Deep decarbonisation of industry: The cement sector
Headlines Fossil fuel combustion to meet heating needs accounts for 35% of cement’s CO2 emissions. The remaining 65% are due to direct process emissions, which must also be addressed. The biomass use…
Read Full articleSecuring Energy Efficiency to Secure the Energy Union
How Energy Efficiency meets the EU Climate and Energy Goals The JRC report (download link above) provides scientific evidence to support the “Efficiency First” principle considered by the Energy Union…
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A recent article by Ben Jones in the Financial Times ( Europe’s steel industry needs a credible plan to go green , August 6, 2020) discussed the problems that the steel industry is having in reducing…
Read Full articleCompetitiveness of the European Energy-Intensive Industries
The Brussels-based European Round Table for Industry this week published two new reports by the Boston Consulting Group that lay out the state of play and articulate the challenges in Europe’s energy…
Read Full articleJulian Somers
Julian has an interdisciplinary background in natural science, engineering and finance. At the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, his work focuses on the decarbonisation of the industrial sector.
Author detailsFuture of Biofuels 2021
This year "Future of Biofuels 2021" will focus on 2nd generation biofuels & biobased e-fuels and its production and use in maritime and aviation. Transport sectors face the need of decarbonisation and meeting sustainability goals set by national…
DetailsEurope’s energy-intensive industries coping with covid crisis while trying to stay on sustainable path
Europe’s industry has significant challenges today. We are fortunate that the European Union provides a robust policy framework for industry that covers many themes: climate change, energy efficiency,…
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Fernando is an energy engineer with international experience (France, Spain, Brussels) since 1998 in the private and public sectors. At the moment he focus in energy & climate advocacy together with technology-related projects on decarbonisation in…
Author detailsDarren Bryant
Darren is an entrepreneurial engineer developing Waste Heat Recovery projects for Energy Intensive Industries to decarbonise and decentralise power. Commercialising Best Available Technologies and Techniques to recover heat and generate low carbon…
Author detailsWe accelerate the Energy Transition.
The energy transition is already happening today. The fourth liberalisation package is going through the EU codecision process and it introduces exciting new elements for a demand-driven electricity…
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