IN4climate.NRW - and thus SCI4climate.NRW - designs cross-sectoral solutions and creates synergies between different sectors. The project partners identify and evaluate technologies contributing to achieve the overall goal. Furthermore, necessary infrastructure requirements for a climate-neutral production scenario as well as the boundary conditions for their realization are determined. The focus is on gas networks - e.g. for hydrogen and CO2 - and the corresponding components such as sites and dimensions for (energy) conversion (P2X), storage options and the most suitable energy carrier for transportation. At the same time, the parties involved address necessary adjustments to the political and legal framework.
IN4climate.NRW selects the relevant topics for the basic materials producing industry. The necessary scientific work is carried out in topic areas, which are managed by a SCI4climate.NRW:
- Technologies and infrastructures (Fraunhofer UMSICHT)
- Products and value chains (RWTH Aachen)
- Scenarios and transformation paths (Wuppertal Institute)
- General conditions and business models (IW Köln)
Currently, the topics hydrogen, carbon dioxide economy, circular economy with a special focus on polymers, political framework conditions, and narratives were selected. In the future, heat (low-temperature and high-temperature heat, process heat, waste heat utilization, system concepts such as power-to-heat (-to-power), etc.) could also be considered.