Waste energy recovery program at industrial facilities

Ambitious policies, innovative business models and financial mechanisms combined with existing cost-effective technologies could improve energy intensity globally at a rate of 3% per year (IEA, 2019). However, most recent data available indicates that the primary energy intensity level in Lao PDR regressed by 72.3% between 2010 and 2015 due to, among others, limited information on energy consumption patterns, lack of public or private sector capacity for energy efficiency planning and implementation, limited regulatory framework, and low level of understanding of the benefits of energy efficiency. The Lao Government is implementing its National Green Growth Strategy (NGGS) approved in January 2019 by the PM, and the industrial sector was selected as a priority because of its importance for local economic & social development and environmental sustainability. Specifically, “the design and implementation of financial mechanisms that provide industrial entrepreneurs access to efficient, environmentally friendly, energy and raw material-saving modern technologies” is one of the focus areas.