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Decarbon TechnologiesTechnologies for climate-critical industries
thyssenkrupp's businesses hold leading technologies in future-oriented fields such as hydrogen, Carbon2Chem, and industrial decarbonization. We have brought these key technologies together to systematically unlock the significant potential of our businesses and translate it into sustainable growth - for our customers, our partners, and for the planet.
Key figures Decarbon Technologies
(FY 2024/25)
Key technologies for a significant reduction in CO2 emissions
With the Decarbon Technologies segment, thyssenkrupp positions itself as a driver of industrial decarbonization. Under this segment, we bring together our businesses that each hold key technologies for significant CO2 reduction in industry: thyssenkrupp rothe erde, thyssenkrupp Uhde, thyssenkrupp Polysius, and thyssenkrupp nucera. These businesses combine decades of experience and an extensive installed base with deep expertise in international plant engineering. Our specialists know precisely how to develop our businesses in the best interests of customers and partners.
From the Ruhr region to the world
Given the locations of the individual businesses, Decarbon Technologies is headquartered in Dortmund. From there and from locations around the world, the segment's 12,678 employees pool their knowledge, expertise, and innovative capabilities in the service of industrial decarbonization. Together, we are expanding Decarbon Technologies in key growth markets across the Middle East, the US, and China. Achieving global decarbonization requires a collective effort - and thyssenkrupp Decarbon Technologies is the partner of choice.
The four Businesses of Decarbon Technologies
thyssenkrupp rothe erde
With thyssenkrupp rothe erde as one of the world's leading suppliers of the latest generation of slewing bearings, we are making the energy turnaround possible: The resilient compact connecting elements are making a significant and sustainable contribution to global climate and resource protection in wind turbines, current and tidal power plants and solar installations.
Slewing bearings
Day after day, rothe erde® slewing bearings prove themselves as reliable rotational connection elements in a wide range of application areas. Worldwide, Rothe Erde always offers solutions that are unique in terms of design, quality, material selection and performance. The design and production are exactly carried out according to the individual customer requirements.
thyssenkrupp Uhde
thyssenkrupp Uhde is one of the world's leading technology companies in the fields of ammonia cracking and ammonia, which will increasingly be produced using renewable energy in the future. Ammonia is thus an important base chemical for the chemical and fertilizer industries on their path to climate neutrality.
Green Ammonia
Ammonia is one of the most widely produced chemicals in the world. Demand for green ammonia as a base chemical is even set to double by 2050. That's because green ammonia is an ideal carrier for transporting hydrogen, making it central to the green transformation of industry and the success of the energy transition. Ammonia can also be used in fuel cells to generate electricity. And since its only emissions are air and water, ammonia is an excellent storage medium for electrical energy. As the world's population grows, so does the need for food – and with it, the need for fertilizers and ammonia. Green ammonia is indispensable when it comes to producing enough food for a growing global population.
With its proven uhde® ammonia process, thyssenkrupp Uhde is one of the leading technology providers in the field of ammonia. We are a reliable and competent partner for EPC projects and the world market leader for ammonia plants, with more than 2,500 chemical plants built worldwide and over 100 years of experience.
Green Methanol
Green methanol is primarily used in the chemical industry as a raw material for a wide range of chemical products, such as polymer fibres for the textile industry, plastics for packaging, adhesives, nappies, paints, solvents and much more. Methanol is also used as a fuel or fuel additive.
Thanks to the rise in affordable renewable energy, methanol can be produced using wind or solar power, geothermal energy or hydropower – which significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions. This ‘green methanol’ is environmentally friendly and can be used as an energy carrier to store renewable electricity or as a transport fuel. Alongside LNG and ammonia, green methanol is also a viable alternative fuel for maritime applications. Furthermore, it can be blended with conventional liquid fuels or used as fuel for 100% methanol-based propulsion systems.
thyssenkrupp uses its own Uhde methanol technology for production. Hydrogen is generated using highly efficient alkaline water electrolysis (AWE), which is based on thyssenkrupp’s proven chlor-alkali electrolysis technology. The carbon dioxide is recovered from biogas or other fermentation plants, as well as from a wide variety of sources such as flue and exhaust gases from chemical and petrochemical complexes, cement works or steelworks. By removing this greenhouse gas from the atmosphere and ‘recycling’ it, the production process can make a further positive contribution to climate protection.
Cement
thyssenkrupp Polysius is one of the leading suppliers of technologies and automation solutions for the
decarbonization of the cement and lime industry and, increasingly, for other industries. With more than 160 years of experience, we set standards in the development of innovative technologies and services, as well as a comprehensive and customized service offering that enables sustainable and economical production. Our services are not only tailored to our own products, but also cover installations from third-party suppliers.
thyssenkrupp nucera
Green Hydrogen Production
thyssenkrupp nucera builds water electrolysis plants on an industrial scale. More than 50 years of expertise in chlor-alkali electrolysis form the strong foundation for its water electrolysis technology. This enables customers to reduce their carbon footprint by producing green hydrogen.