“We cannot achieve the energy transition without high-temperature heat. The processes are necessary to produce the cement for the concrete foundations of wind turbines, the steel for the towers of wind turbines, and the silicon for solar cells.” – Antoine Koen (Cleantech Analysts, Future Cleantech Architects)
The generation of heat accounts for 50 percent of global final energy consumption. So far, a quarter of this comes from renewable sources. However, these are not CO2-neutral, as the most used source is biomass.
Glass, steel, and cement production are considered hard-to-abate sectors, as they require high-temperature heat. However, the hotter the process, the fewer market-ready green technologies are currently available. Learn more about the potential to reduce emissions in high-temperature heat processes in Handelsblatt’s article here!
Future Cleantech Architects has joined Handelsblatt, the largest and most-cited business and financial newspaper in the German language, to shed light on the most intensively debated cleantech innovations of the moment. You can see previous editions of our joint series here!
Stay tuned for new releases and our upcoming report on high-temperature heat!
