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Overcoming All Barriers To Industrial Electrification

Overcoming All Barriers To Industrial Electrification

Full Title: Overcoming All Barriers To Industrial Electrification
Author(s): Sara Baldwin, Sonali Desphande, Nik Sawe, Jeff Rissman, and Michelle Solomon
Publisher(s): Energy Innovation
Publication Date: June 17, 2025
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Description (excerpt):

Industry– steel, cement, chemicals, manufacturing– is the world’s second largest energy consumer, and its energy needs are growing, up 70 percent this century. We can’t hit our climate goals without cleaning up industry, and businesses can’t remain competitive in a global marketplace that increasingly values clean products. Countries and companies that don’t evolve will get left behind.

Fortunately, market-ready technologies now exist to electrify many industrial processes. Energy Innovation’s new roadmap for electrifying industry shows how we can realize a cleaner industrial future.

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