| Summary: | The production and use of crude oil-based materials, e.g., fossil fuels and bulk chemicals of organic origin, results in an increasing level of CO<sub>2</sub> emissions within the atmosphere. One way to reduce such CO<sub>2</sub> emissions is to substitute them with synthetic fuels and bulk chemicals. For the production of such CO<sub>2</sub> neutral materials, CO<sub>2</sub> from various sources can serve as a carbon source. Against this background, this paper analyses and quantifies CO<sub>2</sub> emissions released from German industry branches today (2017) and potentially in the future (2050) after a complete defossilization has been achieved. Thus, for the classification of CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from the respective industries in 2050, alternative techniques and manufacturing processes are analyzed that might lead to a reduction in energy- and process-related CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Additionally, the individual production sites of the analyzed industries are determined at postcode level and a CO<sub>2</sub> potential on NUTS3 level has been developed. Based on this, two scenarios for future CO<sub>2</sub> emissions are developed. This shows that, in 2017, the analyzed German industrial sectors emitted almost 143 Mt CO<sub>2</sub>. By 2050, the overall emissions can be decreased by about 77 Mt to 117 Mt CO<sub>2</sub> depending on the implementation level of alternative technologies.
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