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IETS member countries:
Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Canada, Korea, Finland, Portugal, The Nertherlands, United States. Belgium
Chair: dr Jan Sandvig-Nielsen, Denmark jsn@week-sandvig.dk
Contact details for the Country Representatives can be found on www.iea-iets.org
«Energy technology innovation is occurring in an interconnected world in which national efforts no longer sufficient.»
National energy R&D and demonstration programmes gain impact when incorporated into the larger context of international interdependence. Worldwide collaboration is needed to prepare any practical response to global environment issues. Membership in Implementing Agreements is open to governments and organisations designated by governments in both IEA Member and non- Member countries.
For further information about the IEA technology collaboration and its benefi ts, see www.iea-iets.org.
For questions, please contact the IETS Secretariat:
Aase Newborg, Sweden
Phone: +46 761 113457
aase.newborg@kanenergi.se
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NEWSLETTER 1, 2010
Highlights from the 9th ExCo meeting in Golden, Colorado, US
• The 9th IETS Executive Meeting took place in Golden, Colorado, during the 10-11th of November 2009. The meeting was arranged by the Department of Energy at, and in cooperation with, Natural Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Science and Technology Facility.
Industrial Heat Pumps.The objective of this Annex is to reduce the use of energy and emissions of greenhouse gases by the increased implementation of heat pumps in industry. The Annex was accepted by the ExCo and IETS will start Annex XIII - Industrial Heat pumps – as a joint Annex with the HPP IA. Read more about Annex XIII here. Read more about existing and proposed Annexes at www.iea-iets.org or contact the IETS Technical Support, techsupport.iets@cit.chalmers.se to learn more. More detailed Meeting Highlights from Paris are available on the IETS website.
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New project ideas on energy use in industry sectors:
The IETS program focuses on energy use in a broad range of industry sectors, uniting IEA activities in this area. Aside from its ongoing projects, IETS is currently starting up five new areas of work.
Currently, these project proposals (Annexes) are being outlined in terms of work scope and objectives, and are also looking for interested partners that would like to join the international co-operation for accelerated research and technology development of industrial energy-related technologies and systems within these areas:
Industrial Excess Heat.
The Annex aims at investigating the potential for use of industrial excess heat, but also to widen the application of existing technology and spread know-how to potential industries. Four Annex subtasks have been suggested:
- Subtask 1 – Best Practices in Improving Efficiency of Steam & Process Heating Systems by utilizing Excess Heat
- Subtask 2 – Tools & Training in Steam & Process Heating Systems
- Subtask 3 – Process integration for Utilizing Waste Heat
- Subtask 4 – Advanced technologies for utilizing excess heat in steam generation and process heating systems
A state-of-the-art could be included in all of the subtasks.
Process integration and energy efficiency for the iron and steel industry.
An Annex proposal has been developed and presented by Swerea MEFOS in Sweden. The objectives are:
1. Development of process integration methods to identify possibilities for minimization of energy use and/or greenhouse gas emission from the iron and steel industry.
2. Use of process integration methods for evaluation of new iron- and steelmaking technologies.
Countries interested in participating so far are Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Japan, France and Italy. If you’re interested in these topics and would like to know more, please contact the Secretariat Technical Support: echsupport.iets@cit.chalmers.se
Efficent dewatering of bark.
Increased used of biofuels as renewable energy sources such as bark, sawdust and GROT (Swedish for branches and the top part of the tree) will increase the demand for energy efficient dewatering and drying of these materials. A lower water content results in a higher thermal value for the product, smaller boilers, more efficient combustion, improved possibilities to control the combustion process and lower costs for transportation and storage. Also a low water content is normally required when these biofuels are used as raw materials in a gasification process. Read more on IETS website.
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I E T S P r o g r a m m e f o r 2 0 1 0
The next IETS ExCo meeting will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, 20-21th of April 2010. Further details will be posted on the IETS website.
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