#processheat — Public Fediverse posts

Key findings:

✨ Electrifying low- and medium-temperature #processheat – which accounts for half of industrial heat demand – shows vast potential for direct #electrification. It is a major opportunity to cut emissions and strengthen economic resilience using largely mature and domestic technologies like heat pumps and electric boilers. 2/x

As further #technologies reach maturity & are rolled out, this could increase to cover high temperature applications ➡️ in just over a decade, direct #electrification technologies could make much of the fossil fuel currently used for #processheat obsolete. 3/x

Currently, the generation of #processheat to melt glass, produce food and forge steel is responsible for three quarters of industrial greenhouse gas #emissions in the European Union. Existing technologies could already provide much of the #energy required for process heat today. 2/x

New study: Electricity-based technologies can increasingly replace fossil fuels in industry – direct #electrification could meet 90% of the #energy demand for #processheat not yet electrified by 🇪🇺 industry by 2035. Rapid adoption contributes to EU climate targets & strengthens competitiveness. 1/x