September 14-15, 2021, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO), in collaboration with the Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) and the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Technology Office (HFTO), hosted a workshop on decarbonizing industrial processes using concentrating solar-thermal (CST) power. This workshops aims to identify the most promising technology pathways and key performance metrics for CST to provide renewable, high-temperature heat to industries like iron ore reduction and steel manufacture, cement production, and ammonia synthesis.
The workshop featured discussions on research, development, and demonstration of CST technologies to deliver heat to difficult-to-decarbonize industrial processes, with or without associated electricity production. It included DOE presentations on strategic priorities and objectives, as well as panels of experts from relevant industries to help define the research, planning, and execution challenges that must be overcome. You can find the full agenda below.
Researchers from industry, academia, and the National Laboratories, as well as technology developers, plant operators and owners, investors, and representatives of traditionally underrepresented communities were encouraged to attend to provide a breadth of perspectives to explore the challenges and opportunities for using CST heat input as a replacement for fossil-fuel-based heat sources in high temperature industrial processes.
Workshop Agenda
Download the slides by clicking the presenters' names below.
September 14, 2021
Time [ET] |
Session |
Presenters |
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1:00-2:20 p.m. |
Workshop Introduction and Overview of Energy Department Goals and Activity |
Carolyn Snyder, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy |
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2:20-2:30 p.m. |
Break | |
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2:30–3:00 p.m. |
Concentrating Solar Thermal Technology Development Moderated by Rajgopal Vijaykumar, SETO |
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3:00–3:30 p.m. |
Q&A and Discussion | |
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3:30–4:15 p.m. |
Systems, Concepts, and Technoeconomics for Decarbonizing Industries Moderated by Levi Irwin, SETO |
Jack Brouwer, University of California - Irvine Iakov Gordon, Hatch Industries Thomas Koch Blank, Rocky Mountain Institute |
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4:15–5:00 p.m. |
Q&A and Discussion |
September 15, 2021
Time [ET] |
Session |
Presenters |
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| 1:00–1:15 p.m. |
Introduction |
Levi Irwin, SETO |
| 1:15–2:00 p.m. | Potential Decarbonization Strategies and Challenges for the U.S. Iron and Steel Industry | Sachin Nimbalkar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| 2:00–2:45 p.m. |
Technology Development Opportunities for Industrial Decarbonization Moderated by Levi Irwin, SETO |
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| 2:45–3:30 p.m. | Q&A and Discussion | |
| 3:30–3:40 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:40–4:25 p.m. | Energy Department Panel Discussion |
Avi Shultz, SETO Joe Cresko, AMO Eric Miller, HFTO |
| 4:25–4:30 p.m. | Closing Remarks | Avi Shultz, SETO |