Linking of Barriers to Energy Efficiency Improvement in Indonesia’s Steel Industry

Energies

IsharditaPambudi Tama¹  PurnomoBudi Santoso¹  Apriani Soepardi²  Patrik Thollander³  Pratikto Pratikto⁴ 

[1] Department of Industrial Engineering, Brawijaya University, Malang 65145, Indonesia;Department of Industrial Engineering, University of National Development “Veteran”, Yogyakarta 55584, Indonesia;Department of Management and Engineering, Division of Energy System, Linköping University, Linköping SE-581 83, Sweden;Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brawijaya University, Malang 65145, Indonesia;

关键词: energy efficiency;    conceptual framework;    barriers;    steel industry;    Indonesia;   

DOI  :  10.3390/en11010234

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Energy use in Indonesia’s steel industry accounts for about 20–35% of total production costs. Consequently, energy end-use efficiency is a crucial measure that is used to reduce energy intensity and decrease production costs. This article aims to investigate the relationships among different barriers to energy efficiency improvement (EEI), using a framework with the following six constructs: government policy, the financial–economic factor, the managerial–organizational factor, the technological factor, workforce, and quality and type of feedstock and fuel used. The data were collected from steel firm practitioners in Indonesia, using a questionnaire to test our framework. The results demonstrate that the applied framework was applicable. We find that EEI is moderately influenced by all constructs but that the managerial–organizational factor has the greatest direct effect on improvements and is the most significant factor.

【 授权许可】

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