Plasma start-ups offer alternative to hydrogen for decarbonising industry's heat consumption

Plasma technologies could open new options for decarbonising heat supply in industrial processes, offering an alternative to the use of green hydrogen, newspaper Handelsblatt reported. Swedish company SaltX has come up with a process that uses plasma in the production of cement, a technology that could help lower emissions across many industrial sectors. The company has already entered a partnership with SMA Mineral to produce climate-neutral limestone. Corey Blackman, technical expert at SaltX, told Handelsblatt that using plasma to produce cement reduces emissions by 40 percent and is around 30 percent more efficient than conventional processes. German chemicals and pharmaceuticals producer Bayer, meanwhile, has entered into a partnership with plasma start-up IonKraft.