Go big or go home stay home.*
From Balkan Green Energy News, May 5:
BASF plans to build a heat pump as big as soccer field
BASF says it is “creating chemistry for a sustainable future.” Set on the path to becoming carbon neutral by 2050, the company wants to use waste heat to make steam for its production process. To do this, the German chemical giant needs a heat pump the size of a football field.
The company is launching sustainability initiatives in almost all industry sectors. BASF is currently preparing to build an industrial heat pump in Ludwigshafen, Germany, which will play a key role in its climate protection strategy.
Chemical plants operated by the company generate a large amount of heat, and much of it remains unused. To reduce its fossil fuel needs, BASF plans to use waste heat from its production facilities and cooling water systems to generate much of the steam it will use in production.
....MUCH MORELast year, BASF established a strategic partnership with MAN Energy Solutions for the construction of industrial heat pumps in Ludwigshafen.
The planned large-scale heat pump would enable the production of steam using electricity from renewable sources. The waste heat from the cooling water system is envisaged to be used as a source of thermal energy. The remaining heat in the water would be processed by compression to produce steam that will be fed into the steam network. The integration of the planned heat pump can result in up to 150 metric tons of steam per hour, which is equivalent to a heat output of 120 MW, MAN Energy Solutions said....
*Ludwigshafen is BASF's hometown.
