SABIC, BASF & Linde started the construction of the world’s first large-scale electrically heated steam cracker furnaces. The demonstration plant of 6 MW input of renewable electrical energy will be integrated into a steam cracker of BASF’s Ludwigshafen Verbund site. By using electricity from renewable sources instead of natural gas, the new technology has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions of one of the most energy-intensive production processes in the chemical industry by 90% compared to technologies commonly used today. The investment costs for the pilot will be borne by BASF and SABIC and the demonstration plant will be operated by BASF. Linde is the engineering, procurement and construction partner for the project and in the future will commercialize the developed technologies. Completion is scheduled for the end of 2023, followed by a stepwise commissioning.