CO₂ Infrastructure: Solutions for Unavoidable CO₂ Emissions

Companies in the Free State are actively pressing ahead with the decarbonisation or defossilisation of their production methods and processes.

In some industries, however, process-related emissions are produced that are difficult or impossible to avoid. At the same time, CO₂ is required as a raw material in certain specialised industries.

Some 7 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions are produced in Bavaria annually as a result of thermal waste treatment and industrial processes. These emissions are considered unavoidable. If these emissions are not removed for reuse or storage, CO₂ will continue to be released into the atmosphere in the medium and long term. And if no solution is found for our waste management and domestic industry, the question of location could arise. Potentially, emissions might be shifted to other countries, but exporting emissions will not help our climate.