Climate change introduces multiple and interacting sources of uncertainty for energy-intensive industries. These uncertainties are not confined to long-term strategic planning: they increasingly affect day-to-day operations, supply chain continuity, energy procurement, and regulatory compliance. Read more »
The Annual report summarizes the work and progress in the IETS Tasks, and includes information about special events, future plans and other highlights. Read more »
Topic Sheet no 23, October 2025, based on the final report from Subtask 3 in Task XVIII – Digitalization, Artificial Intelligence and Related Technologies for Energy Efficiency and GHG Emissions Reduction in Industry. Read more »
Topic Sheet no 22, September 2025, based on the final reports from Subtasks 2 and 3 in Task XXI – Net-zero Industrial Processes in a Circular Economy Framework. Read more »
Joint Deliverable Report from the Subtask on Technology Pathways towards Negative and/or Net-Zero Emission Biorefineries. Read more »
This Subtask focused on industrial symbiosis as a concept for decarbonizing industrial sites. Read more »
This Subtask focused on the integration of carbon capture technologies and systems in industry and potential technical and techno-economic pathways for the reuse of the carbon through CCU. Read more »
Guideline for the integration of emerging membrane separation processes in biorefineries for research, industry and decision-makers. Read more »
The Annual report summarizes the work and progress in the IETS Tasks respectively, and includes information about special events, future plans and other highlights. Read more »
Subtask 2 in Task XVIII has focused on methods and applications of Digital Twins (DT) to promote the application of DTs in industry, improving energy efficiency, and reducing GHG emissions. Read more »
Subtask 3 in Task XVIII has focused on exploring the transformative role of digitalization in enhancing energy efficiency, operational performance, and sustainability within energy-intensive industries. Read more »
The work within Task XVIII Digitalization, Artificial Intelligence and Related Technologies for Energy Efficiency and GHG Emissions Reduction in Industry, Subtask 2 – Methods and Applications of Digital Twins has delivered the following reports: DIGITAL TWINS… Read more »
Task XXII aims at promoting understanding and progression in digitalization, Artificial Intelligence, and related technologies, thus facilitating climate resilience (extreme weather and events) and energy adaptation (electricity, heating, and sector coupling) in energy-intensive industries. Read more »
Task XIX – Subtask 2 examined a multidisciplinary approach towards the electrification of industry. The objective was to establish and fortify an international framework dedicated to industrial electrification, emphasizing the systemic aspects. Read more »
The 2023 Annual Report from IETS TCP is now available for download. The Annual report summarizes the work and progress in the IETS Tasks respectively, and includes information about special events, future plans and other highlights. Read more »
The focus of Task XIX is on the system aspects of industrial electrification, aiming to foster the creation of a "critical mass" in this area. This is the Final Report from Subtask 2. Read more »
Download the Conference Proceedings – Energy Future in Industry 2023 The IETS conference brought together 109 experts and counted with 43 oral presentations and 10 posters presented. These presentations, with the outcomes of the discussions held in… Read more »
The 2022 Annual Report from IETS TCP is now available for download. The Annual report summarizes the work and progress in the IETS Annexes respectively, and includes information about special events, future plans and other highlights. Read more »
The aim of the first year of activity of Task XX “Knowledge sharing on industry transition roadmaps” was to capture an overview and to analyse industry roadmaps methodologies employed in different TCP member countries considering the national industry context. To that end, a series of bilateral interviews with national industry experts has been conducted throughout the year. Read more »
Growing concerns about climate change and the need for deep reduction in global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have prompted the development of public industry roadmaps to explore decarbonisation plans and demonstrate commitments. They have thus gained strong interest… Read more »
This Topic Sheet is based on the final report from IETS TCP Task XVII, Membrane Processes in Biorefineries. Read more »
The goal of the extensions of Task XVII on “Membrane processes in biorefineries” was to build upon the initial phase of the Task by extending the learnings from the lignocellulosic biorefineries and other types of biorefineries plus… Read more »
The impact from radical energy efficiency measures, technology changes, integrated biorefineries, electrification (based on renewable electricity), CCS/CCU/ BECCS, renewable heat sources, and industrial heat storage systems are examples of radical changes investigated in this Subtask. Read more »
This fact sheet is based on the final report from Annex XV - Industrial Excess Heat Recovery Task 3. Read more »
This fact sheet is based on the final report from the first Subtask of Task XXI - Decarbonizing Industrial Systems in a Circular Economy Framework. Read more »
The approach is based on industry needs and application, combining the knowledge of industrial technologies with energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Read more »
This final report summarizes the work carried out in and the results of subtask #1 of IETS Task XXI Decarbonizing Industrial Systems in a Circular Economy Framework. Read more »
The 2021 Annual Report from IETS TCP is now available for download. The Annual report summarizes the work and progress in the IETS Annexes respectively, and includes information about special events, future plans and other highlights. … Read more »
The digital transformation is already influencing many aspects of daily life. Also, in industry, digitalization has become an essential part of business and research. Digitalization measures offer possibilities to increase the productivity and flexibility of an industrial process and thus, improving its efficiency, saving energy and reducing costs. Moreover, digitalization can contribute to the transition towards renewable supplied and sustainable production. Read more »
Having a common goal - the deep decarbonization in Industry, the main aim of this workshop was to identify key areas for collaboration between IETS TCP and other IEA TCPs. Read more »
In a broad range of literature, digitalization, artificial intelligence (AI), and related technologies (Big Data, Data Analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), Automation, Control, etc.) are conceptual terms that are closely associated and often used interchangeably. In this fact sheet, the most common definitions of the terms in the field of digitalization are listed. Read more »
The main objective of Task XVIII is to stimulate the adoption of digitalization technologies for energy efficiency improvement and GHG emissions reduction in the energy-intensive process industries. Read more »
On December 9-10, the IETS TCP gathered about 70 people from 20 countries to discuss possible collaboration activities. During the first half-day session, ongoing Swedish projects and activities in the IETS working areas were presented. During the second, representatives for… Read more »
Electrification of the industrial sector has been identified as a key option to reduce GHG emissions. Read more »
Industrial electrification is increasingly been considered as an attractive pathway to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the industrial sector. This is (partly) driven by the increase penetration and expected large availability of low carbon electricity in the coming decades. Read more »
The Annual report summarizes the work and progress in the IETS Annexes respectively, and includes information about special events, future plans and other highlights. Read more »
Around the world, extensive attempts are taken to improve energy efficiency for various sectors of the Economy, and industrial SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) are no exception to that. Industrial SMEs are in various forms… Read more »
In October 2019, the IETS TCP organized an expert workshop, covering - in a broad way - most major aspects of deep decarbonization. This Topic Sheet is based on the Executive Summary of the workshop report. Read more »
There are currently many ongoing projects worldwide with the objective to reduce the emissions of fossil CO2 from the iron & steel industry. Read our survey of current projects and upcoming technologies regarding primary steelmaking. Read more »
The 2019 Annual Report from IETS TCP is now available. The Annual report summarizes the work and progress in the IETS Annexes respectively, and includes information about special events, future plans and other highlights.
