18.12.2023

Towards Advanced CO2 Utilisation and a Defossilisation of The Chemical Industry

Leading experts will be meeting at world’s hybrid key event in Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) from17-18 April 2024 in Cologne, Germany. The preliminary programme of the “CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024” is available now.

From 17-18 April 2024, CCU leading players and stakeholders will demonstrate novel and improved applications focusing on CO₂ as feedstock and discuss developments in the field of CCU at the “CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024” in Cologne (http://www.co2-chemistry.eu). The preliminary programme with 20 speakers from 8 countries is now  available online.

The technologies, research and projects presented at the conference  are pivotal  to avoid emissions, establish a renewable circular economy and thus contribute to mitigate climate change. This year’s presentations will cover the entire CCU (Power-to-X) supply and value chain which includes the capture and use of renewable carbon for a variety of fuels and products. Dedicated sessions will also address the political framework and future innovations and strategies. Those will focus on current hot topics such as Biogenic CO₂ sources and advanced science in CCU. 

In their presentations, companies such as thyssenkrupp Steel Europe (DE), CBL Carbon Beyond Limits (DE), Landwärme (DE), CM Fluids (DE), Again (DK), Econic Technologies (UK) and Sulzer Chemtech (CH) will provide insights into their current advances in Carbon Capture and Utilisation. Additionally, research institutes like PtX Lab Lausitz (DE) and DECHEMA (DE), VITO (BE), GIZ (MA), SINTEF (NO), DTI (DK) and the Curtin University (AU) will highlight current research on carbon capture, electrochemistry and e-fuel production. By evaluating the sectors’ developments in Europe and the US, the organiser nova-Institute, as well as supportets CO₂ Value Europe and the Global CO₂ Initiative will introduce a comprehensive  state of the art and draft future perspectives on CCU strategies and polices. The draft programme is available at http://www.co2-chemistry.eu/program. 

One of the event’s highlights will be the nominee presentations of the innovation award competition “Best CO₂ Utilisation 2024”, co-organised by the nova-Institute and CO₂ Value Europe and sponsored by Yncoris. Applications are open until the 4^th of February 2024.

A comprehensive perspective on CCU – The Preliminary Program of the “Conference on CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals 2024”

Innovation, Strategy and Policy

• Michael Carus, nova-Institute (DE): The Importance of CCU in a Renewable Carbon Economy – Making the Case for CCU
• Célia Sapart, CO₂ Value Europe (BE): The Contribution of CCU towards Net-Zero in EU
• Nicolas Hark and Matthias Stratmann, nova-Institute (DE): Policy and Sustainability in CCU – A Status Quo
• Volker Sick, Global CO₂ Initiative (US): Policy Support for CO₂ Capture and Conversion in the USA

Biogenic CO₂ sources

• Caroline Braun, Landwärme (DE): A Value Chain for Biogenic CO₂
• Lena Friedmann, CM Fluids (DE): Renewable CO₂ – Biogas Sector’s Perspective
• Esther Hegel, DECHEMA (DE): CO₂ from Biogas Plants: A Future Feedstock for Biotechnology?

Carbon Capture and Green Hydrogen

• Mehdi Hssein, GIZ Morocco (MA): Carbon Sources and Capture in Morocco: Challenges and Opportunities
• Ulrich Dietz and Ralf Gesthuisen, CBL-Carbon Beyond Limits (DE): Amino-acid Based Carbon Capture – A Novel, Efficient and Wide Range Applicable Carbon Capture Process Technology
• Marleen Rambouts and Ben Sutens, Vlemish Institut of Technology VITO (BE): CO₂ Capture Using Porous Structured Absorbents

Power-to-X

• Florian Haakmann, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe (DE): Carbon2Chem^® – CO₂ Emissions from Point Sources
• Lorenzo Cremonese, PtX Lab Lausitz (ZUG) (DE): Resource Demand of a GHG-neutral Aviation Sector in Europe: A Study on e-Kerosene

CO₂-to-Chemicals and Minerals

• Pauline Ruiz and Pia Skoczinski, nova-Institute (DE): Status and Outlook for CO₂-based Products
• Torbjørn Ølshøj Jensen, Again (LuaBio ApS) (DK): Again – We Ferment Emissions to Unpickle the Planet
• Cecilia Mondelli, Sulzer (CH): CO₂-based Inorganic and Organic Carbonates to Green Up Construction and Transport Sectors
• Thomas Mairegger, Net Zero Emission Labs (DE): CO₂ Capture and Utilization Pave the Way Towards a Climate Neutral Cement Production

CO₂-to-Polymers and Materials

• Rob Marrow, Econic Technologies (UK): Effective Life Cycle Assessments in Emerging CO₂-Utilisation Technologies
• Simon Frølich, Danish Technology Institute (DTI) (DK): From CO₂ to Polymers

Parallel Session: Advanced Research in CCU

• Francesca Di Bartolomeo, SINTEF AS (NO): The PYROCO₂ Project. Advancing Carbon Capture and Utilisation for Climate-Positive Acetone Production in Europe
• Nadia Leinecker and Sufia Hena, Curtin University (AU): Scale-Up of Photo-Bioreactors for CO₂ Capture / Microalgae from CO₂Sequestration to Renewable Bioenergy
• Pegah Shakeri, Coatema Coating Machinery (DE): Innovative Approaches for Industrial Electrode Production: A WaterProof EU Horizon Initiative

Innovation award “Best CO₂-Utilisation 2024”

The innovation award for the “Best CO₂-Utilisation 2024” will showcase innovators and pioneering technologies in the field of CCU and is granted at the “CO₂-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference”, taking place from the 17–18 April 2024 in Cologne, Germany. The event is a well-established meeting point for companies working in the field of CO₂-based technologies, fuels and chemicals. Being a hybrid event, the conference combines an in-person event with “virtual” online components and a broad stage for the award nominees. Online-application can be submitted at http://www.co2-chemistry.eu/award-application.  

Poster presentation

Posters for the poster exhibition can be submitted until the 1st of March 2024 at http://www.co2-chemistry.eu/call-for-posters.

Sponsoring

nova-Institute would like to thank YNCORIS for sponsoring the innovation award “Best CO₂ utilisation 2024” and CO₂ Value Europe for the co-organisation. 

Entities interested in supporting the conference are invited to visit http://www.co2-chemistry.eu/sponsoring.