MIP 9.1 Learning from international experience in decarbonising industrial clusters

Learning from international experience in decarbonising industrial clusters

IDRIC Project MIP 9.1

Background

Fully decarbonising global industry is essential to meeting the Paris Agreement. Many countries in Europe and beyond are providing funding for demonstration projects and engaging in policy and business model experimentation to reduce carbon emissions from energy intensive industrial clusters. Several of these clusters e.g. in Rotterdam (Netherlands) & North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) have well established multi-stakeholder decarbonisation initiatives. Others e.g. Kawasaki City (Japan) are demonstrating new technologies such as hydrogen production and use.

Prof Peter Taylor

Principal Investigator
University of Leeds

Project Team

University of Leeds:

Dr Imogen Rattle

Aim

In the UK, the Government is embarking on an ambitious strategy to establish the world’s first net-zero carbon industrial cluster by 2040, with at least one low carbon cluster by 2030. This proposed project aims to inform the UK’s industrial decarbonisation plans by identifying lessons and best practice from international experience. The work will be undertaken in collaboration with researchers from the Low Carbon Societies Research Network (LCS-RNet) and the International Energy Agency (IEA), who are leading experts in the field. Specific activities will include a structured review of recent international evidence on industrial decarbonisation, interviews with actors from industry, government and academia in a range of countries and workshops that bring together UK and international stakeholders to share experiences and lessons