The future feasibility of decarbonized industrial chemical production based on the substitution of fossil feedstocks (FFs) with renewable energy (RE) sources is discussed. Indeed, the use of FFs as an energy source has the greatest impact on the greenhouse gas emissions of chemical production. This future scenario is indicated as “solar‐driven” or “RE‐driven” chemistry. Its possible implementation requires to go beyond the concept of solar fuels, in particular to address two key aspects: i) the use of RE‐driven processes for the production of base raw materials, such as olefins, methanol, and ammonia, and ii) the development of novel RE‐driven routes that simultaneously realize process and energy intensification, particularly in the direction of a significant reduction of the number of the process steps.

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超越太阳能：可再生能源驱动的化学

讨论了用可再生能源（RE）替代化石原料（FF）进行脱碳工业化学生产的未来可行性。实际上，使用FFs作为能源对化学生产的温室气体排放影响最大。这种未来的情况被称为“太阳能驱动”或“稀土驱动”化学。其可能的实现需要超越太阳能的概念，特别是要解决两个关键方面：i）使用可再生能源驱动的工艺生产基础原料，例如烯烃，甲醇和氨，以及ii）开发了新颖的可再生能源驱动路线，同时实现了过程和能源的强化，特别是在显着减少过程步骤数量的方向上。