Twenty leading industrial and research partners from 11 countries have teamed up to prove that large-scale conversion of industrial carbon emissions into value-added chemicals and materials is possible. As a game changer for European carbon-intensive industries, the EU-funded PYROCO2 project will pave the way for the sustainability of Europe’s chemical industry. It will demonstrate the scalability and economic viability of carbon capture and utilisation to generate climate-positive acetone from industrial CO2 and renewable electricity-derived hydrogen. The project will demonstrate that the acetone produced is an ideal platform for the catalytic synthesis of a range of chemicals, synthetic fuels and recyclable polymer materials from CO2 for viable business cases and pre-developed processes for replication and commercialisation.

Poroject Lead: SINTEF AS

Region: Europe

Country: Norway

City/Town: Porsgrunn

Timeline Start - End: 2021-10-01 - 2026-09-30

Project Status: Ongoing

Project Budget: 43887818.0 €

Funding source: 91% H2020

Website: http://www.pyroco2.eu/

Activities:

- Value chain demonstration

- CCU

CCU Tecnology Category: Capture (Point sources) and Utilization

Info On Utilization:

- Biological conversion

Facility stage: Planning

Start TRL: 6

End TRL: 7

CO2 capture/Utilization: 9100 t/y CO2

Production Volume: 4000 t/y acetone

Product Categories:

- Chemicals

Specific Product(s): acetone