Decarbonizing industry: levers, heat electrification and carbon capture — ENGIE keynote at Tech For Industry Show 2026 (Paris Expo Porte de Versailles).
A clear, no-nonsense overview of industrial decarbonization. Starting point: CO₂ works like a budget (it persists for centuries), and the 1.5 °C target is already nearly out of reach — but staying "well below 2 °C" remains feasible by cutting emissions threefold by the end of the century.
The speaker details systemic levers: working on demand (energy efficiency and sufficiency), electrifying uses, managing grid flexibility, and using decarbonized molecules (biomethane, green hydrogen) for hard-to-abate uses. A focus on industrial heat (half of European industry's energy, electrified at under 10%), high-temperature heat pumps, hybridization with arbitrage, and data centers competing for grid connection.
For steel, cement and chemicals: carbon capture and carbon defossilization. Key message: decide fast rather than waiting for the perfect solution.
