1. Industrial waste heat

1.1 The challenge of reducing GHG emissions in industry

French industry (excluding the energy sector) accounts for 19% of national final energy consumption, or around 300 TWh/year, and an equivalent proportion of greenhouse gas emissions . This sector emitted 78 Mt CO ₂ eq in 2019, and the objective of the National Low Carbon Strategy (SNBC) is to reduce these emissions to 15 Mt CO ₂ eq by 2050. The origin of these emissions is 70% attributable to energy processes (fossil fuel combustion). The remaining...