C2V – CO2 to Value Innovations & Startups Report

Comprehensive Showcase of Global C2V – CO2 to Value Innovations & Startups

From CLIMAFIX, the leader in climate innovation intelligence

C2V – CO2 to Value Introduction:

Significant efforts are being undertaken to capture CO₂ emissions from a range of sources – point sources such as power plants and industries and even direct air carbon capture. But what is to be done with the large amounts of captured CO₂?

One way is to sequester it by storing it somewhere. The other way is to utilise it to produce valuable products.

Currently, the largest industrial application of CO₂ is in the production of urea, with over 60% of all CO₂ utilisation being used for this. The second largest application of CO₂ (about 30%) is its use in enhanced oil recovery, where CO₂ is pumped into used oil fields to force out the remaining oil.

But CO₂ has the potential to be used for many other large-scale applications, as carbon is a key element that makes up chemicals, fuels, and more. Significant research efforts are now on to use CO₂ as an ingredient in concrete (where it can be used to cure cement and thus gets sequestered), in making chemicals, transport fuels, and even food, with some companies even making diamonds from CO₂. Large-scale use of CO₂ in these emerging applications however is likely to be in the production of concrete and for the production of chemicals and transport fuels.

Between technology and economic challenges for these emerging applications, the bigger challenge will be economics, and one can thus expect significant action in the 2020-2030 period in bringing down the cost of these products from CO₂.This is a field that has been generating a lot of excitement among researchers and innovators. As a result, in the 2020-2030 period, we can expect innovation and research efforts in diverse areas – some of them possibly exotic. Impactful innovation domains are likely to be in the conversion of CO₂ to make building materials, commodity chemicals like formic acid, baking soda, etc., and transport fuels.

The C2V – CO2 to Value Innovations & Startups Report provides insights on the following:

• Current & Emerging Technologies
• Innovation & Startups Analysis
• Urgency of this Decarbonization Avenue
• Unique Solutions Derived from Startups
• Commercialization Potential
• Scalability
• Highlights of Prominent Innovations & Startups
• List of 10 High-Impact Startups

For each startup, the following inputs are provided:

• Product
• Key benefits
• Technology & process
• Videos
• Links to founder profiles
• Links to prominent news & analyses about the startup

The C2V – CO2 to Value Innovations Report is part of CLIMAFIX 500, a comprehensive global climate innovation and startup report.

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