Projects
Thyssenkrupp Steel: hydrogen for blast furnace
In November 2019, Thyssenkrupp Steel has celebrated a world first by launching a series of tests into the use of hydrogen in a working blast furnace. They are the first tests of their kind and are aimed at reducing significantly the CO2 emissions ari...
World's first hydrogen ferry developed by Norled
Ferry company Norled AS signed an agreement with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, and the shipyard Westcon to build and operate four environmentally-friendly ferries. This four ferries will serve two stretches of sea connecting two roads in...
BASF’s Carbon Management R&D Program: towards climate-friendly base chemicals...
In this R&D program BASF focuses on base chemicals, which are responsible for ~70% of the GHG emissions of the chemical industry. By electrification and new processes, they could be produced almost GHG emission free. A core element is the methane...
Tata Steel and Dow’s pilot plant using waste gas to produce naphtha
The steel plant uses carbon monoxide, which is abundantly present in the waste gases from steel production. ‘We first use part of it to produce hydrogen,’ says transition manager Cock Pietersen of Tata Steel. This hydrogen is created by i...
The North Sea Wind Power Hub (NSWPH) project: efficient development of renewable...
An artificial island, instead of a platform, could be developed as a central hub to support the necessary energy evacuation infrastructure e.g. electrical or power to gas conversion. This concept, the North Sea Wind Power Hub (NSWPH), is further bei...
PORTHOS’ CO2 capture and transport project
With PORTHOS (Port of Rotterdam CO2 Transport Hub and Storage) the Port of Rotterdam Authority, Gasunie and EBN are jointly making efforts to realise a basic infrastructure for the capture and transport of CO2 in Rotterdam’s port area. This CO2 can...
Northern Lights project: CCS infrastructure for European CO2 storage and a hydro...
The Northern Lights project, developed by total, Shell and Equinor, consists of a CO2 receiving terminal, an offshore pipeline, injection and CO2 storage. The captured CO2 liquid goes by ship from the capture sites to a new CO2 receiving terminal out...
Hitachi’s Artificial Intelligence improves fuel efficiency in shipping
Stena Line, one of Europe’s leading ferry companies, set itself the target to reduce fuel consumption by 2.5% per nautical mile annually. Stena Line asked Hitachi to identify software solutions that could help make operations more efficient in ...
Hitachi’s Smart Island project to improve energy efficiency
As a member of the Smart Islands Partnership on the Isles of Scilly, Hitachi is helping to implement a set of interconnected projects, with the aim to cut electricity bills by 40%, meet 40% of energy demand through renewables and see 40% of vehicles ...
RAG Austria’s ”Underground Sun Conversion”: Producing renewable gas
The aim of the research project is to use existing gas (pore) reservoirs as natural bio-reactors. The methanation process and storage take place naturally in underground pore reservoirs. This represents a huge source by potentially providing the urge...
Hybrit: A fossil-free steel production process
HYBRIT is short for Hydrogen Breakthrough Ironmaking Technology. It is a joint venture between steel company SSAB, mining company LKAB and energy company Vattenfall. The aim is to replace coal with hydrogen in the steelmaking process. HYBRIT is a gro...
ArcelorMittal Steelanol demonstration: Recycling carbon into sustainable, advanc...
As part of its range of low carbon technologies, ArcelorMittal is building its Steelanol demonstration project that recycles carbon into sustainable, advanced bio-ethanol. We capture carbon from an industrial source and recycle it, just like we do wi...
Endesa’s efforts for total decarbonization by 2050
As a result of the capacity auctions held on 2017, Endesa, through EGPE (Enel Green Power España) , was awarded wind capacity of 540 MW and photovoltaic capacity of 339 MW:In 2018 start of construction works for the majority of the planned wind fa...
Reaping the benefits of solar: photovoltaic power plant promoted by the Navigato...
The business model of the Navigator Company (NVG) is based on sustainable and certified management of forests, reconciling environmental, social and economic concerns. In 2016, approximately 70% of NVG’s total primary energy consumption was obtaine...
Veolia's project for the elimination of low-stack emission in the Lódz metropol...
As part of the revitalisation of the area of the centre of Lódz project, Veolia develops power supply concepts for individual revitalized areas, designs and builds district heating networks, enabling the supply of system heat to modernised tenement ...
Heat recovery from the Volkswagen Poznan industrial installation to the municipa...
The Volkswagen Poznan foundry and Veolia Energia Poznan have launched an installation recovering heat from technological processes, which, instead of being released into the atmosphere, goes to 30 buildings located nearby. The investment, which is th...
Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Poland sp. z o.o.: A zero-emission factory in Jawor
Environmentally friendly: from production to the product – that is how the concept of power and heat supply to the factory of Mercedes-Benz engines in Jawor in Lower Silesia could be summarised. The plant will be fully neutral in terms of CO2 emiss...
IKEA Retail Poland: becoming climate positive
IKEA has been committed to tackling climate change for many years, and announced new commitments as part of its Sustainability Strategy – People and Planet Positive, in June 2018. One of the ambitions for 2030 is for IKEA to become climate positive...
