Assessment of the Industrial Energy Conservation Program for the Pulp and Paper and General Manufacturing Industries

摘要

In this report generalized descriptions are given of two U.S. industries--pulp and paper and general manufacturing. Both are major consumers of energy. The progress that these two industries have made in industrial energy conservation since the early 1970s is discussed. Significant additional savings in energy could be activated through various technological changes, and several recommendations are given in this regard. Such recommendations are primarily for long-range, high-risk research and development to be cost-shared by the industries and the government.