The path to decarbonising the heat sector

Speaker: Joanna Lee, Manager European Power – ConocoPhillips European Power

Joanna Lee (Manager European Power – ConocoPhillips European Power) and Pieter Verberne (General Manager Energy, AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals) discussed with the audience the role of CHP in the decarbonisation of Europe’s heat and industrial high grade heat, and the important part that timing and energy efficiency must play in delivering sustainable solutions. 

They explained that as the EU edges closer to its grand vision for 2050, decarbonising industrial heat may prove one of the EU’s greatest challenges. Indeed, current renewable based solutions cannot adequately meet the combined requirement of large volumes of high grade, high pressure steam, on demand.

Combined heat and power (CHP or cogeneration) offers the benefits of assured primary energy savings and avoided CO2 emissions, and is based on a proven set of technologies, short lead times and a strong European manufacturing base.