Innovation Project

Carbon2Chem

Industrial Application

The goal of the Carbon2Chem Initiative is to use iron gas from steel production as a starting material for chemical products – including the CO2 contained therein. The aim is to use surplus electricity from renewable energies as an energy source. Already since 2016, numerous industrial companies have been developing a solution that can be used worldwide with Max-Planck and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, as well as universities, to convert blast furnace exhaust into precursors for fuels, plastics, and fertilizers. The companies produce the hydrogen needed for this using an electrolyzer, also from green electricity. In the second project phase since 2020, further CO2 sources such as cement plants and waste incineration plants have been targeted.

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Project details

Project responsibility

thyssenkrupp AG

Duration

15.03.2016 bis 31.05.2024

Funding amount

146.000.000,00 €

Funded by

Federal Government