Arbaflame pellets cost-effectively convert coal-fired power plants to biomass
Arbacore pellets by Arbaflame have been specially developed to replace or mix with fossil fuel in coal-fired power plants. Arbacore is produced using a steam explosion process in which the wood fibres are broken down and lignin, the binding agent in ...
Veolia’s use of waste gas from zinc production for heating
Thanks to the trilateral cooperation between the Zinc Smelter, the Municipality and Veolia, the waste gas from the production of zinc and lead is used to produce heat. Heat is produced by burning 6.3 million m3 of waste gas from the zinc production p...
Yara: The first ever zero-emission autonomous ship
Yara Birkeland by Vard Fincantieri and Kongsberg Maritime will be the world’s first fully electric and autonomous container ship, with zero emissions. With this vessel, Yara will reduce diesel-powered truck haulage by 40,000 journeys a year. Every ...
ENI's Green Refineries Project: a new lease of life for refining according to ci...
Through its Bio-refineries Project, Eni has reconfigured the refineries in Venice and Gela by identifying innovative solutions using “green” cycles that are both environmentally and economically sustainable. In particular, a business model has be...
Vodafone Greece innovating by the energy efficiency programs applied in Offices
Saving electricity through:LED lights installation at office areas Installation of motion detectors ss Reduction of lighting in parking areas of HQsFrom all above programs the energy saving is 843MWh & preventing emissions of 605 tonnes:M&a...
Vodafone Greece: innovating through energy efficiency programs applied in Core N...
At Vodafone Greece we have implemented all the necessary actions, in order to save heating and cooling energy at MTXs (Mobile Telephone Exchanges) and Data Centers which accounts for around 50% of total energy consumption at a MTX and Data Center. Sp...
SALCOS project: Salzgitter Low Carbon Steelmaking
Salzgitter AG is a steelmaker in Germany with an annual capacity of 7.5 million tons of crude steel. The main share of production takes place in the company´s integrated steel works based in Salzgitter operating three blast furnaces. The technical a...
“Battery2ndLife”: Innovative second use of BMW i3 high-voltagebatteries for ...
The official commissioning of the battery storage farm on the grounds of BMW Plant Leipzig, Germany demonstrates innovative, sustainable and profitable second use of BMW i3 batteries after a vehicle reaches the end of its lifecycle. The battery stora...
EDF's Iris Project for smart and sustainable cities
IRIS (Integrated and Replicable Solutions for Co-Creation in Sustainable Cities) is a Light House Cities Project addressing the urgent need to deliver low carbon energy and mobility services in cities that are cheaper, better accessible, reliable, an...
Ardagh Group's Frozen cullet - Drying and preheating glass cullets with waste h...
The proportion of recycling cullets in hollow glass production in Germany is between 65% and 90%, depending on the produced glass colour. These recycled glass cullets are stored in the glassplants on open outdoor areas. Ice, snow and rainwater disrup...
CORRI-DOOR: A seamless EV-charging project promoted by EDF
Led by EDF and gathering 11 partners, including car manufacturers such as Renault, Volkswagen, BMW and Nissan, CORRI-DOOR is a collaborative initiative aiming at fostering and speeding-up electric vehicle penetration in France, through the realizatio...
Massileo project : how EDF delivers heat and cold from sea energy
Since 2017, Massileo has been serving the Smartseille eco-district, which covers 2.7 hectares at the heart of Euroméditéranée 2 in Marseille, France. Its network is composed of a tempered water loop that connects the seawater caloric recovery stat...
BetterHome: A home-owner centric one-stop-shop model for energy renovation
BetterHome delivers a comprehensive, digital one-stop-shop service in partnership with key players in the construction value chain, including banks. BetterHome started in Denmark in 2014 as an initiative by four leading Danish companies Danfoss, Grun...
Siemens' energy reduction project assisting Hvidovre hospital in EPC project
Hvidovre Hospital in Copenhagen has an objective of reducing total energy consumption by 15 percent and already by 2020, 10 percent of the hospital’s energy needs should come from renewable sources. Among the measures utilised to reach this target ...
Energinet’s cross border connections to enable flexible markets
The transition to an energy system built on renewables necessitates better utilisation of the energy. Today, power plants can produce when there is a demand. In the future, demand will have to follow production. This calls for common European electri...
Aalborg Portland's supply of surplus heat from production in the form of distric...
In order to produce cement, raw materials such as limestone and sand must be burned at temperatures of up to 1500°C. Due to this high temperature process, the Aalborg Portland cement factory has enormous supplies of excess heat. One of the main sour...
Cogeneration at ExxonMobil facilities
Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of electricity while capturing useful heat or steam for industrial processes. By capturing and using energy that would have been lost as waste heat, cogeneration leads to increased energy efficiency and red...
SOLH2UB: Fronius’s decentralized hub for solar energy to produce green hydroge...
Fronius believes in 24 hours of sun – a future with 100% renewable energy. In this energy future hydrogen plays a central role, as a sustainable alternative to fossils fuels and a seasonal storage for renewable energy. Thus, we have been researchin...