Description du projet
Mobiliser l’industrie européenne des produits biologiques pour des émissions de carbone nulles
Le pacte vert pour l’Europe fixe le plan directeur qui permettra de faire de ce continent le premier au monde à être climatiquement neutre. L’objectif est de réduire d’ici à 2030 les émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES) d’au moins 55 % par rapport aux niveaux de 1990. Le projet CATCO2NVERS, financé par l’UE, concevra et optimisera des technologies permettant de convertir les déchets de CO2 en produits chimiques d’origine biologique utiles dans la production de plastiques, de méthanol, de cosmétiques et de matières premières renouvelables pour les processus industriels. La vision globale du projet consiste à utiliser les déchets de CO2 de manière efficace sur le plan de l’énergie et des ressources dans les industries biosourcées afin de ne produire aucun gaz à effet de serre et de réduire la quantité de CO2 rejetée dans l’atmosphère.
Objectif
In 2017, EU GHG emissions, including emissions from international aviationEurope has successfully reduced its GHG emissions since 1990 levels. The pace of reducing CO2 emissions is positive, however it is projected to slow after 2020 resulting in difficulties to achieve EU’s reduction target of 55% by 2030 as planned in the European Green Deal. Additional measures and policies are foreseen in EU to forefront this situation. Negative emissions technologies, as carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) ones are currently a priority to explore, especially in non-exploited industrial sectors such as the bio-based industry as they significantly contribute to CO2 emissions. CATCO2NVERS will contribute to reduce GHG emissions from the bio-based industries developing 5 innovative and integrated technologies based on 3 catalytic methods (electrochemical, enzymatic and thermochemical). It will transform waste-CO2 (up to 90%) and residual biomass from 2 bio-based industries into 5 added-value chemicals (glyoxylic acid, lactic acid, furan dicarboxylic methyl ester (FDME), cyclic carbonated fatty acid methyl esters (CCFAMEs) with production yields between 70-90%. Methanol which will not have an energetic use but will be used in CATCO2NVERS own technologies. These target chemicals will be used as building blocks and monomers to obtain biopolymers of 100% bio-origin. Industrial partners will validate the application of the obtained chemical building blocks on the most relevant markets. In addition, the waste-CO2 stream will be conditioned by removing potential inhibitors for the catalysts. CATCO2NVERS will meet some of the principles in green chemistry (atom economy, use of renewable feedstocks, reduce derivatives and use of catalysts instead of stoichiometric reagents). CATCO2NVERS will explore an energy and resource efficient scenario following an industrial symbiosis model to ensure a biorefinery process along the CO2 valorization chain with zero or negative GHG emissions.
Champ scientifique
- natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryorganic acids
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculeslipids
- natural scienceschemical sciencescatalysis
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringcarbon capture engineering
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinateur
28046 MADRID
Espagne
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.