IEA HPT Project 68 had a strong presence at the High-Temperature Heat Pump (HTHP) Symposium 2026 in Copenhagen, where industrial heat pumps took centre stage in the discussion on industrial decarbonization.
During the opening session, Martin Pihl Andersen (DTI) presented the newly released yearly analysis report from Task 1 and the latest update of the international database of high‑temperature heat pump technologies and demonstration projects. The results confirm that more suppliers, higher temperatures and larger capacities are rapidly becoming available – and that real industrial projects are scaling up across sectors.
On the second day, sector collaboration was in focus. Florian Schlosser (University of Paderborn) introduced the Project 68 sector collaboration activities and invited stakeholders to join upcoming work. Three parallel workshops then dived into concrete industrial sectors:
- Chemicals – facilitated by Fraunhofer IEG
- Pulp & paper – facilitated by DLR
- Textiles – facilitated by DTI
In each workshop, end-users, technology suppliers, researchers and consultants jointly discussed barriers, opportunities and concrete actions for high‑temperature heat pumps in their sector – from process integration to skills and collaboration models.
The insights from the symposium will feed directly into Project 68’s technology tracking (Task 1) and sector collaborations (Task 2)
The Task 1 report and the updated database are available on the Project 68 webpage:
https://heatpumpingtechnologies.org/project68/task1/
