RE4Industry collaborative network has grown to involve around 100 stakeholders from energy intensive industries (including, EIIs’ representatives, plant managers, policy makers, academics, etc.). The current national Clusters (4), Expert Groups (4) and Committees (4 National, 1 European), have been key to provide industrial vision and knowledge to enrich the project development. RE4Industry has provided direct recommendations and guidelines to engage policy makers at EU and national level with the objective of supporting the uptake of RE in the industries under their jurisdiction.
The EIIs Interactive Map has been updated with data from 2021 and will be updated in subsequent years after. Identified success cases of EIIs already deploying REs solutions are included in this tool. Reports of the status of EII sectors (i.e. ceramics, steel, glass, non-ferrous metals, cement & lime and chemicals & fertilizers) behave been released on the project webpage together with additional reports on the status at the national level of EIIs in DE, ES, GR and NL.
After establishing a clear baseline analysis methodology and identifying the most suitable REs solutions for the cases studies, a further detailed assessment has been conducted, and Action Plans have been provided to SIDENOR, CORBION and MYT to enhance their decarbonisation pathway and lessons-learned.
RE4Industry has transferred the RE solutions developed by the project to other companies and case studies in different sectors and countries. Consortium has executed their knowledge transfer plans through different events, reaching out many stakeholders from various energy-intensive sectors,(cement, ceramics, chemicals, food and drink, glass, oil refining, and pulp and paper) and providing them with anaccompaniment based on the three action plans and the successful cases of RE integration in industrial processes. The project has also facilitated the exchange of best practices and lessons learned among the participants and other stakeholders.
Inputs from previous activities have been accompanied by knowledge transfer actions, both in-house transfer in the industrial groups of SIDENOR, MYT and CORBION, so as sectoral transfer seminars organised in 4 additional countries (at, FI, HR and RO). Also, communication and dissemination actions kept on being key for the correct project development.
RE4Industry has helped three energy-intensive sectors (aluminium, steel, and chemicals) to use more renewable energy technologies and alternative fuels by hadling them customized information, guidance, and support, estimating that the renewable energy share in the case studies could reach 37% by 2030, reducing CO2 emissions and pollutants. The project has also analysed the technical, economic, environmental, and social aspects of using biomethane and clean hydrogen as alternative fuels, and has evaluated how the stakeholders and the public perceive and accept them. It has provided useful tools and materials for the case studies to assess their energy consumption and emissions, and to plan their decarbonization road map.
RE4Industry has set the minimum requisites for low-carbon manufacturing of EII products in cement, steel, and other sectors, and has shared their view on the sustainable products initiative through sectorial organisations, EIIs and policy makers to match the requisites and the view with their needs and expectations. RE4Industry partners have got positive feedback and acceptance from sectors, as they saw the benefits and impacts of adopting them for their decarbonisation actions and for the EU climate goals.
