As two features elsewhere in these pages illustrate – shining a light on Synata Bio and Solar Foods respectively – companies around the world are starting to use CO2 to produce premium materials ready for use in a mix of value chains. Stephen B. Harrison of the consultancy sbh4 considers what’s shaping up
What can you make with carbon dioxide using electrochemistry? It’s a big question with many answers today – and plenty of companies are piling into the space.
All the same, industrial scale, electrochemical conversion of CO₂ to hydrocarbons is still in its infancy. Yet some of the striking early moves we are seeing reflect how utilisation today of still-scarce e-hydrocarbons should logically sit at the top of the value pyramid, with sustainable materials, rather than at the bottom with the making and combustion of e-fuels.
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