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.
subject category
Materials Science
authors
Reaney, IM; Walsh, B; Vilarinho, PM
our authors
Paula Maria Lousada Silveirinha Vilarinho
Vice DirectorProjects
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020)
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDP/50011/2020)
Associated Laboratory CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (LA/P/0006/2020)
FLASH COMO TECNOLOGIA ALTERNATIVA DE SINTERIZAÇÃO DA PORCELANA (FLASHPOR)
acknowledgements
I. M. Reaney acknowledges the Engineering and Physical Sciences and Research Council Grant, EP/V026402/1: Transforming the Foundation Industries: a Network + : Towards Value by Innovation. P.M. Vilarinho's contribution was developed within the scope of the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, UIDB/50011/2020, UIDP/50011/2020 & LA/P/0006/2020, FLEXIDEVICE project PTDC/CTMCTM/29671/2017, and FLASHPOR project (FLASHPOR-FLASH as an alternative sintering technology for porcelain-17/SI/2019; Proj no 070302) .