Climeworks participates in three European Projects
12.09.2016
Climeworks AG, a spin-off of the ETH Zurich and Venture Kick final winner from 2010 develops efficient filtering system to capture CO2 from ambient air. Now the startups is part of various consortia from industry and research, which focus on the further development of Power-to-Fuel, Power-to-Gas and Power-to-Chemicals. The Swiss-based cleantech company will be delivering several demonstrators of their DAC (direct air capture) technology, as well as a CO2 capture plant.
 The two founders of Climeworks
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The objective of the projects is to pave the way for the economically sound application of power-to-X and thereby enabling the conversion of power generated from renewable energy into material energy storage, energy carriers and energy intensive chemical products.
Projects and the contribution of Climeworks
STORE&GO (Power-to-Gas): In the European project Horizon 2020 STORE&GO, 27 partners have joined forces to implement three innovative large scale storage concepts employing Power-to-Gas (PtG storage) to compensate the fluctuating supply of renewable energies. The demonstration sites are planned in Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Climeworks is responsible for the provision of atmospheric CO2 at the location in Troia, Italy. The overall budget is 28 million Euros.
Celbicon (Power-to-Chemicals): The European Horizon 2020 project Celbicon is under the direction of the Polytechnic University of Turin and brings together a consortium of 13 partners from research and industry. The aim is to establish new highly efficient & robust CO2-to-chemicals technologies available at an attractive price. The technologies are intended for decentralized use with moderate operating temperatures and low maintenance costs. Climeworks provides the atmospheric CO2 for electro-catalytic and biological transformation to base chemicals. The overall budget is 6 million Euros.
Kopernikus (Power-to-X): The objective of the German Kopernikus sub-project Power-to-X is the decarbonization of energy systems and simultaneous reduction of the proportion of fossil fuels in markets of energy, transport/traffic and chemicals. In combination with high a temperature electrolysis system by Sunfire GmbH and a compact Fischer-Tropsch-reactor provided by INERATEC GmbH, a fully integrated, compact, efficient and self-sufficient plant will be realized, which synthesizes artificial petroleum from CO2, water and renewable energy. For this purpose Climeworks provides infrastructure to capture CO2 from the air.
Establishment of the Climeworks Deutschland GmbH
In August 2016 Climeworks founded its first foreign branch; a 100 per cent subsidiary which operates under the name Climeworks Deutschland GmbH. This German subsidiary is involved in the Kopernikus project and has its registered office at Gasanstaltstrasse 2 in Dresden.
Projects and the contribution of Climeworks
STORE&GO (Power-to-Gas): In the European project Horizon 2020 STORE&GO, 27 partners have joined forces to implement three innovative large scale storage concepts employing Power-to-Gas (PtG storage) to compensate the fluctuating supply of renewable energies. The demonstration sites are planned in Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Climeworks is responsible for the provision of atmospheric CO2 at the location in Troia, Italy. The overall budget is 28 million Euros.
Celbicon (Power-to-Chemicals): The European Horizon 2020 project Celbicon is under the direction of the Polytechnic University of Turin and brings together a consortium of 13 partners from research and industry. The aim is to establish new highly efficient & robust CO2-to-chemicals technologies available at an attractive price. The technologies are intended for decentralized use with moderate operating temperatures and low maintenance costs. Climeworks provides the atmospheric CO2 for electro-catalytic and biological transformation to base chemicals. The overall budget is 6 million Euros.
Kopernikus (Power-to-X): The objective of the German Kopernikus sub-project Power-to-X is the decarbonization of energy systems and simultaneous reduction of the proportion of fossil fuels in markets of energy, transport/traffic and chemicals. In combination with high a temperature electrolysis system by Sunfire GmbH and a compact Fischer-Tropsch-reactor provided by INERATEC GmbH, a fully integrated, compact, efficient and self-sufficient plant will be realized, which synthesizes artificial petroleum from CO2, water and renewable energy. For this purpose Climeworks provides infrastructure to capture CO2 from the air.
Establishment of the Climeworks Deutschland GmbH
In August 2016 Climeworks founded its first foreign branch; a 100 per cent subsidiary which operates under the name Climeworks Deutschland GmbH. This German subsidiary is involved in the Kopernikus project and has its registered office at Gasanstaltstrasse 2 in Dresden.