Supporting the decarbonisation of the industry and
contributing to environmental protection

All areas of everyday life need to contribute to stopping global warming and protecting the environment. Although great progress was made in recent years, further actions need to be taken. Fir example, economy and industry are still major contributors to world-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The decarbonisation of the industry is thus an important component on the path to climate neutrality. But what is decarbonisation? And how can industrial facilities further support decarbonisation?

Man-made greenhouse gases (GHG) and emissions are major drivers of global warming. Above all, these include carbon dioxide (CO₂) and methane (CH₄). These are emitted in many sectors, but mainly in transport and industry.

Numerous measures have been taken to reduce these harmful emissions. For example, 195 nations agreed in December 2015 in the Paris Climate Agreement that climate change needs to be curbed and the global economy is to become more climate-friendly. The main aim is to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 ° Celsius as well as to reduce emissions.

Complementing the Paris Climate Agreement, the European Green Deal was agreed in 2019 – 27 European countries committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55 % by 2030 and becoming climate-neutral by 2050. Climate neutrality means that no more greenhouse gas emissions are to be emitted that are not compensated for elsewhere.

Decarbonisation plays a decisive role in achieving these ambitious climate goals. In general, decarbonisation refers to the reduction of CO₂ emissions. The long-term goal is to stop emitting harmful greenhouse gas emissions. Generally, all measures to reduce emissions are part of decarbonisation. Consequently, decarbonisation also includes, for example, switching from fossil fuels to renewable energies, electromobility or increasing the energy efficiency of buildings.

Decarbonisation requires further measures

Many measures for decarbonisation have been implemented in recent years. However, more needs to be done to achieve the 1.5 ° Celsius goal and climate-neutrality by 2050. Especially through the combustion of fossil fuels, industry and economy are still major greenhouse gas emitters. Industrial decarbonisation is therefore another important factor – emissions that are emitted as a result of industrial processes and activities need to be further reduced as well. Particularly, the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas and oil still releases too many harmful emissions into the atmosphere – especially if they are emitted untreated.

There is currently a shift notable to new, alternative and more sustainable technologies and energy sources, such as green ammonia, hydrogen or LNG. Although much has been done in the industry in recent years, more measures need to be taken to reduce harmful emissions even further. Therefore, new sustainable technologies must be developed, but also deployed.

Industrial decarbonisation made in Pförring

ETS Degassing has been contributing to industrial decarbonisation for more than 17 years now with its predecessing companies SIS and ENDEGS. To this end, we develop innovative technologies that support industrial facilities in reducing their hazardous emissions.

For example, many industrial processes produce emissions such as hydrocarbons, VOC (volatile organic compounds) and HAP (hazardous air pollutants). When these emissions are simply vented into the air, they cause great harm to both environment and human health. Unfortunately, this still happens too often. It is therefore important that emerging industrial emissions are treated immediately and not released into the atmosphere. Since 2007, ENDEGS has been offering various innovative technologies and solutions that aim to do just that and help customers to reduce their industrial emissions.

With the following efficient services from ETS Degassing, industrial operations can contribute to decarbonisation:

• Mobile degassing: In 2008, we enabled mobile emission treatment for the very first time world-wide and since then has been offering high-performance mobile incinerators that destroy all substances and gases in the explosion groups IIA, IIB and IIC with a rate of 99.99% and no open flame. This allows tanks, containers, pipelines, ships and other components to be degassed and stationary systems to be temporarily replaced for emission reduction.
• Mobile nitrogen services: Mobile vaporizers with nitrogen tanks enable the safe handling of all kinds of components filled with liquid and highly flammable substances such as ammonia, hydrogen or LNG.
• Remote-controlled tank cleaning: The ATEX Zone 0 robot for rent is remote controlled and can be operated from a safe distance. This means that workers are no longer exposed to significant health and safety risks while cleaning industrial tanks.

ETS Degassing supports customers world-wide with innovative technologies to reduce their emissions. Thus, we are making an important contribution to decarbonisation and the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions.