Utilities and Optimal Use of Heat

Our mission is to accelerate sustainable heat and heat-integration technologies that enable the transition towards 100% CO₂-free industrial heating.

Heat is the largest energy consumer for many companies in the agro-food, paper, chemical, horticultural and food sectors. As agreed upon in the Climate Agreement, by 2050 the Dutch industry will have a fully carbon-neutral heat supply for all temperatures. In achieving this, it will be crucial to exchange and jointly build up knowledge and experiences and share the results.

Enabling 100% CO₂-free industrial heating

Our focus is in accordance with MMIP7 (Industrial heat system free of CO₂):

Heat reuse, upgrading and storage
System concepts for heat and cold
Maximizing process efficiency
Deep and ultra-deep geothermal energy
The use of climate-neutral fuels

Heat Integration Platform

The challenge of the transition is so vast that efforts must be of national scope. Therefore, we have taken the initiative for a nationally supported cross-sectoral Heat Integration Platform, in which innovation and practice are actively linked.

This platform offers companies the opportunity to share knowledge, ambition and experience.

Latest news

Development of smart solutions to boost heat integration in industry

What should be done to accelerate heat integration in industry?

The Heat is On!

The Heat is On will reduce CO₂ emissions through integral innovation of heat driven processes.

February 11, 2021

Overview of technologies for (re-)use, upgrading and storage of heat

With the help of Findest, the Institute for Sustainable Process Technology made an overview of the heat (re-)use and storage technologies.

February 9, 2021

Closing our energy loops with cost-efficient heat storage technology

To achieve a fully circular economy we will have to be able to close our material and also our energy loops. Re-using, storing and upgrading energy is an essential part...

February 4, 2021

Carbon-free heat processes can be enabled by electrically driven thermoacoustic heat pumps

The industry is a large consumer of energy and about two-thirds of the industry’s energy use is represented by heat. Often high-temperature heat is required, which is currently provided by...

December 3, 2020

Lessons learned from an oil-free wet compressor

The recently completed LESSON project has identified the sources of losses of an oil-free wet compressor prototype that was built in a previous project.

Compression-resorption heat pumps to save energy

The COMPRESORP project investigated the upgrading of low-temperature waste streams from the process industry into valuable utility streams. To do so, it used compression-resorption heat pumps that operate in the...

Infrastructure as backbone for a sustainable society

Hydrogen, electricity, CO₂ storage, heat and steam are crucial for a sustainable society. But these energy sources should be able to reach our front doors. That is why the third...