C4 - Climeworks: Capturing CO2 from air
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The document outlines the Climeworks company's advancements in direct air capture (DAC) technology for carbon dioxide removal, highlighting its first commercial DAC plant in Switzerland and a landmark carbon dioxide removal plant in Iceland. Climeworks aims to capture 1% of global CO2 emissions by 2025, utilizing modular plants and renewable energy sources. The company has established partnerships and developed various projects focused on renewable fuels and carbon dioxide mineralization.
C4 - Climeworks: Capturing CO2 from air
- 1. Iceland Geothermal Conference April 24-27, 2018 Anca Timofte, Team Leader Process Engineering contact@climeworks.com
- 3. 3CONFIDENTIAL 87% of IPCC mitigation scenarios compatible with the 2°C target – and all those compatible with the 1.5°C target – rely on the assumption of large-scale CO2 removal WHY DIRECT AIR CAPTURE
- 4. 4CONFIDENTIAL • World’s first company supplying atmospheric CO2 to customers • Modular CO2 capture plants • Scale-up via mass production of CO2 collectors • Low-temperature heat (renewable or waste) as main energy source • Minimal carbon footprint: 90% net efficiency THE CLIMEWORKS SOLUTION
- 5. 5CONFIDENTIAL HOW OUR TECHNOLOGY WORKS
- 6. 6CONFIDENTIAL ASSEMBLY AND PRODUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE
- 7. 7CONFIDENTIAL MERCHANT MARKET RENEWABLE FUELS CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL MARKETS • Onsite CO2 supply for bottlers, greenhouses, etc. • 30 million tCO2 / year (source: Global CCS Institute) • Onsite CO2 supply for renewable fuel synthesis • 2 billion tCO2 / year (source: CO2 Sources & The Global CO2 Initiative) • Large-scale CO2 removal from air • 10 billion tCO2 / year (source: IPCC)
- 8. 8CONFIDENTIAL MERCHANT MARKET FLAGSHIP World’s first commercial DAC plant Plant type: DAC-18 CO2 capacity: 2’460 kg/day CO2 application: Greenhouse Heat source: Waste heat Location: Hinwil, Switzerland Commissioned: 31st May 2017
- 9. 9CONFIDENTIAL MERCHANT MARKET FLAGSHIP 1 CO2 is captured directly from air using low-grade heat. CO2 is delivered to nearby greenhouse via an underground pipe. 2 3 The more CO2 is in the air, the better vegetables grow – up to 20% better!
- 10. 10CONFIDENTIAL KOPERNIKUS POWER-TO-X STORE&GO CELBICON RENEWABLE FUELS PROJECTS • Power-to-Liquids • Supplied Climeworks Demonstrator • 46 Partners, EUR 30 million budget • Power-to-Methane • Supplied Climeworks Plant DAC-3 • 27 Partners, EUR 27 million budget • Power-to-Chemicals • Supplied Climeworks Demonstrator • 13 Partners, EUR 6 million budget
- 11. 11CONFIDENTIAL 1 23 4 CO2-NEUTRAL FUELS VIA DIRECT AIR CAPTURE
- 12. 12CONFIDENTIAL CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL FLAGSHIP World’s first carbon dioxide removal plant enabled by DAC Plant type: DAC-1 CO2 capacity: 135 kg/day CO2 application: Mineralization Heat source: Geothermal Location: Hellisheidi, Iceland Commissioned: 11th Oct 2017
- 13. 13CONFIDENTIAL CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL FLAGSHIP 1 CO2 is captured directly from air using geothermal energy. CO2 is mixed with water and pumped deep underground. 2 3 CO2 reacts with underground rock formations and is mineralized, binding the CO2 permanently and safely.
- 14. 14CONFIDENTIAL Established strategic partnership with car manufacturer AUDI 2013 Finalist of the Virgin Earth Challenge, a USD 25 million prize by Richard Branson 2011 Won Venture Kick, Switzerland’s leading startup incubation initiative 2010 Founded as an ETH spin-off 2009 Developed modular CO2 Collector 2014 Commissioned two world firsts: a commercial-scale DAC plant and Carbon Dioxide Removal plant 2017 COMPANY HISTORY
- 15. CAPTURE 1% OF GLOBAL CO2 EMISSIONS BY 2025 VISION 1/25
- 16. Climeworks AG Birchstrasse 155 • CH - 8050 Zurich +41 (0) 44 533 29 99 • contact@climeworks.com www.climeworks.com