UK’s Carbon Re targets industrial emissions using AI

Around 20 per cent of global greenhouse emissions come from the production of primary materials such as cement, steel and glass. Notoriously difficult to decarbonise, these sectors are largely betting on nascent technologies such as hydrogen and carbon capture to reduce their emissions. However, scale deployment of these technologies could be decades away.  

According to Carbon Re, its Delta Zero AI platform can facilitate significant CO2 reductions today through operational efficiencies. The start-up says its software is already being used in pilot projects to cut fuel use and CO2 emissions by up to 10 per cent at cement plants in Europe, Asia and the Americas. It’s claimed that a single deployment of Delta Zero at a cement plant can eliminate 50 kilotonnes of annual CO2 emissions – equivalent to taking 11,000 cars off the road.

Carbon Re said the platform works by modelling the unique production environment of each plant then using advanced machine learning and AI techniques to drive operational efficiencies. Delta Zero continuously analyses manufacturing data to enable plant operators to optimise production processes based on lowest possible CO2 output and fuel use.