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O'Donnell: Roughly 80% of industrial heat is below 350 degrees Celsius

John O'Donnell · Solving the conundrum of industrial heat · Dec 8, 2022 · at 8:47

John O'Donnell, CEO of Rondo Energy, breaks down the temperature requirements across global manufacturing and industrial processes.

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“Something like 80% of industrial heat is in the low to mid mid range temperatures below about 350 C.”

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Approximately 80% of all industrial heat demand requires low-to-mid-range temperatures below roughly 350 degrees Celsius.

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Assessment

The claim that approximately 80% of global industrial heat demand is below roughly 350°C is contradicted by standard international energy statistics. According to benchmark data from the International Energy Agency (IEA 2017-2022), low-temperature (<150°C, ~30%) and medium-temperature (150°C–400°C, ~22%) heat combined account for approximately 52% of global industrial heat demand, while high-temperature processes (>400°C) account for the remaining 48%. Academic analyses and organizations such as C2ES corroborate that heat demand below 400°C represents roughly 48% to 52% of total global demand. The ~75% to 80% figure applies to projected future demand growth (IEA WEO 2017) or to specific light manufacturing subsectors (food, textiles, paper), but not to total global industrial heat demand. Because the actual share is around 50%, the stated figure of 80% is materially inaccurate rather than a minor rounding discrepancy.

IEA Renewable Energy for Industry (2017) and World Energy Outlook benchmarks show industrial heat <150°C is ~30%, 150°C–400°C is ~22%, and >400°C is ~48%, totaling ~52% below 400°C.
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (October 2021) and Adamson et al. (2022) confirm that roughly half of global industrial heat demand is for high-temperature processes (>400°C/>500°C).
The ~75% to 80% range corresponds to net demand growth through 2040 or specific light industry subsectors, not total global industrial heat demand.

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[1] iea.org [2] thinkgeoenergy.com [3] iea.org [4] thinkgeoenergy.com [5] c2es.org [6] medium.com [7] sweetcrudereports.com [8] iea-shc.org

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