🚨New paper alert🚨

In a new perspective in @Joule_CP, @ARPAE Fellow, Greg Thiel, and I lay out a cross-cutting R&D vision on how to decarbonize the majority of industrial emissions & more than 1/5 of global GHG emissions.

How? By decarbonizing heat.♨️

A short thread 🧵:
Everyone calls Industry "hard to decarbonize" because of the vast array of processes that comprise the sector.

This is true! We don't have the time, nor resources, to re-invent every industrial and manufacturing process. There are thousands of them. (2/10)
But decarbonizing industry is crucial to hitting climate goals. In 2010 a full 13.1 gigatons of CO2 and 176 EJ of primary energy demand were attributed to the sector - roughly a third of both global energy demand and emissions. (3/10)
Some of the industrial emissions are produced as part of the process chemistry, like steal and cement, so we do need to develop some new processes but most are not!

The most ubiquitous cross-cutting source of industrial emissions is the generation of heat. (4/10)
Some of the industrial emissions are produced as part of the process chemistry, like steal and cement, so we do need to develop some new processes but most are not! The most ubiquitous cross-cutting source of industrial emissions is the generation of heat. (4/10)
Some of the industrial emissions are produced as part of the process chemistry, like steal and cement, so we do need to develop some new processes but most are not! The most ubiquitous cross-cutting source of industrial emissions is the generation of heat. (4/10)
Some of the industrial emissions are produced as part of the process chemistry, like steal and cement, so we do need to develop some new processes but most are not! The most ubiquitous cross-cutting source of industrial emissions is the generation of heat. (4/10)
Some of the industrial emissions are produced as part of the process chemistry, like steal and cement, so we do need to develop some new processes but most are not! The most ubiquitous cross-cutting source of industrial emissions is the generation of heat. (4/10)
Nearly 60% of sectoral emissions and more than 20% of global GHG emissions are directly attributable to the generation of industrial heat with coal, gas and oil being the most common sources. (5/10)
So, decarbonizing heat can go a long way to decarbonize the sector!

Unfortunately there's not a one-size-fits-all solution, since the demand for industrial heat is distributed across scales.... (6/10)
... and across temperatures.

Meaning that we need a suite of decarbonized industrial heat technologies to solve the problem! (7/10)
And that's exactly what we call for. A cross-cutting innovation program across four main areas:

(1) Zero-carbon fuels
(2) Zero-carbon heat sources
(3) Electrification of heat, AND
(4) Better heat management.

(8/10)
Each bucket has challenges and opportunities. And in the paper we discuss many of the possible technologies.

But investment across the full portfolio is the path forward!

(9/10)
You can read the paper here: https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(20)30575-4

Feel free to reach out with any thoughts!

(10/10)
To decarbonize industry, we must decarbonize heat

Industry is often termed “hard to decarbonize” because a vast, inhomogeneous array of processes comprise the sector. But developing new industrial heating technologies represents a pathway to...

https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(20)30575-4
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