Decision-making is not a straightforward process, as complex problems involve numerous options or alternatives as well as an array of predefined criteria, which differ in nature. Read more »
Despite the importance of SMEs in the economy, they have not received much attention in most countries' energy policy activities. Read more »
This workshop dealt in a broad way with most major aspects for deep decarbonization. Presentations, discussions, conclusions and suggestions for further work have been summarized in a Final Report. Read more »
There is an increasing awareness about industrial excess heat as a potential resource for contributing to an improved economy and sustainability in larger systems. Some areas covered: -Methodology on how to perform an inventory in practice, -Evaluation and inventory of excess heat levels, -Possible policy instruments and the influence on future use of excess heat. Read more »
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. Groups from Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden have participated in Task 2. Read more »
This topic sheet covers, e.g., definitions, methods, technologies and systems, as well as suggestions for further work. It is based on the Final Report from Annex XV Phase 1, published at the IETS website in 2015. Read more »
The 2018 Annual Report from IETS is now available. The Annual report summarizes the work and progress in the IETS Annexes respectively, and includes information about special events, future plans and other highlights.
This topic sheet is based on the Annex proposal for Annex XVIII and includes, e. g. a description of the technological infrastructure and enablers essential for the digital transformation of industry. Read more »
This topic sheet is based on the final report from Annex XVII, "Membrane filtration for energy-efficient separation of lignocellulosic biomass components", available for download. Read more »
This topic sheet is based on the IETS Annex XIV Technical Report, available for download. Read more »
The 2017 Annual Report from IETS is now available. The Annual report summarizes the work and progress in the IETS Annexes respectively, and includes sections about the ExCo and other highlights.
The initial scope of this Annex was completed in 2017 and the Final Report is available for download. Read more »
This Topic Sheet is based on the IEA Expert Workshop in Berlin on April 4 – 5, 2017. Read more »
This Topic Sheeit is based on the International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy Technology Cooperation Programme (IEA Bioenergy) & IEA Industrial Energy-related Technologies and Systems (IETS) – Joint Workshop, Gothenburg, Sweden, 16 May 2017. Read more »
This Topic Sheet is based on the IETS Annex XVI article: International study on energy end-use data among industrial SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and energy end-use efficiency improvement opportunities. Read more »
This is the final report from the first phase of this Annex, including the following conclusions and recommendations from the project participants, lead by professor Ann-Sofi Jönsson of Lund University, Sweden: Some recommendations for people who… Read more »
Report from the IEA Expert Workshop in Berlin on April 4 – 5, 2017. Due to the urgent need for global GHG mitigation, process integration in industry will most probably play an even more important role than traditionally in the… Read more »
Summary and conclusions from the IEA Bioenergy/IEA IETS workshop in Gothenburg, May 2017. Download it here.
In the IETS Annual Report for 2016 you can find presentations from Annexes on their work and progress respectively. Access the Annual Report here. Read more »
For more information about the IEA Technology Collaboration Programmes, please refer to the IEA website… Read more »
This publication provides an overview of the activities and recent accomplishments of the IEA TCPs. Even in the context of an increasingly complex and multi-lateralised global energy landscape, the centrality of the IEA and of… Read more »
Phase 1 of this Annex is finished and has delivered a final report with appendices: Final report – Phase 1, 5 May 2015 + Appendix 1: Climate Consequences of Using Industrial Excess Heat or CHP Prepared… Read more »
This Annex has delivered one report from each of the four tasks, so far: I. Energy policies and programs towards industrial SMEs Report from Task 1 Description of the country specific context: Energy mix, overall country… Read more »
In the IETS Annual Report for 2015 you can find presentations from Annexes on their work and progress respectively. Access the Annual Report here. Read more »
Separation systems can represent 40-70% of both capital and operating costs in industry. They also account for 45 % of all the process energy used by the chemical and petroleum refining industries every year. More efficient separation technologies and systems… Read more »
In the IETS Annual Report for 2014 you can find presentations from Annexes on their work and progress respectively. Access the Annual Report here. Read more »
The Implementing Agreement on Process Integration within the International Energy Agency (IEA) was formally started in September 1995, motivated by the recognition thatProcess Integration was not used to its full potential in industry, with significant differences across geographical regions… Read more »
In the IETS Annual Report for 2013 you can find presentations from Annexes on their work and progress respectively. The 2013 Annual Report also dedicates one section to the organisation of the IETS work as a whole, and the importance… Read more »
