Final Report: Annex XV, Task 2 – Industrial Excess Heat Recovery

The main background to the annex is the increasing awareness about industrial excess heat as a potential resource for contributing to an improved economy and sustainability in larger systems.
Annex XV Task 1 was finalized in the spring 2015. Based on the Task 1 results, four areas for further work were identified, which became the four subtasks in Task 2. They are:

In-depth evaluation and inventory of excess heat levels
Methodology on how to perform an inventory in practice
Possible policy instruments and the influence on future use of excess heat
Technology Development

In Task 2, groups from Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden participated. The deliverables from Task 2 are:

a synthesis report on findings in the projects included in the task as well as reported in
literature, as well as findings from the Task 2 meetings,
a recommendation for further work internationally (included in the synthesis report),
one report from each participant project (one or more per country).

There have been in total 11 meetings in the task, including 3 face-to-face meetings.

The final report is prepared by Thore Berntsson & Anders Åsblad, CIT Industriell Energi AB, Sweden, supported by the country representatives.