NeoCarbon have opened a new lab to test their sorbents – the materials used in their carbon capture retrofit technology – and take another step to saving thousands of tonnes of carbon from industrial sites
NeoCarbon have opened a new lab to test their sorbents, the material used to absorb carbon in their carbon capture retrofit technology.
The purpose of the lab is to increase efficiency, scalability, and affordability.
The construction industry is a key industry for reducing emissions
According to an GlobalABC report in 2020, 2019 saw the construction industry account for just below 40% of the world’s emissions.
In the face of the Paris accord and UN Climate Agreement agreeing that average global warming needs to be kept below 2°C by 2025, this means that the construction industry needs a lot of work to decarbonise to adequate levels, and quickly.
Carbon capture retrofit technology has potential for use across the construction sector.
Carbon capture retrofit offers potential for infrastructure
The process of NeoCarbon’s carbon capture is called Direct Air Capture (DAC). The sorbents that the new lab will be testing are key to carbon capture retrofit technology, as they are the chemicals that bind to the carbon during DAC, and can later be separated to reuse the carbon.
Silvain Toromanoff, co-founder and CTO of NeoCarbon, said: “The new chemistry lab is a major opportunity for us to position NeoCarbon to lead the industry in creating scalable, effective Direct Air Capture solutions. In contrast to other developers who are using low-efficient sorbents, NeoCarbon is able to optimize the key material to the needs of its customers. The new facility not only supports NeoCarbon’s immediate research and development goals, but also advances the future of DAC in terms of scalability, efficiency and financeability.”
Through retrofitting their technology to infrastructure, the construction industry’s carbon output can be drastically reduced. NeoCarbon aim to be removing 1m tonnes of carbon per year by 2030.
