Abstract:Industrial energy management is an advanced and efficient means of energy conservation and emission reduction, which manages the energy in a centralized and systematic way to reduce costs and increase efficiency for enterprises. It is also an essential link in the implementation of intelligent transformation, digital transformation, and the work of carbon neutrality and carbon peaking in the metallurgical industry. However, few studies on energy management have been reported at the metallurgical industry level, and the differences and common problems of energy management between steel and non-ferrous metallurgy have not been discussed. In view of this problem, this paper first comprehensively analyzed the development of energy management in metallurgical industry, and then discussed the application logic, scope and effect of energy management in the metallurgical industry, then sorted the relevant national laws, policies, standards, certifications and typical energy-saving evaluation indicators, and finally analyzed energy management cases of steel and non-ferrous metallurgy production enterprises at home and abroad. It is believed that there are still problems in China's energy management in the metallurgical industry, such as insufficient energy monitoring, emphasising local areas but neglecting the overall situation, and a shortage of professional talents. In the future, attention needs to be paid to establishing a quantitative evaluation standard system, introducing low-carbon and energy-saving new technologies, tracking the entire process of resource footprints, integrating intelligence and digitization, and large-scale use of clean energy. With the deepening of energy-saving concepts, innovations breakthroughs in energy-saving new technologies, the improvement of energy quantification evaluation systems, incentives for carbon reduction economic benefits, and the continuous strengthening of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) by enterprises, energy management will undoubtedly usher in broader development opportunities.
