Integrated manure utilization system

AirCapture, OCOchem and Partners Win $2.93 Million U.S. Department of Energy Grant to Design and Engineer a System to Use Waste Steam from Fertilizer Plant to Directly Capture CO2 from the Air and Convert it to a Green Electro-Fuel

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Monday, April 25, 2022

BERKELEY, Calif. and RICHLAND, Wash., April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture company AirCapture and carbon dioxide conversion company OCOchem, along with other partners, have won a $2.93 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to design and engineer an integrated carbon dioxide capture and conversion plant co-located at Nutrien's Kennewick Fertilizer Operations plant in Kennewick, Wash.  

Key Points: 
  • OCOchem transforms recycled CO2, water and zero-carbon electricity to produce formic acid, a globally traded commodity chemical and emerging electro-fuel.
  • The formic acidcan then be stored, transported, and used directly in many industrial, consumer, transportation, and agricultural industries.
  • The proposed CO2 capture and conversion plant will be instrumental in helping the company meet these aggressive goals.
  • Nutrienhas committed to carbon-neutral global operations by 2050 and has explored direct air capture of carbon as a means of reducing its carbon footprint.