CIC energiGUNE, a leading Basque research center in electrochemical energy storage and conversion and thermal energy storage and conversion, will bring together on February 19 at the central building of the Vitoria-Gasteiz Campus of the Basque Country Technology Park, creators of ideas, industry professionals and institutional decision-makers to respond to the challenge of decarbonization of high-temperature industrial processes. Open to any interested agent -and especially to industrial companies of any size-, the TEDS25 summit has the participation of a panel of top-level experts, covering the entire value chain, from the definition of policies to new business opportunities.
Specifically, the participants serán: will be: Marina García Alonso (European Commission, Climate Action); Cristina Oyón (SPRI Group); Raúl García Posada (ASEALEN); Martin Schichtel (KRAFTBLOCK); Andreas Hauer (ZAE Bayern); Egoitz San Miguel Carrancio (CENER); Jozefien Vanbecelaere European Heat Pump Association); Davide Rizzi (Turboden); Daniel Bielsa (CIC energiGUNE); Julio Casal (SDEA); Miguel Ángel Domínguez (ENERBASQUE); Xabier López de Landeta (Ategi). Iñigo Ezquerra and Francisco Javier Lago (ArcelorMittal).
"It is important to emphasize that this convention has a high industrial component, and that is why we would like to call on industrial companies, regardless of their size, to come and discover the possibilities that exist to advance in the decarbonization of industrial processes, especially at medium and high temperatures", said Beatriz Corral, CIC energiGUNE´s Head of Market and Clients. Attendance at the conference is free of charge, subject to prior registration.
The TEDS25 program includes top-level presentations, round tables, poster sessions and a double visit: firstly to the CIC energiGUNE facilities at the Basque Country Technology Park and, secondly, to the LIFE HI4S project demonstrator installed at ArcelorMittal Sestao. For the first time, an innovative pilot plant combining the production of heat and electricity by means of a direct heat recovery system has been set up in a steel mill. This installation, the only one of its kind, allows, in challenging environments of high temperature and high dust content in fumes, to significantly reduce energy consumption by reusing the waste heat generated by electric arc furnaces. This breakthrough opens a new path towards greater energy efficiency and sustainability in the steel industry.
In addition to the latest technological advances in the process of decarbonization of industrial processes, TEDS25 attendees will be able to learn about the latest trends and market opportunities, such as the electrification of heat, solar thermal energy, improving the quality of thermal energy, or waste heat recovery. There will also be a space for presentations of success stories and new business opportunities, such as alternative fuels of renewable origin.
In this sense, TEDS25 aims to become a meeting point where companies can learn about the most effective tools available and establish contacts with potential partners and solution providers, in order to accelerate the pace of their decarbonization projects.
The LIFE HI4S consortium, coordinated by CIC energiGUNE, includes six other partners: ArcelorMittal, Fivemasa, Enerbasque, Life Cycle Engineering-LCE, SDEA Solutions and Azterlan. As a whole, the project is expected to achieve substantial environmental impacts, such as the reduction of CO2 emissions of the steelworks by 10 kt/year (which would represent 6% of the total emissions of the steel industry), or a saving of 1 M€/year in energy consumption.
