BASF Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony at Ludwigshafen Site

Greenhouse gases at Ludwigshafen site will be reduced by up to 100,000 metric tons per year.

BASF and its cooperation partner GIG Karasek held a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony today at the Ludwigshafen site for one of the world’s largest industrial heat pumps for CO2-free steam generation. The heat pump currently under construction will have a thermal output of just under 50 megawatts and will use electricity from renewable sources to produce CO2-free steam, which will be used primarily for the production of formic acid. It will reduce the annual greenhouse gas emissions generated...

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