By replacing fossil fuels with electricity, the ELECTRA project pioneers a groundbreaking approach to revolutionize the cement, lime, and pulp industries. This transformative technology promises to reshape the landscape of industrial production, offering emission-free alternatives that propel us towards a more sustainable future.
Project partners
The ELECTRA consortium comprises partners with multi-domain knowledge and expertise and consists of 17 partners from 8 countries. They span across the overall cement, lime and pulp process industry value chain: basic and applied research, technology providers, end users/investors, societal sciences and business creation.
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About the project:
ELECTRA aims to tackle hard-to-abate carbon dioxide emissions through flexible electrification and CO2 capture. The project will develop new electrified manufacturing technologies to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions by substituting fossil fuels with renewable electrical energy and enabling efficient CO2 capture and removal. Key technologies include plasma heating, resistive heating, rotary kiln, and fluidized bed technologies. Despite similarities in high-temperature processes, each industry has unique requirements, leading to the development of several tailored technology concepts within ELECTRA.
Project objectives:
Demonstrate high temperature & flexible electrified industrial heating process units
Holistic design advancing new materials, increasing process flexibility and safety and matching renewable electricity generation to heat industrial processes
Validate the applicability at high performance through evidence-based analysis of ELECTRA technologies regarding economic, environmental, and societal impacts
Maximise impact by accelerating the adoption of electric kiln and fluidised bed technologies to decarbonise cement, lime and pulp industries and boosting Hubs for Circularity