Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Measures in Some Different Industries in Palestine

In the thirty-three years since the first oil crises in 1973, there have been a number of studies of industrial energy use and the potential for energy conservation in industry of developed countries which have resulted in significant improvement in the efficient use of energy. The developing countries are still in the process of gaining momentum in this field and are learning from the experiences of the industrialized nations. The energy situation in Palestine, the efficient use of energy and energy conservation in industry is not in a better condition than most developing countries. In this thesis we tried to establish a start or a beginning step toward the efficient use of energy and energy conservation in industry through conducting energy analysis of industrial consumption in Palestine and through conducting energy audits in some industries in Palestine (Al Safa Dairy Factory, Al Carton Factory, Al Arz Ice –Cream Factory and Al Aqqad Textile Factory) which they considered high energy consumers and allocate the potential for energy savings opportunities. This research aims to investigate the potential of energy conservation opportunities in some Palestinian industrial facilities. The main objective of the investigation is to identify the most energy intensive areas of the industries and suggest measures which can be implemented to conserve energy or reduce energy consumption. It was showed that there is a decent potential for energy savings in the audited industrial facilities. The savings in electric energy was around 277,800 kWh per year and the fuel savings around 66,000 liters per year. On the national level (10 to 20%) savings from the total energy consumption in the industrial sector could be achieved by implementing some energy conservation measures (no and low cost investment) on the most energy consumption equipment in the facility such as boilers, compressors, lighting system and low power factor. Besides decreasing the demand on energy that enhancing the national economy, there is a huge reduction in the environmental emissions such as CO2 (175 tons reduction).