Funded Projects
Autumn 2024
GrowChar
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This project aims to develop a designer Biochar product suitable to fully replace existing substrates for greenhouse crop cultivation. Key aspects are a consistent, industrial quality and pH neutrality. GrowChar will not only provide carbon avoidance, but even carbon removal.
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Chemcarb
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​​The Chemcarb project explores a novel process to convert CO2 directly into solid carbon using liquid metals. This one-step conversion enables local carbon storage and has the potential to enable cost-effective and energy-efficient carbon removal.​​
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Regional Carbon Logistics Solution
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​Carbon Credit Ownership and Methodology in Construction
We seek to establish a framework for carbon credit attribution within the construction industry, focusing on mineralization and biochar applications. Collaborating with important implem-entation partners along the supply chain, the initiative aims to clarify carbon credit ownership. This effort will enhance compliance with standards such as SIA 390/1 and EN 15804, paving the way for significant carbon reduction in construction.
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Capture and Conversion of CO2
Capturing and converting CO2 through a single mechanism is a challenging task with significant potential for both economic and scalable CDR solutions. Our goal is to leverage 3D printing to create advanced capture filters made from materials specifically designed not only to effectively capture CO2 but also to catalyze its conversion, enabling more efficient and potentially sustainable transformations.​
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Price Differentiation for CO2 Reduction and Removal
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Spring 2024
Alpine Biochar
We aim to implement a pyrolysis plant in the alpine valleys of canton Uri and Wallis. Local biomass will produce heat, power and biochar. From availability of biomass to the choice of location, contracts with suppliers and the marketing of the products: We accept the challenge to produce high quality biochar as a carbon sink to contribute to the Swiss net-zero goals.
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Negacirculative Materials
KohlenKraft has developed a climate positive additive which seamlessly reduces the carbon footprint of existing construction materials. Together with KEIM and Kradolfer, KohlenKraft has delivered a carbon negative plaster for the construction market, giving architects and planners the opportunity to reduce the CO2 footprint of their projects in style.
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Monitoring CO2 storage
Sustain accelerates carbon dioxide removal by offering an affordable monitoring solution for carbon storage operators. Our software integrates geophysical and geomechanical data to ensure safe, permanent CO2 storage, optimizing monitoring costs. Backed by experts, we leverage advanced simulations to support CO2 injection and storage planning.
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The Sustainable Innovation Challenge
The aim of EPFL’s Sustainable Innovation Challenge association is to organize a new competition for university student teams working on sustainable technologies. The first edition will be a multi-category event taking place on the 13th & 14th of March 2025, which aims to explore a range of technologies from low-tech approaches to advanced CDR. The long term objective is to become a world reference when it comes to the promotion and gathering of pioneering student initiatives working in these fields.
Sunlight-Driven CO2 Capture
Direct Air Capture (DAC), offers measurable, immediate results with minimal land use requirements. Although DAC has gained recent momentum, one of the main challenges for scaling DAC is its extremely high cost, which is significantly impacted by the high amount of energy, required for the CO2-release step. In search of minimizing and diversifying the renewable energy demand for CO2-release, we are developing a new DAC technology where sunlight serves as the trigger for the release of CO2.
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CDR Portfolio Toolkit
Permutation is developing a Carbon Removal Portfolio Tool. The tool aims to simplify the decision making process of purchasing carbon removal by taking the regulatory, reputational and technical risks into account.
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