Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) will be a potent and significant solution in the move to decarbonisation. Remediate offers the first commercially available, independently proven, scalable process that uses algal photosynthesis to turn CO2 emissions into animal feed, creating a closed, virtuous loop.
As we explained in our previous blog Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) have an essential part to play in the world’s decarbonisation and CO2 abatement goals. Of course, clean energy technologies will play a leading role in keeping global warming down to 1.5°C, as per the 2015 Paris Agreement. However, to meet these challenges will require a multi-pronged approach. CCUS will play a vital role in that.
Heavy industry has significant decarbonisation challenges: What’s the solution?
Heavy industry, for example, has considerable challenges. Given the energy requirements of sectors – such as transportation, critical mineral and elements refining, cement and concrete production, steel, mining, chemical production, oil and gas exploration and refining, and others – carbon abatement, capture, and storage will play an essential role.
The huge energy demand from these sectors, alongside the waste by-products produced by manufacturing processes, means that heavy industry accounts for an estimated 22% of global carbon dioxide emissions[1].
Such industries face unique challenges in reducing carbon emissions. That’s why innovative, pioneering, and wide-ranging carbon capture, abatement, reduction, and capture solutions are vital to ensure the planet’s sustainability.
But with innovations like those from Remediate, the CO2 emitted can be converted in practical solutions, such as animal feed and building materials – so emissions are not simply dispersed into the atmosphere.
Remediate provides a complete, TRL8-ready solution for Scope 1 CO2 emission abatement – at source – enabling the utilisation of carbon through photosynthesis to fuel the growth of micro algae.
We capture industrial CO2 emissions and use these to support the production and growth of micro algae through photosynthesis. The captured CO2 is converted to carbohydrates, which results in an enriched algal offtake that can be harvested and utilised for a wide range of purposes – such as animal feed, building materials and more. In essence, we provide an end-to-end Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) solution that can be deployed at the source of emissions.
Remediate offers the first commercially available solution in this field. We can turn your carbon emissions, through the use of algal photosynthesis, into animal feed, building materials and other products, ensuring that emissions are transitioned into an additional benefit for the planet.
Not only does it reduce your carbon emissions to meet your legislative requirements, but it also reduces energy demand for the manufacture of animal feed, for example. Of course, that reduces demands on the agricultural sector, among others.
CCU vs. CCS
It’s important to make the distinction between CCU (Carbon Capture and Utilisation) and CCS (Carbon Capture Storage). The two have the same end goal – reducing carbon in the ecosystem – but they are quite distinct and it’s the result that separates them.
Both aim to capture carbon emissions. CCS captures carbon from industrial exhausts and then seeks to store in some form, whether geological (storing in the ground or in space, and so on) or other methods.
CCU also captures carbon from industrial exhausts, but the aim then is to ‘recycle’ this carbon for practical purposes – such as biofuel, fertiliser, or animal feed – which creates a virtuous cycle.
The disadvantage of CCS is that storage methods are not necessarily durable – what happens to that ‘waste’ over time – and so is not necessarily considered carbon removal, rather hiding it. Moreover, it’s as yet unproven at scale.
Conversely, CCU helps to convert a greenhouse gas into useful applications that, in turn, reduce demand for other chemicals, such as fossil fuels and food. A virtuous cycle – and, one that has now been proven at scale by Remediiate.
Algal photosynthesis as a proven solution for heavy industry decarbonisation
Remediate uses CO2 captured at the source of emissions to support photosynthesis in algae, driving growth and enabling the resulting harvest to be converted into animal feed. This is a proven, scalable solution that is already deployed at working industrial plants.
Industrial decarbonisation and CO2 abatement through algal photosynthesis
We capture industrial CO2 emissions and use these to support the production and growth of microalgae through photosynthesis. The captured CO2 is converted to carbohydrates, which results in an enriched algal offtake that can be harvested and utilised for a wide range of purposes – such as animal feed, building materials and more. The ‘waste products’ – water and energy – are then recycled into a closed carbon loop.
It means that your CO2 emissions are captured at source before they can be released into the atmosphere. Remediate has a proven, scalable solution that is already used by large, heavy industry. We are unique in the decarbonisation solution we provide. Contact us now to find out more.
[1] https://netzeroclimate.org/sectors/heavy_industry/