Generation and Use of Thermal Energy in the U.S. Industrial Sector and Opportunities to Reduce its Carbon Emissions
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
This report quantifies greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the industrial sector and identifies opportunities for non-GHG-emitting thermal energy sources to replace the most significant GHG-emitting U.S. industries based on targeted, process-level analysis of industrial heat requirements. The intent is to provide a basis for projecting opportunities for clean energy use. This provides a prospectus for small modular nuclear reactors (including nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems), solar industrial process heat, and geothermal energy. This report provides a complement to analysis of process-efficiency improvement by considering how clean energy delivery and use by industry could reduce GHG emissions.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Strategic Programs (SP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1335587
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP--6A50-66763; INL/EXT--16-39680
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CARBON FOOTPRINT
EMISSION
GEOTHERMAL PROCESS HEAT
GREENHOUSE GASES
HYBRID SYSTEMS
INDUSTRY
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MINIMIZATION
REACTORS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SOLAR PROCESS HEAT
carbon dioxide
geothermal energy
greenhouse gas emissions
industrial heat
nuclear power
nuclear-renewable power
reducing emissions
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