Implementation of sustainable heat upgrade technologies for industry

Solutions developed

SPIRIT will develop standard heat pump integration methods for industry to allow easier integration. New business models and contractual agreements for upgrading heat technology are developed considering single and multi-stakeholder environments, mainly through considering heat as a service. To ensure sufficient capacity is available to carry the innovation of SPIRIT, a competence framework is developed to identify which skills are needed (and missing) in the market. The missing skills are used as input for two summer schools, where SPIRIT will educate and train engineers, maintenance staff, and other critical enabling stakeholders. The learnings from the demonstrations, market analysis, technical and non-technical barriers analysis are captured and communicated to raise awareness of the challenges and benefits of heat pumps in the industrial sector. SPIRIT has a strong partnership consisting of technology suppliers, end-users, knowledge providers, business and market experts, and dissemination and knowledge transfer partners. A multi-sectoral advisory board guides the SPIRIT project and its partners with representatives of the district heating, chemical and refinery sector.

Main results

The goal of the SPIRIT project will be achieved through five headline objectives, which are described below and further expanded into more specific objectives.
1. Demonstrate three full-scale (> 0.7 MWth) heat pump technologies in the two energy intensive

2. Improve technical and economic performance of high-temperature heat pumps to enable an increase of the market uptake of this technology:

3. Develop MW-scale repeatable heat pump concepts, through modularization of the system and component standardization, thus scaling up production and reducing pay-back times to under three years.

4. Draft agreements and business models for delivery of upgraded heat addressing possible regulatory barriers

5. Create awareness of the challenges and benefits of heat upgrading technology in the industry for reducing energy costs and GHG emission