{"id":178181,"date":"2026-07-07T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=178181"},"modified":"2026-06-30T14:04:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:04:40","slug":"siemens-and-ucaneo-partner-to-scale-direct-air-capture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/siemens-and-ucaneo-partner-to-scale-direct-air-capture\/","title":{"rendered":"Siemens and Ucaneo partner to scale direct air capture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Ucaneo\u2019s first industrial facility based in Berlin, Germany \u00a9 Leonhard Kupsch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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  • Siemens becomes preferred automation and digitalization partner for Ucaneo\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Partnership spans Siemens Xcelerator portfolio from first-of-a-kind plant through to commercial scale-up<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Germany’s largest Direct Air Capture facility to be inaugurated in Berlin on July 2, 2026<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Standardized automation platform designed for global rollout through licensed DAC operators<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Siemens and German climate technology company Ucaneo have partnered to scale electrochemical Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology from industrial pilot to commercial scale \u2013 with Siemens deploying the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio as Ucaneo’s preferred automation and digitalization partner. Together, the companies are creating a standardized and globally replicable automation platform that will enable rapid deployment by Ucaneo and its licensed operators worldwide. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    By 2035, Ucaneo targets the annual capture of half a gigaton of CO\u2082 from the atmosphere, which is roughly equivalent to cancelling out the entire annual CO\u2082 emissions of Canada. The partnership addresses a growing industrial challenge: sectors from aviation to chemicals increasingly require access to sustainably sourced CO\u2082 as a feedstock \u2013 and large-scale Direct Air Capture offers a scalable solution, replacing fossil-derived carbon with CO\u2082 captured directly from the atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    First-of-a-kind DAC plant<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Ucaneo has developed an electrochemical DAC process, inspired by the human lung, that removes CO\u2082 directly from ambient air and delivers high-purity CO\u2082 at over 99.9 percent purity. The resulting CO\u2082 can be permanently stored to generate certified negative emissions or used as a feedstock for climate-neutral products including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), methanol and food and beverage applications. The fully electrified process integrates directly with renewable energy sources and responds flexibly to grid conditions and power market prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ucaneo’s first-of-a-kind industrial plant in Berlin (Germany), with a nameplate capacity of 150 metric tons of CO\u2082 per year, is set to become Germany’s largest DAC facility upon commissioning in July 2026. The facility will be officially inaugured on July 2 in Berlin. Part of the captured CO\u2082 will be permanently stored in geological formations, making the facility Germany’s first verified Direct Air Capture project combined with geological storage. This makes Ucaneo the first company in Germany \u2014 and one of few globally \u2014 to permanently store CO\u2082 captured through Direct Air Capture. A follow-on commercial plant with approximately ten times the capacity is already in the development stages starting construction next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Automation and digital technology from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Under the partnership, Siemens provides comprehensive support across process automation, instrumentation and analytics, drive technology and digitalization. Siemens’ process simulation software and controllers are already deployed at Ucaneo\u2019s pilot plant, complemented by automation consulting services from Siemens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For subsequent project phases, Siemens’ advanced distributed control system Simatic PCS neo and additional simulation software are planned. These solutions will enable full process validation in a virtual environment before physical commissioning, thereby reducing technical risk during scale-up. The strategic objective is a standardized, modularly scalable automation template that can be replicated across future Ucaneo plants and those of licensed operators worldwide. This will help to accelerate global rollout while safeguarding capital efficiency at each deployment stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    \u201cWhat Ucaneo has built is exactly what the energy transition needs: a Direct Air Capture process that is efficient, fully electrified, and ready for industrial scale,\u201d said Christian G\u00fcckel, Head of Vertical Chemicals at Siemens Digital Industries<\/strong>. \u201cOur role is to take that innovation from first plant to global rollout \u2013 through a standardized automation template that accelerates every subsequent deployment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Florian Tiller, Co-founder & CEO of Ucaneo<\/strong> said: \u201cBuilding the carbon economy requires scalable and reliable infrastructure. Siemens is a key partner in helping us standardize and automate DAC systems, enabling cost-effective deployment at industrial scale. Together, we are building the robust carbon removal infrastructure needed to scale from Germany\u2019s first verified DAC and geological storage project to future deployments around the world.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    Growing demand for industrial CO\u2082<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The need for CO\u2082 as an input is growing across multiple industrial sectors \u2013 from sustainable aviation fuel and methanol production to food and beverage applications. Regulatory requirements are accelerating that trend: under the ReFuelEU initiative, e-kerosene must account for 1.2 percent of all jet fuel supplied at EU airports by 2030, rising to 35 percent by 2050. The EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) is establishing a certification system for permanent carbon removal credits. For DAC operators, this establishes a second commercial pathway alongside direct CO\u2082 sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Siemens and German climate technology company Ucaneo have partnered to scale electrochemical Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology from industrial pilot to commercial scale \u2013 with Siemens deploying the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio as Ucaneo’s preferred automation and digitalization partner. Together, the companies are creating a standardized and globally replicable automation platform that will enable rapid deployment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":178198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Together, the companies are creating a standardized and globally replicable automation platform that will enable rapid deployment by Ucaneo and its licensed operators worldwide","footnotes":""},"categories":[5571],"tags":[5796,10744,12330,13718,16792,10743],"supplier":[608,27457],"class_list":["post-178181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-co2-based","tag-biotechnology","tag-carboncapture","tag-ccu","tag-methanol","tag-saf","tag-useco2","supplier-siemens-ag","supplier-ucaneo-biotech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178181","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=178181"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178203,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178181\/revisions\/178203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178181"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=178181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}