Call on clean energy at all-time high
2024 been an amazing year for Enerin so far with memorable moments to celebrate and targeted messages to communicate.
January started with our CEO presenting data at the High-Temperature Heat Pump (HTHP) Symposium detailing six performance periods from the company’s full-scale pilot installation situated at the IVAR biogas plant in Norway.
April was exciting for Enerin attending the Hannover Messe where it showcased Clean Recycled Industrial Heat in the energy pavilion at the invitation of Innovation Norway.
Replace industrial fossil fuel boilers with Enerin’s HoegTemp HTHP was the message for Hannover, and reduce energy consumption by 300 TWh in Europe using the average European electricity mix.
This would amount to taking 45 million cars off the road in Europe. Read the Enerin press release.
Summer broke with a media release from the New York Governor, Kathy Hochul, 17 July, 2024. Enerin is one of seven heat pump companies selected for the Empire Technology Prize final to decarbonize heat and steam for tall commercial and multi-family buildins in New York city and state.
Read the NYC Governor’s press release HERE.
Read the Enerin story HERE.
Enerin is grateful for the research and funding support it has received for many of these initiatives. More details follow.
Empire Technology Prize: The awards stand ready prior to the event waiting to be given to the seven Empire Technology Prize finalists selected to deliver clean energy solutions to support the decarbonisation goals of New York City and State. Photo: Tamara Staples.
The Empire Technology Prize is supported by NYSERDA and Wells Fargo, and administered by The Clean Fight and RMI.
The paper presented by Arne Høeg is facilitating research into Stirling engines.
High-Temperature Heat Pump (HTHP) Symposium, Copenhagen, 23 – 24 January, 2024
CEO, Arne Høeg, and COO, Trond Atle Asphjell, attend the High-Temperature Heat Pump (HTHP) Symposium in Copenhagen.
Co-ordinated by SINTEF, DTU Mechanical Engineering and the Danish Technological Institute, the sold-out event draws global experts to Denmark to discuss the enabling heat pump technologies set to decarbonise heating and cooling.
The paper “Performance of a High-Temperature Industrial Heat Pump, using Helium as Refrigerant” is authored by Høeg, Enerin Process Engineer, Kristian Løver, and Enerin VP Software Engineering, Gunnar Vartdal.
The paper documents how our full-scale pilot HoegTemp HTHP delivers steam to, and receives waste heat from a CO2 capture process at the Grødaland biogas plant near Stavanger, Norway.
Raw biogas contains CO2 which needs to be removed before the biogas is sold. IVAR uses an amine process that uses chemicals to capture the CO2. This process requires a lot of energy in the form of hot steam and cooling.
The HoegTemp heat pump works in parallel with a cooling tower from the CO2
The HoegTemp installed at the IVAR Municipal Waste Water Treatment Plant, biogas plant, at Grødaland.
capture process, using waste heat sourced from the biogas plant's cooling water circuit at 21 °C (69.8 °F) to 22 °C.
The heat is measured in a closed water circuit, which acts as the heat sink, and transferred to a steam generator that generates steam in the range of of 140 (284 °F) to 200 °C (392 °F) for re-use in IVAR's CO2 capture process, achieving a co-efficient of performance (COP) of between 1.65 to 2.
Under normal operation, producing steam at 140 °C (284 °F)/2 barg, the achieved COP is 2, resulting in a 50% reduction in energy consumption for steam production on site.
That means for every unit of energy generated by electricity, the heat pump can generate up to two units of thermal energy at high temperatures.
The measured energy efficiency at low loads confirm the simulation model.
Enerin’s HTHP has now clocked 4,500 hours. Services and piston ring changes have been made with no incidents.
Trond Atle Asphjell presenting in the coastal town of Florø which is known for its fishing, shipbuilding and service industries.
Enerin COO, Trond Atle Asphjell, presents at the Hubs for Ocean event in Florø.
Hubs for Ocean unite seaside communities, including local government, industry and businesses to promote employment, clean energy, and environmental initiatives that preserve coastal livelihoods and ecosystems.
Coastal industries in semi-residential areas face stricter pollution regulations requiring the achievement of quick net-zero goals. They are opting for clean energy solutions, including high-temperature heat pumps, to avoid having to move their production away from the coast because they need access to harbours and their workforce who live there.
Additionally, electricity grids are under pressure as electrification advances, making security of energy supply an issue for industry.
There is a massive call on electricity needed for the energy transition over the next 20 years in an environment where there is insufficient grid capacity across many countries in the world.
Hubs for Ocean unite seaside communities in Norway.
In Norway, there is a high proportion of electrically generated steam, but it is anticipated that over the next two decades industry would need twice as much electric power than what is currently available.
High-temperature heat pumps (HTHPs) can take pressure off, and stabilise, electricity grids through the upgrading of renewable and waste energy into substantial heat and steam, which can be combined with thermal energy storage (TES).
Tank storage on site, in the form of heat accumulation tanks, are an easy and space-efficient way of storing energy through the heating of water when electricity is cheap, usually at midday, when solar energy is plentiful.
