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Mar. 30, 2010 First industrial-scale plant contract for climate-friendly chlorine production using Bayer MaterialSciences innovative ODC technology Lower emissions due to oxygen-depolarised cathode technology On March 10, 2010, Uhde and Bayer MaterialScience AG of Leverkusen signed a contract for the construction of a new 20,000 tonne-per-year chlorine plant at the Krefeld-Uerdingen chemical park. The plant is due to be commissioned in the first half of 2011. It will be the first time that Bayer MaterialSciences oxygen-depolarised cathodes (ODCs) are to be used in the electrolysis cells developed by UHDENORA/Uhde to produce chlorine on an industrial scale - thus cutting the energy required to produce chlorine by up to 30 percent compared with standard membrane technology and indirectly reducing annual CO2 emissions by up to 10,000 tonnes. The project between the two companies, which was initiated in close cooperation with the RWTH University of Aachen, the Technical University of Clausthal and the University of Dortmund, is funded by the Federal German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) under the Research for Sustainability programme, otherwise known by the German acronym FONA. FONA supports initiatives for improved energy efficiency and higher resource productivity. The projects funded actively contribute to counteracting the effects of climate change. Within the framework of the Qualification of NaCl ODC technology for industrial chlorine production project, Bayer MaterialScience and Uhde are for the first time implementing the industrial-scale use of ODC technology for the production of chlorine on a sodium chloride (NaCl) basis. This innovative, sustainable and environment-friendly technology combines UHDENORAs know-how in cell technology with the expertise of Bayer MaterialScience regarding the oxygendepolarised cathode. As a global leader in the production of electrolysis cells and a supplier of chlorine plants, Uhde is already an established partner f