{"id":4140,"date":"2024-11-06T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T17:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xenetwork.org\/ets\/?post_type=xen_episodes&p=4140"},"modified":"2025-06-18T17:41:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T00:41:24","slug":"episode-236-zero-carbon-industry","status":"publish","type":"xen_episodes","link":"https:\/\/xenetwork.org\/ets\/episodes\/episode-236-zero-carbon-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"[Episode #236] \u2013 Zero Carbon Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

The energy transition is making good progress on several fronts. Renewables are displacing fossil fueled electricity generation. Heat pumps are decarbonizing space heating. Electric vehicles of all sizes are replacing oil-powered cars.<\/p>\n

But the world's industrial decarbonization is really just getting started. Industry generates roughly one-third of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, so solutions for this sector are critical for the energy transition.<\/p>\n

We have made faster progress in decarbonizing electricity, transportation, and heating because it\u2019s easier to replace a handful of dirty technologies with clean alternatives. Decarbonizing industry, however, is a far more complex task, involving thousands of materials, processes, and end products. That\u2019s why they used to be called \u201chard-to-decarbonize\u201d sectors.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, there are clear starting points. More than half of industrial emissions come from steel, cement, and chemicals\u2014which we know how to decarbonize. And there are solutions on the horizon for the rest of industry too.<\/p>\n

In this conversation, Jeffrey Rissman, Senior Director of Industry at the San Francisco based think-tank Energy Innovation, walks us through each of the industrial sectors and the solutions for each one. Jeff is the author of a recent book titled Zero-Carbon Industry: Transformative Technologies and Policies to Achieve Sustainable Prosperity<\/a><\/em>, and after listening to this episode, you\u2019ll know just about everything you need to know about industrial decarbonization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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