• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Sebastian Scholz

thyssenkrupp Steel

Program Manager, Hydrogen Transformation

I manage the tranformation of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe from a coal to a climate-friendly hydrogen based steel producer. The program will reduce 30% of tkSE's CO2 emssions by 2030 and make thyssenkrupp climate neutral by 2050. The program consists of numerous projects of all tkSE divisions. It is the largest transformation that steelmaking has gone through and it goes beyond steel. We develop a hydrogen infrastructure that will be an important cornerstone to reach European Paris Climate Agreement committments. Before becoming the program manager, I have been responsible for thyssenkrupp's energy procurement. Before jointing thyssenkrupp I worked for the German energy company E.ON in natural gas and LNG trading.

Sessions With Sebastian Scholz

Wednesday, 11 March

  • 01:30pm - 02:20pm (CST) / -

    Emerging Pathways to Synthetic Liquid Fuels

    Upstream Oil & Gas

    Over one-third of today’s global GHG emissions come from transportation and manufacturing, and reducing their GHG significantly will likely require abundant, inexpensive low-carbon liquid fuels. With promising technologies, including artificial photosynthesis, algae-based fuels, and conversion of CO2 to fuel, still in R&D, how does their performance and economics compare? What production scale is needed for them to reach that potential? What changes would be needed to existing fuel transport and delivery infrastructures? What are their obstacles to move toward commercialization, and how can they surmount them?

  • 12:30pm - 05:20pm (CST) / -

Thursday, 12 March