Workshop on Deep Decarbonization in Industry – presentations available

The process industry was in focus when 50 international experts met in Vienna for a workshop on deep decarbonization in industry 9-11 October.

The aim was to highlight the importance of process industry in radical GHG mitigation, to point out opportunities and hurdles, to identify need for further international R,D&D and for knowledge transfer to strategic industrial and policy decision makers.

A report and findings from the workshop will be distributed to governmental and industry organizations as well as in the IETS international network.

Presentations are available for download:

Background, Aims and Sessions
Thore Berntsson, Chair of the IETS TCP

Session 1: Roadmaps

Chair: Stefan Lechtenböhmer, Wuppertal Institute, Germany and Lund University, Sweden

• A review of technology and policy pathways to net-zero emissions industry
  Chris Bataille, IDDRI, Paris and Simon Fraser University, Canada
• Defossilization in the chemical industry – challenges and opportunities
  Florian Ausfelder, DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnology e.V
• The Role of Innovation in Cement 2050 Roadmap
  Jim Rushworth, CEMBUREAU (EU Cement Association)
• Deep decarbonisation pathways in the European forest fibre and paper industry
  Nicola Rega, CEPI, the European forest fibre and paper industry
• Towards a net-zero emissions steel industry
  Åsa Ekdahl, World Steel Association
• Refinery 2050: opportunities and challenges for the refining industry
  Marta Yugo, CONCAWE

Session 2: Technologies

Chair: Andrea Ramirez, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

• Integration of CCUS and hydrogen technologies for industrial decarbonization
  Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Heriot-Watt University, UK
• Potential of Digitalization and AI for Decarbonization in Industry
  Eemeli Hytönen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
• Renewable carbon circling – Biorefining
  Michael Mandl, IEA Bioenergy
• Electrification as an essential part of the de- and recarbonisation of industrial regions
  Earl Goetheer, TNO/Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

Session 3: Industrial Systems

Chair: Rene Hofmann, Vienna University of Technology and AIT, Centre for Energy, Austria

• Can we know what we don’t know? Using ex-ante technology assessment for technology development and deployment
  Andrea Ramirez, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
• Systems aspects of new technologies for decarbonisation of industrial processes
  Philippe Navarri, CanmetENERGY, Natural Resources Canada
• Negative Emission Technologies for Deep Decarbonization in Industry
  Tobias Pröll, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
• Towards Deep Emission Cuts through Industrial Symbiosis
  Filip Johnsson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Session 4: Industry in a Circular Economy

Chair: Philippe Navarri, CanmetENERGY, Natural Resources Canada

• Material Efficiency in Clean Energy Transitions
  Tiffany Vass, International Energy Agency
• Circular economy as a driver of deep decarbonization in industry
  Mika Sulkinoja, Sitra (the Finnish Innovation Fund), Finland
• Scenarios for net-zero emission basic materials processing industries in the EU
  Stefan Lechtenböhmer, Wuppertal Institute, Germany and Lund University, Sweden

Session 5: Innovation, Business Models, Risk

Chair: Chris Bataille, IDDRI, Paris and Simon Fraser University, Canada

• Policy responses to carbon lock-in in the Dutch chemical industry
  Heleen de Coninck, Radboud University, the Netherlands
• Industry as prosumer in the new energy system
  Horst Steinmüller, Energieinstitut an der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria
• Financing the decarbonisation of industry
  Kristian Uppenberg, European Investment Bank
• Policy packages for deep decarbonisation of energy intensive materials sectors
  Oliver Sartor, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), France

Session 6: Policy, Strategy, International Cooperation

Chair: Elvira Lutter, Climate and Energy Fund, Austria

• Industrial policy respecting the necessity of zero emissions
  Lars J. Nilsson, Lund University, Sweden
• Policy challenges and opportunities in decarbonising industry
  Sabine Fuss, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
• Deep decarbonisation for Indian Industries: reflections on policy, strategy and international cooperation
  Joyashree Roy, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand