An EU-funded project is helping accelerate the adoption of carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technologies that transform carbon dioxide emissions into valuable resources such as fuels, chemicals, and construction materials.CCU is based
An EU-funded project is helping accelerate the adoption of carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technologies that transform carbon dioxide emissions into valuable resources such as fuels, chemicals, and construction materials.
CCU is based on the principle of capturing carbon dioxide and reusing it in various forms, such as e-fuels created by combining captured CO2 with renewable hydrogen.
The ECO2Fuel project is pioneering this approach by developing a 1MW low-temperature electrolyzer capable of converting captured CO2 directly into sustainable liquid fuels using renewable electricity and water.
By demonstrating this technology at industrial scale, the project aims to make e-fuels a viable solution for decarbonizing Europe’s most polluting sectors.
Last year, the project developed a 50kW stack within the ECO2Fuel electrolyzer system. The electrolyzer system can work at elevated pressures, has a continuous gas monitoring system and the ability to recycle the cathodic gas mixture in order to increase the conversion of CO2.
Scaling up the system to 1MW is a key objective of the project, with the aim of testing it by 2026. This necessitated a cell design of 1,500 cm² exceeding most currently-used pressurized CO2 electrolysis stacks. The 50kW stack uses 25 cells of 1,500cm² to create a total area
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