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Decarbonization innovation in action
No time to spare
Innovation is already having a significant impact on initiatives
to decarbonize heat. For example, the seenergies.eu project
provides open-source heat demand data as well as industrial
waste heat potential and a planning toolbox. Allowing public
authorities to identify, analyze, model demand and map
resources and solutions to supply energy needs within their
territories.
The time to act is now. Accelerating decarbonization of heat
is critical to mitigating the impact of climate change, as well
as other environmental challenges. A variety of challenges
need to be overcome to accelerate the scale and speed of the
decarbonization of industrial, civic, and residential heating and
cooling, but these are not insurmountable.
Another example is the innovative Kyoto Group in Norway,
which acts as a flexible asset on the grid, providing services
for industry and transmission system operators (TSOs). Kyoto
enables charging a thermal battery during off peak hours and
retrieving thermal energy when needed. It shields businesses
from price volatility, CO₂ taxes, and grid tariffs. This helps to
prevent global warming and contributes to a new license to
operate when policy makers want CO₂ emission to end. And it
provides a secure option for energy delivery.
Viable solutions exist and help is at hand to address the
complexities of decarbonization. Adopting new climate
technologies, as well as embracing the key actions and
enablers that we have identified, accelerates decarbonization.
Collaborating with the partners, as part of an ecosystem of
organizations across the value chain and wider industry is critical.
Without doubt, rapidly addressing the decarbonization of
industrial heat is a key part of our fight against climate change
and our journey towards net zero.
WEMO 2024
Positive outcomes may include development of industrial hubs
in which organizations share low-carbon heat not only with
their business neighbors, but with nearby residential and public
buildings too. And potentially provide grid balancing services,
easing supply and demand pressures.
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