Construction started on world’s first demonstration plant for large-scale electrically heated steam cracker furnaces Conventional furnace  Construction of demonstration plant started at CO Ludwigshafen Verbund site in cooperation with 2 Naphtha Raw SABIC and Linde olefins 850°C  Funding granted by German Federal Ministry Furnace for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Natural gas  Startup of the demonstration plant planned eFurnace for 2023 Naphtha Raw olefins 850°C eFurnace Renewable energy 15 December2022 | BASF ESG Investment Story