Climate protection is one of our biggest challenges. A fifth of the worldwide CO2 output is caused by power stations producing electricity and steam. The dioxin content of the fuel gas generated in the IMRG Technology already lies below the prescribed emissions limits even before the gas cleaning. Halogenated hydrocarbons such as furan are completely decomposed in the IMRG Technology.In comparison to other technologies, waste which cannot be reused or otherwise safely treated via other methods, the IMRG Technology provides the most optimum environmentally friendly solution.  

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Nowadays, no serious scientist is denying the anthropogenic climate change. The reason for climate change is the global increase in CO2 emissions since industrialization.

Since decades, the rich industrialized countries have emitted increasingly CO2. Added to that, emerging countries like China and India are increasing their CO2-output. China has now erected over 2300 coal-fired power plants to produce enough Energy for their growing industries. They have about 5 times as many coal-fired power plants than the whole European Union and further 1200 power stations are under construction or in the planning stage.

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Worldwide the CO2-emissions are increasing form year to year. Only the global financial crisis in 2008 led to a reduction of CO2-emissions in 2009. As early as 2010, the value of 2008 was again clearly exceeded. Currently, the annual emissions of CO2 are unimaginable 32.140 megatons or 32.140.000.000.000 kg of CO2 per year.

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The consequences of this amount of released CO2 can no longer be denied. Worldwide are extreme weather conditions increasing. Periods of severe rain are followed by weekly dry phases. The consequences are dried-up rivers, water shortage, dried crops. The heavy rain causes landslides and flooding. Even insurance companies confirm higher expenses due to a higher number of storms and floods. Other consequences cannot be balanced by an insurance and endangers the whole life on the earth.

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Among other things, the CO2 leads to the acidification of the seas. Owing to the acidification of the oceans, crustaceans may be more difficult to build up their protective armor, which consists mainly of lime. The global coral death is also attributed to the acidification of the oceans, in conjunction with the higher water temperatures.

Through the greenhouse effect, due to the higher atmospheric CO2 concentration, a global melting of glaciers can be observed. Also, the ice masses on the poles of our earth are melting in a frightening extent and lead to an increase in the sea level.

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Historically and economically, many people live in the immediate vicinity of the coast. Around 500 million people around the world are at risk. In the worst case, if all glaciers and the poles should melt, the sea level rises by 66 meters. New York, Miami, Tokyo, London, Peking, Amsterdam, Brussels, Venice, Stockholm, Helsinki, Riga, Tallinn, St. Petersburg and many other cities would be buried under the water masses. Berlin, 200 km from the coast, would have direct access to the sea and should think about a suitable location for a deep-water port.

To halt or at least mitigate the drastic dangers associated with climate change, 191 states have joined together and signed the Kyoto Protocol. In this agreement, the industrialized countries have agreed to reduce their direct CO2 emissions to the level of 1990 and help other countries not to make the same mistakes in environmental protection as the industrialized countries did. The hope is to limit the global warming to 2°C by various measures. Among other things, measures are being taken to give up fossil fuels, to invest more in regenerative energies and to promote energy saving measures.