Reaney, I.M. orcid.org/0000-0003-3893-6544, Walsh, B. and Vilarinho, P.M. orcid.org/0000-0001-5161-1360 (2023) Resource efficiency and energy efficiency (REEE) in the Portuguese ceramic industry: towards net zero carbon production. Open Ceramics, 15. 100390. ISSN 2666-5395
Abstract
The Portuguese ceramic industry constitutes 0.5% of Gross Domestic Product in Portugal, far higher than most other European nations, and thus it is essential this sector is decarbonised, cost-effectively to preserve jobs and national revenue. Moreover, the small size of the country and the co-location of ceramic factories dominantly in northern Portugal lowers the logistical barriers to act collectively to form networks and engage in collective strategies to push towards net zero carbon production. This article considers Portugal as an ideal case study for strategic and collective action to develop and facilitate carbon mitigation strategies. The article focusses mainly on current and future resource efficiency and energy efficiency strategies but additionally assesses the role of fuel switching (H2 vs electrification) and low energy densification technologies.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of European Ceramic Society. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Affordable and Clean Energy; Responsible Consumption and Production |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/V026402/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jul 2023 09:47 |
Last Modified: | 07 Jul 2023 09:47 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.oceram.2023.100390 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:201291 |