Pathways Analysis Summary: Decarbonization Potential for Industrial Subsectors - Preliminary Modeling Results

Joe Cresko, Caroline Dollinger, Kristina Armstrong, Swaroop Atnoorkar, Greg Avery, Aline Banboukian, Bob Brasier, Larrie Brown, Alberta Carpenter, Hernan Delgado, David Forrest, Sam Gage, Logan Guy, Ali Hasanbeigi, Chukwunwike Iloeje, Dipti Kamath, Unique Karki, Heather Liddell, Tae Lim, Seungwook MaPrashant Nagapurkar, Sachin U. Nimbalkar, Ikenna J. Okeke, Peng Peng, Kristin Powell, Thomas Price, Prakash Rao, Brian Ray, Samantha Reese, Isabelle Sgro rojas, Arman Shehabi, Kenta Shimizu, Michael Sortwell, Cecilia Springer, Shravan Sreekumar, Darlene Steward, Daniel Stewart, Sarang D. Supekar, David Thaller, Kiran Thirumaran, David Turpin, Taylor Uekert, Shubhankar Upasani, Julien Walzberg, Hope Wikoff, Yu Li, Jibran Zuberi

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Abstract

This provides a summary of draft modeling efforts undertaken by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) as an extension and expansion of the 2022 Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap. IEDO is providing these draft modeling results to support stakeholder engagement and inform office- and department wide strategy and decision making. Section 1 provides an overview of the context for this analysis and modeling as well as information on the decarbonization pillars characterized and the models themselves. Section 2 presents modeling results of one net-zero emissions pathway each for six industrial subsectors: cement, chemicals, food and beverage, iron and steel, petroleum refining, and pulp and paper. It is important to note that these pathways are just one example and there is no single pathway for any single industrial subsector. Competition across different possible pathways will be essential to industrial decarbonization success. Section 3 provides an overview of the “rest of industry” subsectors and a high-level overview of net-zero barriers, challenges, pathways, and technologies. IEDO will continue to consider net-zero pathways and modeling for these rest of industry subsectors. Additional details will be made available in the future on the IEDO website.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationUnited States
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StatePublished - Jun 20 2024

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