Practical insights to drive industry decarbonization in Europe
DownloadIndustrial decarbonisation is full of complex challenges and innovative solutions that are within reach. Those solutions, when deployed at a large scale, will contribute strongly to a net zero emissions future.
Currently, industry produces around 20% of European Union (EU) emissions. This means that achieving the EU goal of net zero emissions by 2050 will not be possible without decarbonising industry, which includes the production of metals and minerals, chemicals, food and drink, paper and pulp, ceramics, glass, oil refineries, and manufacturing.
Within the EU and UK, the following six sectors account (on average over 2010 – 2021) for >78% of total industrial greenhouse gas (GHG) annual emissions, and 96% of non-fuel combustion-related GHG annual emissions.
A range of technologies are available for decarbonisation, with their relevance depending on the sector, as well as significant variations in efficacy, cost, technology maturity, and acceptability to site operators.
This report focuses on pathways to industrial decarbonisation at a macro level, before looking in detail at technologies for industrial decarbonisation on a sector-by-sector basis.
