Electrification of Manufacturing

Over 50% of final energy demand globally is for heating. Around half of that is for heating demands in the industry sector. When talking about electrification, the focus has mostly been on the transportation and to some extend building sectors. The industry sector has often been ignored when considering deep electrification. Even if we electrify the heat demand for the entire transportation sector and building sector in the world, that only covers 30% and 25% of world’s final energy use, respectively.

Around 30% of the total industrial heat demand is required at temperatures below 100°C and 57% at temperatures below 400°C. In food and beverage, transport equipment, machinery, textile, and pulp and paper industry, the share of heat demand at low and medium temperature (below 250°C) is about or even above, 60% of the total heat demand. With a few exceptions, it is easier to electrify manufacturing processes that require low temperature heat. Therefore, there are significant potential for electrification of the industrial processes for low/medium heating applications.

There is a substantial need for more research and analysis on electrification potential in different industry subsectors and electrification technology R&D for the manufacturing sector.

Global Efficiency Intelligence, LLC has partnered with David Gardiner and Associates to conduct a study on Electrification of Manufacturing in the U.S. The goal of this project is to examine the market and develop a Technology Action Plan aimed at scaling up electrification in industry. This project will seek inputs from different stakeholders and will investigate the electrification potential in the U.S. industry using variety of electrification technologies that can be applied in different industry subsectors.

Click on the link to get the final report of this study.

We are currently working on a state-level industrial electrification study in the U.S.