Imagine a machine that acts like an artificial leaf, but on a much larger scale. It takes sunlight and waste gas from factories and turns them into useful building blocks for fuels and plastics. Instead of letting pollution float away, it uses electricity from solar panels to bake that gas into valuable raw materials.
Industries struggle to reduce carbon emissions while maintaining economic growth. Current carbon capture methods often lack a profitable way to turn captured CO2 into high-value products.
A 20-foot containerised CO2 electrolyser unit and a multicell stack system capable of converting CO2 to CO using solar power.
If you are a chemical producer dealing with high carbon emissions — this project developed a low temperature electrolyser that converts waste CO2 into carbon monoxide. This allows you to create fine chemicals and pharmaceutical drugs from waste instead of fossil fuels.
If you are a fuel producer dealing with the need for carbon-neutral aviation fuels — this project developed a technology to produce e-kerosene and e-wax. It uses photovoltaic power as the only energy source to transform waste CO2 into these energy carriers.
If you are a grid operator dealing with excess solar power during peak hours — this project developed a containerised CO2 electrolyser unit. This system acts as a way to store solar energy by converting it into chemical products.
The project developed a containerised demonstrator unit capable of processing 100 t of CO2 per year.
The technology is backed by two PCT patent applications and research published in Nature Energy.
Based on available project data, specific pricing is not provided, but a detailed technoeconomic assessment was performed to prove competitiveness.
The objective is to reach TRL 8-9 and become a leading electrolyser provider by 2030, with a pilot plant proving viability by 2027.
The technology is built into a 20 feet long standard container including all electronics and control systems for easier deployment.
The project is led by a single Hungarian SME, ECHEMICLES ZARTKORUEN MUKODO RESZVENYTARSASAG. With a 100% industry ratio and no university or research partners in the consortium, the focus is heavily weighted toward commercial transition and investor readiness rather than basic research.
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