Decarbonization solutions for heavy industry
Decarbonization
Electrifying the hard-to-abate industries
Cement, steel, aluminum and petrochemical plants burn fossil fuels to reach the temperatures their processes need – a large share of their CO₂ emissions. The RotoDynamic Heater™ (RDH) (RDH) replaces that combustion with clean electricity in dryers, kilns, calciners, furnaces and preheaters. The RotoDynamic Reactor™ (RDR) does the same for steam cracking. Choose your industry to see where it fits in your process.
Key industries
Cement
First unit in delivery
Up to 1,000 Mt of CO₂ a year. Electric heat for raw-material and alternative-fuel drying, clay calcination and precalciners.
Iron and Steel
RDH available
Up to 600 Mt of CO₂ a year. Electric preheating for scrap, hot-stove air and DRI reduction gas, and for reheating furnaces.
Aluminum
RDH available
Electric heat for reheating, heat treatment and calciner air preheating.
Petrochemicals
RDH AVAILABLE, RDR FROM 2029
Up to 500 Mt of CO₂ a year with RDH and RDR. Electric steam cracking with RDR and electric feed preheating with RDH.
Other industries
Other industries – such as glass melting and waste treatment – account for a further 300 Mt of reduction potential.
Up to 2.4 Gt of CO₂ reduction potential a year
about 7% of global CO₂ emissions, at full deployment
500
Mt
estimated reduction potential in chemicals and petrochemicals industries
600
Mt
estimated reduction potential in iron and steel industries
1,000
Mt
estimated reduction potential in cement industries
300
Mt
estimated reduction potential in other industries
