FUREC

The waste will come from the region, as it does now. Then it will be dried in Zevenellen and separated into metals (iron, aluminium and copper), stony materials (ceramics and stone) and a residual fraction. The residual fraction will be crushed and compressed into pellets that will then be transported to Chemelot by ship. The metals and stony material will be sold directly on the market as raw materials.

On arrival at the port of Stein, the pellets will be transshipped and transported to the plant at the Chemelot site where they will be completely converted, with hydrogen as the main product.

By replacing natural gas with waste, FUREC will reduce Chemelot’s annual gas consumption by more than 280 million cubic metres per annum. That is comparable with the annual gas consumption of approximately 200,000 households and will result in an annual CO₂ reduction of 400,000 tonnes.

The whole production process of FUREC – with hydrogen as the main product – is based on recycled waste flows instead of the use of fossil fuel, making it circular. And because more than half of the waste will consist of biogenic material, approximately 50% of the hydrogen produced will be ‘green’.

From every ton of waste, FUREC will produce 60 kilos of hydrogen, replace 340 cubic metres of natural gas and save on 413 kilos of CO₂ emissions. Also, there will be no more trucks full of Limburg’s waste travelling to incinerators around the country. Limburg will become circular.