India's First Industrial Heat Map
India's industrial sector generates 41% of the country's total emissions — yet no structured, temperature-segregated heat map exists for any of its sectors. Without knowing who needs what temperature of heat, and from which source, decarbonisation policy is guesswork. CRID is building India's first industrial heat map: a foundational dataset that will make targeted technology deployment possible for the first time.
The Problem
The gap CRID is closing.
India's industrial sector accounts for 41% of the country's total emissions — from steel and cement to chemicals and textiles. Yet no structured dataset maps industrial heat demand by temperature range across these sectors. Without this baseline, policymakers cannot identify which sectors need which technologies, investors cannot target capital efficiently, and decarbonisation programmes are built on guesswork. The missing heat map is not a gap in ambition — it is a gap in foundational data.
CRID's Approach
How we're building this.
CRID is collaborating with leading research partners to build India's first comprehensive industrial heat map — categorising heat demand by temperature band across all major sectors. The methodology moves from data collection and sector surveys to temperature classification and technology-opportunity mapping. Steel, textile, and paper & pulp are the first three sectors, with mapping commencing June 2026. The output will be a publicly available, peer-reviewed dataset designed to be actionable for policymakers, technology developers, and climate investors alike.
Expected Impact
What changes when this lands.
The industrial heat map becomes the enabling layer for every downstream decarbonisation intervention in Indian industry. With it, technology developers can size market opportunities by sector and temperature. Policymakers can design National Missions with precision. Climate investors can allocate capital to the highest-impact applications. Without it, the sector that produces 41% of India's emissions continues to operate without a roadmap.
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