Imagine a giant electric filter that pulls carbon dioxide directly out of the sky. Instead of using heat or expensive chemicals that wear out, this system uses a smart electric process with salt chemistry to grab the gas. It works like a rechargeable battery for the atmosphere, making it much easier to power with wind or solar energy.
Current Direct Air Capture technologies are too expensive for mass adoption due to high energy intensity and unstable sorbents. This prevents companies from effectively removing residual emissions to meet climate targets.
A Gen3 electrochemical DAC stack (Hydrolyzer) and a demo plant in Ismaning capable of capturing 10 tonnes of CO2 per year.
If you are a global enterprise dealing with residual emissions that cannot be cut, this project developed a Gen3 stack that captures 10 tonnes of CO2 per year. This allows you to purchase high-quality carbon removal to meet climate goals.
If you are a chemical plant dealing with the high cost of sourcing pure CO2 for production, this project developed an electrochemical DAC system. It provides a low-cost, renewable-powered source of CO2 for utilization in clean fuels.
If you are a wind or solar farm dealing with intermittent power production, this project developed a system compatible with fluctuating electricity. It turns excess renewable energy into a valuable carbon removal service.
The technology aims to decrease the costs of CO2 capture to below €75/tonne at megatonne scale.
The project is deploying a Gen3 minimum viable product capable of capturing 10 tonnes of CO2 per year, with a vision to reach 100 megatonnes per year by 2045.
Based on available project data, the technology utilizes a proprietary, fully-electric, low-temperature, pH-swing process.
The system is specifically designed for compatibility with intermittent renewable power, solving a major limitation of previous DAC approaches.
The project runs from November 2024 to October 2026 to validate the 10t-CO2/year MVP, which will then enable funding for a mass manufacturing line.
The project is led by Phlair GmbH, a German SME, acting as the sole coordinator. While it is a single-partner consortium, the project leverages external industrial expertise from Covestro for stack design and industrial scaling, and utilizes established PEM fuel-cell supply chains to ensure commercial viability.
Contact Phlair GmbH in Germany regarding their Gen3 Hydrolyzer deployment.
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