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IEA Executive Director interview: In September, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released a report entitled Capturing the Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency. The study concluded that energy efficiency is a crucial hidden fuel whose value goes far beyond the cost effects of energy savings. pv magazine attended the reports release in Berlin and spoke with IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven about energy efficiency and the role of PV in IEA energy scenarios.

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Michael Fuhs

01 Oct 2014

pv magazine: How do you see the relationship between energy efficiency and renewables? Maria van der Hoeven: Traditionally, energy efficiency was demand response; how to bring demand down and then save energy. What you can see with renewables is that costs have come down for two reasons: because technology is maturing and secondly because it’s …

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