Dow, Inc. (NYSE: DOW) and Shell announced a joint development agreement to accelerate technology to electrify ethylene steam crackers, which supply chemicals used to make products that people use every day. Today\u2019s steam crackers rely on fossil fuel combustion to heat their furnaces, making them CO2 intensive. As the energy grid becomes increasingly renewables led, using renewable electricity to heat steam cracker furnaces could become one of the routes to decarbonize the chemicals industry. The challenge is to develop a technologically and economically feasible solution.<\/p>\n
The collaboration between the two companies is already underway and brings together their complementary expertise and common commitment to a low carbon future. Innovation project teams located in Amsterdam, Terneuzen, the Netherlands, and Texas, U.S., are focused on designing and scaling \u2018e-cracker\u2019 technologies. They will work in the coming years to first prove out process technology innovations in laboratory and pilot operations and to then scale to commercial crackers.<\/p>\n
\u201cContinuously improving the sustainability of our operations is an inherent part of how we operate at Dow,\u201d said Keith Cleason, vice president Dow Olefins, Aromatics and Alternatives business. \u201cSignificant technological breakthroughs are needed to reduce our industry\u2019s energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, which will require companies to step out of their comfort zones and work together to achieve bold and ambitious new goals. Our partnership with Shell is an important step in making this vision a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas Casparie, executive vice president of Shell\u2019s global chemicals business, said, \u201cSteam cracking makes base chemicals, which are transformed into a range of finished products that help society live, work and respond to climate change. This new work with Dow has the potential to contribute to the reduction of carbon emissions from the manufacture of chemicals and to Shell\u2019s ambition of becoming a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 or sooner.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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