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Self-Assessment

Select where your organization currently operates and where you want to get to. There is no obligation to reach "Leading Org." — choose the target that is right for your business context and investment capacity.

📍 Current Level
🎯 Target Level
Select your current and target levels above to map your assessment on this initiative.
Fundamental
Market Standard
Above Average
Leading Org.

Technology

  • Electric resistance heating for low-temperature process heat applications
  • Variable frequency drives (VFDs) on motors to reduce energy consumption
  • Baseline electrification audit identifying combustion equipment by temperature and duty cycle

Process

  • Mapping all on-site combustion sources and categorizing by temperature range and electrification feasibility
  • Identifying lowest-cost electrification opportunities with short payback periods
  • Engaging utilities on rate structures for industrial load growth from electrification

Financing

  • Internal capital for efficiency projects with 2–4 year payback
  • Utility incentive programs for industrial electrification accessed per equipment upgrade

Technology

  • Fundamental Technologies +
  • Industrial heat pumps for process heat up to 150°C (steam, water heating, drying)
  • Electric boilers replacing gas-fired steam generation
  • Electric arc or induction heating for metals and materials processing

Process

  • Developing a phased electrification roadmap aligned with equipment end-of-life cycles
  • Conducting load flow analysis to assess electrical infrastructure upgrade requirements
  • Evaluating impact on Scope 2 emissions and clean power procurement needs

Financing

  • Equipment financing via commercial loans or leases with incentive stacking (IRA, utility, state)
  • IRA Section 48C advanced manufacturing tax credit evaluated for qualifying industrial equipment

Technology

  • Market Standard Technologies +
  • High-temperature industrial heat pumps (up to 200°C+) for steam and drying applications
  • Electric plasma or microwave heating for high-temperature industrial processes
  • Electrified process lines paired with onsite renewable generation and battery storage

Process

  • Integrating electrification roadmap with Scope 2 clean power procurement strategy (PPAs, RECs)
  • Applying demand flexibility to electrified processes to participate in demand response programs
  • Benchmarking electrification progress against industry peers and SBTi industrial pathways

Financing

  • Third-party financing with performance guarantees (energy savings contracts) to shift CAPEX to OPEX
  • DOE Industrial Demonstrations Program grants accessed for innovative electrification projects

Technology

  • Above Average Technologies +
  • Fully electrified process operations with zero on-site combustion Scope 1 emissions
  • Electrified processes integrated with onsite renewable microgrid for 24/7 clean power matching
  • Emerging technologies (molten salt storage, electrothermal storage) for high-temperature industrial heat

Process

  • Real-time tracking of process electrification rate and Scope 1 reduction against net-zero targets
  • Publishing verified industrial electrification case studies to advance sector decarbonization
  • Engaging with equipment OEMs on next-generation electric process technology development

Financing

  • Bundled financing across electrification, clean power PPAs, and onsite storage as integrated decarbonization project
  • Potential to generate and sell industrial decarbonization credits under emerging Article 6 frameworks

Related Pathways

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