy investment requirements by $15tr through to 2050, while enhancing energy and resource security, new study claims

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 15 April 2026 • 5 min read
'Demand destruction will spread': IEA forecasts sharpest fall in global oil demand since pandemic
Energy

'Demand destruction will spread': IEA forecasts sharpest fall in global oil demand since pandemic

Oil demand plummets and fears over jet fuel supplies grow, as governments look to ramp up clean tech deployment in response to worsening energy crisis

James Murray
James Murray
clock 15 April 2026 • 9 min read