Industrial heat pumps are key to decarbonisation
28th January 2025
BELGIUM: The European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) claims that EU industry could save up to 146Mt of CO2 a year if heat pump technology was fully rolled out.
In a statement prior to a breakfast debate in the EU parliament tomorrow, the EHPA has maintained that currently available heat pump technology could already supply 37% of industry’s process heat.
If this were so, Europe’s industrial sector would cut its current emissions by around 24% – more than the annual emissions of the Netherlands.
“Europe needs competitive and sustainable industry and large-scale heat pumps are key,” maintained EHPA director general Paul Kenny.
“The technology is already delivering reliable heat, cost savings and affordable energy in manufacturing processes from paper to pasta, and this can and must increase. We urge the European Commission to put industrial heat pumps front and centre of its upcoming plans and policies.”
The EHPA insists that industrial heat pumps should be at the centre of the European Commission’s upcoming Clean Industrial Deal and the Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act, as well as the Commission’s Electrification Action Plan and the Heating and Cooling strategy.
