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ACT - Advanced Cement Technology
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Expected 8 |
Decarbonisation
Energy efficiency
Water efficiency
Material efficiency (Reduction of raw material consumption or waste generation)
Reduction of emissions to air (including noise and odour)
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Cement, lime, magnesium oxide production
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Under construction
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Mechano-chemical activation of clays for Supplementary Cementitious Material production
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Expected 8 |
Decarbonisation
Material efficiency (Reduction of raw material consumption or waste generation)
Reduction of emissions to air (including noise and odour)
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Cement, lime, magnesium oxide production
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Under construction
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Industrial vortex generator (IVG) for chemical‑free cooling (IVG-CT) water reuse in industrial processes
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Achieved 9+ |
Energy efficiency
Water efficiency
Reduction of emissions to water, soil or groundwater
Chemical substitution (e.g. of hazardous substances or substances of very high concern)
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Animal by-products/edible co-products industries
Cement, lime, magnesium oxide production
Food, drink and milk
Iron and Steel
Large combustion plants
Non-ferrous metals production
Pulp, paper and card board
Refineries (oil and gas)
Energy-intensive industries
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Operational
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Industrial Wastewater Solution for High-Concentration BOD Using Microbial Fuel Cell Technology
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Achieved 9+ |
Decarbonisation
Energy efficiency
Water efficiency
Circular economy (e.g. recovery/reuse/recycling of residues, industrial symbiosis)
Chemical substitution (e.g. of hazardous substances or substances of very high concern)
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Food, drink and milk
Organic chemicals production
Pulp, paper and card board
Refineries (oil and gas)
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Operational
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E-LIX - Hydrometallurgical solution for the extraction of copper, zinc, cobalt, nickel, lead and precious metals
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Expected 8 |
Decarbonisation
Energy efficiency
Material efficiency (Reduction of raw material consumption or waste generation)
Circular economy (e.g. recovery/reuse/recycling of residues, industrial symbiosis)
Reduction of emissions to water, soil or groundwater
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Mining (ores)
Non-ferrous metals production
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Operational
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Recovery of pickling acids in the production of stainless steel using a dual drying / pyrohydrolysis process
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Achieved 9+ |
Energy efficiency
Water efficiency
Circular economy (e.g. recovery/reuse/recycling of residues, industrial symbiosis)
Reduction of emissions to air (including noise and odour)
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Batteries manufacture
Ferrous metals processing
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Operational
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Dry reforming and blast furnace top gas recycling via an electrically assisted syngas smelter with plasma torches for syngas tuyere injection
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Achieved 7 |
Decarbonisation
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Iron and Steel
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Operational
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Production of second generation (2G) ethanol through fermentation of CO-rich exhaust gases generated in ironmaking / steelmaking
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Achieved 9 |
Decarbonisation
Circular economy (e.g. recovery/reuse/recycling of residues, industrial symbiosis)
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Iron and Steel
Non-ferrous metals production
Refineries (oil and gas)
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Operational
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Chemical utilisation of steel mill gases for the production of sustainable chemicals and fuels (Carbon2Chem®)
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Achieved 8 |
Decarbonisation
Circular economy (e.g. recovery/reuse/recycling of residues, industrial symbiosis)
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Cement, lime, magnesium oxide production
Fertilisers production
Iron and Steel
renewable fuels
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Operational
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Valorisation of recycled polymers as foaming and recarburising agents in EAF steelmaking
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Achieved 9+ |
Material efficiency (Reduction of raw material consumption or waste generation)
Circular economy (e.g. recovery/reuse/recycling of residues, industrial symbiosis)
Reduction of emissions to air (including noise and odour)
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Iron and Steel
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Operational
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DRI-EAF implementation at Saarstahl / Dillinger steelworks (POWER4STEEL)
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Expected 8 |
Decarbonisation
Energy efficiency
Reduction of emissions to air (including noise and odour)
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Iron and Steel
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Under construction
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Low temperature electrolysis of iron ore in an aqueous alkaline solution - Volteron™
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Achieved 7 |
Decarbonisation
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Iron and Steel
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Operational
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Splitting steelmaking pre-combustion gases into hydrogen rich outputs and high purity CO2 streams (CASOH technology)
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Achieved 7 |
Decarbonisation
Circular economy (e.g. recovery/reuse/recycling of residues, industrial symbiosis)
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Iron and Steel
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Operational
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Hydrogen based ultra fine ore reduction combined with a continuous powered electric smelting furnace for liquid iron production (HYFOR / HY4SMELT)
