The specialized meeting "Energy Efficiency in Energy-Intensive Industries: From Governance Challenges to Executive Solutions" was organized by the Future Steel Think Tank and supported by the Venture Capital Fund of Mobarakeh Steel Group, with the participation of a group of managers, university professors, and senior industry and energy sector activists in the country.
Meeting Topics and Challenges Raised
This event focused on examining institutional barriers, economic incentives, and the division of responsibilities among the government, policy-making institutions, and industrial enterprises, held at the Business Development Center of Mobarakeh Steel Industry 4. In this meeting, Mohammad Ali Alaei-Dini, Head of the International Affairs Center of the Ministry of Energy, Arash Najafi, Head of the Energy Commission of the Chamber of Commerce, Abdolrasoul Ahmadi Bani, CEO and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Clean Energy and Power Industries Steel Company (Sanaap), Hashem Orayi, Professor at the Electrical Engineering Faculty of Sharif University of Technology, and Alireza Kafshkanan, Senior Advisor to the CEO of Tedco Holding, discussed and exchanged views on the challenges and executive solutions in this field.
In this meeting, it was emphasized that energy experts have repeatedly warned over the past years about the intensification of electricity and gas imbalance in the country and stressed the necessity of reforming consumption patterns, optimizing infrastructure, and increasing investment in the production sector. The continuation of energy price stabilization policies and supplying it at subsidized rates were among the factors that weakened the incentive for investment in energy infrastructure and posed a serious challenge to the supply of electricity and gas in the country.
Proposed Solutions for Managing Energy Imbalance
To manage energy imbalance, three main axes must be simultaneously considered. First, reforming culture and consumption patterns in the residential and industrial sectors is essential. Energy consumption in the country should move towards efficiency standards to prevent resource wastage and reduce pressure on the supply network.
The second axis is optimizing and rehabilitating energy in both production and consumption sectors. Improving the efficiency of power plants, enhancing industrial equipment, reducing network losses, and utilizing low-consumption technologies can compensate for part of the supply and demand gap without the need for proportional increases in production capacity.
The third path is to develop energy supply capacity and invest in electricity and gas production infrastructure. According to the estimates presented, investment in consumption and energy optimization can create economic benefits up to seven times greater than similar investments in production.
In conclusion, it seems that a sustainable transition from energy imbalance is not possible solely by increasing power generation capacity and gas production; rather, reforming consumption structure and enhancing efficiency must be at the center of energy policy-making in the country.
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