Electrified chemical plants

Built on

• National electricity gridRecorded · 1926enables
• Catalytic crackingRecorded · 1937enables

Led to

• Green steelForecast · ~2028enables
• Electrochemical zero-carbon cementForecast · ~2029enables
• Industrial steam heat pumpsForecast · ~2029enables
• Carbon-free aluminium smeltingForecast · ~2030enables
• Electric steam crackersForecast · ~2030enables
• Fats made from CO2Forecast · ~2032enables
• Wood biorefineriesForecast · ~2034enables
• Circular chemical industryForecast · ~2050enables
• Starch and sugar from CO2Forecast · ~2062enables
• A Venus cloud foundry makes structural carbonForecast · ~2082enables

Sources & evidence

• Additional source

Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.