Research Pillar

Carbon management

Overview

From Capture to Valorization and Storage

Managing CO₂ is as essential to the energy transition as producing clean energy. Our research spans the full carbon value chain — capture, transport, geological storage and valorization into fuels, chemicals and materials — combining electrochemical, biological and thermochemical routes. With the global CO₂ conversion market projected to reach $9.9 billion by 2030, we develop and test the technologies that turn captured carbon from a liability into a resource, supporting industrial decarbonization and the circular carbon economy.

37 Gt

Global CO₂ emissions in 2022 (IEA), the scale of the challenge our carbon-management research addresses.

what we do

Areas of carbon research

CO₂ Capture

Electrochemical and ionic-liquid technologies that separate CO₂ from flue gas and industrial emissions.

Geological CO₂ Storage

Safe, long-term storage of captured CO₂ in depleted gas fields and saline aquifers.

CO₂-to-Fuels & Chemicals

Electrochemical and catalytic conversion of CO₂ into syngas, formic acid, ethylene, methane and e-fuels.

CO₂ Biovalorization

Microalgae, cyanobacteria and gas-fermenting microorganisms turning CO₂ and waste streams into proteins, fuels and bioplastics.

Carbon-to-Energy

Ionic-liquid capacitive mixing that extracts clean electricity directly from the CO₂ capture and release cycle.

Biomethanation

Methanogens converting CO₂ and H₂ into renewable methane, recovering critical raw materials from brine along the way.

CARBON in numbers

A market built on emissions we can't ignore

3Gt

global CO₂ emissions in 2022, 35% from electricity & heat production alone

$1B

forecast size of the global CO₂-conversion market by 2030

CAGR of the CO₂-conversion market through 2030

125t/yr

carbon-based waste processed by our syngas pilot plant

energy transition hub PILLARS

H2 HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGIES

ENERGY STORAGE

UNDERGROUND ENERGY STORAGE

ENERGY RESILIENCE & SAFETY