Decarbonization & Energy Services
Sustainability is not a trade-off. It is your long-term competitive advantage.
As global steel and aluminum producers face increasing pressure to reduce emissions, digital transformation becomes the key enabler – not just for compliance, but for performance, profitability, and future resilience. With PSImetals, decarbonization is integrated into every production decision. Discover our product portfolio for sustainable production management now.
How our solutions can benefit you:
- Cost efficiency and sustainability: PSImetals is designed to improve cost efficiency while simultaneously enhancing sustainability.
- Efficient KPIs: It utilizes both economic and ecological efficiency KPIs as optimization targets. Green KPIs are used for optimized production planning, scheduling, and execution.
- Process and resource optimization: PSImetals optimizes process flows and resource consumption. AI-driven solutions further optimize energy and material usage.
- Emission reduction: PSI solutions support the replacement of CO₂-intensive processes with greener alternatives.
- Improved profitability: By balancing market expectations with production and business constraints, PSImetals ensures maximum profitability. This is achieved through demand selection, site and period selection, capacity allocation, and import determination.
Take precise control of your CO₂ emissions
Take control of your CO₂ emissions with precision. The Product Carbon Footprint Tracking is one of the highlights in our decarbonization product portfolio. It gives you real-time, product-level visibility into greenhouse gas emissions - so you can meet sustainability targets, respond to customer demands, and prepare for regulatory compliance.
Benefits at a glance
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Real-time CO₂ tracking
Monitor Scope 1, 2, and upstream Scope 3 emissions live - at the level of individual products and production steps.
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Full transparency across the chain
From raw material input to finished goods, trace every emission-relevant process using Quality Process Snapshots and detailed material genealogy.
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Certifiable & standard-compliant
Built to align with ISO 14067 and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol for clear, auditable carbon footprint reporting.
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Customizable to your operations
Easily configure calculation models to match your energy inputs, material usage, and process conditions - no matter how complex your plant setup.
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Enable green KPIs & eco-informed decisions
Use PCF data to drive smarter planning, reduce energy intensity, and position your products for future green steel and aluminum markets.
Sustainable Charge and Alloy optimization
Another highlight from PSImetals’ decarbonization portfolio is the comprehensive hybrid charge and alloy optimization model. The hybrid model goes beyond the capabilities of the conventional approach. Through integrated planning and raw material optimization, you gain full visibility into material needs, enabling alloy calculations based on your order book, smarter scrap purchasing and call-offs, and even the discovery of previously overlooked scrap mixes to achieve the optimum charge mix for your furnaces.
Benefits at a glance
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AI-Driven scrap characterization
Automatic adaptation of scrap properties using AI techniques to continuously evaluate and update the expected chemical composition, metallic yield, and melting energy requirements of each scrap type based on observed melting results.
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Holistic material input optimization
Optimization of material inputs across the entire production chain and melt shop. The hybrid model includes modules for all secondary metallurgical processes, making it possible to evaluate the complete material and energy strategy across all production steps.
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Integrated energy and emission management
Consideration of energy consumption and CO₂ emissions for optimization of charge and alloy mix, as well as dynamic adaption of input material properties. Raw materials and energy demands, along with resulting CO₂ emissions, are key parameters in rule-based Production Order elaboration.
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Enhanced heat campaign planning
Improvement of heat campaign planning by optimizing entire campaigns, defined as sequences of heats over a defined planning horizon while considering expected raw material deliveries, material stock levels, variable electricity pricing, and forecasted production orders. This ensures that each individual heat contributes to an optimized campaign sequence.
Further highlights in our product portfolio
Circular economy by holistic scrap management
PSImetals delivers optimized scrap management by treating internal scrap as valuable batch material, automatically capturing key production data, and tracking weight, composition, and carbon footprint for every container. With clear visibility into scrap origin and quality, you can recycle efficiently, plan scrap demands, optimize mixes and alloy charging, manage scrap yards, and track consumption across the entire production chain, reducing energy use and lowering your carbon footprint.
Process value archiving & performance management
Process data measured by the automation layer is reported to the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for real-time monitoring and archiving. This supports detailed tracking of energy and resource consumption, which is crucial for energy management and CO₂ emission calculations. Dashboards and performance reports use historical data for comprehensive evaluations.
Production Planning and Scheduling
Raw materials and energy demands, along with resulting CO₂ emissions, are key parameters in rule-based Production Order elaboration (Order Dressing). This enables forecasting green KPIs like total energy consumption and CO₂ emissions, balancing them with productivity, quality, and cost targets for optimized production planning and execution. It also aligns energy demands with availabilities and supports the optimization of energy procurement, including day-ahead and intraday trading.
Whitepaper
Ready to lead the green revolution?
Download our exclusive whitepaper to learn how PSImetals can transform your production process for a greener future.
Discover how PSImetals supports decarbonization in the metal industry by:
- Replacing CO₂-intensive processes with greener alternatives
- Optimizing energy and material usage with AI-driven solutions
- Providing real-time tracking of greenhouse gas emissions
- Minimizing costs and carbon footprints through alloy & charge optimization
