Logo VZDI white

 Association for the Decarbonization of Industry

Long-term goal of negative emissions

How leading companies, together with science and the canton of Zug, are leading a promising process to a breakthrough.

Learn more

Our sponsors

A black and white drawing of a smiley face on a white background.

Initiative

In order to achieve the climate goals, the sponsorship intends to raise the process of splitting methane into hydrogen from laboratory to industrial level and to use it quickly in Swiss industrial companies.

About the initiative
A pair of hands holding a plant on a white background.

Why association

The Association for the Decarbonization of Industry (VZDI) is responsible for the implementation of the initiative and the development of the ecosystem for the emission-free use of methane.

About the association
A black and white drawing of a production plant on a white background.

Technology

Thanks to close cooperation between research and industry, academic knowledge can be quickly transferred into practice and the process can thus achieve a breakthrough at industrial level.

About the technology

Many steps lead us to the goal

A white background with a circle in the middle of it.

Phase 1

Q4 2022

Methane pyrolysis laboratory plant as a working prototype

A white background with a circle in the middle of it.

Phase 2

 Q4 2024

Construction of a methane pyrolysis plant with an output of 10 kg H2 per hour

A white background with a circle in the middle of it.

Phase 3

 Q1 2025

Commissioning of the first industrial plant in the high-temperature process in Zug/CH and reduction of CO2 emissions by 150 t CO2/year

A white background with a circle in the middle of it.

Phase 4

Q4 2026

Supporting the development of an ecosystem for the use of renewable methane and thus the realization of negative emissions

Quotations

A white background with a few lines on it

“State-imposed measures are not enough to stop global warming. In close cooperation, research and industry have the potential to further accelerate decarbonization. The Association for the Decarbonization of Industry is a role model that will hopefully be imitated in other areas.”

Andreas Bittig - Association for the decarbonization of industry

January 2023

A white background with a few lines on it

«We are convinced that the cooperation of business, science and politics is the best breeding ground for innovation. The “Industry Decarbonization” initiative is a prime example.”







Silvia Thalmann-Gut - Zug Economics Director

June 2022

A white background with a few lines on it

“The decarbonization concept of the association for decarbonization of the industry consists of a two-stage approach: a first step that can be implemented quickly with the decarbonization of natural gas and a second step in which the natural gas is replaced by renewable, synthetic methane. Replacing fossil natural gas with renewable methane will result in negative CO2 emissions»

Christian Bach - BUT

April 2023

News

A graph with the word co2 and an arrow pointing down

Our motivation is to reduce the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere

by Andreas Bittig • 21 July 2024
Negative CO2 emissions are the only way to bring the atmosphere back into historical equilibrium and thus slow down global warming.
A 3d rendering of a factory with a graph on top of it.

Potential of the methane pyrolysis process

by Andreas Bittig • 21 July 2024
Thanks to the Association for the Decarbonization of Industry, a process with great potential is moving from the laboratory to the manufacturing industry.
Share by: