The decarbonisation of process heat in the German food and beverages industry: A study quantifying the techno-economic potential of High-Temperature Heat Pumps in the German food and beverages industry, the GHG emission abatement potential, and evaluating the economic and political framework conditions for industrial decarbonisation

Industrial decarbonisation has largely stagnated over the last years in Germany. A large share of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions stem from the combustion of natural gas for producing higher temperature process heat. High-Temperature Heat Pumps (HTHPs) are an emerging technology that can upgrade waste heat with electrical input to high...