SPIRIT Horizon Europe Project

SPIRIT is a HEU project that aims to make heat pumps the lead heating technology for industry by 2030. It will do so by demonstrating three full-scale (0.7 – 4 MW) high-temperature (140°C -160°C) heat pump technologies in the food and paper industry. It will investigate how their technical and economic performance can be improved and it will show how waste heat can be used to produce steam, proving that a heat pump can supply 3 times as much heat as it consumes in energy. The project will also look at innovative business models and contractual agreements, and how they can increase the impact of industrial heat pumps. The Consortium, made up of 17 partners, will spread awareness on the barriers and benefits of upgrading heat technology in industry, with a view to reducing energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. The ultimate goal of the project is to enable industrial heat pumps to become the reference technology for covering industrial heat demand for temperatures up to 160°C by 2030. SPIRIT is a project funded through the EU Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No. 101069672.