REDTHERM

Europe’s industrial sector generates up to 30 % of heat-related CO2 emissions, with the European industrial thermal processes requiring around 20 % of the European energy demand. Currently, energy-intensive industries make use of waste heat recovery technologies. However, they have grown inefficient. Thermal energy storage (TES) is a technology likely to replace them, utilising phase change materials (PCM) to absorb and release medium-to-high heat. The EU-funded REDTHERM project aims to utilise these findings and Red mud, a hazardous waste material of the aluminium industry, to develop a novel thermal energy storage layout technology. REDTHERM aims to vastly improve recycling but also to contribute to the creation of a circular economy.

Duration: 1 January 2023 - 31 December 2024