Industrial

Kentucky is a relatively industrialized state, with 44 percent of all energy consumption occurring in the industrial sector (compared to 33 percent for the U.S. as a whole).  Kentucky industries have the potential to save millions of dollars by adopting technologies and practices that improve energy efficiency, conserve resources and increase product yields.

Learn More - information and statistics on Kentucky's industrial activities are available from the U.S. Department of Energy.

The U.S. Department of Energy has launched the Save Energy Now initiative to help the U.S. industry save energy. Through this campaign, DOE’s Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) works with industrial plants to operate more efficiently and profitably by identifying ways to reduce energy use in key industrial process systems.

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IAC-MEP Partnership
Industrial Assessment Centers and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership team up in 2007 to to help small and medium-sized U.S. manufacturing plants improve their energy efficiency, competitiveness, and environmental performance.

Kentucky Energy Efficiency (E2) Program  
Offers energy efficiency assessments to Kentucky businesses.

State Incentives and Resources Database
A repository of energy incentives, tools, and resources for commercial and industrial managers seeking to make energy efficiency upgrades to their facilities.

The U.S. Department of Energy created the Industrial Technologies Program to coordinate national efforts to improve industrial energy efficiency and environmental performance.  The program is divided into five strategic areas:

• BestPractices and Industrial Energy Systems offer near-term solutions for industry to save energy today by implementing off-the-shelf technologies and practices.  They offer a variety of publications, software tools and databases to help self-assess a plant’s energy consumption.
• Industries of the Future has a longer-term focus that promotes R&D partnerships in the nation’s most energy and waste-intensive industries.  More information on Kentucky’s Industries of the Future is below.
• Crosscutting Technologies targets efficiency opportunities in the use of technologies that are common to many industrial processes (e.g. sensors, automation and combustion).
• Industrial Assessment Centers conduct no-cost energy assessments of eligible small and medium-sized manufacturers.  All Kentucky businesses are eligible for a similar assessment through the Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center's KEEP program (see below).
  

A University of Kentucky study, sponsored by OEP, analyzed the economic impact of seven Industries of the Future on the state’s economy. The study, Economic Status of Industries of the Future in Kentucky  (PDF - 494KB), concluded that these sectors employ 20 percent of the state’s total manufacturing labor force and represent 21 percent of the total manufacturing value added.

The Ohio Valley is the largest primary aluminum and fabricating region in the nation. In 1999, OEP helped the aluminum industry make a case for bringing an aluminum research and design center to the region.  Secat, Inc. brings together public and private research partners to work jointly on projects that can benefit the aluminum industry as a whole.

John Davies
500 Mero Street, 12th Floor, Capital Plaza Tower
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 564-7192
In KY:  (800) 282-0868
Fax: (502) 564-7484
E-mail: john.davies@ky.gov