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How Factories Are Using Waste Heat to Cut Energy Bills
Most factories throw away more heat than they use. Lucas and Luna explore how industrial facilities are capturing that waste heat and turning it into electricity or hot water. They look at a cement plant in Denmark that uses organic Rankine cycle turbines to generate power from its own exhaust, and a chemical plant in Germany that pipes excess heat to nearby homes. They walk through the math: a typical factory can cut its energy bill by 10 to 20 percent, and some have cut carbon emissions by thousands of tonnes a year. The episode also covers the challenges — the high upfront cost, the need…
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