{"id":159291,"date":"2025-03-07T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=159291"},"modified":"2025-03-04T15:06:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T14:06:27","slug":"ico%e2%82%82nic-project-kicks-off-in-brussels-transforming-co%e2%82%82-waste-into-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/ico%e2%82%82nic-project-kicks-off-in-brussels-transforming-co%e2%82%82-waste-into-value\/","title":{"rendered":"ICO\u2082NIC Project Kicks Off in Brussels: Transforming CO\u2082 Waste into Value"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/03\/CVE-Website-I-News-16-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159338\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.6;width:748px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/03\/CVE-Website-I-News-16-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/03\/CVE-Website-I-News-16-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/03\/CVE-Website-I-News-16-150x94.png 150w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/03\/CVE-Website-I-News-16-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/03\/CVE-Website-I-News-16-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/03\/CVE-Website-I-News-16-400x250.png 400w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2025\/03\/CVE-Website-I-News-16.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Last week, the ICO\u2082NIC consortium gathered in Brussels for an engaging two-day kick-off meeting. We explored the project\u2019s objectives, milestones, and the innovative work we\u2019ll be doing across various work packages, including CO\u2082 capture, electrochemical conversion, and formic acid production.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Launched in January 2025 within the Process4Planet partnership of the Horizon program, the ICO\u2082NIC project aims to transform industrial CO\u2082 waste into valuable feedstock through electro and biochemical conversion. By combining advancements in CO\u2082 capture technology with a new gas diffusion electrochemical cell, the project will convert CO\u2082 into formic acid, which will then be processed biochemically to produce high-value products for various industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key innovations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CO\u2082 capture using advanced polymer membranes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Electrochemical conversion of CO\u2082 into formic acid<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bioconversion into valuable materials, including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The project\u2019s ultimate goal is to make Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) more economically viable, reducing energy consumption, CO\u2082 emissions, and supporting industrial sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ICO\u2082NIC consortium includes 11 partners across the CCU value chain: SINTEF, Avantium, T\u00fcpra\u015f, Cool Planet Technologies, b.fab GmbH, Procter &amp; Gamble, IDENER.AI, NoPalm Ingredients, Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, TNO, and CO2 Value Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A special thanks to all partners for their valuable insights and to InQbet Accelerator, P&amp;G\u2019s open innovation accelerator, for hosting this first meeting. We look forward to the journey ahead as we collaborate toward a more sustainable future!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the ICO\u2082NIC consortium gathered in Brussels for an engaging two-day kick-off meeting. We explored the project\u2019s objectives, milestones, and the innovative work we\u2019ll be doing across various work packages, including CO\u2082 capture, electrochemical conversion, and formic acid production. Launched in January 2025 within the Process4Planet partnership of the Horizon program, the ICO\u2082NIC project [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":159340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"The project\u2019s ultimate goal is to make Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) more economically viable, reducing energy consumption, CO\u2082 emissions, and supporting industrial sustainability","footnotes":""},"categories":[5571],"tags":[6843,10744,12330,10416,21182,24602,10743],"supplier":[742,15479,21793,21884,4127,13998,25831,600,512,2624,24941],"class_list":["post-159291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-co2-based","tag-biochemicals","tag-carboncapture","tag-ccu","tag-circulareconomy","tag-formicacid","tag-industrialwaste","tag-useco2","supplier-avantium-technologies-bv","supplier-b-fab-gmbh","supplier-bio-base-europe-pilot-plant-vzw","supplier-co2value-europe","supplier-cool-planet","supplier-idener","supplier-nopalm-ingredients","supplier-procter-gamble","supplier-sintef","supplier-tno","supplier-tupras-tupras"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159291"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=159291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}