TITLE:
Energy Efficiency in the Competitiveness of the Textile Industry
AUTHORS:
Marco Vinicio Cevallos Bravo, William Marcelo Ponce Iturralde
KEYWORDS:
Efficient Energy Management, Renewable Energy Sources, Innovation, Competitiveness, Textile Processes
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Business and Management,
Vol.10 No.4,
July
21,
2022
ABSTRACT: The aim of this scientific contribution is to show the ways in which
efficient energy management influences the competitiveness of companies in the
textile industry. To achieve this objective, the present investigation carries
out a bibliographic review of the scientific contributions socialized by the Scopus
database, and the information detected in the databases of the International
Energy Agency (IEA) and International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) was
analyzed in Excel spreadsheets. In this scientific contribution, the following
topics of results are found: 1) Bibliometric analysis of published research
related to Energy efficiency in the competitiveness of the textile industry. 2)
Energy use in the textile industry and breakdown of energy use by end use. 3) Opportunities to improve energy efficiency
in the textile industry. There are several options for implementing efficient
energy management in textile plants, many of which are profitable. However,
even cost-effective options are often not implemented in textile mills mainly
due to limited information on how to
implement energy efficiency measures, especially given that most textile
mills are classified as small and medium-sized enterprises. Furthermore, it is
a reality that these particular plants have limited resources to acquire this
information. This fact means that technical knowledge on energy efficiency technologies and practices must be
prepared and disseminated among textile plants.