Webinar: Electrification of Heating in the Textile Industry in Japan
Organizer: Global Efficiency Intelligence | https://www.globalefficiencyintel.com
https://www.textilesustainability.com
Sponsors: Patagonia (the main sponsor) and Outdoor Industry Association, REI, New Balance, Burton, and Gore.
Time: November 17, 2022 at 11am – 12:30pm Tokyo time.
Language: English with Japanese interpretation
To read the full report and see complete results and analysis of this new study, Download the full report from this link.
Background
The textile and apparel industry accounts for around 2% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As the effects of climate change become more apparent and as the world's population continues to grow and consume more textile products, the textile and apparel industry must take serious actions to reduce its impact on the climate.
Thermal energy needs, especially for heating processes, are a significant challenge for climate change mitigation efforts in the textile industry. Heating often represents over half of the total energy demand in the textile industry. Most of this heat is currently provided by fossil fuels in most countries. There is a significant opportunity to decarbonize the textile and apparel industry by electrification of process heating where low- or zero-carbon electricity is used.
In this webinar, we will present the findings from our recent study on “Electrification of Heating in the Textile Industry in Japan.” The study aims to investigate the potential for electrification of process heating in the textile industry in Japan.
Our analysis attempts to quantify the potential application, energy savings, CO2 emissions reductions, and cost for each of these four electrification technology pathways for the entire textile industry in Japan. The four electrification technology pathways analyzed in this study are:
1) Electrification through Industrial heat pumps (for the textile wet-processing industry)
2) Electrification through electric steam boilers (for the entire textile industry)
3) Electrification through electric thermal oil boilers (for the entire textile industry)
4) Electrification through textile end-use processes (for seven textile wet processes)