CO2 to biochar: harnessing the potential of a fast-growing cyanobacterium for cost-efficient carbon capture utilisation and storage

二氧化碳转化为生物炭：利用快速生长的蓝细菌的潜力，实现具有成本效益的碳捕获利用和储存

• 批准号: 10078004
• 金额: $ 55.73万
• 依托单位: CYANOCAPTURE LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10078004
• 关键词: CO2; biochar; harnessing; potential; fast

Industries producing over 25,000 T CO2/year represent ~40% of the total emissions of stationary installations in Europe and are currently subject to a carbon tax at ~€100/T CO2 under the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS). These industries are desperately looking for affordable carbon capture technologies to reduce emissions, however, current prominently used direct air capture (DAC) is not commercially feasible at scale.CyanoCapture Ltd., the project lead, is an innovative SME aiming to develop a sustainable and cost-effective solution for point source carbon capture by combining novel photobioreactor processes and a fast-growing cyanobacterium, _Synechococcus_ sp. UTEX 3154 (Syn3154). Photosynthetic cyanobacteria are ubiquitous and account for 30-50% of environmental CO2 fixation. Cyanobacteria are naturally far more efficient than plants at capturing CO2 and hence are excellent candidates for scalable carbon capture. The cyanobacterium Syn3154 is a fast-growing, high biomass accumulating strain with a doubling time of less than 3 hours, with no need for external supplementation of vitamins for its growth -- meaning that it carries the potential to be an excellent candidate to enable mass-scale CO2 removal.The project partner UKBRC at the University of Edinburgh will develop a sustainable method for conversion of cyanobacteria biomass into stable biochar and evaluate applications such as agriculture, construction, sanitation, environmental management etc. that offer not only long-term carbon sequestration, but also additional economic and societal benefits. The proposed breakthrough solution enables affordable CO2 capture and has a strong potential to elevate the UK's position at the forefront of the global Net-Zero transition.

生产超过25,000吨二氧化碳/年的行业占欧洲固定装置总排放量的约40％，目前在欧盟排放交易计划（ETS）下缴纳碳税约为100欧元/T CO2。 These industries are desperately looking for affordable carbon capture technologies to reduce emissions, however, current prominently used direct air capture (DAC) is not commercially feasible at scale.CyanoCapture Ltd., the project Lead, is an innovative SME aiming to develop a sustainable and cost-effective solution for point source carbon capture by combining novel photobioreactor processes and a fast-growing cyanobacterium, _synechoccus_ sp。 UTEX 3154（SYN3154）。光合蓝细菌无处不在，占环境二氧化碳固定的30-50％。蓝细菌自然要比捕获二氧化碳时的植物高得多，因此是可扩展碳捕获的出色候选者。蓝细菌Syn3154是一种快速增长的高生物量积累的压力，两倍的时间少于3个小时，不需要外部补充维生素来增长其生长 - 这意味着它具有出色的候选者，可以成为群众尺度上的co2去除。并评估诸如协议，建筑，卫生，环境管理等的应用，不仅提供长期碳封存，还提供额外的经济和社会福利。拟议的突破解决方案可实现负担得起的二氧化碳捕获，并具有提高英国在全球零净过渡最前沿的地位的强大潜力。