Supported by a $15 M grant from the Quebec government, led by CO₂ Solutions; The objective of the VCQ project is to develop and demonstrate commercially viable end-to-end solutions to capture and utilize CO₂ in various applications while at the same time reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

Earth Energy (EE) & American Green Gasoline (AGG) Project

Synthetic hydrocarbons, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Pilot, ALL

Organized to develop profitable commercial ventures that add value to alcohol production, bioprocessing, and/or use CO₂ and other waste streams as inputs into production of biofuels, chemicals, and high value products.

CO2toMethanol.com

Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, ALL

Planning to build a plant that will convert natural gas and CO2 to methanol.

Rheticus II

Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, ALL

Plans to develop a test plant that will use CO2, water, and electricity from renewable sources and bacteria to produce specialty chemicals.

MefCO2

Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Pilot, ALL

Project to build a plant that could demonstrate the economic feasibility of using captured CO2 and turning it into chemicals such as methanol.

Soletair- Finland

Atmospheric Capture, Direct Air Capture, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Process chemicals, Demonstration, ALL

100% renewable energy powers direct air capture.

TerraCOH

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

Next generation geothermal for emissions free power, using CO₂ as a subsurface working fluid which can be used at 50% more locations than traditional geothermal; Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) Plume Geothermal – CPG™.

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.

Thyssenkrupp – Carbon2Chem

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

Uses gases from steelmaking process as raw materials for chemical production.

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.

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.

White Dog Labs – MixoFerm

Food and beverage, Technology, Process chemicals, Project, Short-term Recycling, ALL

Anaerobic, non-photosynthetic mixotrophy (or Mixotrophic Fermentation).

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.

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

Atmospheric Capture, BECCS, Biodegradable plastics, 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.

Faraday Technology Inc.

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

Faraday Technology Inc. with MIT is developing an electrochemical process that incorporates gas diffusion electrode technology to make formic acid.

Southern Research Institute

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

Thermocatalytic ethylene production process using ethane and actual coal-fired flue gas CO2

Aramco Performance Materials

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

Uses a catalyst to combine CO2 and hydrocarbons to create polyols

RTI CO2 to Acrylonirile

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

Novel catalytic process technology for utilization of CO2 for acrylonitrile production

RTI CO2 to CO

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

Catalyst technology for oxygen abstraction from CO2

RTI Dry Methane

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

Dry methane reforming

Rice University- the Wang Group

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

Converts CO2 into carbon monoxide (CO) and formic acid products using high-performance catalysts

Global CO2 Initiative (University of Michigan)

Carbon fibers, Cement, Technology, Industrial Capture, Plastics, Synthetic hydrocarbons, Long-term Storage, Polymers, Process chemicals, Post-combustion, Synthetic materials, Short-term Recycling, Lab, ALL

The Global CO2 Initiative at the University of Michigan aims to identify and pursue commercially sustainable approaches that reduce atmospheric CO2 levels by 4 gigatons/year.

Air Co.

Technology, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, ALL

A process that uses electricity and a catalyst (heat) in water to turn CO₂ into ethanol; Carbon negative alcohol is produced.

Phytonix Corporation

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

Photosynthetic conversion of industrial CO2 emissions into low cost industrial chemicals

Opus 12

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

Combines new catalysts with a novel drop-in component that reprograms existing hardware to split CO2

bse Engineering

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

Enables the sustainable use of current and CO2 with small-scale, delocalized production units built where the two components are generated, i.e. near power plants using renewable sources of energy as well as large-scale industrial plants producing CO2.

Electrochaea GmbH

Enhanced oil recovery, Technology, Process chemicals, Permanent Sequestration, Short-term Recycling, Demonstration, ALL

Stranded electricity and CO₂ is converted into renewable gas for EOR.

OCO Corporation OCOfoam

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

Electro-catalytic conversation of CO2, water, and electric energy into liquid formic acid

Enobraq

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

CO2 as an industrial fermentation feedstock.

Oakbio

Biodegradable plastics, Food and beverage, Technology, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, Pilot, ALL

CO2 to food and feed products, bioplastics, and chemicals

b.fab GmbH

Technology, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, ALL

Using CO₂ and water from renewable sources a process produces formic acid; Then the liquid feedstock (formic acid) is used as substrate in the bioprocess using b.fab formatothropic strains and directed into a desired product.

North Carolina State University

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

Sustainable conversion of CO2/Shale gas to green acetic acid via a thermochemical cyclic redox scheme

CO2ElectroRefinery – CO2 to Chemicals

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

Aiming to develop a bio/electrochemical system that can convert waste CO₂ into hydrocarbons or higher organics; Then that system would be developed into a modular system which is linked to renewable energy sources.

DyeCoo – CO2 Dyeing

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

Water-free textile dyeing using recaptured CO₂; Upon being pressurized, CO₂ has high solvent properties, which allows dye to dissolve easily; CO₂ is reclaimed from industrial sites and 95% of it is recycled in a closed loop system.

FUCHS Petrolab

Technology, Process chemicals, Short-term Recycling, ALL

Research into recycling carbon-rich waste streams and turning them into functional biomass; Industrial waste water, sewage sludge, and flue gas are to be converted, through microrganisms, to valuable materials for industrial production.