IDTechEx Asks if Greener CO2-derived Chemicals can Accelerate CCUS Uptake - Seite 3

Electrolysis of molten salts using captured CO₂ as a starting material is being pursued by companies such as SkyNano, Carbon Corp, Bergen Carbon Solutions, UP Catalyst, and Saratoga Energy. This is one of the few CO₂ utilization pathways that can tolerate direct utilization of flue gas without purification/pre-concentration steps being needed. However, green electricity is required, the volumes of CO₂ utilized remain small compared to global anthropogenic emissions, and this technology is yet to be demonstrated at a large scale.

For climate-conscious romantics, waste CO₂ can even be utilized for engagement rings. Startups Aether Diamonds and Skydiamond offer stones made from CO₂ captured directly from the atmosphere.

Challenges remain

The chemical industry is a highly interconnected, integrated industry and has been optimized over decades. If this system is to be fundamentally changed to run on CO₂ rather than on fossil feedstock, decisions to preserve, repurpose, or replace industrial assets need to take place soon. Industrial demonstrations need to ramp up. Cheap, low-carbon electricity needs to become widely available. A full account of emissions and embedded carbon in the chemical industry supply chain must be routine through carbon management.

Major concerns associated with investing and developing carbon dioxide utilization technologies to produce chemicals remain as (1) the quantity of CO₂ utilized is small compared to the amount of CO₂ being emitted globally, and (2) the energy required to transform CO₂ into commercial products could significantly reduce the net economic and environmental benefits of utilization methods without an associated scale-up of low-cost green electricity.

To find out more about the new IDTechEx report "Carbon Dioxide Utilization 2024-2044: Technologies, Market Forecasts, and Players", including downloadable sample pages, please visit www.IDTechEx.com/CO2U.

For more information on IDTechEx's energy and decarbonization market research portfolio, please visit www.IDTechEx.com/Research/Energy.

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