CAPCO2

CO2 capture and utilization through photobioreactors to support the green transition for small and medium-sized businesses

Background and Purpose

Currently, there are no real carbon capture and utilization (CCU) solutions or low-carbon technologies that can be applied in small and medium-sized businesses.

Therefore, there is a growing need to develop new processes, technologies, mechanisms and energy solutions that are both economically feasible and realistic for small and medium-sized industries.

The CAPCO2 project will create a CO2 capture and utilization solution that, using mobile photobioreactors, makes CO2 capture both cheap and accessible to small and medium-sized companies.

The aim of the project is therefore to demonstrate that even small amounts of CO2 from small industrial sites can be converted into algae-based biomass, which can then be utilized, as there is great potential for high quality ingredients with low CO2 emissions now and in the future.

How to proceed

The project will demonstrate how future biogas and fermentation clients of ALGIECEL'sCO2 capture as a service technology can valorise their CO2 emissions for the benefit of the entire value chain.

In the project, the consortium partners will set up a photobioreactor in collaboration with Novonesis, which supplies CO2 to the photobioreactor. The algae-based material is fed into an up-concentration container where the water is separated to demonstrate its reusability.

Expected results

CAPCO2 aims to demonstrate a breakthrough concept for Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU).

The solution is modelable and scalable, making it cost neutral (short term) and profitable (long term) for clients implementing the technology. The solution has high commercial potential based on:

- A market rooted in greenhouse gas emission reduction
- An increasing demand for sustainable bioproducts
- New methods
- CO2 prices and the voluntary carbon market