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Evonik, Uniper Launch Sustainable District Heating Project

Award-winning TORTE project recognized for innovation and sustainability by German Chemical Industry Association’s "Responsible Care Initiative"

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Evonik and Uniper officially launched the Technical Options for Thermal Energy Recovery (TORTE) project in Gelsenkirchen. As one of the first phases of Evonik’s ‘Herne Green Deal’ to sustainably transform the Herne chemical site, the TORTE project will feed industrial waste heat from isophorone production into the district heating network. Around 1,000 homes in the Ruhr region will be supplied by the end of 2024. To recover this industrial low-temperature waste heat, Uniper has installed a la...

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