BioRECO2VER aims to demonstrate the technical feasibility of more energy efficient and sustainable non-photosynthetic biotechnological processes for the capture and conversion of CO2 from industrial point sources into valuable platform chemicals, i.e. isobutene and lactate.
Poroject Lead: VITO
Region: Europe
Country: Belgium
City/Town: Antwerpen
Timeline Start - End: 2018-01-01 - 2021-12-31
Project Status: Completed
Project Budget: 7239148.84 €
Funding source: 94% H2020
Website: http://bioreco2ver.eu/
Activities:
- Techno-economic analysis
- Sustainability assessment
- Research (CCU)
- Applicability assessment
CO2 Source: Refineries, cement production, ect.
CCU Tecnology Category: Capture (Point sources) and Utilization
Info On Utilization:
- Biological conversion
End TRL: 5
CO2 capture/Utilization: Cement 1700 Mton/year, Steel 500 Mton/year, Fermentation 18 Mton/year
Production Volume: 0.5 to 1.5 kg CO2/kg lactate or lactic acid and 3.14 kg CO2/kg isobutene
Product Categories:
- Chemicals
Specific Product(s): lactate and isobutene
- Natureworks LLC
- Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen S.A.
- Arkema
- Cementos Portland Valderrivas SA
- Nova Institut
- Universitat de Girona
- CNR
- Idener
- SYNGIP
- Lulea Tekniska Universitet (LTU)
- EnobraQ