heavy industry
noun
: the production of goods (such as coal or steel) that are used to make other goods
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As Europe races toward energy independence, this facility could become a primary feeder for a pipeline network meant to power the continent’s heavy industry.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2026
Reinstate or redesign clean‑manufacturing incentives that pull forward orders, expand 48C credits to help decarbonize heavy industry, and use procurement guarantees in defense, grid hardware, and energy storage to anchor domestic volume.
—Paul S. Lavoie, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
The cost of energy has forced its way up the EU political agenda, with heavy industry blaming it for factory closures and the US and Israeli war with Iran sending oil and gas prices spiking.
—Ewa Krukowska, Bloomberg, 5 Mar. 2026
Throughout the fall, their missile strikes destroyed the substations that move electricity from the nuclear-power plants in the western part of Ukraine to the east, where most of the population and heavy industry are concentrated.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2026
Reinstate or redesign clean‑manufacturing incentives that pull forward orders, expand 48C credits to help decarbonize heavy industry, and use procurement guarantees in defense, grid hardware, and energy storage to anchor domestic volume.
—Paul S. Lavoie, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
The cost of energy has forced its way up the EU political agenda, with heavy industry blaming it for factory closures and the US and Israeli war with Iran sending oil and gas prices spiking.
—Ewa Krukowska, Bloomberg, 5 Mar. 2026
Throughout the fall, their missile strikes destroyed the substations that move electricity from the nuclear-power plants in the western part of Ukraine to the east, where most of the population and heavy industry are concentrated.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Heavy industry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20industry. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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