Analysis of the German Industry to Determine the Resource Potential of CO 2 Emissions for PtX Applications in 2017 and 2050

Tjerk Zitscher, Ulf Neuling, Antoine Habersetzer and Martin Kaltschmitt
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Tjerk Zitscher: Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics, Hamburg University of Technology, Eißendorfer Straße 40, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
Ulf Neuling: Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics, Hamburg University of Technology, Eißendorfer Straße 40, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
Antoine Habersetzer: Bauhaus Luftfahrt e.V., Willy-Messerschmitt-Str. 1, 82024 Taufkirchen, Germany
Martin Kaltschmitt: Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics, Hamburg University of Technology, Eißendorfer Straße 40, 21073 Hamburg, Germany

Resources, 2020, vol. 9, issue 12, 1-36

Abstract: The production and use of crude oil-based materials, e.g., fossil fuels and bulk chemicals of organic origin, results in an increasing level of CO 2 emissions within the atmosphere. One way to reduce such CO 2 emissions is to substitute them with synthetic fuels and bulk chemicals. For the production of such CO 2 neutral materials, CO 2 from various sources can serve as a carbon source. Against this background, this paper analyses and quantifies CO 2 emissions released from German industry branches today (2017) and potentially in the future (2050) after a complete defossilization has been achieved. Thus, for the classification of CO 2 emissions from the respective industries in 2050, alternative techniques and manufacturing processes are analyzed that might lead to a reduction in energy- and process-related CO 2 emissions. Additionally, the individual production sites of the analyzed industries are determined at postcode level and a CO 2 potential on NUTS3 level has been developed. Based on this, two scenarios for future CO 2 emissions are developed. This shows that, in 2017, the analyzed German industrial sectors emitted almost 143 Mt CO 2 . By 2050, the overall emissions can be decreased by about 77 Mt to 117 Mt CO 2 depending on the implementation level of alternative technologies.

Keywords: Power-to-X; carbon capture and utilization; resource efficiency; CO 2 emissions; defossilization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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