We’re proud to share that Project LightARC, led by Remediiate (UK) Ltd in partnership with Swansea University and Vale Europe Ltd, is officially listed as a successful project in the UK Government’s CCUS Innovation 2.0 competition — published on GOV.UK by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Remediiate was awarded £2,126,795 — the largest single grant in the competition’s Call 2 cohort — to advance LightARC from Technology Readiness Level 7 to TRL8, working towards a commercial-scale process capable of handling all 36,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions from Vale’s Clydach nickel processing operations in South Wales.
The project centres on Remediiate’s proprietary submersible LED lighting technology, which allows microalgae to absorb CO₂ continuously — day and night, all year round — within a modular, automated bioreactor system that can be co-located directly at an industrial emitter’s facility. The resulting algae biomass provides a sustainable alternative to soya in animal feed, displacing crops grown on cleared rainforest.
Being listed on GOV.UK alongside some of the UK’s most advanced CCUS innovators — including Imperial College London, Procter & Gamble, and the University of Sheffield — is a powerful testament to the credibility and commercial readiness of Remediiate’s technology.