European Project Targets CO2-Capture Costs

The European Union has signed a €10 million contract with a consortium of 16 European organizations for a project aimed at reducing the cost of carbon dioxide capture to under €15/ton. Participants include Total (France), Johnson Matthey (U.K.), Polymem (France) and HyGear (The Netherlands). The M₄CO₂ project will be coordinated by the Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, and will develop mixed-matrix membranes based on engineered metal-organic frameworks and polymers for continuous separation of CO₂. Such membranes promise to be safer, more environmentally friendly and smaller than other options such as amine stripping. More details can be found at www.dechema.de/en/7_e.html.