Recently, the term Industrial Symbiosis has received widespread attention from all walks of life. Industrial symbiosis is a form of industrial organization in which waste generated in one production process can be used as raw material for another production process, so as to achieve the most efficient use of resources and minimize industrial waste. However, from the perspective of practical application and experience accumulation, industrial symbiosis is still in an immature stage of development. Therefore, the EU plans to carry out the CORALIS demonstration project to test and solve the problems encountered in the practical application of the industrial symbiosis concept and accumulate relevant experience.
The CORALIS Demonstration Project is also a fund project funded by the European Union’s “Horizon 2020″ Research and Innovation Framework Program. The full name is “Building a New Value Chain by Promoting Long-term Industrial Symbiosis” Demonstration Project. The CORALIS project was launched in October 2020 and is scheduled to be completed in September 2024. The steel companies participating in the project include voestalpine, Sidenor of Spain, and Feralpi Siderurgica of Italy; research institutions include K1-MET (Austrian Metallurgical and Environmental Technology Research Institute), European Aluminum Association, etc.
The CORALIS demonstration projects were carried out in 3 designated industrial parks in Spain, Sweden and Italy, namely the Escombreras project in Spain, the Höganäs project in Sweden, and the Brescia project in Italy. In addition, the European Union plans to launch a fourth demonstration project in the Linz Industrial Zone in Austria, focusing on the coupling between the melamine chemical industry and the voestalpine steel industry.