Novel Carbon Dioxide Utilization Technologies and Scaleup Opportunities

CO2 utilization technologies are an ever growing field in the overall CCUS landscape. CO2 capture has a relatively mature technology slate that can be deployed at various scales and concentrations, and downhole CO2 injection is a relatively know technology parallels in the oil and gas industries. As more CO2 pipelines start to come online, there is a planned increase in CO2 supply that can be available. CO2 utilization technologies provide a pivotal economic incentive in the overall CCUS landscape that can provide value from a waste source instead of sequestration. This session aims to explore innovative CO2 utilization technologies and key challenges to scaleup. CO2 can be converted to fuels, polymers, carbon/graphene, specialty chemicals, and carbonates among other products, but there are key challenges in some of these new and innovative research areas. What is the pathway to commercialization for these technologies and what factors influence profitability? What do factors like plant location, energy usage type, feedstock availability, and tax incentives play with regard to technology growth and how can they be overcome. This session will aim to bring all viewpoints together including academia to provide a viewpoint from the new technologies being developed, research institutes who are supporting scaling technologies, startup organizations who are aiming to be first to market for their technologies, and industrial partners who are working in these areas and their viewpoints on the technology landscape.

Hanno Erythropel, Ph.D., Yale University

Lars Ratjen

Paul Anastas, Yale University

Peter Licence, The University of Nottingham

Hanno Erythropel, Ph.D., Yale University

Lars Ratjen

Paul Anastas, Yale University

Peter Licence, The University of Nottingham