European industrial architecture

European Silicon & Energy Materials Platform

A vertically integrated, energy-resilient production system for Europe's silicon-based critical materials.

Vertically integratedϟ Energy resilientEU regulatory alignedSilicon Solar Semiconductors

01 — The platform

From fragmented capacity to a coordinated European materials system.

The Platform connects energy, processing technology, industrial sites, capital and market access within one long-term implementation framework.

Its purpose is not a single factory. It is a scalable production ecosystem able to reduce strategic dependencies, accelerate industrial investment and supply the material foundations of Europe's twin green and digital transition.

01

Vertically integrated

One coordinated industrial architecture—from qualified feedstock and primary processing to high-purity materials and downstream formats.

02

Energy resilient

Production assets aligned with diversified power supply, efficiency, heat recovery and long-term low-carbon energy strategies.

03

Regulatory aligned

A platform designed around European permitting, traceability, environmental performance and critical-material policy requirements.

Interactive industrial pathway

From quartz to Europe’s strategic applications.

Select a stage to see how purity, technology, product and industrial role evolve across the Platform.

02MG-Si

Metallurgical-grade silicon

Creates the first bankable industrial asset and the Platform’s controlled upstream layer.

Process
Submerged Arc Furnace · reduction · casting
Output
MG-Si alloy
Markets
External industry · internal purification

Phase I — Upstream stabilization

Metallurgical Silicon Mini‑Plant, Ukraine.

The first deployable module is an 8,000‑tonne annual MG‑Si facility based on bankable Submerged Arc Furnace technology.

Developed by Ukrainian Power‑Metallurgical Company LLC, the project establishes controlled feedstock for the Platform's future DSS and FBR purification modules. It is structured as an operational asset in its own right and as the upstream control layer of the integrated system.

8,000 tpaMG-Si design capacity
98–99% SiTarget product purity
70 / 30Internal / external allocation
12–18 monthsImplementation horizon
€22–30mIndicative project CAPEX
82Direct positions
Hybrid allocation model

Production that stabilizes the platform.

Approximately 70% of output is reserved for downstream solar‑grade and electronic‑grade purification. The remaining 30% supports selective external industrial sales and operating flexibility.

70%Internal platform supply
≈ 5,500 tpa
30%External allocation
≈ 2,500 tpa

02 — Integrated value chain

One architecture.
Five connected stages.

Each stage is designed to strengthen the next—commercially, technically and energetically.

01

Feedstock

European quartz and circular silicon streams

02

Metallurgical silicon

Low-carbon, energy-secured smelting

03

Polysilicon

High-purity refining for strategic markets

04

Wafers & materials

Engineered formats for downstream industry

05

European applications

Solar, storage and semiconductors

Engineering foundation

Industrial maturity with a defined upgrade path.

The Phase I module prioritizes technical reliability, controllability, traceability and downstream feedstock quality over commodity-scale expansion.

TechnologySubmerged Arc Furnace (SAF)

TRL 9 / proven industrial standard

Furnace transformer12–15 MVA

Three-electrode AC configuration

Operating load10–12 MW

Continuous high-load operation

Specific energy11.5–13 MWh/t

Subject to final engineering and operating mode

Grid connection110 kV preferred

Dedicated industrial substation

Dust removal>99%

Cyclone + baghouse + continuous monitoring

Pre‑FEED basis. CAPEX, energy demand and commissioning parameters are indicative engineering assumptions and will be confirmed through site-specific FEED, grid studies, permitting and supplier quotations.

Energy & carbon architecture

Energy is a strategic control variable.

01

Long‑term power

Industrial PPA strategy designed to reduce exposure to spot-price volatility.

02

Recovery systems

Off‑gas and heat recovery pathway with potential to reduce grid dependence.

03

Carbon traceability

Measurement begins at MG‑Si and propagates through DSS and FBR accounting.

04

Phased decarbonization

Increasing low‑carbon electricity share and progressive process optimization through 2035.

03 — Strategic markets

Materials for Europe's essential industries.

02

Semiconductors

A development pathway toward electronic-grade silicon and advanced material inputs.

Discuss opportunity
03

Energy systems

Silicon-based materials for batteries, power electronics and next-generation energy infrastructure.

Discuss opportunity

04 — Development pathway

Built through disciplined industrial phases.

2025–2027

Upstream stabilization

Quartz governance, MG‑Si Mini‑Plant, PPA structure and initial carbon measurement.

2027–2030

Solar‑grade integration

DSS commissioning, MG‑Si synchronization, recovery integration and yield optimization.

2030–2033

Electronic‑grade expansion

FBR commissioning, advanced impurity control and semiconductor-grade market entry.

2033–2050

Energy & hub maturity

Low‑carbon optimization, modular expansion and evolution into a European critical-silicon hub.

Investment architecture

Capital sequenced to reduce integration risk.

The Platform progresses from bankable upstream infrastructure toward higher-value purification and energy integration.

Phase I project CAPEX€22–30m

Indicative engineering range for the 8,000 tpa Mini‑Plant.

All‑in start-up requirement€26–36m

Including pre-operational costs, working capital and construction-period financing.

Base funding concept60 / 40

Indicative senior debt / equity structure, subject to financing arrangements.

Financial values are planning assumptions from the project business plan and do not constitute an offer, commitment or investment recommendation.

Build Europe's material resilience

A platform for industrial partners, investors, technology providers and public institutions.

Join the architecture shaping a secure European silicon and energy-materials value chain.

Initiated by Ukrainian Power‑Metallurgical Company LLC, Kyiv, Ukraine

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