Energy efficiency in industrial
processes (EEIP)
Petter E. Røkke, Joint Programme Coordinator
SINTEF, Norway
www.eera-set.eu
EERA is an official part of
the EU SET-Plan.
http://setis.ec.europa.eu/
Points for discussion
Why Energy efficiency
The EERA approach
Industry and member state collaboration  H2020
Summary
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European Energy Research Alliance
EERA is the public research pillar of the EU Strategic Energy
Technology Plan (SET-Plan).
Through our Joint Programmes EERA contributes to make sure
that the billions of euros invested in low carbon technologies
each year are spent on the best possible solutions available.
16 Joint programmes; Wind, PV, CCS, Bio, Smartgrid, Smart
Cities, Geothermal, …, …, Energy efficiency in industrial
processes
150 research centres and universities
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Why Energy efficiency?
• Industry + services sector consume 39.1% of EU final energy
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Why Energy efficiency?
• Much has been done (large energy intensive industries), but
untapped potential for EE remains huge
Source; IEA
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Why Energy efficiency?
Source; IEA
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Energy efficiency measures – low hanging fruits?
The lowest hanging fruits
are also the cheapest…
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Energy efficiency measures – low hanging fruits?
A lot has been done
Waste heat utilisation
Process integration
Optimized manufacturing processes
Local energy systems development
Environmental friendly reductants (biocarbon…)
But even if the "high" hanging fruits are hard to get – higher
energy efficiency still has the potential to make an
significantly reduced environmental impact
Large investments
Longer time to return of investment
Poor business case
Industry is "cash driven"
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How to collect the "high hanging fruits"…?
Cross sectorial approach
The EERA JP EEIP way;
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EERA JP EEIP in numbers – our "task force"
25 R&D institutes
11 countries
Committed workforce 130 py/y
Complement the work of industry lead initiatives in
research activities on EE (such as SPIRE, FoF…) by
focusing in activities with lower TRL
Opening access to infrastructures across Europe and
joining forces of the best institutes
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Innovation
Enterprise
R&D tailored to process products,
implementation of R&D results
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Innovation  Value creation
Energy efficiency – a "two fold" perspective;
Governments, NGOs, IEA etc…;
Reduced environmental impact
Incentives, CO2 tax, NOx tax, ETS…
Industry…;
Reduced cost through reduced energy
consumption
Higher output for the same input
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A saved kW is
a good kW!
A kW giving 2 kg
food is better
than a kW giving
1 kg food!
Industry?
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Member states?
Energy efficiency measures at member state level
National action plans – a good arena for establishing
collaboration across borders (e.g. ERA-NET cofund)
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Present focus – what to deliver?
Horizon2020;
Energy efficiency highlighted as an important topic across all
sectors
High TRL levels – demonstration activities requiring significant
industry commitment (and in-kind contribution!)
Particularly exciting opportunities coming up;
ERA-NET Cofund actions supporting Joint Actions towards
increasing energy efficiency in industry and services (actions not
covered by SPIRE)  Involving national R&D funding
instruments
ECRIA - European Common Research and Innovation Agendas
(ECRIAs): Supporting the implementation of the SET Action Plan
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Summary
To release the potential for energy efficiency, a cross
sectorial collaboration is required
…and this is what EERA is working for;
The new JP in EERA – "Energy efficiency in industrial
processes" gathers the European R&D institutes in a joint
effort for this intention
…across borders, across sectors…
H2020 calls on the topic is the major instrument for
collaboration with the industrial actors
…with a focus on demonstration activities
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Thank you!
Petter E. Røkke, SINTEF
[email protected]
+47 90120221