The European Energy Research Alliance Joint Programme for Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes will launch the white paper on “Industrial Thermal Energy Storage – Supporting the transition to decarbonise industry”.
One quarter of total final energy consumption in the European Union is consumed by industry. Within that quarter, over 80% is consumed by heating and cooling processes. The continued, wide-scale use of gas, oil, coal, and other fossil fuels for industrial thermal processes leads to an estimated greenhouse gas (GHG) emission of 513 Mt CO2 equivalent per year, 12% of total GHG emissions.