E. coli bacteria have been gradually trained to use carbon dioxide as food, rather than sugar, building their biomass from the air.
Markham District Energy- Health Supplements
Absorbs CO2 for use in health supplements using Pond Technologies’ algae.
AES Shady Point CO2 Recovery Plant
Captures CO2 from Shady Point power generation plant for use in food and beverages.
China Huaneng Group Tianjin Project
Captures 60% of CO2 emissions from newly built power plant.
AES Warrior Run CO2 Recovery Plant
Captures CO2 from Warrior Run Maryland power generation plants for use in food and beverages.
CO2 Recovery Plants Project
10+ plants capturing CO2 from ammonia facilities for re-use in beverage/food industry.
Huaneng Gaobeidian Power Plant Project
CO2 capture on retrofitted thermal power plant.
Química Methanol Plant
Methanol plant with a gas-fired boiler.
Orlando Utilities Commission – Stanton Energy Center
Stanton Energy Center demonstration; Joint DOE demonstration project to study microalgae commodities (i.e. animal feed) from coal plant flue gas CO₂ and/or renewable gas production.
White Dog Labs – MixoFerm
Anaerobic, non-photosynthetic mixotrophy (or Mixotrophic Fermentation).
Eni Technologies
Solar concentrators direct light into tanks where microalgae are growing; The microagae seperates CO₂ from gas coming up through the Ein Oil Centre; Algae is then dried and turned into algal flour; An oil is extracted from the flour that replaces palm oil.
Oakbio
CO2 to food and feed products, bioplastics, and chemicals
NovoNutrients
Untreated industrial waste gas CO2 is fed to microbes, which can be used as a replacement for ground-up small fish that are currently used as feedstock for aquaculture fish.