A consistent carbon cycle is required for the transition to clean energy and raw materials. Rather than simply emitting CO₂, we utilize it as a raw material to close the carbon cycle within the technosphere. This is precisely where Carbon2Chem® comes in: with carbon capture and utilization (CCU), we transform industrial point sources into starting points for a circular economy and enable the defossilization of the basic materials industry.

 

Carbon2Chem® is one of the largest BMBF-funded research and development projects on CCU in Germany. Since 2016, an interdisciplinary consortium of industry and academic partners has been exploring the potential of CO₂-containing waste gases for chemical production. The central location for this collaboration is the Carbon2Chem® technical center in Duisburg, where we have been conducting real-life research with metallurgical gases from neighboring steel production since 2018.