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14 Autumn 2018 European Energy Innovation

COMMUNICATION

Solar heat for
industrial processes

Establishment of a European Common Innovation and Research Agenda

By Josephine Stemmer

Solar thermal technologies face National Research Agendas on Solar applications to the Energy Intensive
technological and competitiveness Heat for Industrial Processes) aims sectors through the development
challenges hindering a wider at the establishment of a European of suitable process embedded
contribution of solar resources Common Research and Innovation solar concentrating technologies,
to the final energy consumption. Agenda (ECRIA). Establishing an overcoming the present barrier of
When considering the use of such integrated structure engaging major applications only in the LT and MT
technologies in industrial applications, European research institutes in temperature ranges;
such challenges are even more the development of coordinated
demanding. Whereas economic and R&D activities (TRLs 2-5), INSHIP’s • increasing the synergies within
financial questions play a critical role ambition is the progression of Solar industrial parks, through
in the penetration of solar thermal Heat to Industrial Processes (SHIP) centralized heat distribution
technologies into this market, the beyond the state-of-the-art through: networks and exploiting the
technical questions specific to the potential synergies of these
framework of industrial applications • an easier integration of low and networks with district heating
already point the topics requiring due medium temperature technologies and with the electricity grid,
attention at R&D level. suiting the operation, durability thus aiming at a full-fledged
and reliability requirements of exploitation of SHIP potential
Gathering the participation of 28 industrial end users; across sectors and temperature
European R&D institutions from 12 levels in both existing and new
countries, Project INSHIP (Integrating • expanding the range of SHIP industrial capacity.

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