Utilities large missed opportunity: Demand Response in manufacturing
Demand Response (DR) helps utilities to manage the peak electricity demand by temporarily shifting the demand on the consumer side instead of building new power plants to meet the short-time peak…
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Headlines Current primary steel production is highly integrated; incremental efficiency improvements can only further reduce emissions by about 10%. The analysis of scenarios published recently by…
Read Full articleRevolutionizing Ammonia: The Quest for Sustainability and Efficiency in Fertilizer Production
Unveiling the Haber-Bosch Legacy The Haber-Bosch process, a century-old invention pivotal for global food production, is now a subject of scrutiny. Producing over 180 million tonnes of ammonia…
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Understanding Energy Demand in Food Production The food sector, being heavily reliant on fossil fuels, is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions (GHGEs). The necessity to reduce energy…
Read Full articleIntegrating Innovation: The Role of STORMING Project in Aligning with the Hydrogen Pathways Report 2024
The Growing Significance of Hydrogen in Energy Transition The transition to a sustainable and decarbonized energy system is rapidly accelerating, with hydrogen emerging as a cornerstone of this global…
Read Full articleGlass Industry: 16 Emerging Technologies for Energy-efficiency and GHG Emissions Reduction
First published here Glass production is a highly energy-intensive industrial process. The container and flat glass industries (which combined account for 80% of glass production) emit over 60 million…
Read Full articleIndustrial Demand Response - too complex?
Demand Response - the next gold rush for industry? It is often said the energy efficiency is a key (or even THE) driver for Demand Response. Well, for utilities and grid operators it is clearly a…
Read Full articleAluminum Industry: 10 Emerging Technologies for Energy-efficiency and GHG Emissions Reduction
Aluminum production is one of the most energy-intensive industrial processes worldwide. Although about a third of global aluminum production uses electricity from hydropower sources, the increasing…
Read Full articleElectrifying Industry: The Path to Decarbonizing Process Heat
As the world races to decarbonize, industrial process heating emerges as a critical frontier. A new study by Agora Industry reveals that direct electrification technologies could potentially meet 90%…
Read Full articleHeatpumps - an overlooked opportunity?
Recover energy, don’t waste it! What do a Norwegian fjord, a Belgian brewery, a Danish dairy plant, a Finnish data center, a German office building, and a French sports center (and many more) have in…
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