About the Event:

Industrial sectors are significant contributors to global energy consumption and emissions, especially for heating needs. Industrial heat accounts for nearly 25% of the total global energy consumption. Today, an estimated 90% of that industrial heat comes from fossil fuels and around a third to heat processes below 200 °C.

Sources: IEA, IRENA, Global Efficiency Intelligence

Industrial electrification provides the most efficient technological route to clean process heating. Several emerging technologies are available today to enable clean process heating and deal efficiently with waste heat: industrial heat pumps, electric resistance heating technologies (e.g. electric boilers), and thermal energy storage solutions, among others.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) points out that high-temperature heat pumps can drastically reduce emissions across various industries, such as food processing and textiles as there is more reliance on renewable electricity, the carbon impact of heat pumps continues to improve and so the economical benefits as gas prices rise.

We will uncover the latest technological advances in this technology: high-temperature heat pumps, which achieve temperatures over 200°C, making them suitable for a broad range of processes and industries. We will also discuss the main limitations of this technology compared to other power-to-heat (P2H) technologies, and the common barriers to adoption.

About the audience:

This Event will be of interest to energy project developers and engineers (e.g., vertically-integrated utilities, competitive energy service arms within deregulated utilities), utility system planners, and anyone involved with energy storage projects to decarbonize industrial processes Join us to learn how heat pump technology can transform industrial applications and contribute to a more sustainable future.

About the innovators:

• Turboden: specializes in large-scale heat pump solutions (MW-scale) designed to enhance energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions in industrial and district heating applications. Their heat pumps operate at high temperatures, exceeding 200°C, making them suitable for various industrial processes and district heating networks. As a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Turboden leverages extensive experience in energy efficiency to offer solutions that support industries in transitioning to greener energy practices. They are among the few high-temperature heat pump providers with pilots in place and projects soon to be commercialized.

• Airthium: specializes in developing low-scale high-temperature heat pumps (kW-scale) designed to decarbonize industrial heat processes. Their innovative technology is expected to convert electricity into heat at temperatures up to 550°C (1022°F), making it suitable for a broad range of industrial applications such as boilers and dryers in the food, paper, automotive, and even the mining sectors. Their innovation lays on utilizing the Ericsson cycle and achieving near-ideal energy transfers, Airthium's heat pumps reach efficiencies up to 86% of the theoretical limit, surpassing current technologies that achieve about 64%. Their solution is at TRL 4 at the moment.