Recently in the industrial sector,
it is
very difficult to find new measures
which
has large and impactive effect and
good cost
performance (effect vs. investment
and running
cost).
The reason is :
* After the oil crisis, the industrial
sector
has enormously propelled energy conservation
measures (from energy management to
high
cost measures) by their all efforts
and achieved
excellent results, utilizing the government's
support timely. Today it seems to be
reaching
to some difficulties or limitation
for finding
good cost performance measures.
* Especially large energy consuming
industries,
such as Iron & steel, Refinery
&
chemical, Cement, Energy conversion
sector
etc., have also made a large amount
of investment
in R&D and in introduction of highly
efficient facilities and systems.
On the above back ground, the government
has been reinforcing regulative and
supportive
measures and aims more ever :
* to utilize the ability and power
of private
enterprises for the advisory committees/technical
sub-committees and R&D projects
conducted
by NEDO.
* to utilize the ability and power of private
enterprises and industrial associations.
i.e. to assist "the voluntary action
plan by KEIDANREN" and to follow up
the progress made towards the achievement
of the targets in annual studies.
voluntary action plan by KEIDANREN
Participants : 35 Industrial associations
To reduce CO2 emission from Industrial
and
Energy- converting Sector below the
amount
in 1990
< To make the predicted increase
of energy
consumption ( 21 Mil kL/year) to zero
by
2010 >
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