We are driving the transformation of the chemical industry with innovative and sustainable solutions.
The decarbonization and defossilization of the chemical industry is an important challenge for climate protection. thyssenkrupp Uhde, as part of thyssenkrupp Decarbon Technologies, offers innovative solutions to reduce the carbon footprint of the chemical industry. With its portfolio around the sustainable production and transportation of green chemicals, thyssenkrupp Uhde offers innovative solutions for the green transformation.
thyssenkrupp Uhde develops intelligent and efficient plant concepts for the chemical industry based on patented technologies such as the uhde® ammonia process. These processes make it possible to significantly reduce or avoid emissions and thus make a considerable contribution to climate protection. With our many years of experience and expertise in green chemistry, we are a reliable partner in the transformation of the chemical industry.
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At thyssenkrupp Uhde, we combine over 100 years of strong tradition with the future. With innovative solutions for a sustainable chemical industry, we are helping to secure food, mobility and a more sustainable energy supply. Now, together, we are facing the greatest challenge mankind has ever faced: climate change. Sustainability will be the basic prerequisite for all our future actions. With our innovations such as more sustainable ammonia, green methanol and BioTfuel, we are helping to shape the green transformation in the chemical industry - for a planet worth living on.
We are faced with the challenge that the world's population continues to grow and fossil resources are running out. More people need more food and more energy. To protect the climate, we need to reduce CO2 emissions in the chemical industry. At thyssenkrupp, we are driven by green chemistry and sustainability. Stopping climate change, developing technologies that make sustainability possible for companies, reducing the carbon footprint of industrial value chains and advancing renewable energy - that's what motivated us to develop our green ammonia technology.
It is the greatest challenge of our time: the climate crisis. To successfully master the energy transition, the chemical industry needs innovative solutions. One of the key elements in the energy world of tomorrow is hydrogen. The transportation of hydrogen from the southern to the northern hemisphere using green ammonia as an energy carrier will be one of the key technologies in energy supply. Ammonia cracking is the so-called "missing piece of the puzzle" for the extensive trade in clean hydrogen and thus an essential step in enabling the green transformation.
Smart, sustainable solution from a single source: more sustainable methanol to reduce greenhouse gases
Methanol is an important raw material for the construction, plastics and chemical industries, but the conventional production process is not particularly environmentally friendly. At thyssenkrupp, we can offer a climate-friendly alternative: By synthesizing renewable methanol from hydrogen and carbon dioxide, thyssenkrupp Uhde is helping to combat climate change by reducing the impact of greenhouse gases.
The specific effect of N2O and other nitrogen oxides (NOX) on the climate is many times greater than that of CO2. A good reason to eliminate these substances directly at source. The initial solutions for NOX reduction developed and sold by Uhde for nitric acid plants in the 1980s gave rise to EnviNOx®. The process has been used successfully in the chemical industry since the early 2000s and reduces N2O by up to 99 percent, NOx even to almost zero. EnviNOx® has been the "Best Available Technology" (BAT) in the EU since 2007 and more than 60 customized EnviNOx® plants contribute to climate and environmental protection worldwide.
Methanol is one of the most frequently produced organic chemicals in the world. Whether in the construction, plastics or chemical industries, it has become indispensable. However, the conventional production of methanol uses fossil resources such as natural gas. We at thyssenkrupp can change that - with our uhde® Green Methanol technology from thyssenkrupp Uhde. By using green hydrogen and carbon dioxide, for example from biogas or other fermentation plants, we enable the production of green methanol. And thus reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted. Do you want to join us in shaping a greener future?
What is green chemistry or what are green chemicals?
So-called green chemicals are produced in a way that uses e.g. renewable resources as a raw material, causes fewer emissions during production or consumes fewer resources compared to previously used processes with fossil raw materials. Chemicals that are produced from or with so-called green hydrogen are often referred to as “green”, whereby the green hydrogen is produced by electrolysis of water using renewable energy. This means that large quantities of CO2 emissions can be avoided, as no fossil raw materials are required for production.
Think what it would mean if everyday items such as shoes and mattresses could be produced sustainably! thyssenkrupp Uhde is engineering and developing sustainable chemical plants that will turn this into reality.
