What do wastewater treatment, drinking water treatment, the steel industry, concrete, glass, food and cosmetics production have in common? Lime! Lime is a basic product that is at the beginning of the value chain in the manufacture of products. The production of lime is very energy-intensive and generates a lot of CO2. Our guest is Dr. Kai Schaefer from SCHAEFER KALK. As part of a Bioball project, the company and its partners are investigating how climate protection and value creation can be combined in the lime industry. To avoid CO2 emissions, SCHAEFER KALK is endeavoring tocapture CO2 from industrial and combustion processes and make it usable again in order to reuse the carbon source in subsequent processes.  🔈 Listen in now 🔈  This podcast is only available in german.

Reducing CO2 emissions is the challenge of our time. However, there are in fact some unavoidable sources of CO2, such as lime production or waste incineration. bse Methanol has developed a modular solution with which the unavoidable CO2 can be used to produce green methanol. The processes used in production, from CO2 capture and electrolysis to the actual synthesis, are well known and are already being used on a large industrial scale. The technical challenge now lies in efficiently linking these individual process steps. Johann Kirchner, Head of Process Engineering at bse Methanol, explains how all of this can be implemented using dynamic processes, even without complex storage systems, despite the fluctuating availability of wind and solar energy.  🔈 Listen in now 🔈  This podcast is only available in german.

The BioBall innovation alliance is continuously expanding. In the new year, two projects have been added to BioBall that are establishing new, sustainable value chains for and in the metropolitan region. These projects are presented in the sixth part of our online seminar series. This webinar is only available in german.