large-scale low-temperature electrochemical CO2 conversion to sustainable and climate-neutral e-fuels & chemicals
ECO2Fuel is an EU project under Horizon2020 (Green Deal). It aims to design, manufacture, operate, and validate the worldwide first low-temperature 1MW direct, electrochemical CO2 conversion system to produce economic and sustainable e-fuels and chemicals.
Green & smart solutions
To the most complex challenges
Carbon is not just a component of life, it also makes up our contemporary world and drives innovations. Carbon is responsible for almost everything from the fuels we run our cars on, the cushy spring in our running shoes, your favourite electronics, building materials, and electric car parts. Yet, the problem we face today is that we use mainly fossil fuels as the primary carbon source, emitting CO2 and accelerating climate change. The ECO2Fuel project will change this paradigm by deriving carbon from CO2 instead of fossil fuels.
The Technology We Work On
By replacing fossil carbon in fuels and chemicals with recycled carbon from CO2, we can remove emissions from thousands of essential items, set new standards for the industry, and prevent further CO2 emissions.
"With the international consortium of ECO2Fuel from Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Denmark, Israel, Greece and the Netherlands, we will be driving the electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction towards commercialization in the coming five years, assuring the leading position of the EU in developing green technologies for a brighter future."
"It is crucial to assess the full sustainability impact, including economic, environmental and social aspects, early in the development phase. Setting clear sustainability targets will contribute to the success of the ECO2Fuel project and the implementation of the electrochemical CO2 reduction system.“
“Transport accounts for around a fifth of global CO₂ emissions, and transport demand is expected to grow worldwide in the coming decades. The ECO2Fuel project aims to face this challenge by scaling a single-step CO2 conversion process to produce liquid e-fuels without the need for hydrogen”,
„ECO2Fuel is not only about recycling carbon from CO2 but the smart development, scale-up, implementation, and recycling of the critical components and the optimised use of the produced fuels and chemicals.“
„Electrochemical synthesis technologies are very promising to produce sustainable fuels and chemicals directly from water, green electricity, and recycled CO₂ as they avoid the effort of high synthesis temperatures and pressures. In this free workshop we will share some insights of how far we've come in turning CO₂ into valuable chemicals.“
„The ECO2fuel project represents a unique opportunity to bring the CO2 electrochemical reduction technology to an industrial relevant level, representing a powerful route to achieve an important milestone towards a greener future."
"ECO2Fuel technology can use any source of CO₂ produced by any industry facing unavoidable CO₂ emissions. Additionally, the latter use of e-fuels produced by the ECO2Fuel technology can lead to reducing the CO₂ emissions, helping the EU to reach its emission targets."
"The ambitious goals in ECO2Fuel will boost research in that area and generate important knowledge for the „carbon dioxide reduction reaction“ community."
"In the next few months, we will start planning exploitation workshops together with the partners to enter the most exciting part of our tasks."
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