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Innovative industrial transformation of the steel and chemical industries of Europe.

The INITIATE project will advance the implementation of circular economy and industrial symbiosis by re-using residual steel gases as a resource for the cross-sectorial, more efficient and less wasteful manufacture of urea, at a significantly reduced carbon footprint.

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12 Oct 2021 About INITIATE

INITIATE EXPLAINED: Our Project and it Perspectives in Two and a Half Minutes

We asked our project coordinator Eric van Dijk, from TNO, to explain in two and a half minutes the main objectives of our INITIATE project, the core concept of industrial symbiosis and its potential c...

CCU Can Contribute Averting Fertiliser and CO<sub>2</sub> Market Shortages

01 Oct 2021 About INITIATE

CCU Can Contribute Averting Fertiliser and CO₂ Market Shortages

This week, British media reported that the British Government will provide financial support to CF Fertilisers to avert potential shortages of CO2 supply into the market (see here and here). The emer...

01 Jun 2021 About Partners

Carbon4PUR project: Helping carbon-intensive industries reducing GHGs emissions

The steel, cement and chemicals industries are among the biggest CO2 emitters and account for more than two-thirds of all industrial carbon dioxide emissions in the EU. One of the most promising solu...

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Project Concept

The 4.5-year “Innovative industrial transformation of the steel and chemical industries of Europe” – INITIATE project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and it aims at demonstrating industrial symbiosis by using residual carbon-rich gas from the steel sector as a valuable feedstock for the chemical sector. TRL7 piloting combines the continuous production of N₂ + H₂ and CO₂ streams with the innovative ammonia production as a precursor for urea, to be used as fertilizer and AdBlue® . In the project all necessary steps are taken to come to a bankable business case for a first commercial size demonstrator.