The HP4INDUSTRY project aims to decarbonise industrial heating and cooling while maintaining the competitiveness of European industry. It focuses on deploying heat pump–based solutions for low and medium-temperature industrial processes, where fossil fuels are still widely used.

By integrating alternative heat sources such as waste heat, solar thermal, and geothermal energy, the project develops efficient and scalable heating and cooling solutions.

HP4INDUSTRY follows a three-phase approach: collecting and analysing industrial data, developing and validating solutions for selected sectors, and replicating and disseminating these solutions across a wider range of industries.

The project specifically targets the food and drink, pulp and paper, and chemicals sectors, offering replicable models to support their transition toward low-carbon industrial process heat.

Expected Results

HP4INDUSTRY will accelerate industrial heat pump adoption, boost energy efficiency, and drive sustainable growth, delivering tangible results across installations, skills, business models, solutions, energy savings, policy, and innovation. More specifically the project will have an impact in the following areas

• New installations: 15 industrial heat pumps will be installed during the project, with growth reaching up to 215 per year within five years, boosting adoption across industrial sectors.
• Skills & knowledge: 500 companies will gain hands-on training through capacity-building activities, and 1,000 companies are expected to benefit from project results after it ends.
• Business models: 100 companies will put new industrial heat pump business models into practice during the project, expanding to 500 in the following years.
• Standardised solutions: 100 companies will implement technical standardised solutions during the project, with 500 adopting them post-project.
• Natural gas savings: the project will save 14 M m³/year of natural gas initially, growing to 200 M m³/year within five years.
• Policy support: 5 policy acts will be improved during the project, paving the way for 27 fully implemented acts in the longer term.