Climate protection and Energy Efficiency
Climate change and energy efficiency are fully integrated into our business strategy. Global climate change and the ever increasing requirements for energy and resource efficiency and environmental protection make clear that the world doesn't just need 'more', above all it needs 'better': more efficient use of energy and resources, more sustainable infrastructure and eco-friendlier production and use of consumer and capital goods. The global understanding of the need to become 'better' offers significant opportunities for ThyssenKrupp to leverage its strengths and gain clear competitive advantages. Innovations and technical progress are therefore key factors in mastering resource and infrastructure challenges. And this is where ThyssenKrupp's strengths lie: Our engineering competencies enable our customers to stand out from the global competition and manufacture innovative products efficiently while conserving resources.
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All Business Areas have set up consistent measures on energy efficiency and climate action.
Case Study: Climate protection and energy efficiency in steel production
ThyssenKrupp is already using the most advanced technologies available and has achieved considerable success in reducing its CO2 emissions. Our steel mills in Duisburg and Santa Cruz have a complex energy management called "Energieverbund" which helps to reduce energy consumption significantly - e.g. via the use of top gases, heat or steam. Therefore the use of reducing agents in our blast furnaces in Duisburg and Santa Cruz (Brazil) is already close to the chemical-technical minimum. With an adjusted figure of 1.7 t CO2 per ton of crude steel, ThyssenKrupp is well below the global average. Major reductions are not achievable with the existing blast furnace technologies.
PHOTO GALLERY Our „Energieverbund“ ensures efficient use of energy
Nevertheless ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe completed an energy efficiency program in 2010 which saved the staggering total of almost 45 million euros in energy since 2009. The new energy efficiency program will further reduce energy costs at all its production locations. The results of the saving measures are impressive. The potential identified so far at the Siegerland, Bochum and Dortmund sites alone amounts to some 12.5 million euros and will reduce CO2 emissions by 78,000 tons by the end of the implementation phase in 2014. 95 percent of the energy savings are to be achieved through equipment modifications, for which investment of around 8 million euros will be needed. The program is to be permanently incorporated into the continuous improvement process at ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG.
To achieve groundbreaking progress in reducing emissions, ThyssenKrupp is involved in research initiatives to develop forward-looking production processes for the decades ahead. In addition to in-house initiatives, these include our leading role in the "Ultra Low CO2 Steelmaking" project, in which 48 partners from 15 European countries are involved. The consortium brings together almost all major European steel producers, their suppliers as well as numerous universities and research institutes.
Scientists and engineers from ThyssenKrupp also participate actively in national and international bodies which address technical, economic and social issues of climate protection. For ThyssenKrupp this also includes involvement in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a global initiative to create transparency in tackling climate change.
