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Towards a low carbon economy – the perspective of the EU Chemicals Industry BCET 2019 19-22 September 2019, Western Macedonia, Greece Dr. George Kapantaidakis Cefic Public Affairs Manager
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Towards a low carbon economy –the perspective of the EU Chemicals Industry
BCET 201919-22 September 2019, Western Macedonia, Greece
Dr. George Kapantaidakis
Cefic Public Affairs Manager
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Profile of the EU Chemical Industry
✓ 29 000 companies, 96% SMEs
✓ 1.17 million of jobs
✓ €542 billion of revenues
✓ 15% of the world’s chemical sales
✓ State of the art innovative solutions
= key EU economic sector
Source: Cefic Chemdata International - data for 2014
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The Chemicals Industry in Greece
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How does the EU legislate?
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Chemicals at the Center of technological disruption
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CO2 valorisation
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Chemical recycling
➢ Chemical recycling of plastic waste into valuable materials or fuels is a crucial route for further circularity of the value chain.
➢ Chemical conversion technologies rely mainly on the processes of depolymerisation through chemo or bio-catalysis, pyrolysis (hydro thermal cracking or fluid catalysed cracking) and gasification.
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Electrification of chemical processes
➢ In the chemical industry, the direct use of electricity can be considered for heat/steam/vapour generation or upgrade.
➢ Direct use can be achieved through developing and deploying efficient technologies for electrochemistry and use of unconventional energy sources (e.g. microwaves, ultrasound, plasma).
➢ All electrification projects wouldrequire the integration of process industries into a
renewable-intensive grid, which would drastically reduce CO2 emissions from the respective processes.
Thank you very muchfor your attention!
Dr. George Kapantaidakis Public Affairs Manager
Tel. +32.2.436.93.44 Mobile +32.498.17.27.26
European Chemical Industry Council - Cefic aisbl
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