Renewable Energy Magazine
Summary
Evonik and Uniper officially launched the Technical Options for Thermal Energy Recovery (TORTE) project in Gelsenkirchen. As one of the first phases of Evonik's 'Herne Green Deal' to sustainably transform the Herne chemical site, the TORTE project will feed industrial waste heat from isophorone production into the district heating network. Around 1,000 homes in the Ruhr region will be supplied by the end of 2024.
To recover this industrial low-temperature waste heat, Uniper has installed a large on site heat pump to feed up to 1.5 megawatt of heat into the district heating network to supply local customers. This sustainably recovered heat from the Herne site will help Uniper to reduce its emissions by 1,750 tons of CO2 per year.
"This is only the first part of Evonik's sustainability journey at Herne. Our long-term ambition for the site is to run completely independent of fossil fuels - including the elimination of fossil-based raw materials from our production and reduce our carbon footprint," said Christian Schmidt, Head of the Crosslinkers business line.
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