Electrify steam today
How to meet your plants’ sustainability targets
August 5th, 2025
With the EU implementing extensive industrial emissions regulations, increasing the pressure placed on companies to slash emissions from steam, AtmosZero offers a much-needed solution. In this blog article our European Commercial Director, Denis Schweizer, explains how AtmosZero can help businesses achieve their sustainability goals while saving on operating costs and capital expenses.
Steam is the most important heat transfer fluid used today. It’s crucial to industries such as the food and beverages, pharmaceuticals & chemicals and FMCG sectors. Yet, with steam generation accounting for 8% of global primary energy usage (the equivalent of 2.25GT of greenhouse gas emissions every year), businesses are under pressure to change the way they produce steam.
AtmosZero has designed Boiler 2.0, our steam-generating heat pump technology, to meet the new needs of today’s industry. A reimagining of fossil-fired industrial boilers, it offers the function of combustion or electric resistive and electrode boilers, but with twice the efficiency and while providing zero scope 1 emissions steam from day one. Capable of delivering temperatures of up to 153C today (expanding up to 200C by 2028) with a lift from -10C and delivering 1.5 ton of steam per hour, Boiler 2.0 could be the key to your business hitting its sustainability targets.
Plants are under pressure to reduce emissions
The EU has already introduced extensive industrial emissions regulations, increasing the pressure placed on companies to dramatically slash emissions from steam. The EU Industrial Emissions Directive (IED), Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), Fit for 55 Package and Clean Industrial Deal, in addition to national governments’ individual targets, have all introduced regulations that affect industrial steam production. Impending deadlines, often centered around a net zero by 2050 or even as early as 2030 goal, mean that businesses need to decide how they will meet these targets promptly.
For many businesses using steam as part of their operations, steam is the biggest contributor to scope 1 emissions. Gas-fired boilers, the typical source of steam production, burn natural gas, hydrogen fuel oil or coal to deliver a 20% efficiency loss, while emitting CO2 and other pollutants. Even resistive and electrode boilers typically suffer a 2% efficiency loss.
Businesses are faced with the challenge of finding a solution that meets their sustainability targets while being conducive to commercial success.
Produce zero-carbon steam from day one with AtmosZero’s drop-in solution
In contrast to traditional alternatives, Boiler 2.0 generates steam by sourcing heat from the outside air, thereby offering much greater energy efficiency – up to twice the efficiency of a standard electric boiler – and zero pollutants.
Since AtmosZero’s proprietary air-sourced heat pump technology means heat is upgraded and not created, efficiencies can be significantly higher than 100%, slashing facility energy needs. Boiler 2.0 also emits zero on-site carbon, nitrous oxide, sulfur oxide or particulate matter.
Another key advantage of Boiler 2.0: when you install Boiler 2.0, you are producing steam free of scope 1 emissions from day one. Boiler 2.0 is a plug-and-play solution, meaning it is quick and cheap to install with instant results. Sustainability deadlines mean the lengthy installation processes of other custom-engineered heat pump solutions are simply not an option for businesses wanting to meet targets on time. Installing Boiler 2.0 takes just days rather than weeks or months.
Adaptable and relocatable, our solutions reduce lifecycle waste and enhance long-term value for industries by staying operable for up to 20 years, 24/7. While Boiler 2.0 can be installed quickly, it is a solution built for the future.
Reap the benefits of increased efficiency while slashing emissions
Crucially, Boiler 2.0 is not just a solution designed to reduce emissions. Its efficiency and plug-in design makes it cost-effective too.
Up to twice as efficient as an electric boiler and more than twice as efficient as burning gas, Boiler 2.0 delivers steam at the lowest long-term cost on the market, helping to reduce energy use and operational expenses.
By providing a drop-in solution, AtmosZero enables businesses to update their boilers without disrupting productivity. Many seemingly cheaper waste heat-driven heat pumps carry hidden costs of installation arising from plant downtime during time-consuming integration work but Boiler 2.0 can be installed in days rather than weeks or months. Our system minimizes upfront costs compared to waste heat-driven heat pumps by avoiding the hidden costs of time-consuming integration work.
The benefits don’t end there. Boiler 2.0’s design is flexible, and can be adopted to your plant’s specific needs. Unlike an electric boiler, Boiler 2.0 can be placed inside, outside or as a split system – whatever your site requires. AtmosZero is the only heat pump provider in the market to offer the option to integrate with facilities’ process cooling loop for improved plant efficiency. For facilities that require process cooling, this option can greatly improve plant efficiency.
Act now: Charge full steam ahead into the decarbonized future
Time is running out to meet emissions targets. 2030 is a common deadline for emissions targets, and for some ambitious businesses this deadline is even closer.
AtmosZero will help you achieve your sustainability goals while saving on operating costs and capital expense.
Get in touch with our European Commercial Director, Denis Schweizer, today. Let’s talk zero-carbon steam.