These solutions enable customers to protect the environment, contribute to decarbonization and carbon neutrality, reduce the use of valuable resources such as water, and foster a circular economy by reusing resources from side streams – the by-products or waste generated during production processes.
Environmental technologies, including flue gas cleaning systems, are part of our profound expertise in supporting sustainability.
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Green hydrogen is a pivotal technology in shaping the future of the global energy sector and plays a central role in all climate-related objectives.
Striving to become a leader in this field, we offer a full spectrum of solutions for green hydrogen production. Our expertise spans from initial consulting and engineering to delivering complete turnkey plants on an EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) basis. Furthermore, we provide comprehensive life cycle services, including performance management and predictive maintenance, all enhanced by our cutting-edge digital solutions.
At the core of our green hydrogen system are electrolyzers, which use electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. If the electricity used in the process comes from renewable sources such as wind, solar or hydropower, the result is green hydrogen.
Our EPC capability, coupled with autonomous plant technology and advanced service offerings, places us on the path to becoming an industry trailblazer.
Salzgitter Flachstahl has chosen ANDRITZ to build one of Europe’s largest green hydrogen plants, a key step toward achieving virtually CO2-free steel production. Using HydrogenPro’s pressurized alkaline electrolyzer technology, ANDRITZ will build a 100 MW green hydrogen plant. Expected to be operational in 2026, the plant will produce approximately 9,000 tons of green hydrogen per year, which will be used to produce green steel.
We offer solutions to capture greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from industrial processes, focusing particularly on the cement, pulp-and-paper and steel industries, as well as waste to energy and biomass combustion industries.
Our technologies separate and capture CO2 from flue gas and make it available in highest quality. It can then be compressed and liquefied for further use, for example, as a carbon source for e-fuel, or to be safely stored underground for permanent removal from the atmosphere. In line with growing environmental regulation, higher carbon prices and incentives for decarbonization, our carbon capture solutions have gained significant momentum. Our solutions can be retrofitted to existing power and industrial plants, allowing them to continue operating in sustainable or even negative manner in case biogenic CO2 is stored underground. Reaching net-zero emissions means that an estimated 1.6 billion tons of CO2 will need to be captured annually by 2030.
In the past year, we commissioned the first amine-based carbon capture plant for the cement industry in Germany and delivered a carbon capture pilot plant to Austrian steel producer voestalpine, marking significant strides in our carbon management initiatives.
ANDRITZ has supplied its first carbon capture plant to the steel industry. The pilot plant started operating at voestalpine’s steel mill in Linz, Austria, in the second quarter of 2023. The plant separates carbon dioxide from the flue gases resulting from iron making using an amine-based process.
ANDRITZ focuses on providing technology for the production of only the most sustainable renewable fuels – e-fuels and advanced biofuels. As an alternative to fossil fuels, they represent a significant step towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and diminishing our reliance on conventional fossil fuels.
E-fuels are fully synthetic and produced by combining carbon dioxide (CO2) with green hydrogen derived from water electrolysis powered by renewable electricity. Our approach stands at the forefront of this technology, making us a complete P2X solution provider by transforming green hydrogen and CO2 into renewable fuels.
Our expertise extends into advanced biofuels, produced from biomass feedstock:
At ANDRITZ, we are committed to introducing advanced technologies to the market that will bring us closer to a green economy.
The top section illustrates the production of advanced biofuels using the ANDRITZ gasification technology. The lower section describes our P2X process, in which renewable fuels are created in a synthesis process by applying water electrolysis to produce green hydrogen and then combining it with CO2 from biogenic sources.
ANDRITZ’s subsidiary Schuler is pioneering the battery manufacturing sector for e-mobility, focusing on the efficient production of lithium-ion and all-solid-state (ASSB) batteries. With the global electric car fleet growing, Schuler responds by offering the most advanced manufacturing lines for battery cell assembly, finishing and metal housings for batteries.
Key achievements include our successful market entry with cell finishing equipment for giga-factories or securing strategic orders, such as a pilot assembly line for large lithium-ion pouch cells for the Fraunhofer Research Institute for Battery Cell Production FFB.
Additionally, we have secured an order from a German OEM for a pilot line for ASSB battery manufacturing. Solid-state batteries offer considerable advantages in safety, energy density and charging speed. These accomplishments highlight Schuler’s role in advancing safer, more energy-dense and faster-charging battery technologies for e-mobility.
ANDRITZ is committed to promoting sustainable textile recycling, taking into account both its environmental and economic impacts. We offer a comprehensive range of solutions, including automated textile sorting as well as mechanical and chemical recycling, all designed for efficiency and gentle fiber treatment to preserve their quality.
The future of textile recycling looks promising with upcoming regulatory restrictions on landfilling and incineration. Currently, only 12% of the 92 million tons of textile waste generated worldwide each year is recycled, and less than 1% is reused in new garments.1 This situation underscores the urgent need for better recycling practices as textile waste is projected to increase to over 134 million tons by 2030, highlighting significant sustainability challenges in the industry.2
ANDRITZ’s technologies and experience from an extensive base of more than 2,000 tearing lines in operation worldwide demonstrate our commitment to minimizing the environmental impact of the textile industry and turning waste into valuable resources. Supported by our expansive global R&D network with several testing and pilot facilities, and a state-of-the-art automated sorting line in France, ANDRITZ is well-equipped to lead the growth market in textile recycling. We are committed to developing customized solutions in collaboration with our customers, addressing the pressing needs of the industry and contributing to a more sustainable future.
1 Source: MC Kinsey & Company, market study July 2022
2 Source: Fast Fashion’s Environmental Impact, The True Price Of Trendiness,
Delila Smith, February 15, 2021, https://goodonyou.eco/fast-fashions-environmental-impact/; https://ekodoki.com/de/blogs/blog/warum-ist-upcycling-von-textilien-notwendig-und-wertvoll, November 15, 2023
