BEST PRACTICE – Experience from Impact INCITE

Tova Jarnerud Örell, Jill Sundberg och Eva Blixt

BEST PRACTICE – Insights from Impact INCITE
Shaping the future of industrial innovation

In June 2024, the European Commission launched INCITE – the Innovation Centre for Industrial Transformation and Emissions – in Seville. Its purpose is to accelerate the adoption of innovative techniques in energy-intensive industries regulated under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED), including steel, chemicals, pulp and paper, cement, mining, and foundries. Over the past 18 months, INCITE has developed tools and processes to support this transition, with formal rules expected in 2026.

To ensure Sweden is well-prepared and actively engaged, a consortium of stakeholders initiated Impact INCITE, a one-year project designed to explore this new landscape, strengthen collaboration with INCITE, and connect key actors across industry, research, and policy.

What you will gain from this report:

• A clear understanding of INCITE’s role in EU industrial transformation and its connection to IED 2.0.
• Practical guidance for stakeholders – industry, technology providers, academia, authorities, and research institutes – on how to engage and create impact.
• Inspiring examples of successful collaboration and strategies for maintaining momentum.
• Reflections on INCITE’s evolving approach and future development.

About this report

This report presents tools, policy pathways, and best practices shaping Europe’s green industrial future, based on insights from the Impact INCITE project. The initiative was funded through Impact Innovation by Energimyndigheten (Swedish Energy Agency), Formas (the Swedish government research council for sustainable development), and Vinnova (Sweden's Innovation Agency) in a call “Regulations and policy instruments for a sustainable industry” under the programs Swedish Metals & Minerals and Net Zero Industry. A committee at Jernkontoret preparing for the revision of the Iron and Steel BREF (95005 IS BREF) has been the project’s reference group.