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Contributor
Damilola Ogunbiyi
CEO and Special Representative of the UN SG for SEforALL and Co-Chair of UN-Energy.
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Policy report
Jun 2025
Gaining an Edge Energy demand and competitiveness
…in energy markets have widened energy price gaps between regions. Concerns centre on how higher energy costs erode profitability, push up inflation and cause industries to downsize or relocate, due to shifting decisions on long-term investment.Energy efficiency offers a way to structurally lower energy costs year after year, while providing the same or, in many cases, improved output. Investing in efficiency can also help firms to create or safeguard jobs, lower emissions, and achieve a more durable competitive advantage. In the industrial sector, which accounts for 21% of world GDP (worth over USD 20 trillion), growing energy demand…
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Contributor
Peter Levi
Head of Technology Supply Chain Unit. Peter Levi first joined the Energy Technology Policy Division of the IEA in 2016 and now leads the sectoral analysis of Industry within the Division. In this role he is focussed on the technologies and policies that can be employed to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from energy-intensive sectors within industry – steel, cement, chemicals, aluminium and paper – as well as cross-cutting themes such as energy security, technology supply chains, innovation, hydrogen, carbon capture and electrification.