Through no-cost assessments, DOE is working with major manufacturing facilities to identify energy- and money-saving opportunities, primarily by focusing on steam and process heating systems.
Alabama River Newsprint manufactures newsprint used for newspaper publishing. The mill utilizes approximately 70 percent virgin fiber and 30 percent recycled material in the production process. The recycling facility, established in 1993, buys old newspapers and magazines through contracts with major waste haulers, municipalities operating curb-side collection programs, and waste in the open market.
“President Bush has called on all Americans to be more energy efficient. Private industry is joining the federal government in taking a leading role in this effort,” Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman said. “DOE’s Energy Saving Teams will play a key role in assessing and recommending energy efficiency strategies for some of the largest industrial facilities across the nation.”
DOE’s Energy Saving Teams have completed visits to 29 large federal facilities and are in the process of visiting 200 of the most energy-intensive manufacturing facilities in the United States.
The first 21 ESAs have identified, in aggregate, more than $64 million per year in potential energy cost savings and could reduce natural gas consumption by nearly 8 trillion Btu per year, equivalent to the natural gas consumed by more than 100,000 typical homes.
