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Accounting for as much as one-fifth of overall CO2 emissions, industrial clusters are emerging as an attractive target for decarbonisation. With most of the focus on CCS and the hydrogen economy so far, industrial clusters are starting to see their ripples of impact spread further afield
Clubbing together can realise significant benefits if the web of complexity can be navigated
SHARING THE LOAD Companies within an industrial cluster can divide investment costs and tap into a broader knowledge base
NOT ONLY NET ZERO Innovation, economic growth and jobs are also a focus of decarbonisation projects
KEY QUOTE Hard-to-abate sectors must move more quickly—and think more in terms of the economy, environment and social sustainability—than single-industry approaches allow ...
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The head of the new Energy Cluster Denmark body, Glenda Napier, discusses the next steps for the country’s energy transition and how innovation and collaboration will remain crucial to its success
Cooperation and social justice are at the heart of plans by the historic university city of Leuven, Belgium to become carbon neutral, as is the radical idea of giving owners no choice but to energy-renovate their homes
The huge scale of offshore wind farms being built in northern Europe is bringing a new understanding of how much electricity can be gleaned from the wind on land and at sea
The heavy industry sector has made significant progress in increasing energy efficiency in recent years and further gains are possible with greater electrification, digitalisation and changes in production processes. Meanwhile, material efficiency measures reducing demand for products like steel and cement offer major potential for energy savings for customers
The major economies of China and the US have identified storage capacity as an industrial priority and are redesigning their markets to incentivise growth. The rest of the world’s economies are trying to compete but will instead need to ride the pair’s coattails to benefit
A long disused industrial site is reborn as a highly advanced waste sorting and recycling centre
