The electrically-powered synthesis of ethylene for the chemical industry

减少二氧化碳排放是一项紧迫的全球挑战。目前缺乏捕获工业排放的经济动力，因为捕获的二氧化碳几乎没有价值。然而，随着可再生能源发电能力的规模不断扩大而价格不断下降，使用清洁电力通过电催化将二氧化碳转化为有价值的产品存在着巨大的机会。电催化能够从二氧化碳原料中合成传统的化石衍生化学品；然而，现有系统表现出较差的性能，无法与现有技术竞争。**我们将开发新的催化剂材料和系统，以实现可再生乙烯生产的高选择性和高效率。乙烯是世界上最重要的石化产品之一，市场规模约为2000亿美元。**该项目将产生一种可再生电力合成乙烯的工艺，在经济上与传统的化石衍生方法具有竞争力。这将有助于加拿大实现其温室气体排放目标，为石化行业的脱碳提供途径，并使可再生电力和碳捕获技术的采用成为可能。**本提案是与工业伙伴共同制定的：TOTAL，一家总部位于法国巴黎的大型综合石油和天然气公司，在蒙特利尔有重要业务；以及其子公司**Hutchinson，一家总部位于蒙特利尔的航空航天和材料公司。我们的目标是确保**项目与加拿大工业的相关性，特别是确保该技术与道达尔/哈金森的石化业务兼容。

Reducing carbon dioxide emissions is an urgent global challenge. There is currently a lack of economic**incentive to capture industrial emissions as there is little value in the captured CO2. However, as renewable**electricity capacity continues to increase in scale while dropping in price, there exists an enormous opportunity**to use clean electricity to convert CO2 into products of value using electrocatalysis. Electrocatalysis enables the**synthesis of conventionally fossil-derived chemicals from CO2 feedstock; however, existing systems exhibit**poor performance and are not competitive with incumbent technologies.**We will develop new catalyst materials and systems to achieve high selectivity and efficiency for renewable**ethylene production. Ethylene is one of the most important petrochemicals in the world and has a market size**of approximately $200B.**This project will result in a process for the renewable electricity-powered synthesis of ethylene that is**economically competitive with conventional fossil-derived methods. This will help Canada reach its**greenhouse gas emission goals by providing a path towards decarbonization of the petrochemicals industry and**enabling the uptake of renewable electricity and carbon capture technologies.**This proposal was developed jointly with the industrial partners: TOTAL, a major integrated oil and gas**company headquartered in Paris, France having significant operations in Montreal; and also with its subsidiary,**Hutchinson, an aerospace and materials company based in Montreal. Our goal was to ensure relevance of the**project to Canadian industry, and specifically to ensure that the technology is compatible with**TOTAL/Hutchinson's petrochemical operations.