Enerin AS selected as a finalist for the 2026 ONS SME Innovation Award
OFFSHORE NORTHERN SEAS FORUM (ONS)
Enerin has been selected as one of five finalists in the SME category of the 2026 ONS SME Innovation Award for its HoegTemp™ — our route to decarbonising industrial process heat working with steam, water, air and cooling without a full plant redesign.
The pitch:
Bridging Temperature Extremes to Transform Industrial Energy
On Monday, 24 August, Enerin’s Founding Partner and Head of Concept Design Trond-Atle Asphjell, and CCO Ralph Groen, will pitch the HoegTemp™ industrial heat pump with five minutes on the technology and two minutes of questions by the expert jury. The SME Innovation Award ceremony follows the next day in Hall 11.
Innovation Pitch Session – Hall 5
Monday, 24 August 2026
13:00–15:00
All SME and Large Company award nominees will present their innovations. In the SME Innovation category Enerin joins Imenco Future Technologies, Roofit.Solar, Hystar and EIBits as a finalists.
Innovation Award Ceremony – Hall 11
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
10:00–11:30
Winners of the SME and Large Company categories will be announced.
Why Enerin’s industrial heat pump was selected as an ONS SME Innovation Award finalist for 2026
A significant share of energy consumption for heating and cooling used in industry, buildings and space heating continues to rely on fossil fuels. A large share of this heat can be supplied by high-temperature heat pumps (HTHPs) that reduce energy consumption by 50-70% compared to fossil boilers.
Industrial heat pumps are cost-effective solutions for generating heat and cold by absorbing thermal energy from low-temperature heat sources like waste heat or air and water. HTHPs generate more heat using a portion of electricity than direct conversions like electric boilers. HTHPs can directly produce high pressure steam, making them an efficient and cost-effective solution for heating and cooling.
What's the underlying benefit for decarbonising industry?
Industrial heat accounts for around 20% of global emissions and remains one of the hardest sectors to decarbonise at higher temperatures. Once fossil-fuelled hot water, steam or thermal oil has done its job in process manufacturing, the leftover heat, water and emissions still have to go somewhere. They are vented through factory chimneys, reused as waste heat, or returned to rivers as water. These waste streams (process residuals) typically require cooling before being expelled, via cooling towers, which are significant energy consumers. HoegTemp™ takes care of both the hot and cold functions by re-using the waste heat and providing cooling simultaneously.
Why heating and cooling in one system?
Conventional plant design treats heating and cooling as separate, energy-intensive systems — HoegTemp™ High-Temperature Heat Pump (HTHP) couples them. The HTHP has a Carnot efficiency of 50-60%, resulting in a Coefficient of Performance (COP) typically of 2-3, application-dependent, equivalent to 50-70% lower energy consumption.
HoegTemp™ replaces fossil-based power by using (renewable) electricity. It utilises low grade thermal energy sources, which then are upgraded and re-recycled for the factory process via the mechanics of the heat pump.
Does the plant need to be re-designed when installing HoegTemp™?
HoegTemp™ covers both the heating and cooling functions without a plant redesign and is fitted like a boiler. It follows industrial heating and cooling demand the way a boiler would, by degrees — and connects via electricity, a steam line and water.
Why is our industrial heat pump unlike any other heat pump system?
HoegTemp™ industrial heat pump runs on a reverse Stirling cycle using Helium, an inert and safe working medium. It is capable of producing temperatures up to 250°C, and delivers cooling down to -60°C. It can transfer thermal energy via water, steam and thermal oil circuits.
Where does the clearest case for efficiency stand?
HoegTemp™ operates across a wide range of temperatures, able to achieve a single-step temperature lift of 200°C at unrivalled efficiency. It can draw on heat source temperatures from -30°C (delivering output at -60°C) to 130°C (delivering output up to 250°C). This is unique.
Where does that range become a revenue question rather than just an efficiency one?
At the IVAR Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant near Stavanger, waste heat from the biogas CO₂ stripping process is currently recycled for both heating and cooling functions. With an upgraded machine now installed at IVAR, Enerin has taken the next step for additional value chain revenue streams. Given the right site infrastructure, the machine is capable of reaching –60°C — opening the door to CO₂ liquefaction and quality fish freezing from a single industrial heat pump system.
WHERE TO FIND US
ONS 2026 – Stavanger Forum: Hall 8, Stand 8300 (Research Council of Norway).
24–27 August 2026, Stavanger, Norway.
Our team: Enerin Founder and Head of Concept Design, Trond-Atle Asphjell, and CCO Ralph Groen.
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