New OECD research finds that some firms use 20 times more energy than their peers producing the same output. Reducing the gap could cut industrial energy use by more than half using technologies that already exist. This blog post explores why these gaps exist and how targeted industrial, competition and energy policies can help close them.

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17 March 2026

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OECD blog

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https://www.oecd.org/en/blogs/2026/03/while-governments-brace-for-another-energy-crisis-firms-are-leaving-major-energy-savings-on-the-table.html

This Blog is published under the centre's Green Transition programme, Trade programme, Growth programme.

This publication comes under the following theme: Technology adoption and diffusion, Clean growth, Green technology adoption and diffusion