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Expected 8 |
Decarbonisation
Circular economy (e.g. recovery/reuse/recycling of residues, industrial symbiosis)
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Iron and Steel
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Under development / testing
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Carbon capture of blast furnace flue gas emissions by absorption using an amine demixing solvent (3D DMX)
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Achieved 7 |
Decarbonisation
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Iron and Steel
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Operational
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Biomass torrefaction for production of bio-coal used as a substitute for pulverised coal in blast furnaces (TORERO)
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Achieved 8 |
Decarbonisation
Material efficiency (Reduction of raw material consumption or waste generation)
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Iron and Steel
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Operational
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Innovative electric heater for high-temperature heating of process gases (e.g. hydrogen, syngas)
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Achieved 6 |
Decarbonisation
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Iron and Steel
Refineries (oil and gas)
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Operational
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Electric process gas heater for preheating of hydrogen and natural gas mixtures in DRI or BF plants
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Achieved 6 |
Decarbonisation
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Iron and Steel
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Under development / testing
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Sorption-Enhanced Water-Gas Shift (SEWGS) for production of hydrogen from steelmaking process gases combined with CO2 capture (STEPWISE)
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Expected 7 |
Decarbonisation
Circular economy (e.g. recovery/reuse/recycling of residues, industrial symbiosis)
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Iron and Steel
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Under development / testing
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Hydrogen Breakthrough Ironmaking Technology (HYBRIT)
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Achieved 7 |
Decarbonisation
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Iron and Steel
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Operational
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Selective Chemically Induced Denitrification (SCID)
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Achieved 7 |
Energy efficiency
Material efficiency (Reduction of raw material consumption or waste generation)
Circular economy (e.g. recovery/reuse/recycling of residues, industrial symbiosis)
Reduction of emissions to air (including noise and odour)
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Cement, lime, magnesium oxide production
Large combustion plants
Waste incineration
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Under development / testing
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Hydrogen Plasma Smelting Reduction of Iron Ores (HPSR)
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Expected 7 |
Decarbonisation
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Iron and Steel
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Operational
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Enhanced EAF steelmaking through continuous charging, scrap preheating and electromagnetic stirring (Consteel / Consteerrer)
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Achieved 9+ |
Energy efficiency
Material efficiency (Reduction of raw material consumption or waste generation)
Reduction of emissions to air (including noise and odour)
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Iron and Steel
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Operational
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Slag Valorisation Furnace
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Achieved 7 |
Decarbonisation
Circular economy (e.g. recovery/reuse/recycling of residues, industrial symbiosis)
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Iron and Steel
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Under development / testing
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Open slag bath furnace (OSBF): Pig iron production using reductive smelting
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Achieved 7 |
Decarbonisation
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Iron and Steel
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Under development / testing
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Heat recovery and district heating integration in EAF steelmaking via iRecovery® and Heat Leap systems
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Achieved 9+ |
Decarbonisation
Energy efficiency
Water efficiency
Circular economy (e.g. recovery/reuse/recycling of residues, industrial symbiosis)
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Iron and Steel
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Operational
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ENERGIRON technology: DRI-EAF production route using natural gas or H2
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Achieved 8 |
Decarbonisation
Energy efficiency
Reduction of emissions to air (including noise and odour)
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Iron and Steel
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Operational
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Open bath furnace (METIX technology)
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Achieved 7 |
Decarbonisation
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Iron and Steel
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Under development / testing
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Advanced UV-light photochemical system for PFAS Destruction at high flow - ClarosTechUV™
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Expected 9 |
Decarbonisation
Circular economy (e.g. recovery/reuse/recycling of residues, industrial symbiosis)
Reduction of emissions to water, soil or groundwater
Reduction of emissions to air (including noise and odour)
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Batteries manufacture
Landfills
Organic chemicals production
Refineries (oil and gas)
Surface treatment of metals or plastics
Surface treatment of substances using organic solvents
Textiles
Waste treatment
Semiconductors
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Under construction
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