{"id":172555,"date":"2026-01-23T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=172555"},"modified":"2026-01-24T07:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T06:34:54","slug":"making-co2-valuable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/making-co2-valuable\/","title":{"rendered":"Making CO2 valuable\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\u00a0With its carbon capture and use plants, Novis GmbH offers a cost-effective way to\u00a0utilise CO2<\/sub> from exhaust gases.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a9 Novis GmbH<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Decarbonisation as a Starting Point <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Many companies would like to completely decarbonise their business processes. Until now, this has been associated with high costs. Introducing new processes and new plants is expensive and often fails to achieve the goal of complete decarbonisation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Novis GmbH from T\u00fcbingen is overcoming this bottleneck with an exciting approach: CO2<\/sub> from exhaust gases is passed through a medium of a special carrier fluid. The CO2<\/sub> binds completely to the fluid and is separated from the medium again in a second stage by electrodialysis. In the final step, the CO2<\/sub> is then cooled and liquefied and is available as high-purity CO2<\/sub> for further use. The process requires only electricity to operate. This makes the process cost-effective compared to the state of the art. It is patented worldwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Companies that want to use their own CO2<\/sub> can additionally set up photobioreactors (PBRs) on unused industrial side areas. Standard algae are cultivated in the PBRs and \u2018fed\u2019 with the CO2<\/sub>. The algae are utilising CO2<\/sub> to build biomass. The patented PBRs work with direct light supply to the reactors and are therefore independent of ambient light. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Novis purchases the biomass from producing companies at agreed conditions. This is giving CO2<\/sub> a real value. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biomass from algae is centrally processed by Novis into pigments and lipids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clever: both plants are start-stop capable and can therefore buffer electricity peaks: if cheap electricity is available, all plant components run at full load. If electricity is traded high, the plant can be regulated to zero. Restarting is just as quick as shutting down the plant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the process gases occur irregularly, flue gas peaks or production-free times can be buffered in the simplest possible way using the CO2<\/sub>-loaded carrier fluid as storage. This enables the plant for continuous operation at lower cost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thomas Helle, Managing Director of Novis GmbH<\/strong>: \u2018With this radical CCU approach, we are giving CO2<\/sub> real added value.\u2019 And Christopher Sommerauer-Oechsner, the project engineer<\/strong> responsible, adds: \u2018The carrier fluid used used is food-grade. Even the storage of large quantities can be done without any problems.\u2019 <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

An initial pilot plant was delivered to a Continental AG factory. Another plant is being delivered to Portugal for installation at a chemical plant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Novis GmbH in T\u00fcbingen develops and delivers industrial plants for CO2<\/sub> extraction and processing and photobioreactors for algae cultivation, following their successful biotechnological research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact for enquiries: Dr Thomas Helle, Managing Director, Tel.: +49 7071 795 2500 or info@novis.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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