RESULTS

Nitrogen Amine MOF

Geologic formations, Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Permanent Sequestration, Lab, ALL

A new way to capture CO2 from low-temperature steam.

Keppel Data Centres and MHI-AP Memorandum of Understanding

Synthetic hydrocarbons, Project, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Keppel Data Centres Holding and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Asia Pacific have signed a memorandum of understanding to research the possibility of implementing a hydrogen powered tri-generation plant in Singapore.

NREL CO2 to Formate

Technology, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Researchers at NREL have developed a new way of converting CO2 to a more usable product- formate.

Power to Methanol Feasibility Study

Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

A study is being conducted to find feasible methods for sustainable methanol production in Antwerp, Belgium.

Self Forming Silver Membrane

Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

Researchers at Newcastle University have developed a new type of membrane for filtering carbon dioxide and other chemicals.

Wyoming CarbonSAFE

Permanent Sequestration, Project, Lab, ALL

The University of Wyoming will finish their characterization and obtain a class VI permit to build a large-scale CO2 storage complex in Campbell County, Wyoming.

North Dakota CarbonSAFE Phase III

Permanent Sequestration, Project, Lab, ALL

The University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center will characterize and seek UIC Class VI permits in order to build injection wells at a commercial-scale storage complex.

San Juan Basin CarbonSAFE Phase III

Project, Lab, ALL

The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology will perform a commercial-scale assessment of a storage complex in order to accelerate the deployment of integrated CCUS technology at San Juan Generating Station, a nearby coal-fired electricity generation plant.

Illinois Storage Corridor

Project, Lab, ALL

The board of trustees at the University of Illinois is set to obtain UIC Class VI permits to build two carbon storage plants on already-built infrastructure.

Green Hydrogen for Humberside

Project, Lab, ALL

A feasibility study to determine how Humberside can deploy green hydrogen and reach the 2050 goal of net zero emissions.

PMW Feasibility Study

Geologic formations, Industrial Capture, Permanent Sequestration, Post-combustion, Project, Lab, ALL

A team of companies will collaborate to research the feasibility and costs of utilizing PMW’s marine cryogenic CO2 capture process for the shipping industry.

UCB CO2, Sunlight Hybrid Process

Atmospheric Capture, Technology, Direct Air Capture, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

A hybrid system of bacteria and nanowire that has the ability to harness sunlight and use it to convert CO2 and water into chemicals that can be used to create organic molecules.

REX-CO2 Project

Enhanced oil recovery, Geologic formations, Saline formations, Permanent Sequestration, Project, Lab, ALL

The REX-CO2 project will develop a procedure and tools for evaluating existing hydrocarbon wells for CO2 storage, helping stakeholders make informed decisions on the potential re-use of certain wells or fields. A key output will be a software tool, developed – using case study evaluations from the six participating countries – for screening and assessing wells for their re-use potential.

PrISMa Project

Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Project, Lab, ALL

PrISMa aims to accelerate the low-carbon transition in the energy and industrial sectors by developing a technology platform to deliver bespoke, cost-effective carbon capture solutions for a range of different CO2 sources and CO2 uses/destinations.

NEWEST-CCUS Project

Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Project, Lab, ALL

NEWEST-CCUS focuses on the development and deployment of CO2 capture technologies tailored for waste to energy (WtE) plants.

LAUNCH Project

Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Project, Lab, ALL

The LAUNCH project aims to accelerate the uptake of CO2 capture across industry through the development of novel capture solvents.

Weizmann Institute of Science

Atmospheric Capture, Food and beverage, Technology, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

E. coli bacteria have been gradually trained to use carbon dioxide as food, rather than sugar, building their biomass from the air.

Salt River Project

Atmospheric Capture, Geologic formations, Direct Air Capture, Lab, ALL

CO2 capture from ambient air to produce a clean gas stream w/ CO2 concentrations up to 5%.

Chinese-European Emission-Reducing Solutions (CHEERS)

Chemical looping, Industrial Capture, Lab, ALL

Testing 2nd generation chemical-looping technology on industrial auxiliary systems to produce electricity without generating CO2.

SOLVit Project

Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

Completed R&D project, testing over 90 post-combustion capture technologies, with 45,000 hours of operation from gas and coal-fired power plants.

Gerald Gentleman Station Project

Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

300 MW, retrofit facility being studied by INO Engineering for potential CO2 capture.

STEMM CCS Project

Geologic formations, Permanent Sequestration, Lab, ALL

Strategies for Environmental Monitoring of Marine Carbon Capture and Storage.

University of Wyoming

Enhanced oil recovery, Permanent Sequestration, Lab, ALL

Establishing the Williston Basin CO2 Field Laboratory in the South Central Cut Bank oil field in Montana.

CO2stCap

Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

Four-year project aimed at reducing the cost of CO2 capture from industrial sources by 20%.

Supercritical CO2 Pilot Plant/ STEP Project

Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

DOE-funded facility to refine the sCO2 power cycle and demonstrate component performance and scalability.

Evonik Specialty Plastics

Plastics, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Long-term Storage, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Research w/ Lanzatech on using syngas to develop specialty plastics; Combines Evonik’s biotechnology platforms w/ LanzaTech’s synthetic biology & gas fermentation expertise for the development of a route to bio-processed precursers for specialty plastics from waste derived synthesis gas.

C2B Project

Industrial Capture, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Post-combustion, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Project aimed at the continuous capture of CO2 from flue gas coming from coal-fired plants and its regeneration as pure CO2 in the production of hydrocarbonate.

