EPFL takes part in EU Tender for Industrial Decarbonisation

The AID-RES project provides a geographical mapping of future energy and feedstock needs of Energy Intensive Industries (EIIs) in Europe. This mapping provides the next level of necessary data to develop a sharper picture of potential decarbonisation pathways for industries at their respective sites and in their respective industrial clusters, including potential future technologies in energy-intensive industrial sectors. The study will extend existing approaches, such as those developed within the H2020 EPOS project, to include cross-sectoral industrial symbiosis and circular economy considerations. The results of the state of the art process and industry cluster models will be mapped in a geo-referenced data base (GIS) on NUTS 3 level. The model results and databases provide a systemic view of European industrial energy and feedstock demand in 2030 and 2050 and outline the related potential for renewable energy integration in the respective European regions. Through DG Energy, the European Commission has awarded the AID-RES project to VITO NV in collaboration with UGent, EPFL, Wuppertal Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Dechema and Kresko Energy. The outcome will serve as input for data visualisation (by the JRC) and develop energy system modelling applications within the Horizon Europe Programme in the years to come.