TECHNOLOGY
“ Although we talk about industrial decarbonisation as a single concept , there is no monolithic solution to the industry ' s problem … industrial decarbonisation is realised through bit-bybit application of diverse technologies ”
RUNEEL DALIAH SENIOR ANALYST , LUX RESEARCH
• Makeshift technologies reduce emissions without altering the key stages in the industrial process . These technologies decarbonise by tackling efficiency gaps , the carbon intensity of the feedstock , or the emissions released at the end of the process – the core technologies and fundamentals of the industrial process remain unchanged .
• Retrofit technologies reduce emissions by altering one or more key stages in the industrial process . These technologies decarbonise by adding or swapping core process units with new , low-carbon variants that fit within the existing process flow . The fundamentals of the industrial process , however , remain unchanged .
• Transformational technologies reduce emissions by altering the fundamentals of the industrial process . These technologies decarbonise by eliminating core incumbent process units and completely transforming the existing industrial process flow – these changes typically include replacing thermochemical platforms with biochemical or electrochemical platforms .
" These three levels of technologies are the building blocks of industrial decarbonisation ," explains Runeel Daliah , Senior Analyst at Lux Research and lead author of the report .
" Although we talk about industrial decarbonisation as a single concept , there is no monolithic solution to the industry ' s problem ; industrial decarbonisation is realised through bit-bybit application of diverse technologies that are unique to specific industries and their core processes ." energydigital . com 87