Renewable and secure energy supply is of high importance for industry, intensified by the current energy crisis. Industrial companies need ready-to-implement solutions in all areas. Due to the high share of industrial heating and cooling demand in the temperature range below 400 °C with regard to total energy demand, and the high availability of applicable renewable technologies, a consortium coordinated by AEE INTEC has focused on energy efficiency, the use of waste heat, heat pumps, solar thermal, photovoltaics and PVT and necessary thermal storage in the frame of an R&D project.
A workshop at the end of the project “CORES – Integration of Combined and Renewable Energy Systems in Industry” took place in Vienna on 17th of November 2022. Three industrial companies were involved in the project and the methodology was developed, applied and simplified on the basis of their existing energy systems. The results, which included a quick check tool for easy identification of useful concepts, were presented and discussed in an exciting panel discussion with funding bodies, technology experts and stakeholders.
CORES was funded by the Climate and Energy Fund and carried out within the framework of the “Energy Research” programme