Imagine taking the smoke from a factory chimney and using it as a raw ingredient instead of letting it pollute the air. This project turns that waste gas into useful things like paint pigments, proteins, and fuel. It's like turning a trash pile into a gold mine for the construction and chemical industries.
Industries like cement and wood manufacturing face high costs and regulatory pressure due to CO2 emissions. Current carbon capture often lacks a profitable end-product, making it a cost center rather than a revenue stream.
Six breakthrough CO2 conversion technologies and one secondary conversion technology. These systems produce 10 specific products including biomethanol, microbial protein, and carbonated cement.
If you are a cement manufacturer dealing with high carbon emissions from clinker kilns — this project developed carbonated cementitious materials that replace resource-intensive alternatives. This allows you to lower your environmental footprint while producing a usable building material.
If you are a chemical producer dealing with expensive fossil feedstocks — this project developed routes for biomethanol and bioformaldehyde. These CO2-derived products provide a sustainable alternative to traditional petroleum-based chemicals.
If you are a waste management plant dealing with CO2 from biogas upgrading — this project developed gas-phase fermentation to create microbial proteins and polyhydroxybutyrate. This turns a waste stream into high-value bio-based materials.
Based on available project data, the deployment of 31 conversion technologies by 2040 is projected to generate €180M profit for the developers.
The project aims to deploy 3 large-scale technologies by 2032, scaling up to 500 units across 1000 plants by 2050 to capture 250 MtCO2.
Based on available project data, the project focuses on developing robust business cases and exploitation strategies to support the deployment of 7 CCU routes.
The project runs from 2026 to 2030, with 3-5 CO2-based products expected to begin displacing fossil feedstocks by 2032.
The technologies are designed for 3 representative sites: biogas upgrading units, biomass boilers at wood plants, and clinker kilns at cement plants.
The consortium is heavily industry-driven with 11 industrial partners (58% ratio), including 3 SMEs, which suggests a strong focus on commercial viability rather than pure academic research. With 19 partners across 8 European countries, the project has the necessary cross-border industrial reach to validate technologies in diverse settings like cement and wood manufacturing plants.
Contact Instituto Tecnologico de Aragon for partnership opportunities regarding CO2 conversion.
Contact SciTransfer to identify which of the 7 CCU routes fits your industrial emission profile.
