Industry
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...