Power-to-X Kopernikus Project- Germany

Atmospheric Capture, Direct Air Capture, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Lab, ALL

The plant captures CO2 from ambient air in a cyclic process.

EPRI- Kentucky, USA

Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

Engineering design and cost estimate of a membrane-based post-combustion CO2 capture system on Duke Energy’s East Bend Station.

The Georgia Tech Research Corporations

Technology, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Design of transition-metal/zeolite catalysts for direct conversion of coal-derived CO₂ to aromatics; New catalytic process to produce valuable aromatic chemicals directly from CO₂ in coal-fired power plant flue gas; Will enable a single-reactor process for conversion of CO₂ to aromatics that can be deployed onsite at coal-fired power plants.

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

Enables direct utilization of CO₂ in exhaust gases from heavy industry by capturing low-concentration CO₂.

Colorado School of Mines

Technology, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

CO₂-to-fuels through novel electrochemical catalysis; Modular and scalable reactor that economically upgrades CO₂ into fuels and chemicals; Integrates carbon-carbon-coupling catalysts developed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory with emerging proton-conducting ceramic membranes to directly produce synthetic fuels and high-value chemicals from CO₂ feedstocks.

University of Wyoming

Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

Novel catalyst to increase CO₂ desorption; Reduces energy consumption in CO₂ capture by using TIO (OH)₂ as a novel catalyst that is capable of drastically increasing the rates of CO₂ desorption from the spent monoethanolamine (MEA) by more than 4,500 percent; Looking to build a demonstration plant as a next step.

University at Buffalo – Mixed Matrix Membranes

Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

Developing mixed matrix membranes in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology, Membrane Technology and Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Trimeric, and the NCCC; The membranes will contain advanced materials, such as metal organic polyhedras and rubbery polymers, to achieve high CO₂ permeance, high CO₂/N₂, and high CO₂/O₂ selectivity at temperatures up to 60 degrees Celsius; Testing will be conducted at the NCCC.

University of Illinois

Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

Biphasic solvent-enabled absorption process for post-combustion carbon capture; Development of the transformational biphasic CO₂ absorption process (BiCAP) technology; BiCAP is a post-combustion CO₂ capture technology that has the energy efficiency advantage of a phase-transition process, while incurring low equipment and operating costs.

University of Iowa

Technology, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Selective and efficient electrochemical production of neat formic acid from CO₂ using novel PGM-free catalysts: abiotic electrolyzer cost-effectively convert CO₂ to formic acid; The project will design a process where CO₂ is collected from the flue gas of coal or fossil fuel combustion and fed to the electrolyzer; The supercritical CO₂ phase will be used for reduction and a liquid water phase will be used for oxidation.

University of Kentucky – Fog + Froth Post-Combustion Capture

Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

Fog + froth-based post-combustion CO₂ capture in fossil-fuel power plants; Plans to fabricate, integrate, and research a compact absorber with integrated fog and froth formation zones; Testing will be conducted at the University of Kentucky’s Center for Applied Energy Research bench post-combustion CO₂ capture facilities using both simulated and real coal-derived flue gas.

University of Southern California

Carbon fibers, Technology, Industrial Capture, Long-term Storage, Synthetic materials, Lab, ALL

Research of transport and reaction in membranes, adsorbents, and catalysts; Experiments involve carbon molecular sieve and SiC membranes.

Washington State University

Technology, Industrial Capture, Post-combustion, Lab, ALL

Hollow, nanorod‑shaped porous materials made of cobalt metal ions and organic molecules to separate the CO₂ in a way that works under real‑life conditions.

West Virginia University

Technology, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Converts CO₂ from power plant flue gas into commercial-quality sodium bicarbonate, aiming to lower the cost of carbon capture technology.

Metna Company

Cement, Technology, Long-term Storage, Lab, ALL

Commercially viable methods for chemically binding large CO₂ volumes in concrete.

Precision Combustion, Inc. – CO2 to Fuels

Technology, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Uses intermittent solar power by employing a multi-functional material (calcium carbonate; CaCO3). This material enables the alternating capture and release of solar energy, while simultaneously converting carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) to syngas, which is then readily convertible into a range of chemicals or fuels. The conversion process will make use of DOE’s concentrated solar power technology.

Mainstream Engineering Corporation

Technology, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Developing an electrosynthesis process that utilizes CO₂ from coal flue gas to produce fuels or chemical precursors, including carboxylic acids. Carboxylic acids are valuable and important precursors used in polymers, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and cosmetics.

E3TEC Service, LLC

Technology, Industrial Capture, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Converting captured carbon dioxide (CO2) into high-value industrial chemicals, specifically dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and monoethylene glycol (MEG), using their patented heat-integrated reactive distillation (HIRD) process.

RRTC

Cement, Technology, Industrial Capture, Long-term Storage, Post-combustion, Synthetic materials, Lab, ALL

A combination of two technologies to capture CO₂ from power plants and store it in the form of a carbonate-bonded composite monolith block can be cost-effective in theory and energy-efficient.

University of Delaware – CO2 to Alcohols

Technology, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Novel integrated electrolysis system to produce C2-C3 alcohols, such as ethanol and propanol, using carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plant flue gas.

University of Kentucky Research Foundation

Biodegradable plastics, Atmospheric Capture, BECCS, Technology, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

Microalgae-based process to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired flue gas to value-added products utilizing a dual photobioreactor (PBR)/pond cultivation strategy.

TDA Research Fuels

Technology, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

CO2 conversion to fuel; New sorbent-based process that can convert CO2 captured from power plants (or other large sources) by reducing it with methane and water into a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen