Sustainability organisation Urgenda wants to join forces with the process industry. And the process industry is eager to do so, it turned out this Tuesday at the 10th anniversary of the Institute for Sustainable Process Technology. The companies would just like a bit more support from the government.
AMERSFOORT - Sustainability organisation Urgenda wants to join forces with the process industry. And the process industry is eager to do so, as demonstrated this Tuesday at the 10th anniversary of the Institute for Sustainable Process Technology. The companies would just like a bit more support from the government.
"I agree with the previous speaker from Arcelor Mittal, I would love to work together," says Urgenda director Marjan Minnesma. She is referring to the lecture by VP Emerging Technologies at steel company Arcelormittal Carl de Mare, who stated that it is not the use of fossil fuel and raw material that is the problem: "The problem is CO2 emissions."
Together with chemical company Dow Chemicals, the steelmaker has developed a system whereby residual streams from both companies can be used to convert CO2 to ethanol and ethylene. "If you make partnerships, you can transform carbon into useful things," argues the Arcelormittal man. He denounces policy-makers who only oversee a small part of the puzzle, and therefore devise disruptive policies.
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