I'll buy you a beer in Jane's honor in CA this month. What a freakin legendary scientist and woman!

Nooooooooo....😭

"Here’s my note of optimism: building electrification and transportation electrification offer *so* much potential. These are new tools in the Swiss army knife that we are pushing electric utilities to build to manage the grid." - @sarahsteinberg.bsky.social. 🔌💡

energyinnovation.org/podcast/cong...

👊 And, a HUGE THANK YOU to the team and co-authors of the report @jeffrissman.bsky.social, @sonalideshpande.bsky.social, Nik Sawe, and @michelle-solomon.bsky.social! As well as our peer reviewers, our amazing communications team, and Mina Lee for graphics!

💅 But, don't just take my word for it...check out our report at energyinnovation.org/report/overc... to learn more.

🚧 The primary barriers to industrial electrification today are the economics, grid readiness, and technological maturity. Enacting a suite of policies can help overcome these barriers and reduce industrial emissions. We need policy leadership to tackle the industrial sector's emissions problem.

Not only can electric technologies (like arc furnaces, heat pumps, electric boilers, and many more), power industrial processes while cutting pollutant emissions, they also create benefits for industrial firms and society.

⚡ Industrial electrification refers to swapping fossil fuels for electricity (using carbon-free resources), using electric technologies (electric resistance, induction, heat pumps, and even lasers and electron beams) capable of delivering heat at all temperature ranges demanded by industry.

👷‍♀️ The industrial sector makes the products and materials we rely on every day. Industrial processes are responsible for 84% of industrial non-feedstock fossil fuel use globally, and industry is the largest energy consumer and emitter of planet-heating emissions (and other pollutants).