Energy efficiency saves Keppel S$27m in 2016 costs

Singapore

CONTINUING its proud record of sustainability, Keppel Corporation implemented energy efficiency initiatives in 2016 that helped the multi-business group save an estimated 519,026 gigajoules of energy - a 3.5 per cent increase from 2015.

The 2016 figure - equivalent to 5.6 per cent of the group's total energy consumption that year - translates to an estimated S$27 million in cost savings and an avoidance of some 62,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.

The initiatives involve optimising technological operations, such as incorporating idle control systems in welding machines and re-routing electric cables to transmit electricity via a power grid instead of t…