(nova-Institute) Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) is one of the most obvious solutions to further reduce CO2 emissions, but it is yet still hardly exploited. However, these six nominated technologies turn CO2 into value: ethanol, methanol, polyols, surfactants or syngas – the audience will choose the winner at the “9th Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals”, 23–24 March 2021, online!
Recently, many projects on CO2-based fuel and chemical production, as well as efficient capture and utilisation technologies have been launched by both start-ups and established companies, ranging from pilot over demonstration to commercial scale. Even more players are now expressing interest in getting involved in this field. Great visions are becoming real business cases and companies are starting to realise their potential.
The advisory board of the “9th Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals” has now nominated six promising technologies as candidates for the innovation award “Best CO2 Utilisation 2021”. After a short presentation of all six nominees, three winners will be elected by the participants on 23 March 2021, the first day of the online conference (http://www.co2-chemistry.eu). The innovation award will be presented for the third time, it is sponsored by YNCORIS (Germany) and organised by nova-Institute (Germany) and CO2 Value Europe (Brussels).
The transition to direct CO2 utilisation as one alternative carbon source is needed to substitute fossil resources and to shift towards sustainable and climate-friendly production, paving the path to a circular economy and counteracting climate change. The internationally best-established conference on CO2 offers unique networking possibilities and invites the attendees of the entire Carbon Capture & Utilisation (CCU) and Power-to-X industry to learn about the latest innovations across the sectors and vote for their favourite candidate in the competition for the title “Best CO2 Utilisation 2021”. Further, the audience will be provided with most recent insights into CO2-based transport and aviation fuels and CO2-based bulk and fine chemicals. CCU technologies represent an essential contribution to a renewable carbon industry. All information, registration and the complete conference programme are available at: http://www.co2-chemistry.eu.
Here are the six nominees from four different countries!
bse Methanol (Germany): FlexMethanol
FlexMethanol will enable economically viable transformation of excess electrical power and off-gas CO2 into methanol as chemical energy storage and feedstock within small-scale and delocalised production units. Using a tailor-made catalyst, the direct conversion of CO2 is ensured without a cost-intensive water-gas-shift reactor. FlexMethanol consists of four industrially available process steps (electrolysis, CO2 scrubbing, methanol synthesis and distillation) as 10 and 20 MW modules scalable up to 100 MW. FlexMethanol significantly stabilises the revenues by dynamic operation according to the power market and price conditions, e.g., switching from feed into the grid and producing methanol from hydrogen. As a result, no feed storage tanks are necessary.
More information: http://www.bse-engineering.eu
Carbon Recycling International (Iceland): Emissions-to-Liquids Technology
Carbon Recycling International (CRI) has been developing its Emissions-to-Liquids (ETL) technology since 2006. CRI's first industrial demonstration plant was commissioned in Iceland in 2012. It has a capacity of 4,000 tonnes methanol per year. ETL converts CO2 and hydrogen into methanol in a one-step reaction. In 2020 the company moved from industrial demonstration scale to full commercial scale with a project in Anyang, Henan province, China. A plant, which will have a capacity of 110,000 tonnes methanol per year, will be commissioned in 2021. This represents an important step for CO2 hydrogenation projects worldwide. The CO2-based methanol is used for gasoline blending, biodiesel esterification, fuel cell operation, waste-water denitrification and chemicals production.
More information: http://www.carbonrecycling.is
Covestro (Germany): Washing with CO2-Technology – Surfactants based on CO2
CO2 instead of petroleum – Covestro is pursuing new avenues for turning the waste gas into a useful raw material. The goal is to use CO2 as resource in as many applications as possible. And the next scope is here to come: Surfactants based on CO2! First application tests have shown that these CO2-based surfactants can be used in a standard detergent formulation. The product development process is still in progress and the boundary conditions are already set: less fossil-based, less global warming potential, readily biodegradable and comparable washing performance – a new class of more sustainable surfactants for the everyday businesses.
More information: http://www.covestro.de
Dimensional Energy (USA): HI-Light Reactor Platform
Dimensional Energy (DE) has developed a concentrated solar fuels platform technology for converting CO2 to syngas (CO + H2 mixtures) with remarkable efficiency of > 50 % CO2 conversion (3rd party verified by 350Solutions during the XPrize competition in Gillette, Wyoming, USA). The robust platform technology utilises DE catalysts, reactor designs, and software in an integrated unit, and was tested on-sun during the Carbon XPrize Finals. The 5 tonnes/year demonstration plant was shown to work during variable weather and with no catalyst degradation. The reactor is scalable to parabolic dish size, and the modular system can be easily expanded by additional units. Continued development of the platform will yield > 70 % conversion in 2021, and will integrate a Fischer-Tropsch reactor for kerosene production from the syngas.
More information: http://www.dimensionalenergy.com
LanzaTech (USA): CarbonSmart Ethanol
The CarbonSmart Ethanol technology relates to capturing carbon and creating value from waste; effectively turning pollution into products. LanzaTech uses microorganisms to make ethanol from the carbon emissions of industrial processes like steel, syngas from municipal solid waste, waste wood or waste plastics. Ethanol is a chemical building block that can be used to produce a broad range of everyday products from household cleaning products, plastic shampoo bottles, furniture and toys, to fine fragrances and sporting goods. With a commercial plant in China that has produced over 20,000 tonnes of ethanol and mitigated over 100,000 tonnes of CO2 since 2018 and the first EU plant in Belgium in 2021, the technology is rapidly gaining traction in the market.
More information: http://www.lanzatech.com
UR One (Canada): Dissociation of Greenhouse Gas Oxides using Plaron Technology
Commercially ready carbon capture with 80 % lower operating and capital costs and dissociation of greenhouse gases including CO2, CO, NOx, SO2, SO. Carbon is captured as high value allotropes Buckminster Fullerenes with > 90 % capture rate. No consumables except electricity, and a small amount of water. All greenhouse gases from a 300 MW coal plant can be treated using only 3 MW of power and no back pressure. Only small amounts of electricity are required to separate molecules into their elemental components. Carbon is collected in water in the form of Buckminster Fullerenes (C60, C70, C80 and nano tubes) and other high value carbons.
More information: http://www.urone-inc.com
Patronage, sponsors and partners
The nova-Institute would like to thank Professor Dr Andreas Pinkwart, Minister of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) for taking on the patronage of the conference.
Further, nova-Institute thanks YNCORIS (Germany) for sponsoring and CO2 Value Europe (Brussels) for co-organising the innovation award “Best CO2 Utilisation 2021”. The 9th Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals is supported by Gold Sponsor VTT (Finland), Silver Sponsor Covestro (Germany) and Bronze Sponsor Axel Semrau (Germany). Further information on our attractive sponsoring packages can be found at: http://www.co2-chemistry.eu/sponsoring.
The nova-Institute also thanks its partner IASA e.V. (Germany) for supporting the conference.
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