This section highlights the broader ecosystem around the SUSHEAT project. Here you’ll find collaborative initiatives with our sister projects, clustering events, workshops, and other collective activities where partners come together to align efforts, compare results, and amplify impact.
Explore how SUSHEAT connects with like-minded projects to accelerate learning, foster synergies, and build a stronger, more coordinated community.
The PUSH2HEAT project aims to advance heat upgrade technologies by addressing technical and non-technical barriers and developing business models for full-scale demonstrations in industrial sectors. Running from October 2022 to September 2026, it focuses on heat supply temperatures of 90-160ºC. The project will develop four key technologies: an upscaled high-temperature heat pump (HTHP) with a piston compressor, a large-scale HTHP with a centrifugal compressor, an upscaled absorption heat transformer, and a thermochemical heat transformer. These will be demonstrated (TRL 7-8) in three operational plants across key industries. PUSH2HEAT also seeks to create business models, assess industrial potential, evaluate environmental and economic impacts, and enhance awareness among stakeholders to drive widespread adoption.
Website: https://push2heat.eu/
Linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/push2heatproject
The SPIRIT project, funded by the EU under Horizon Europe (GA n. 101069672), aims to make industrial heat pumps the leading climate-neutral solution for process heat up to 160°C by 2030. Running for 42 months from September 2022, it will demonstrate three full-scale heat pump systems at Tiense Suiker (sugar production), Stella Polaris (prawn processing), and Smurfit Kappa (paper manufacturing). Designed by Spilling Technologies, Mayekawa, and GEA Refrigeration Germany, these systems will use waste heat to prove seamless integration into industrial processes. SPIRIT will enhance technical and economic performance, develop business models, and create a web tool to assess benefits. It will also address deployment barriers, engage stakeholders, and promote knowledge transfer through policy briefs and a summer school.
Website: https://spirit-heat.eu/
Linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spiritproject
The 2Cool2Waste initiative is a collaborative cluster of sister projects focused on advancing sustainable heating and cooling solutions across Europe. Within this cluster, we have established a group of sister projects -working together on heating and – that are committed to organizing joint events, producing policy briefings and newsletters, and fostering knowledge exchange to maximize impact. Key themes addressed include industrial waste heat recovery, electrification, thermal energy management, and real-world solutions that enhance energy efficiency in industry.
Find out more about SUSHEAT and its sister projects below:
SUSHEAT – SUSHEAT will contribute to deep industrial decarbonisation by providing a thermal heat upgrade solution for factory processing.
SPIRIT – Fostering the decarbonisation of industry through high-temperature heat pumps.
THUNDER – The THUNDER project aims to overcome existing barriers to the widespread adoption of data centre waste heat recovery strategies.
HYCOOL-IT – Hybrid Cooling & Management for IT infrastructures.
HEATWISE – Holistic Energy Management & Thermal Waste integrated system for Energy Optimization.
SEEDS – Cost-effective and replicable Renewable Energy Sources integrated electrified heating and cooling systems for improved energy efficiency and demand response.
Senergy Nets – Increase the Synergy among different Energy Networks.
MODERATOR – Immersion Cooling and Advanced Materials for Heat Recovery from Data Centers.
EEETHOS – Decarbonising industrial process heating.
GEOSYN – Enhancing industrial energy efficiency through steam high-temperature heat pumps and heat-powered cooling systems with operational flexibility and public trust.
REWITCH – Delivering cost-competitive, game-changing solutions in the field of sustainable industrial cooling and heating.
Sustaining Success of Industrial Heat Pumps - A Call for Action!
The webinar took place on 14th of March 2024 and came a few months after the European Commission’s decision to postpone the Heat Pump Action Plan until after the EU elections, which are due to be held in June this year (2024).
Policy support is the vessel through which we can achieve the decarbonisation of European industry, and a call to action is needed to restate that high-temperature heat pumps are one of the most valid means leading to energy savings and CO2 emissions reduction of industry.
