{"id":52082,"date":"2018-04-23T07:20:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T05:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=52082"},"modified":"2021-09-09T21:34:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:34:28","slug":"the-20-million-carbon-xprize-the-10-finalists-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/the-20-million-carbon-xprize-the-10-finalists-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"The $20 Million Carbon XPRIZE: The 10 Finalists, revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

In New York, XPRIZE<\/a> announced the 10 teams advancing to the final round in the $20M NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE.\u00a0 The 10 finalists, each taking home an equal share of a $5 million milestone prize, were revealed at Bloomberg New Energy Finance\u2019s Future of Energy Summit in New York City. This four-and-a-half-year global competition challenges teams to transform the way the world addresses carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions through breakthrough circular carbon technologies that convert carbon dioxide emissions from power plants into valuable products such as enhanced concrete, liquid fuels, plastics and carbon fiber.<\/p>\n

The Wyoming Track includes five teams that will demonstrate conversion of CO2 emissions at a coal-fired power plant in Gillette, WY:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Breathe (Bangalore, India) \u2013 Led by Dr. Sebastian Peter, the team is producing methanol, a common fuel and petrochemical feedstock, using a novel catalyst.<\/p>\n

\u2022 C4X (Suzhou, China) \u2013 Led by Dr. Wayne Song and Dr. Yuehui Li, the team is producing chemicals and bio-composite foamed plastics.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Carbon Capture Machine (Aberdeen, Scotland) \u2013 Led by Dr. Mohammed Imbabi, the team is producing solid carbonates with applications to building materials.<\/p>\n

\u2022 CarbonCure (Dartmouth, Canada) \u2013 Led by Jennifer Wagner, the team is producing stronger, greener concrete.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Carbon Upcycling UCLA (Los Angeles, CA, USA)\u00a0\u2013 Led by Dr. Gaurav Sant, the team is producing building materials that absorb CO2 during the production process to replace concrete.<\/p>\n

The Alberta Track includes five teams that will demonstrate conversion of CO2 emissions at a natural gas-fired power plant in Alberta, Canada:<\/p>\n

\u2022 C2CNT (Ashburn, VA, USA) \u2013 Led by Dr. Stuart Licht, the team is producing carbon nanotubes.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Carbicrete (Montreal, Canada) \u2013 Led by Dr. Mehrdad Mahoutian, the team is producing cement-free, carbon-negative concrete that uses waste from steel production as an alternative to traditional cement.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Calgary, Canada) \u2013 Led by Apoorv Sinha, the team is producing enhanced graphitic nanoparticles\u00a0and graphene derivatives with applications in polymers, concrete, epoxies, batteries and pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n

\u2022 CERT (Toronto, Canada) \u2013 Led by Dr. Alex Ip of the Sargent Group at the University of Toronto, the team is producing building blocks of industrial chemicals.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Newlight (Huntington Beach, CA, USA) \u2013 Led by Mark Herrema, the team uses biological systems to produce bioplastics.<\/p>\n

Each finalist team passed a first round evaluation based on the amount of CO2 converted into products, as well as the economic value, market size and CO2 uptake potential of those products. To win a place in the finals, the semifinalist teams had to demonstrate their technologies at pilot scale at a location of their choosing. Over the course of a 10-month period, semifinalist teams were challenged to meet minimum technical requirements and were first audited by independent verification partner Southern Research. Teams were then evaluated by the judges based on how much CO2 the team converted into products; the economic value, market size, and CO2 uptake potential of those products; the overall CO2 footprint of their process; as well as energy efficiency, materials use, land use, and water use.<\/p>\n

Next steps
\nThe top 10 teams will have 2 years of access to an integrated test center (one is in Gilette, Wyoming and one is in Calgary, Alberta), in which at least 9 months will be \u201con the clock\u201d and during that time they will have to demonstrate 150 days of uptime, and at least 30 days of continuous uptime, and the ability to handle 2 tons of flue gas per day.<\/p>\n

Teams competing in the Wyoming track will test their technologies at the Wyoming Integrated Test Center (ITC), a cutting-edge carbon research facility in Gillette, WY, USA, co-located with the Dry Fork Station coal power plant. Teams competing in the Alberta track will test their technologies at the Alberta Carbon Conversion Technology Centre, a new carbon conversion research hub co-located with the Shepard Energy Centre natural gas power plant in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.<\/p>\n

Who didn\u2019t make it?
\nThe following companies did not advance from the semi-finals to the finals:<\/p>\n

Aljadix\u00a0(Switzerland) \u2013 Led by Thomas Digby, the team is producing carbon negative biofuel.<\/p>\n

Carbon Cure\u00a0(Canada) \u2013 Led\u00a0by Jennifer\u00a0Wagner, the team is producing enhanced concrete.<\/p>\n

CAT.ALY.ST\u00a0(United States) \u2013 Led by Stafford Sheehan, the team is producing biofuels.<\/p>\n

CO2 Solutions\u00a0(Canada (TSX-V:\u00a0\u00a0CST)) \u2013 Led by Dr. Louis Fradette, the team is producing a high-value bioproduct.<\/p>\n

Dimensional Energy\u00a0(United States) \u2013 Led by Jason Salfi, the team is producing hydrocarbon fuels.<\/p>\n

EE-AGG\u00a0(United States) \u2013 Led by Mark Edelman, the team is producing methanol.<\/p>\n

Hago Energetics\u00a0(United States) \u2013 Led by Wilson Hago, the team is producing gas and liquid fuels.<\/p>\n

Ingenuity Lab\u00a0(Canada) \u2013 Led by Carlo Montemagno, the team is producing dihydroxyacetone (DHA) and other chemicals.<\/p>\n

Innovator Energy\u00a0(United States) \u2013 Led by Ethan Novek, the team is producing syngas and acetic acid.<\/p>\n

Low-Energy-Consumption CO2 Capture and Conversion\u00a0(United States) \u2013 Led by Maohong Fan, the team is producing fuels and chemicals.<\/p>\n

Opus 12\u00a0(United States) \u2013 Led by Etosha Cave, the team is producing plastics, fertilizers, and gasoline.<\/p>\n

Pond Technology\u2019s Carbon Cyclers\u00a0(Canada) \u2013 Led by Peter Howard, the team is producing biodiesel and solid biofuel.<\/p>\n

Protein Power\u00a0(United States) \u2013 Led by Lisa Dyson, the team is producing high-protein fish food.<\/p>\n

RES Kaidi\u00a0(United States) \u2013 Led by Mark Robertson, the team is producing dimethyl ether (DME) for chemical feedstock or fuel.<\/p>\n

Tandem Technical\u00a0(Canada) \u2013 Led by Jerry Flynn, the team is producing health supplements, toothpaste, paint and fertilizers.<\/p>\n

Terra COH\u00a0(United States) \u2013Led by Jimmy Randolph, the team is producing energy storage and retrieval, and electricity generation.<\/p>\n

The scoring
\n\u201cWe think carbon capture itself is a huge topic,\u201d Dr. Marcius Extavour, XPRIZE senior director of Energy and Resources told The Digest. Accordingly, the scoring is, \u201cevenly divided between the highest percentage sequestered and the highest valuable product.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reaction from the stakeholders
\n\u201cThese teams are showing us amazing examples of carbon conversion and literally reimagining carbon. The diversity of technologies on display is an inspiring vision of a new carbon economy,\u201d added Extavour. \u201cWe are trying to reduce CO2 emissions by converting them into useful materials, and do so in an economically sustainable way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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