Imagine a giant chemical sponge made of lime that soaks up CO2 from factory smoke. Once the sponge is full, it is heated up to release the CO2 in a pure stream for storage, and the sponge is reused. This process cleans up the air while creating a usable product from waste gases.
Heavy industries like cement and steel cannot easily eliminate CO2 emissions due to the chemistry of their production processes. These sectors contribute to over 5 Gt of CO2 annually and need a cost-effective way to capture carbon without consuming excessive energy.
Three TRL6 pilot plants in Europe and a database of over 4,000 operational hours. The project also produced FEED studies for future demonstration plants.
If you are a cement plant operator dealing with unavoidable CO2 emissions from limestone decomposition — this project developed a Calcium Looping system that can reach CO2 capture rates above 99%. This allows you to decarbonize a process that is traditionally hard to abate.
If you are a steelmaker using electricity-based processes but still facing carbon emissions — this project developed CFB-CaL technology that can reduce costs to as low as 30 €/tCO2 avoided. This helps maintain competitiveness while meeting strict emission targets.
If you are a WtE plant owner dealing with high carbon output from waste incineration — this project developed a system capable of negative emissions. It utilizes CFB reactors to capture CO2 and can achieve energy intensities below 0.8 MJ/kgCO2.
Based on available project data, some process schemes can reach costs as low as 30 €/tCO2 avoided.
The project uses three TRL6 pilot plants to generate data for scaling up reactors to fully commercial scale by 2030.
Based on available project data, the consortium includes a world-leading CFB process technology developer, though specific licensing terms are not listed.
The technology aims for and has demonstrated CO2 capture rates above 99%.
The project objective is to enable commercial deployment of Calcium Looping using CFB technology by 2030.
The consortium is heavily industry-driven with 14 industrial partners (58% of the total), including 3 SMEs. This high ratio of commercial players, combined with 6 universities and 4 research centers across 10 countries, indicates a strong focus on market viability rather than just academic research.
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