Electrify Europe 2018

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Powering Process Industry and Transportation Sector: Criteria and Business Models for Sustainable Decarbonization (Room Lehar 1)

European energy landscape is currently undergoing drastic changes. Power and process industries have to tackle with CO2 emissions reduction, to increase their energy efficiency and shares of renewable energy. The impact of RES penetration in the power sector emerges the need of utilizing curtailed electricity as well as implementing advanced demand side management and optimized operation of various technologies. The phase out of large scale thermal power plants and the transition to decentralized applications raises issues not only on the demand coverage of power and thermal applications but also on the energy efficiency and decarbonization. Biomass solutions struggle with resource availability, sustainability criteria and high market prices. Synergies and trans-sectorial approaches are required towards a renewable energy roadmap. Power, heat and fuel production employing various technologies is reviewed based on energy efficiency, carbon reduction but also on economic and sustainability criteria. New business models for energy producers and energy intensive industries are presented and compared for conventional and Power to X technologies. Regulatory framework and factors affecting the investments on low carbon, highly efficient technologies are assessed. Among others Power to Heat, Power to synthetic Fuels and Chemicals (H2, methane, Methanol, ammonia, DME and follow up products) are investigated for their commercial readiness and deployment with regard also to EU policy.