R&D needs and obstacles to energy efficiency in France’s industrial sector
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The energy consumption of utilities and processes across all industrial sectors represents a significant fraction of French energy consumption, estimated at 28 Mtoe/year. Progress in these technologies is likely to improve energy efficiency in France and around the world, and contribute to the “20%” energy transition objective by 2020. To better understand the solutions required to achieve this objective, understanding the mechanisms that promote the emergence of new technologies is essential and must be based on an identification of the links between the various players in the value chain, their technological expectations, and the needs and constraints in terms of R&D.
In 2011 the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME, Agence de l’Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l’Energy) , and TOTAL asked Enea to carry out a study to guide their shared program to fund and promote R&D in the energy efficiency sector.
This survey gathered, in a neutral manner, the opinions of different organisation about the need of the industry, the innovation obstacles or the processes of the ADEME TOTAL program. The results of the study have been implemented in the 7th call for proposal of the program, published at the end of 2011.
A report synthesising the main results of the study has been written to contribute to the promotion of the R&D effort in the Energy Efficiency sector.