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The CORALIS project, supported by the EU Horizon 2020 program, investigates industrial symbiosis (IS) as a means to decarbonize resource-intensive industries through innovative collaborations. It involves three Lighthouse demonstrator sites in Spain, Sweden, and Italy, and three Follower sites in Austria, Spain, and Turkey. These sites exemplify best practices in IS, including a Spanish site reconfiguring fertilizer production with local waste, a Swedish site using residual heat from a paper mill for greenhouse farming, and an Italian site transforming metal residues into secondary raw materials. The project underlines the importance of managerial frameworks, dedicated facilitators, local authority support, streamlined permits, and public-private partnerships in fostering IS. Findings highlight IS's role in reducing environmental impact and offering economic benefits like cost savings, efficiency, and new business opportunities. Trust and transparent communication among stakeholders are identified as key to successful IS initiatives. CORALIS positions IS as critical for aligning with sustainability goals and stresses the importance of staying informed on IS technologies, participating in training, engaging in IS projects, and considering careers in IS facilitation or environmental policy-making. The European Green Deal emphasizes the need for industry transformation, with IS as a vital step. The paper serves as a call to action for industries and young professionals to adopt IS for a sustainable future.
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Industrial Symbiosis: A Transformative Approach for Sustainable Industry
The CORALIS report on industrial symbiosis (IS) highlights its benefits, like reducing CO2 emissions and waste through cross-sector collaboration. Successful cases and digital platforms facilitate IS, but adoption challenges persist. Future IS policies could further sustainability and create jobs in new industries.
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Building Lasting Symbiotic Relationships: Business Agreements in Industrial Symbiosis
The article addresses the importance of structured business agreements in industrial symbiosis (IS), categorizing IS relationships by engagement level and outlining key considerations for agreements including ownership, responsibilities, liabilities, risk management, governance, contractual terms, and adaptability based on the CORALIS project.
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Top Circular Economy Trends & Innovations
This study explores the circular economy's waste-to-resource concept and analyzes startups impacting it. Key trends include waste upcycling, IoT-optimized waste management, AI-powered sorting, and blockchain for traceability. Circular economy startups are prominent in Western Europe, with growing activity in the US and Asia, particularly China and India.
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Digital Transformation in Industrial Energy Efficiency: Insights for European Companies
European industries use digital tools for energy efficiency, as per a report with nine case studies, highlighting big data, AI for maintenance, demand response programs, collaboration importance, addressing high costs, and skill gaps, offering guidance for integrating technologies and fostering innovation for sustainability.
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The Intersection of Energy and AI: Insights from the IEA Global Conference
The IEA's Global Conference on Energy and AI highlighted the reciprocal relationship between both fields, focusing on AI's role in optimizing energy use and enhancing renewable energy adoption, while also acknowledging AI's growing energy demands. Key discussions addressed electricity consumption by data centers, advancements in battery tech, smart grid optimization, predictive capabilities for natural disasters, and international perspectives from companies and governments on AI-driven energy strategies. The IEA stressed its commitment to providing actionable data and fostering stakeholder dialogue to align AI with energy system realities, and announced a comprehensive energy-AI report for 2025.
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Electrifying Industry: The Path to Decarbonizing Process Heat
The Agora Industry study outlines direct electrification's potential to fulfill 90% of industry's non-electrified energy demands in Europe by 2035, highlighting a key opportunity for CO2 reduction and progress towards EU climate targets.
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Revitalizing Europe's Industrial Future: The European Commission's Strategic Vision for 2024-2029
The European Commission's strategy for 2024-2029 aims to revitalize Europe's industrial sector, address economic challenges, promote sustainability, advance technological sovereignty, ensure social fairness, and strengthen global partnerships for a resilient, prosperous EU future.
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Quiz Your Way to Energy Mastery! Discover, Learn, and Win with EnerWhizz
EnerWhizz is a mobile quiz game designed to teach players about energy efficiency and renewable energy in an engaging and competitive format, offering rewards, multilingual support, and opportunities for global competition.
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Harnessing Carbon: Europe's Ambitious Plan for Industrial Carbon Management
The EU's industrial carbon management strategy aims for climate neutrality by 2050, targeting innovations in carbon capture and utilization (CCU), carbon capture and storage (CCS), and CO2 transport through a 19,000 km network. This transformative approach, fostering a carbon value chain, could generate €45-€100 billion and create 75,000-170,000 jobs by 2030, while positioning the EU as a global leader in carbon management technologies. The strategy emphasizes investment, R&D, public engagement, international cooperation, and regulatory development.
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