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The German basic materials industry (steel production and processing, cement production, and production of basic chemicals) emits large quantities of greenhouse gases. Although various innovative technologies are ready to decarbonize production processes, the current market environment hardly allows investments in these technologies. At the same time, due to long investment cycles and path dependencies, these…

Technical innovations are a crucial component in achieving climate neutrality. A large part of the emission reductions required for this will have to be achieved through technologies that are not yet scaled in the market today. So in order to have the right technologies available at the right time on the road to climate neutrality,…

Technical innovations are a decisive contribution to climate neutrality. However, there is often a lack of knowledge transfer from research to practice. Spin-offs are too rare, patents too often gather dust in a drawer, potentials remain unused. Many new and groundbreaking ideas are being generated at German research institutions in particular. The task now is…