Carbon2Chem® Secures €50M Research Grant to Advance Green Steel and Hydrogen Innovation

Carbon2Chem®, a collaborative project coordinated by thyssenkrupp in close cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT, is now entering its third phase. The research initiated in 2016 is working to answer one overarching question: How can blast furnace gases emitted during steel production be converted into valuable chemical starting products used for fuels, plastics and fertilizers, among other things. In the years since the research funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research has made some groundbreaking findings that will make a strong contribution to the climate friendly transformation of industry. The third phase of the project focuses on the application-based verification of the solutions developed during the work, the adaptation of gases used in direct reduction in the steel sector and the comprehensive study of methanol and hydrogen. Today, Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher, the state secretary in the Education and Research Ministry, presented a €50 million grant that runs through 2028.