Keynote presentation by Mechtihld Wörsdörfer, Director, Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks Division, IEA

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Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation
in Industry
2019 GGSD Forum, Greening heavy and extractive industries
27th November, Paris
Mechthild Wörsdörfer, Director, Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks, IEA

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The IEA Global Family

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The IEA Global Family

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The IEA Global Family

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Energy-related CO2 emissions hit a record high in 2018
Higher demand for fossil fuels drove up global CO2 emissions for a second year in a row;
Increases in efficiency, renewables, coal-to-gas switching and nuclear avoided 640 Mt of CO2 emissions
Annual change in global energy-related CO2 emissions, 2014-2018
- 200
0
200
400
600
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
MtCO2

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Current CO2 emissions’ trajectory is far from being on track
Global energy-related CO2 emissions
A wide variety of technologies are necessary to meet sustainability goals, notably energy and material
efficiency, renewables, CCUS and nuclear.
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20
30
40
2010 2020 2030 2040 2050
Gt CO2
Sustainable Development Scenario
Current Trends
Efficiency
Renewables
Fuel switch, CCUS
and other
Stated Policies Scenario

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0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2018 2030 SDS 2040 SDS 2050 SDS
Industry
Transport
Power generation
Buildings
Agriculture
Other energy sector
Industrial CO2 emissions are difficult to abate…
As other sectors advance faster in reducing CO2 emissions, direct industrial emissions gain share of
total emissions in the SDS, reaching 30% in 2050.
Energy-related emissions breakdown, SDS
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Tracking Clean Energy Progress
 Power
 Renewable power
 Solar PV
 Onshore wind
 Offshore wind
 Hydropower
 Bioenergy
 Geothermal
 CSP
 Ocean
 Nuclear power
 Gas-fired power
 Coal-fired power
 CCUS in power
 Fuel supply
 Methane emissions from oil and gas
 Flaring emissions
 Industry
 Chemicals
 Iron and steel
 Cement
 Pulp and paper
 Aluminium
 CCUS in industry &
transformation
 Transport
 Electric vehicles
 Fuel economy
 Trucks & buses
 Transport biofuels
 Aviation
 Shipping
 Rail
 Buildings
 Building envelopes
 Heating
 Heat pumps
 Cooling
 Lighting
 Appliances &
equipment
 Data centres and
networks
 Energy storage
 Hydrogen
 Smart grids
 Demand response
 Energy integration

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IEA’s new “innovation gaps” analysis
1. The innovation challenge: 100
technologies across all sectors that
need further efforts in RD&D
2. What solutions are needed, and how
far along they are today?
3. Who is currently doing what?
Government R&D, demonstration
projects, etc.
4. What more needs to be done?
Opportunities over near & longer term
Energy Integration
(23 technologies)
Transport
(23 technologies)
Renewables
(30 technologies)
Buildings
(23 technologies)
Industry
(25 technologies)
Power
(21 technologies)
Scaling upPrototype / DemoIdea

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Key innovation gaps analysed in the cement sector
Cement

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Key innovation gaps analysed in the iron & steel sector
Iron and steel

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Key innovation gaps analysed in the chemicals sector
Chemicals

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Industry-related IEA Clean Energy Transitions analysis
upcoming
Global
Iron and
Steel
Roadmap
Global
Cement
Roadmap
2013 2018
Regional
Cement
(India)
Roadmap
Global
Chemicals
Roadmap
2020
Status review
Cement (India)
Roadmap
Upcoming
Global
Nitrogen
Fertilisers
Roadmap
2020/21
Future of
Petrochemicals
2019
Material
Efficiency
CCUS in
Industry

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Greater RD&D efforts on clean energy technologies area needed
Public RD&D spending in IEA member countries reached 19.6 billion USD in 2018, a similar level than
back in 1978. Low-carbon technologies accounted for 94% of that public energy RD&D budget.
IEA Members public RD&D spending
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ETP 2020: A “world’s guidebook on clean energy technologies”
• The IEA’s Energy Technology Perspectives (ETP) series has contributed to global energy
and environmental policy-making since 2006. The series will be revamped and relaunched
in June 2020.
• Objective: help decision-makers in governments and industry to better understand future
technology needs and opportunities.
• Core themes for 2020:
- What are the cost-effective technology choices to enhance energy security and
reach net-zero emissions?
- How can innovation and RD&D in critical clean energy technologies be accelerated?
- Establishing milestones for the deployment of carbon capture, utilisation and
storage (CCUS) and hydrogen.

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Conclusions
• We are not on track to meet Paris Agreement’s goal. There is a growing disconnect between
political ambitions and real-world energy trends.
• There are some encouraging signs of progress but clean technologies remain strongly
dependent on supportive policy and market frameworks.
• There is no silver bullet. New technologies will be key but not the only piece of solution:
material and energy efficiency remain critical.
• There is a wide portfolio of promising clean energy technologies but needs to be
demonstrated, brought into markets and meaningfully scaled.
• Stable policy support to de-risk investment in sustainable innovation and close collaboration
with industry are key to accelerate the transition.

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