The heated water can then be used later during peak hours when there is high demand and expensive electricity – a bit like a virtual battery with a minimal carbon footprint.
Hannover Messe, 22 – 26 April, 2024 — we must use waste heat — clean, recycled heat for circular energy
German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and Norwegian Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, open the Norway Pavilion on day one of the Hannover Messe. Photo: Tom Hansen/Innovation Norway.
Enerin VP Software Engineering, Gunnar Vartdal, pitches our solution to the public. Many of the HoegTemp components are from the automotive industry.
The Enerin team travels to the Hannover Exhibition known as the Hannover Messe for a week of high-profile events and good networking opportunities.
The company is invited by Innovation Norway to speak about the benefits of its High-Temperature Heat Pump (HTHP) at the Hannover Messe in the Norwegian energy pavilion.
This year, Norway is the partner country of Germany at the Exhibition. German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and Norwegian Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, open the Norway Pavilion on day one of the Hannover Messe. The two leaders visit exhibitors in our Pavilion and later in the week sign a Memorandum of Understanding related to renewable energy and green industry.
During the week, Enerin VP Software Engineering, Gunnar Vartdal, appeals to the audience in the Norwegian Pavilion to join Enerin’s mission to eliminate carbon emissions from industrial heating.
COO Trond Atle Asphjell, Communication Manager, Philippa Webb-Muegge, and CEO, Arne Høeg, at the stand in the Innovation Norway Pavilion. Photo: Tom Hansen/Innovation Norway.
Vartdal makes the audience aware that almost everything we use and consume in society today comes from high-temperature heat that is energy intensive.
"What if I told you, that we can capture the leftover steam and heat, and at the same time replace the fossil fuels that are burned for heating. This would allow us to produce clean, recycled industrial heat, which is made possible with Enerin’s world-leading HoegTemp HTHP which also delivers energy savings.”
He also speaks about a possible reinvigoration of the automotive industry for components as industrial heat pumps are deployed on a massive scale to meet net-zero goals.
Read our news story on this exciting week.
Heat and Eat online event, 28 May 2024 — industrial heat pumps ideal for food and beverage processing
Enerin CEO, Arne Hoeg, presents at the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) matchmaking event called Heat & Eat under the umbrella of SPIRIT, Push2Heat and SUSHEAT projects.
Høeg speaks about "Reducing energy input in fishmeal factories in Norway with heat pumps".
High-temperature heat pumps will play a big role in decarbonising the food and beverage industry. Heat & Eat brings together representatives from the heat pump and food & beverage sectors in a virtual online meeting, gathering the participants around 5 tables presenting 5 use cases of heat pump integration in the sector.
Enerin is the HTHP partner in the SUSHEAT consortium which is funded by Horizon Europe and CINEA. Independent of the project, the semi-commercial HoegTemp installation is currently being implemented at Pelagia fishmeal factory in Norway. The SUSHEAT technologies will be validated by using real-time and simulated data from Pelagia’s fish meal and oil processing plants where the HoegTemp will be used to recover waste heat from the humid air dryers and in condensate streams.
More information on the EHPA event can be found HERE.
Green Offshore Tech, Hamburg, 5 June, 2024 — Enerin pitches its cryocoolers
Our CEO pitches to investors at the one-day event in Hamburg after Enerin was awarded €10,000 earlier in the year from the Green Offshore Tech Accelerator programme, Call 1, Phase 3 Growth which is part of the EU Horizon 2020 programme.
Høeg talks about the IVAR biogas installation and the potential for the development of sustainable fuels for marine use through Enerin’s cryocooler.
The perfectly sized cryocooler is used for the liquefaction of the fuels, including green hydrogen. Enerin’s cryocooler would also make small-scale biogas liquefaction a viable option.
Biogas, green hydrogen and ammonia are identified as sustainable fuels for marine use, and the value chain involves cryogenics for several process steps: Liquefaction of the fuel or of nitrogen used in intermediate production processes, liquefaction of oxygen as a by-product from the hydrogen electrolyzers, and for CCS from the combustion of biogas.
8th International Large-scale Heat Pump Congress on Wörthersee, in Carinthia, Austria,10-11 June, 2024
The event was held at the Forstsee Hydroelectric power station on Wörthersee which has been in operation since 1925.
Arne Høeg is seen here on the opening night with Thomas Gamperl from Viessmann, an Austrian renewable energy and heat pump company.
Veronika Wilk, Senior Researcher, Sustainable Thermal Energy Solutions from the Austrian Institute of Technology presented the IEA Annex 58 slide which examines the achieved temperatures ranges and capacities of state-of-the-art global original equipment manufacturers of heat pumps.
Courtesy of Veronika Wilk.
Arne Høeg attends the International 8th International Large-scale Heat Pump Congress on Wörthersee, in Carinthia, Austria, to network with heat pump stakeholders from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
One of Austria’s leading researchers in industrial heat pump technologies, Verokina Wilk, gives an engaging presentation at the event. She presents the International Energy Agency (IEA) Annex 58 slide where Enerin’s HTHP is shown as being one of the most innovative and mature high-temperature industrial heat pumps on the market.
