Full Title: Clean Heat Pathways for Industrial Decarbonization
Author(s): Doug Vine, Chris Henderson
Publisher(s): Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
Publication Date: August 30, 2021
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Description (excerpt):
Most heat energy industry uses today comes from fossil fuel combustion, accounting for about 10 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. In the United States, the industries using the most heat include petroleum refining, paper, chemicals, cement, and steel. Unless industries change course, U.S. industrial emissions are expected to rise significantly by mid-century. Identifying and deploying clean heat solutions will be essential.
This brief first provides an overview of the current status of industrial heat in a range of sectors. It then lays out the key criteria for evaluating or characterizing clean heat technologies and describes some of the challenges and opportunities presented by clean heat technology options. The brief concludes with recommendations for a suite of policies that can provide a pathway to reducing emissions from industrial heat.