Why New Energy Carriers Matter Now
Decarbonization, energy security, and industrial competitiveness require new ways to store clean energy and deliver it where it is needed.
Advancing
Decarbonization
Industrial decarbonization requires new options for high-temperature heat where electrification is difficult.
Energy
Security
Storable and transportable energy carriers can help build energy systems that are more resilient to supply risks.
Industrial
Competitiveness
New energy infrastructure can support the competitiveness of manufacturing and other energy-intensive industries.
Growing
Energy Demand
AI, data centers, and electrification are increasing the need for stable, large-scale clean energy supply.
Why Metals?
The Role of the Consortium
The deployment of new energy carriers cannot be achieved by a single company alone.
Metal energy carriers require cross-sector collaboration that connects supply, logistics, use, recovery, policy, and finance.
Technology
Development
We identify key technical challenges in combustion, oxide recovery, re-reduction, powder control, and safety systems, and connect them to joint demonstration.
Circular
Value Chain
We explore circular value chains that connect powder production and supply, transport and storage, end-use applications, oxide recovery, and re-reduction.
Policy &
Regulation
We examine policy and regulatory issues for deployment, including safety standards, certification rules, support schemes, and international collaboration.
Finance &
Investment
We examine financing options, investment structures, risk assessment, and business viability for demonstrations, equipment deployment, and infrastructure development.
Market
Development
We identify promising application areas for metal energy carriers, especially in industrial heat, and develop deployment models with industrial users.
Join us in building the next industrial energy infrastructure.
C-MECC welcomes companies, research institutions, financial institutions, local governments, and other partners interested in advancing deployment.