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Addressing climate change
I
n a report1 issued by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient
Economy (ACEEE; www.aceee.org), one of the key summary
points is that industrial decarbonization is essential to fighting climate
change. The report states that the industrial sector accounts
for more than 25% of energy-related U.S. emissions and the manufacturing
subsector - which includes petroleum refining, food processing,
and the production of chemicals, paper, cement, metals and
other products - is the largest industrial user of energy with the largest
share of emissions.
Climate-change goals
The chemical process industries (CPI) are indeed increasingly committing
to climate-change-related goals with some ambitious targets.
A number of companies including Dow (www.dow.com), DuPont
(www.dupont.com), Eastman Chemical (www.eastman.com) and
Total (www.total.com) are aiming to be carbon neutral by 2050.
The importance placed on climate-change goals is exemplified by
Total's recent announcement to not renew its membership with the
American Petroleum Institute (API) for 2021. In its announcement,
Total says that it assesses industry associations according to their
alignment with the company's climate positions, and that API's positions
were " partially aligned, " but that there were divergences. Total
listed a number of its positions including: support for the objectives of
the Paris Agreement; support of policies and initiatives that promote
renewable energy; supporting the development of CO2 capture and
storage; as well as the need for carbon pricing; confidence that natural
gas plays a key role in the energy transition; and the science-based
position that the link between human activity and climate change is
an established fact.
CPI companies have a multi-faceted approach to their decarbonization
goals, including implementing renewable energy, carbon
capture and storage strategies and through increasing energy efficiency.
The previously mentioned ACEEE report says that " Energy
efficiency should be the foundation of industrial decarbonization because
it can immediately and simultaneously reduce emissions, cut
costs and provide additional benefits... " As an example of energy
efficiency strategies, Total has set a target of improving energy efficiency
at its industrial facilities by 1% a year. The company says it
has invested nearly $450 million to maximize energy efficiency in the
Refining & Chemicals business segment, which accounts for 66% of
Total's energy consumption.
In this issue
This month's cover story (Unlock the Energy Potential of Your Plant,
pp. 28-33) explores specific ways to improve energy efficiency. It
uses a steam-methane reforming process for hydrogen production
as an example to illustrate principles that can be more widely applied.
Our Newsfront (New Offerings Aid Heat Exchanger
Design and Operations, pp. 12-15) offers insights
and information on new products and tools related
to heat transfer equipment that can influence industrial
energy consumption and process efficiency.
We hope that you find these articles, as well as
the many other sections in this issue, interesting
and informative.
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Dorothy Lozowski, Editorial Director
1. Transforming Industry: Paths to Industrial Decarbonization in
the United States by Whitlock, Elliott and Rightor; May 2020.
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