The key role of heat to decarbonize the industrial system

22 December 2021

The key role of heat to decarbonize the industrial system

Thermal storage systems can contribute to increasing the share of Green Heat. MGTES applications: Heat to Heat and/or Power to Heat

Green Heat Storage is one of the key to fight climate change. Industrial heat constitutes for most of the industrial energy request and most of direct industrial CO2 emitted every year.

One of the latest analyses on the subject goes back to the International Energy Agency's (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2017, which points out that industrial heat accounts for two-thirds of industrial energy demand and almost one-fifth of global energy consumption. And that as industrial heat demand continues to grow, so does its share of CO2 emissions, accounting for a quarter of global emissions by 2040.

On the basis of these data, it is on Green Heat that we shall bet on to combat climate change and implement the energy transition. But industrial heat is often missing from energy analyses, regulations and policies. Also the Cop26 deal makes no mention of the importance of green heat.

Among the first technologies that can contribute to increasing the share of Green Heat are Thermal Storage systems, accompanied by renewable energy installations such as photovoltaics and wind power. 

More specifically, MGTES - Magaldi Green Thermal Energy Storage (https://www.magaldigreenenergy.com/en/applications/green-heat-production), delivers Heat to Heat and/or Power to Heat, useful for different applications and market segments including the industrial sector, district heating and so on.

For these applications, MGTES is able to contribute to the flexibilisation of the electricity grid and to absorb the surplus of electricity generated by renewable energy plants, convert this surplus into heat through electrical resistances, release the heat when necessary and convert it back into electricity.

Combined with renewable energy, MGTES can generate constant green heat and contribute to replace traditional fossil fuel generation. Thus, MGTES will dramatically help to reduce CO2 emissions.

Franco Donatini, Professor at the University of Pisa, explains in an interview published in the Magaldi Green Energy blog (https://www.magaldigreenenergy.com/en/franco-donatini-green-heat-crucial-combat-climate-change), that MGTES in addition to offering “considerable efficiency, flexybility and security, with low costs that make it competitive on a large scale and has high capacities”, it projects Magaldi Group towards levels of attention to the ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) philosophy “always higher”.

MGTES – said Donatini – “uses sand as a storage material, a clean material perfectly compatible with the environment, as well as steel plant structures, it is free of polluting materials and totally recyclable at the end of life. Technological sustainability due to the absence of special elements that are of limited availability in the underground, or that request in the costruction, disposal or recycling phase complex and energy-expensive processes”.

Blog

Total Renewable Energy, hints for a possible world

02 October 2023

Climate change is not merely a subject for debates among scientists or discussions over Sunday lunch. It is an issue that will shape the future of every living being on this planet. Collaboration, innovation, and the integration of Artificial Intelligence with energy storage techologies and renewable sources in our journey toward a world free of fossil fuels are the topics of the Massimiliano Masi's novel "Total Renewable Energy".

Read More

Blog

Unlocking the global energy transition with LDES Long Duration Energy Storage technologies

01 September 2023

Ever heard of Long Duration Energy Storage tech? They're the key to turbocharging the global energy transition. As we face the pressing challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and transitioning to cleaner energy sources, long duration energy storage technologies offer a crucial solution to fight global warming issues.

Read More

Blog

WHAT IS A SAND BATTERY? Green steam essential for industrial process decarbonization

25 August 2023

TES - Thermal Energy Storage involves the process of heating or cooling a medium to harness the energy when needed. A sand battery constitutes a thermal energy storage mechanism designed to take full advantage of the remarkable heat retention and discharge attributes of sand.

Read More

Blog

Have you ever heard about the Solargrid project?

11 August 2023

Solargrid research project aims to revolutionizing solar thermal and photovoltaic systems with storage for co-generation and network flexibility. Solargrid seeks to drive forward progress and improvements in the elements and setups associated with Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) and Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV) technologies. The ultimate goal is to amplify their energy efficiency, economic competitiveness, and integrating  into advanced energy management networks.

Read More