The Eurometropole of Strasbourg wishes to reach 100% renewable energy by 2050, so that this territory is a producer of green, local energy, allowing to reach carbon neutrality and to reduce its dependence and its energy bill. The recovery of unused heat, known as "waste heat", produced by the steelworks of the Badische Stahlwerke GMBH (BSW) industry, on the banks of the Rhine, in Kehl, Germany, a city bordering Strasbourg. This operation has an important role to play in the local energy mix. In order to transport this energy, the construction of a cross-border pipeline is necessary. This project will provide an additional 55 GWh of renewable energy per year, the equivalent of 5,500 heated homes, reducing the use of fossil fuels and the associated pollution. From the beginning of its operation, carbon emissions would be reduced by 17,000 tons per year. Eventually, 135 GWh of energy per year will be recovered. Work is scheduled to begin in 2021-2022 and will last three years, with the new heat to be delivered in the summer of 2025. October 20, 2021, in Strasbourg, Northeastern France. Photo by Nicolas Roses/ABACAPRESS.COM