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Zero Carbon Industry 2026
- Event held 3 February 2026, 10:30–19:30 GMT+01:00 at Roma Eventi in Rome, Italy. Seminar focused on industrial decarbonisation and industrial-park synergies. The listing identifies ECEEE as event organiser and Business Norway and Norwegian industrial parks as hosts of the pre-conference day.
- The pre-conference concept grew out of a 2025 summit involving major Norwegian industrial parks and government organisations. It presents Planet 2030 at Raufoss Industrial Park as a transition plan with measurable aims for energy efficiency, renewable-energy production, greenhouse-gas reductions and circularity. Stated objectives were to introduce the European Industrial Net Zero and Competitiveness framework, including European ambitions, initiatives, finance, regulation, and energy/emissions-reduction potential; and to start discussion about how to identify and classify “green” industrial parks in relation to the EU taxonomy and climate finance.
- Programme, 3 February: 10:30–11:20, “Setting the scene” (welcome by Norway’s ambassador to Italy, TBC; IEA’s Jérôme Bilodeau on efficient, electrified, decarbonised and competitive industry; IEECP’s Ivana Rogulj on energy efficiency’s multiple benefits; Q&A). 11:20–11:50 coffee; 11:50–13:00 technology session (high-temperature heat pumps with Raymond C. Decorvet, EVERLLENCE Schweiz; thermal storage with Letizia Magaldi/Giulio Lolli, Magaldi; energy management with Thomas Dekarski, Nipro Pharma Packaging; compressed air and digitalisation with Elvira Rakova, DirektIn; Q&A); 13:00–14:15 lunch; 14:15–16:00 industrial-park synergies (Planet 2030 with Henning Andersen, I+A Agency; synergies and faster grid connections with Alf Inge Tunheim, Raufoss Industrial Park; waste-heat use with Bjørn Ugedal, Mo Industrial Park; Danish synergies/sector coupling with Tommy Palmholt, Danfoss; discussion); 16:00–16:30 coffee; 16:30–18:00 discussion on financing the green transition (Bjørnar Baugerud, Norfund, on doing what can be done at home; Bettina Dorendorf, KfW, on EU taxonomy developments and suitable financial instruments; sustainable-finance/incentives speaker TBC; moderated panel with Dorendorf, a bank representative, Henning Andersen and Sverre Gotaas of Herøya Industrial Park). Panel prompts covered criteria for “green” parks, incentives and penalties, domestic clean-up versus buying emissions reductions elsewhere, and next steps.
- The related industrial-production section describes Norway’s process industry as refining raw materials into metals, minerals, fertiliser, chemicals, plastics, pulp and paper. It claims nearly all industrial production is renewable-powered and process-industry CO₂ emissions have fallen over 43% since 1990. Foreign-owned examples include Benteler Automotive, Eramet, Ineos and Alcoa; Hydro and Elkem are named Norwegian companies. It points to regional clusters and industrial parks, noting possible synergies around CO₂, oxygen, heat, scrap and other resources. The page also mentions low-cost hydroelectric power, tax/CO₂ compensation and development/efficiency support, and a NOK 5 billion Green Industry Financing Fund.
- Partners listed: Planet 2030, Herøya Industrial Park, Haugaland Park, Mo Industrial Park, Raufoss Industrial Park and Frier Vekst. Contact: Charlotte Nytoft, Investment Manager, Hamburg (charlotte.nytoft@innovationnorway.no). Related industry: industrial production.