Wilk speaks about industrial heat pump applications, their potential and market penetration, including how the price of cheap gas over electricity slows the deployment of heat pumps in some European countries.
Heat pumps use electricity to run, but are able to produce more energy output through the upgrading of thermal energy.
When examining Wilk’s slide on the EU27 total final energy demand for process heating, sourced from the Fraunhofer Research Institute for Energy Infrastructure and Geothermal Energy Agora report, the immense potential of large-scale heat pumps to decarbonise industrial heating is clear. Industrial heat pumps could replace fossil fuel boilers across many sectors. This is possible for factory processing for temperatures up to 250 °C.
20th International Stirling Engine Conference in Naples, June 25 to 27, 2024
Enerin Senior R&D Engineer Sindre Abrahamsen presents at the 20th International Stirling Engine Conference (ISEC) in Naples.
ISEC first started in Great Britain in 1982 and specifically focuses on the most recent advances in Stirling engine technology. It draws an international audience disseminating scientific papers from distinguished professors and researchers from industry and academia.
Abrahamsen talks about the "Vibrational Analysis of a V6 double-acting gamma Stirling heat pump #45" in the Thermodynamic modelling and CFD I simulation session chaired by Francesco Saverio Marra.
Enerin’s high-temperature heat pump uses a reverse V-6 Stirling engine with three pistons on each bank. It utilises helium as the transfer fluid, or refrigerant. Helium is compressed on the hot side and expanded on the cold side.
The heat pump operates at a nominal speed of 800 revs per minute. Heat is transferred using eight heat exchangers placed next to the cylinders. Depending on the inlet and outlet temperature ratio (Tsink/Tsource, calculated in Kelvin), the co-efficient of performance, or energy efficiency (COP) varies between 2.7 (1.2 temperature ratio) and 1.6.
The paper was authored by Enerin CEO, Arne Hoeg, Enerin Senior R&D Engineer, Sindre Abrahamsen, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Maritime Studies, Norbert Lümmen, Enerin VP Software Engineering, Gunnar Vartdal and Enerin R&D Engineer, Tobias Dahl.
Empire Technology Prize — the big day — 17 July, 2024
Trond Atle Asphjell accepting the award from Wells Fargo Managing Director of Sustainable Finance and Advisory, Kelly Souza. Photo: Tamara Staples.
Managing Director of The Clean Fight, Kate Frucher. Photo: Tamara Staples.
Asphjell on the panel. Photo: Tamara Staples.
The New York Governor announces finalists in Empire Technology Prize
COO, Trond-Atle Asphjell, attends the prize-giving ceremony in New York where he receives the Empire Technology Prize finalist award on behalf of Enerin. Enerin is the only non-US company that has been selected for the final. Later Asphjell commented on this defining moment.
“For us at ENERIN AS it is a great recognition and reward for many years of hard and patient work to be part of New York’s effort to decarbonise energy use in heating tall buildings. We also hope to help the local industry with the same benefits and technology. We are facing a truly exciting time.”
The finalist seven heat pump companies in the running for the prize are Ambient, AtmosZero, Clean Heat Technologies, Enerin, Hydronic Shell, Johnston Controls and Miller Proctor Nickolas (MPN) Boilers. The prize has emphasised the importance of heat pump solutions being minimally disruptive to existing tenants.
Enerin engineers believe they have the best solution for a fossil fuel boiler/furnace replacement that can shave off two-thirds of the cost of energy bills.
Enerin is one of three companies in its finalist category that will have the chance to pitch its HoegTemp heat pump pilot demonstration to supply steam and high-temperature hot water solutions in a New York city or state building. Enerin will compete in the same category as Johnson Controls and Miller Proctor Nickolas.
Enerin is currently is discussions with potential partners for its demonstration in New York.
The Enerin HTHP is a perfect fit for the decarbonisation of buildings in New York because most of the buildings rely on steam and hot water for their heating.
Arendal Week, 15-18 August, 2024
Arne Høeg on the panel (second right) addressing how Norway could speed-up its energy transition and become a leader in the green shift.
The event attracted a full house held at Det lille hotell.
Enerin CEO Arne Høeg attends Arendalsuka, known as Arendal Week, described this year as being one of the biggest political gatherings to shape policy in Norway since 2012. He participates in a panel discussion with other renewable energy companies on how Norway will become a leader in the green shift.
Høeg speaks about why heat pumps are tipped as being one of the pivotal technologies to support electrification and climate goals because companies want and need to decarbonise fast.
“Once they see how much energy that the high-temperature heat pumps can save, and they have a proof of energy savings and operability, which our pilot has shown, multi-national corporations will invest and implement high temperature heat pumps (HTHPs) across their global sites.”
He addresses how HTHPs can take pressure off, and stabilise, electricity grids through the upgrading of renewable and waste energy into substantial heat and steam, which can be combined with thermal energy storage (TES).
Enerin provides clean, recycled heat for industry and buildings to meet climate goals.