SOLAR HEAT FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES AND INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN MALAYSIA AND EGYPT

Within two UNIDO-GEF5-projects industrial companies in Malaysia and Egypt are supported along the identification and implementation of energy efficiency and the optimized implementation of solar heat for industrial processes (SHIP). The main goal is to prove the feasibility of solar process heat in terms of technical and economic criteria and by this initiate a sustainable market penetration beyond the project. Based on the specific demands of industry as well as the status quo regarding awareness and capacity in the countries, a tailor-made program for training and involvement of relevant stakeholders was developed and implemented. Within this capacity building more than 1,100 trainees were trained on the identification of optimized solar integration concepts, applying a feasibility tool along the well-recognized methodology of IEA-SHC-Task 49/II. Real implementations of energy efficiency and SHIP were achieved (resp. initiated) and project findings implemented in a roadmap, expecting a maximized impact in both countries.